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1. Enable 4utomated Recording Record pe sample pete Aan hecomiLevel Leth EOF 2 00 00 Record bevel Fight MPEG L3 54 i00 Hz Bi VBR GOCH gt me Esad A pu As wll o lie Tin _ Wait for Audio CO RIF fe Stereo E Hone 20 g L I LA ca i Figure Di Setting Cue In and Intro Times ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 47 Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued 8 Play the end of the audio file to set EOM time and determine ending type While the audio file is playing click the green crawl bar about one inch from the right edge of the window This will advance the audio file to near the end so you may set EOM time and ending type without having to listen to the entire file When you hear the natural segue point click the Set button next to the EOM field This is the point at which the next element will start during automated playback To set the type of ending click the arrow next to the Ending field then click one of the three displayed types In the example below the song fades to a natural segue point at about 3 59 Hew Cart Properties New Cart Number 5 19 Cart Properties S Cart Humber 5719 dd a subeart ave Tithe lice Machine in the Desert Artist Brave Combo Qutlue Start Date 10716700 Stark Time 4 15 14 PM End Date lt none gt End Time lt rione gt Audio Properties
2. ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS gt RadioSuite Explorer ini 1 What You Need to Get Stated sita 2 NOE OCU Me Redde at dois 2 Installing RadioSatte EX POLE iii 3 Registering RadioSutte Explorer iio 11 Contourne Radiosutte Explore anar 15 Using RadioSulte EX plore nr niicici island AI IEEE 21 Assigning Cart Identifiers aka Numbering CartS ccccoonnnonononanananoncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononoos 22 Makins AUGS Piles 22 Understanding the Cart Display WiNdOW ooooooocooooonoccccncccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononononannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 23 Understanding the Cart Properties WindoW ooooonnnnnncnncccnnnnonnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 2 Workin With Folder iia 29 Creatine a New E dias 30 Editing an Existing dd se dad 33 PRG NAIC cds 33 Dates as 35 MOVE uso Ro 37 A A 40 WORKING With CANS sisisccticend sicisticsscicesccausecnaaddaedssasstesasdsseancouantenascauessescassctesdseeascoaseceees 41 Creatine a New A act ae ean Se ate ne niin ede iat each ate ccnahdelatibeatada lees Meet 42 Creating a Cart for Automated RecordIO8 oooooooonccnncnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnncncnnccnnnnnnnnnnos 51 Edito an Existino Catania 59 Adding Rotaine Cuts to am Existing Catania ii 64 O E AA N A O 73 Remuera Cosa ss 75 RETOS E E a E E E T OO TE 71 Remove an Audio File 23 dsesoisiecatarscduceoticanscose tepevessupnseautedncvoticanscosedapevedeanntesuiedaceotaanateus 80 Playback Recording Controls o a O OO E RET EE E A O N 83 PU E EE EE E E E A E
3. Rename Folder is the third option on this menu RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATIONL Folder List x 3 STATION 29 Bits and Beds eE Muse pes oomo New Folder 9 Test Fol Delete Folder Hew Station Figure 324 Rename Folder Menu If a folder selection mistake is made you can abort the renaming process at any point before completion in Step 4 by pressing Esc RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 34 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder Rename continued 2 Type the new name of the folder After selecting Rename Folder the name of the folder will be outlined and highlighted with the cursor at the end of the name You may simply begin typing to replace the name of the folder or use may use the and 2 arrow keys to position the cursor in the existing folder name If you choose to move the cursor before typing as in the example below you will be able to edit the existing folder name instead of having to retype it completely gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATIONL Folder List x 3 STATION uf 9 Bits and Beds Ea Pros 129 Test Folder Figure 35 Rename Folder Kenaming 4 Press to save the new name This completes the renaming process You will observe that the cursor has disappeared and the name is again highlighted as in the
4. To use the RadioSuite System s automated recording feature you must first create a cart for each audio file you wish to record The cart is a sort of electronic label that stores basic data such as title and artist plus critical information such as run time and the exact path and file name to use for the audio file for the RadioSuite HD 1 From the RadioSuite Explorer main screen press New to create a new cart This will open a new Cart Properties window as illustrated below Hew Cart Properties E Cart Properties Cart Number Ca Add a subeat Title New Title Artist New Artist QutCue Start Date EB arp Start Time 6 01 09 PH End Date cnone gt End Time lt none gt Audio Properties Audio File Browse Lenath 0 00 00 Lritre 0 00 00 Ending Cue 0 00 00 EOM 0 00 00 Cart Created Enable Automated Recording A iT ecord pe sample Rate 44900 Record Level lett feo al F Steren r nl I EOF 0 00 00 Record level Fight 20 hona Wait for Audio Figure DD New Cart Froperties Window RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 52 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 2 Enter a cart number title artist name outcue and start end dates and times In this example we are creating cart BCNP for the hour long Nuclear Polka Hour hosted every week by Brave Combo on the Southwood Radio Network Hew Cart Properti
