Does Winamp also have the encoder to create MP3 files?
Bumper: No. Fraunhofer is a company out of Germany that developed an encoder that allows you to convert your files from WAV to MP3. You must get that converter to create MP3 files. You have to buy it, but it’s reasonably priced. The ideal situation in any production room, and a lot of stations are already doing this, is to have a PC in the production room linked to the Internet. Get the encoder from Audioactive and you’re able to send and receive material over the Internet via e-mail. Of course, you have DGS and DCI, and I understand that DGS now allows you to post your material via FTP on their site, and they will then in turn distribute it through their hardware that’s in the radio stations. So they have even come on board the MP3 concept, but we were on top of the whole MP3 thing about two years ago. JV: Sounds like people who don’t have a PC in their production studio had better start thinking about it! Bumper: Yes, and one key thing is having a real good broadcast-quality sound ca
