Raspberry Pi Soundcard

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Hello,

I am trying to put together a ‘streambox’ to record and stream remote field recordings, and I was after some advice as to choosing a soundcard for Raspberry Pi.

I have found a variety of websites that provide some components for making a streambox system using a Raspberry Pi but I think the components are out of date now:
http://locusonus.org/streambox/
http://soundtent.org/soundcamp_stream

The main equipment listed is:
— Raspberry Pi
— Power adaptor
— Cirrus sound card (or a different soundcard)
— SD Card
— Microphones
— USB Wifi adaptor

I was wondering where to obtain a Cirrus or Wolfson sound card, and what would be involved setting one up with RPi?

Here is a link to the Soundtent workshop notes:

Cheers,

Alistair

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I’ve tried a few different sound cards options for the raspi and for both audio in and out I would recommend the ‘audio injector’ hats from flatmax studios. Unfortunately core electronics don’t stock them but would be great if they did

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Alistair,

Unfortunately we don’t carry any sound cards for the Raspberry Pi. Is a sound card really necessary to record and stream audio? It seems to me that you should be able to use a USB microphone connected to a Raspberry Pi. The current model Raspberry Pi comes with onboard WIFI. Playing recording and streaming should be no issue for most purposes.

Let us know how it works out!

Stephen