5. gt RadioSuite Explorer Users Manual This user s manual guides you through installation setup and daily usage of the RadioSuite Explorer software This Windows based utility gives you the power to create modify delete and organize the audio stored on your RadioSuite HD from virtually any computer on the RadioSuite HD local area network Please read this user manual before proceeding with software installation You ll need to set some default parameters during the installation process and it is very important that you understand these parameters before you set them RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 2 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER What You Need to Get Started You should have already unpacked assembled and thoroughly tested the RadioSuite HD system hardware and software You should also have connected the RadioSuite HD computer and the computer on which you plan to install RadioSuite Explorer to a local area network and logged both computers onto this network You need to be familiar with the basic operation of Windows 95 98 NT including navigation through its screens and menus and how to set up its various parameters Software e RadioSuite Explorer version 1 14 build 023 or later e Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT operating system Hardware e Computer for RadioSuite Explorer operation with a minimum of 32 megabytes of RAM 2 gigabytes of available hard drive storage a sound card installed and an Intel 200MHz or f
6. By default the program will try to install the complete contents of the CD ROM including assorted support files and modify your registry accordingly If this 1s an upgrade from a previous version being installed on the same computer you may save time and disk space by selecting the proper installation type as in the example below Setup Type Description Full install of the RadioSuite Explorer and supplemental program files Back Cancel Figure 5 Installation Type Selection Window e If this is a new installation click Full Install of RadioSuite Explorer to highlight your choice e If this is an upgrade from a previous version click Upgrade Reinstall RadioSuite Explorer to highlight your choice When you have made your choice click Next to proceed to folder selection RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 8 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 7 Choose a folder to hold the RadioSuite Explorer program icons By default the installation program will create a new folder named RadioSuite Explorer on the Start Programs menu to hold these icons We recommend that you allow the installation program to do this as 1t will make finding these icons much easier and more convenient in the future Select Program Folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below ou may type a new folder name or select one from the existing Folders list Click Nest to continu
7. Hew Cart Properties New Cart Number BENP Cart Properties Cart Number BCNF Add a subir art Title Nuclear Polka Hour Cancel Artist Brave Combo 0 DutCue Southwood Radio Network Start Date ha so Start Time 6 01 09 PM End Date knon End Time none gt Audio Properties Audio File ZAS TATION Sobjects network Nuclear FolkaH our waw Browse Length 0 00 00 Intro 0 00 00 E nding Cue In 0 00 00 EOM 0 00 00 Cart Created 20001208 18 02 49 0 be Enable Automated Recording sample Aate 44100 Record Level Left g EDF 0 00 00 Record Level Right g walt for Audio Record Type Stereo Mono Figure 59 Cart Froperties Window Enable Automated Recording RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 56 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 8 Set the sample rate record levels record type and EOF for this audio file While we recommend using the highest quality audio possible you may save drive space by recording this program at a lower sampling rate Also if the audio feed 1s monaural you may save drive space by recording this file using the mono record type The record levels may be adjusted if the audio source for this recording is not properly balanced The only mandatory setting of the five in this part of the window is the EOF field Enter the duration you desire for this reco
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9. 12 31 00 17 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 01 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 01 15 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 03 07 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 12 31 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 01 07 01 23 59 59 02 21 01 23 59 59 12 14 00 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 01 11 01 23 59 59 01 25 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 91 Other Toolbar and Menu Options Distribute continued 2 Select one or more stations to which you wish to distribute the listed carts Click once on each station name you wish to select If you wish to de select a station click on it again and the highlight will be removed You do not need to hold the cr or rr keys to select multiple stations using this feature Carts To Be Distributed C026 Cancel Select Locations To Distribute Ss LATIONS Figure 107 Distribution Window Select Stations 3 Click OK to begin the distribution process When you have finished selecting stations to receive copies of the listed cart and audio files click the OK button to proceed Carts To Be Distributed C026 Select Locations To Distribute Ss LATIONS Figure 108 Distribution Window OK to Froceed RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 92 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Other Toolbar and
