Real Time MP3 Hardware / Software encoder/decoder

mattlear

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Jun 2, 2000
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Is there anything out on the market today that can take an analog signal and on the fly generate a streaming mp3 in real time?

I'm not very familiar with how mp3 encoding and playback actually works, but I was wondering if it was possible to take an analog signal, say from a guitar or other musical instrument, and encode it into a small enough digital signal so that it could be sent over the web immediately to another site without delay.

I wasn't sure where to post this, so I figured I'd try off topic first.

Thanks!

-Matt