New Audio Server Discussion

[Avian(Admin)]

The new audio server has been installed! Thanks to everyone who contributed funds for us to make this major upgrade. It has solved a lot of issues we've been dealing with, and it opens the door for tons of really great improvements and new features. It's always an amazing sight to see how much the Aural Moon community comes together to support our collective musical voyage.

The new server is a Dell SC1425 Dual 2.8 Ghz Xeon with 1 GB RAM, and like our old server, resides in our Chicago datacenter. It has a new 300 GB hard drive all ready for tons of new music, but of course, contains everything from our original extensive music library.

Use this thread to report any concerns or strangeness you hear - or for that matter good things! In addition to the new hardware, we're also running a new version of the streaming software (SAM). I know some people have noticed an increase in sound quality, and there are many more features to come!

We've had one bug report already that crossfading of the songs gets turned on automatically somehow - unfortunately, you can't turn it off again easily without inconvenience to the listener. I hope they'll address that bug in the future - meanwhile we'll keep an eye on it, and try and keep working on the issue.

Thanks again for your support again, and enjoy! Were movin on up!