10. You must first highlight the folder you wish to move 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATION Folder List x 3 STATION a Bits and Beds iW Christma 5 merci Spee Music kf 9 Currents Figure 4O Move Folder Select 2 Click and hold the highlighted folder to drag and drop it in a new location As you move your mouse with the left button held down you will see the arrow pointer changes to a hand icon This visually alerts you that a move 1s 1n progress You will also see the folder you are moving as a grayed out ghost image under the hand icon Folder List Folder List 3 5STATION1 3 5TATION1 23 Bits and Beds 4 9 Bits and Beds C sd ugh Figure 41 Arrow Fointer Figure 42 Hand Icon RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 38 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder Move continued 3 Drag the folder to the desired new location Continuing to hold down the left button move the mouse so that the ghost image of the folder overlaps the name of the new location for this folder The selected folder will be highlighted automatically as shown in the example below In this example we are moving the Christmas folder to a new location under the Music folder gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Staton View Tools Help Ayailable Stations 5 747 TON1 Figure 49 Move Folder Select
11. and Delete buttons Renumber changes a cart s unique identifier The feature is useful when traffic wants to change a commercial s cart number for scheduling purposes or if you wish to organize your carts in some new way 1 Select a cart to renumber Click once in the Cart Display window on the cart you wish to renumber You may renumber only one cart at a time so be sure to select only one cart in this step The one exception to this rules is if you select a sub cart in a rotating cart that single selected sub cart will be cause all of the subcarts to be changed to the new new cart number In this example we have selected cart C012 a KXAS TV commercial that your traffic director has informed you will now appear in your traffic logs using cart number C085 23 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Ad O Delete Play Pause Stop Record amp g Ripper Inventory Duplicate 1361 Renumber Available Stations STATION1 JE Properties Copy New View Folder List E STATION1 Bits and Beds 3 Christmas 3 Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 3 Gold 3 Promos t C013 nS 0014 01 nw 0014 02 nS C015 nS C016 nS C017 nS C018 mS C019 01 mS C019 02 nS C019 03 nS CO19 04 nS C020 t C021 nS C022 t C023 nS C024 1 C025 01 nw 0025 02 nS C026 nS C027 t C028 c029 nS C030 t C031 nS C101 13 C102 13 C103 13 C104
12. including any spaces and punctuation must match exactly what you read to the On Air Digital USA customer support person e The registration period in days must match the one read to you by the On Air Digital USA customer support person e The date on your computer must match today s date Check and fix your computer s date and time settings by double clicking on the Windows toolbar clock to reveal the Date Time properties window Fix these problems then return to step 2 on page 11 to retry the registration process gt Ifthe registration was successful you will see a window pop up similar to one of the two examples below depending on the length of your registration period Unlimited Registration Complete Registration Complete TOU are now registered for 60 days four registration will expire on 29 January 2001 Figures 14 and 15 Kegister KadioSuite Explorer Window Complete 8 The registration process is now complete You are now ready to proceed with program configuration as detailed in Configuring RadioSuite Explorer beginning on page 15 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 15 Configuring RadioSuite Explorer The first time you run RadioSuite Explorer these steps must be taken to configure your software on each installed workstation These steps must take place after the RadioSuite HD has been installed and connected to this computer over a local area network NOTE Although this is
13. of January 1 2038 We will update your software before that date 11 Press Save to save the new cart This will write the new cart to the hard drive and make this audio file available for playback via the RadioSuite HD Your display will return to the current cart display window Make a note of the cart number you assigned to this cart as that is the way you must identify this song in your music and traffic scheduling software IMPORTANT If you are using the RadioSuite HD as an audio source on the UDS II you must enter songs into your music scheduler database with a trailing 00 to emulate the disc and track ID that UDS Il uses to identify songs Do not attempt to save them this way in the Cart Properties window just in your music scheduling software For example the Brave Combo song on the preceding pages was saved as 5719 so it would be entered into your music scheduler database as 5719 00 Some music schedulers separate disc and track number entry Be sure to enter 00 in the track field to force the trailing 00 on this song at schedule export time NOTE When you save a new cart it will be properly sorted in the cart display window by cart number artist title or whatever criteria you have specified The default sort criteria for this window is ascending by cart number ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 51 Working With Carts continued Creating a Cart for Automated Recording
14. 13 C107 t C109 n C029 nw C002 02 nS C002 01 nS C025 01 1 C025 02 C003 mS C104 nS C102 nS C113 t C120 nS C111 nS C012 Y coos 01 nw 0005 02 1 0005 03 nS 0006 Y cios nS C027 New Properties Copy Title Renumber 2 Artist x gt 1d Delete Play Pause ld Stop Q Record Length Advanced Wireless American Cider Company Dinner Amstel Light Message Amstel Light Pep Talk Amstel Light Resignation Anheuser Busch Louie s Lines Anheuser Busch Take Louie Out to th Anheuser Busch Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Ant Stop Atwater Brewery Brave Combo CD Release Party Brave Combo Concert Bud Light Budweiser Budweiser Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemporary Cool Water Crest Auto Group Crest Auto Group ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Eckerd Drugs Hewlett Packard Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Hollywood Videos Good Will Hunting Hollywood Videos Tomorrow Never Dies Iron City Beer FCC Cheer KxAS TY NBC 5 News Knorr Pasta Dishes 1 Knorr Pasta Dishes 2 Knorr Pasta Dishes 3 Levitz Midnight Sale Mercedes Benz Miller Lite Loading 53 carts complete took 0 Minutes and 1 seconds O You Wireless Yet Q I ll have some honey Q White Plains NY O White Plains NY O White Plains NY Q Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q St Louis MO Q Houston TX Q Follow Label Instruc
15. 13994B 07 mp3 1339958 08 mp3 1339988 09 mp3 1999RAE 1 7 mp3 13399B 19 mp3 13999R4B 30 mp3 1139399 8B 33 mp bcombocd mp bravesxmaz2k mp3 crestar waw crestjul way ml ord CA o Lreate Directory Create File Rename File Delete File Curent Selected File beombocd mp3 File Size File Create Date 2414680 Bytes Tuesday November 26 2000 10 57 18 Select File Filter All supported audiofiles mp way Cancel Figure 74 Select the Specitic Audio File As you can see in the graphic above not all commercials in this folder are saved using the client name as a file name Nor does the file name have to use sequential numbers to be part of a multi cut rotating cart What is important is that you can easily identify each audio file by some unique identifier so that you can match it with the appropriate cart 8 Click OK to confirm this selection This will return you to the Cart Properties Window and store the path and file name of the audio file you have selected in the Audio File entry field 9 Play the beginning of the audio file to set cue in time Using the play controls near the bottom of the Cart Properties window as found on any CD player begin play of the audio file If the audio begins right away leave cue in unset Otherwise set cue in at the point in the file when audio actually begins by clicking the Set button next to the Cue In field during playback RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USE
16. Audio File ZAS TATION Nobjects music Brave_ Combo lce_Machine_in_the_ Length 412 76 Imbro o 21 05 E nding Fade a Cue ln a ag a0 EOM 03 59 60 Cart Created 119991203 11 25 04 6024380 Cancel Enable Automated Recording sampe Rete 44100 lt Recaodllevelllert o ELF 2 00 00 Record level Frat g MPEG L3 44 i00 Hz SBi YBR GODY gt il E EE e y CCOA EA Record Ippe Steren f Hone Figure 52 Setting EOM Time and Ending Type RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 48 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued 9 Set the Start Date and End Date The initial Start Date is the date this cart was created To change the Start Date or set the End Date for this cart click on the drop arrow adjacent to the field you wish to edit The calendar for the current month will appear Today s date will be circled in red and highlighted by a dark blue oval as shown below KM October 2000 h Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu In this example since today is October 16 2000 the 425 eb eh calendar pops up on October 2000 with the 16 both A a E 5 highlighted and circled There are three ways you may 15 a 17 19 manipulate the Start Date or End Date and these are 2 23 4 26 detailed below 29 30 3 E 10 16 00 Tue Wed Thu Fri To change the month click the left or right arrow on 1 Te either side of the month year display Clicking the left FA i ae arrow will move
17. EE EE AEE A oars E E A E A AE E E E A E 83 SS UO o PEENES ON 84 RECO oe sh aca ils Shs ne ange bd Ses egg E T gas ee aa ope sic aes ee 84 Other Toolbar and Menu Options Pa O Peters Ce ema me OMENS EST Seer een rea ae Ene Eat eer A 90 A 94 Os A O II E 94 Duplicate as 96 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL ON AIR DIGITAL USA A DIVISION OF ON AIR WORLDWIDE MEDIA INC DALLAS TEXAS
18. EXPLORER Working With Carts Removing a Cart continued 2 Press Delete on the toolbar at the top of the screen to remove the highlighted cart When you have highlighted the cart you wish to delete click the Delete button in the center of the toolbar This will give you the opportunity to remove the highlighted cart or both the highlighted cart and the audio file to which it is a reference In this example we are only removing the cart i Io Renumber ho elete Play A o elete selected cart s Open Sundays Open Sundays ight at Eckerd Figure 05 Delete Button on Toolbar Detail View 3 Click Yes to confirm cart deletion You must confirm that you wish to delete this cart It is possible to click Delete by accident so this second check was put in to safeguard you and your valuable data Click the Yes button in the bottom center of the window to confirm deletion Confirm Cart Delete i Do you really want to delete all selected carts T Delete audio file s Figure 6 Cart Deletion Confirmation Window IMPORTANT Do not click the check box in the center of the screen as that would cause the audio file to be deleted along with the cart If you want to delete the audio file please see Removing an Audio File beginning on page 80 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 79 Working With Carts Removing a Cart continued 4 Examine the cart disp
19. Explorer will add that for you automatically when you save the file Select A File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects network Available Directories Files In Directory CanadianLite waw ManS How Way SkipHourl way SkIpH our maw Enter the new file name ln uclearPolkaH our Create Directory Lreate File Delete ile Current Selected File File Size File Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np way Cancel Ten Figure 56 Name the Blank Audio File The audio files do not have to be saved using the full name of the program or show being recorded Nor does the identifying file name have to match the cart number you assign to it in RadioSuite Explorer What is important is that you can easily identify each audio file by some unique identifier 6 Click OK to confirm this selection This will return you to the Cart Properties window and store the path and file name of the audio file you have created in the Audio File entry field ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 55 Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 7 Click the box next to Enable Automated Recording Clicking this box will permit RadioSuite HD to use this cart file to control the recording of this network program to the audio file you just specified Observe that the automated recording controls previously grayed out are now visible and active
20. Stations STATION View Distribute Ripper New Title Start Time End Time Folder List x Cart ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS a STATION1 3 Bits and Beds Sq Commercials 3 Jingles 9 Music C Promos 13 C016 nS C017 nS C018 t C019 01 w C019 02 t C020 t C021 13 C022 t C023 13 C024 nw C025 01 nw C025 02 Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 2 Brave C Rounder 4 Brave C Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Bowl Season 1 ESPN Bowl Season 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Anheuser Busch Hollywood Video Scre Amstel Light Mess Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo Mercedes_Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazo American Cider Comp Iron City Beer FCC Anheuser Busch Fe Hollywood Videos G Anheuser Busch Lo Amstel Light Pep Talk Amstel Light Resign San Francisco Chrori Anheuser Busch Ta Hollywood Videos T Loading 52 carts complete took 0 Minutes and 1 seconds Figure 106 Cart Display Window Highlighted Cart to be Distributed Q Power On O Milwaukee Wl 0 Milwaukee Wl Q for all your nuclear Q Grammy winning ar O You Wireless Yet Q Rivertown Detroit Q Follow Label Instru OY our Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN Q football action o
21. enough to show the whole list at one time If the Cart List 1s short enough to be displayed in its entirety then the scroll bar will not be shown on the Cart Display window H Keyboard Status shows the status of the Caps Lock Number Lock and the Scroll Lock keys by displaying CAP NUM and SCR respectively If the three letter code is not displayed in the Keyboard Status area then the specified key 1s off I Status Bar is used by RadioSuite Explorer to show the status of cart counting expanded tool tips and time elapsed during cart playback from the Cart Display window J Folder List shows the name of the current station the top level cart file folders and any cart file sub folders below the top level folders Read more about changing how these folders are displayed by reading Working With Folders Display beginning on page 40 K Station Selector allows you to change the RadioSuite HD station with which you are working To change stations click the station selector button then click on a station in the station selector list as shown below RadioSuite Explorer remembers the last station you had open and automatically returns to that station when you start the software again 5 RadioSuite Explorer RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Staton View Tools Ele Audio Station View Tools Available Stations GEG Available Stations MIE KUOS FeM STATION Figure 22 Station Selector Button Figure 25 Station Selector List ON
22. name to reveal the audio files stored in that directory In this example we want to create the blank audio file in the network folder under the objects folder for this RadioSuite HD station Double click on network in the Available Directories column on the right side of the window to reveal the contents of the network folder including audio files and any sub folders Select A File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects Available Directores Files In Directory bits and drops anotherme waw Christmas Classic Hour mpd commercials Does lt Live aw ingles hited waw music beds msh mpa Saturday Night 80s Quiz mp3 spots web Jingles Lreate Directory Create File Hena Delete File Current Selected File File Size File Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles mp way Cancel Figure D Select the Folder Where the Audio File ls To Be Stored Take careful note of these names as you want to create a new file with a unique name in the next step RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 54 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 5 Once in the correct folder click Create File to make the blank audio file In this example the blank audio file will use the program title as a file name because it is unique and easily recalled You do not need to add the wav extension to this file name entry as RadioSuite
23. normally a one time setup begun automatically after you register the software you may re configure the program at any time by selecting Options from the Tools menu on the RadioSuite Explorer toolbar Tell RadioSuite Explorer where to find RadioSuite HD on the network Before you continue you must have connected this computer and the RadioSuite HD computer to your local area network successfully logged both computers onto the network and used Windows Explorer to assign a network drive letter to the home directory of the RadioSuite HD on this computer This home directory holds your cart and audio files and must be configured here as the Root Path Options Global Settings Root Path Playback Buffer size 4 kB Buffers yo A Recording Butter SIZE 4 kB Buffers System Settings I Duplicate Check On Open Station Cancel Apply Help Figure 16 Options Window Initial For more information on configuring your local area network for RadioSuite please see the RadioSuite HD User s Manual RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 16 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Configuring RadioSuite Explorer continued 2 Click the Browse button to the right of the Root Path field Clicking this button will display a list of all the assigned drive letters on your computer Use the scroll bar on the right side of the window if necessary to reveal the drive letter you have previously assigned to the Radio
24. organization For your larger categories of audio create sub folders to help break down large cart lists into easily managed groups like 80s oldies and new music Keep in mind you don t tell your music scheduling software or the UDS II how you ve organized your carts it finds every cart based on the unique cart identifier but good organization can save you and your staff time every day as you add delete and modify carts and audio files Once folders are created you may find that you want to change the name of a folder to better reflect its contents or to correct a typo in the name As you organize you may find that you no longer need a folder and want to delete it You may find that a folder would suit your cart organization scheme better as a sub folder or vice versa You can also change the folder display to hide or reveal sub folders so as to present a streamlined or more detailed view of your organization structure RadioSuite Explorer lets you do all of these things of course and these topics are covered in depth with examples and step by step instructions on the pages that follow See below for a detailed breakdown of the information in this section Contents of this section e Creating a New Folder begins on page 30 e Editing an Existing Folder Rename begins on page 33 Delete begins on page 35 Move begins on page 37 o Display begins on page 40 To read more about using carts an
25. original cart if necessary In this example the original C019 is changed to CO19 01 and this new cart is saved as CO19 02 Note the changed identifier in the Cart Number field New Subcart Properties Subcart Number 2019 02 Cart Properties Cart Number oo 9 02 Jave Title Brave Combo Concert Cancel Artist a on the square in Denton Qutlue Start Date 11227700 Start Time 00 00 Ak End Date 12 16 00 al reia 11 59 59 Po Audio Properties Audio File 245 TATION objects commercials bravexmas2k mp Browse Length 1 00 40 Intro 0 00 00 E nding Cold Cue n 0 00 00 EOM 1 00 06 Cart Created 20000417 12 08 36 2416320 Enable Automated Recording m 47 ecard pe Sample Rate 44100 Record Level Left g fe Gieren Em 1 00 40 Record level Biart 20 C Mono MPEG L3 32000 Hz Bt j i E A e LALA 5 2 tas Wait for Audiol CD RIP Figure 71 Cart Froperties Window With New Cart Number ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 67 Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 4 Make whatever changes you wish to the Cart Properties of this cart Clicking Add a subcart made this cart an exact duplicate of the original except for the cart number You should now edit whichever Cart Properties fields need new data to go with the new cut For example we will change the title to read Brave Combo CD Release Party to
26. possible to click Delete by accident so this second check was put in to safeguard you and your valuable data Click the Yes button in the bottom center of the window to confirm deletion Confirm Cart Delete Confirm Cart Delete STOP Do you really want to delete all selected carts STOP Do you really want to delete all selected carts Figure QO Delete Audio Files Check Box Figure 921 Delete Confirmation IMPORTANT You must click the check box in the center of the screen for the audio file to be deleted along with the cart If you want to delete just the cart please see Removing a Cart beginning on page 73 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 82 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Removing an Audio File continued 4 Examine the cart display window to ensure that the cart has been deleted The cart listing will be updated and will no longer include the deleted cart The audio file referenced by this deleted file will also be removed from the drive 25 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help NN MS IT Distribute Ripper aH Renumber Artist Properties Copy Available Stations STATION Inventory Duplicate End Time Stop Record Length Delete Play Pause Folder List X Cart Title Start Time E STATION1 3 Bits and Beds 3 Commercials 3 Jingles Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 3 Gold J Promos Press F1 to get hel
27. questions or concerns about this agreement click No to abort the installation then contact On Air Digital USA so that we may address these concerns You cannot install the RadioSuite Explorer software without accepting this agreement ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 5 Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 4 Read the update information After accepting the End User License Agreement the installation program displays a text file of update information This text file describes the various fixes and new features in this version of RadioSuite Explorer Click Next after you have read this file to proceed to drive and directory selection This file contains a summarization of major changes and known sues in the On Sir Digital USA RadioSuite Explorer program trom version 1 13 Build 196 to 1 14 Build 07 4 1 Changed the browse window that is used from a standard dialog to a custom dialog 2 Updated the display window for new icons and colors to Indicate cart type and status 3 Added a duplicate check upon demand feature 4 Improved station opening speed and duplicate check speed 5 Removed the RadioSuite Explorer s built in CO Aipper 6 Added distribution of carts from one station to e Cancel Figure 2 Update Information Window RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 6 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 5 Select the drive and directory on wh
28. reflect the change in content In addition this new rotating cut will have a different outcue and different start and end dates New Subcart Properties Subcart Number 2019 02 Cart Properties Cart Number cor 9 02 Adda subeant Tithe Brave Combo CD Release Party Artist a for all your nuclear polka needs Qutlue Start Date jz 4 00 Stark Time 7 00 00 AM End Date 12 16 00 al Sachi 11 53 59 Pi Audio Properties Audio File ZASTATION Sobjects commercials bravexmas2k mp3 zee Length 1 00 40 Intro 0 00 00 Ending Cold y Cue n 0 00 00 EOM 1 00 06 Cart Created 20000417 12 08 36 2416320 Enable Sutomated Recording Record pe sample rate Aan hecomiLevel Leth 20 mens E EEG Eme 1 00 40 Record level Biart g C Mono MPEG L3 32000 H ISB j lj E nit el lee E Los 3 3 lisa gt ES Wait for Audio CO AIP Figure 7 2 Cart Properties Window With Updated Cart Froperties RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 68 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 5 Click the button in the middle of the window to begin the process of finding the previously created audio file You can create a cart for any audio file stored in any of the folders under the objects folder on your RadioSuite HD network If you have stored the audio file in some other folder you will need to use Windows Explorer to move the audio file to one o
29. under this folder Click once on the plus sign to reveal the sub folders The result will look like the example on the right Hiding the sub folders The example on the right side of the page shows a minus sign next to the Music folder There are a series of sub folders below and slightly to the right of the Music folder Click once on the minus sign to hide the sub folders The result will look like the example on the left 5 RadioSuite Explorer 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations gt TATIONI Available Stations gt TATION Folder List x Folder List x JEFSTATIONT JEFSTATIONI Figure 45 Display Sub folders Hidden Figure 46 Display Sub folders Visible ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 41 Working With Carts After recording or ripping a new audio file you must use RadioSuite Explorer to create a cart file The cart 1s a sort of electronic label used to to identify and control the playback of each audio file It stores basic data such as title and run time plus more esoteric data needed for the RadioSuite HD In this section you will learn that cart creation is simple all you need to do is select an audio file provide basic data about the audio file then set cue in intro and segue points You will learn how to setup a cart for automated recording You will learn how after ca
30. will appear Today s date will be circled in red and highlighted by a dark blue oval as shown below December 2000 k Tue Wed Thu Fro Sat eo 9 30 1 2 5 7 b 9 12 16 16 14 ee 23 b 24 30 January 2001 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu a1 2 3 4 7 ME 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 el 2 23 24 5 eo 9 SO Sl 4 5 E 7 Dp 1278700 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri b 7 28 9 20 A 12 13 26 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri ef 8 9 30 1 4 5 7 fey 3 11 12 14 15 ta 15 el 22 o eo 24 1 A 3 4 B 1278700 In this example since today is December 8 2000 the calendar pops up on December 2000 with the 8 both highlighted and circled There are three ways you may manipulate the Start Date or End Date and these are detailed below To change the month click the left or right arrow on either side of the month year display Clicking the left arrow will move the calendar back one month Clicking the right arrow will move the calendar forward one month To change the year click the year in the month year display This will display normally hidden up and down arrows for manipulating the year Clicking the up arrow will move the calendar forward one year Clicking the down arrow will move the calendar back one year To change the day click the date you wish to use This will close the calendar window and return you to the Cart Properties window You may also use the arrow keys on your keyboard 4 E LJ J to move the day highl
31. 0 12 26 99 15 00 00 08 16 99 22 25 01 12 07 99 14 59 47 12 07 99 13 04 22 01 01 99 01 00 00 12 23 99 19 00 00 12 23 99 11 07 24 11 21 00 17 38 50 04 17 00 12 10 46 04 17 00 12 13 46 04 17 00 12 15 40 04 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28 10 02 00 14 41 31 04 17 00 14 49 23 09 12 00 08 39 07 10 12 00 10 34 51 04 17 00 14 55 02 Figure Cart Display Window After Cart Deletion lt none gt 04 13 01 00 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 05 12 35 22 59 59 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 01 05 01 10 59 59 12 28 00 10 59 59 12 31 00 17 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 37 23 59 59 12 30 02 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 04 00 23 59 59 01 01 38 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 11 02 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt Examine the list of Rounder Records commercials listed in the graphic above You will notice that the subcart numbers have been updated automatically to reflect the deletion of subcart 03 Although the subcart numbers have been updated the Title field of the new cart 03 the old subcart 04 still reflects the original Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD 2 entry Any numbers in the Title field are text entered by you and not subject t
32. 0 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 sl AA Aa NO INIA O 2 Figure 62 Selecting a Cart to Add a Rotating Cut ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 65 Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 2 Press Properties on the toolbar at the top of the screen to open this cart This will open the Cart Properties window as illustrated below Cart Properties Cart Number C019 Cart Properties Cart Number C019 Title Brave Combo Concert Artist la on the square in Denton Qutlue Start Date 1112700 Start Time 00 00 4M End Date i2 c00 ae 11 59 59 PM Audio Properties Audio File Ao TATION objects commercials bravexmas2k mp Browse Length 100 40 Intro 0 00 00 Ending Cold Cue n 0 00 00 EOM 1 00 06 Cart Created 20000417 12 08 36 2416320 Enable Automated Recording m 47 ecard pe Sample Rate Hami x Record Level Left 20 ie Stee ECF 1 00 40 Record level g Co Mono MPEG L3 32000 Hz Bit 3 j JIPE mem el lo le E ale 3 3 3 2 5 Wait for Audiol CD RIP Figure O Cart Froperties Window Open for Subcart Creation RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 66 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 3 Click the Add a subcart button to create a new cart with a unique cart number This will create a new cart and rename the
33. 1 mS 0002 02 nS 0003 Y coos5 01 nw 0005 02 nw 0005 03 nS C006 nS 0007 t C009 13 co10 13 C011 t C013 13 0014 01 mS 0014 02 13 0015 nS C06 nS C017 t cms w C019 02 t C019 03 13 C019 04 13 C020 t C021 13 C022 t C023 nS C024 t C025 01 mS 0025 02 13 C026 13 C027 t C028 c29 t C030 13 C031 13 C085 Crest Auto Group Crest Auto Group Eckerd Drugs Knor Pasta Dishes 1 Knorr Pasta Dishes 2 Knorr Pasta Dishes 3 Levitz Midnight Sale U 5 Metroline Short Distance Zebra Books Sarah s Song Stone Trail Restaurant Southwestern Bell Internet Services Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party Rounder 3 It s Christmas Man Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Bowl Season 1 ESPN Bowl Season 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage KXAS TY NBC 5 News Loading 54 carts complete took O Minutes and 1 seconds Q Open Sundays Q Open Sundays Q right at Eckerd Q taste is everything Q taste is everything Q taste is everything Q in stock items only music out Q Jingle out Q from Zebra Books Q www stonetrail com Q SW Bell internet sves stab Q in theatres now Q in Richardson Q in Ri
34. 11 23 00 10 04 17 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 22 25 01 10 31 00 14 59 47 10 25 00 13 04 22 01 01 01 01 00 00 11 23 00 19 00 00 11 23 00 11 07 24 12 05 99 05 05 05 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 08 00 23 59 59 09 13 02 00 59 59 08 24 01 00 59 59 11 24 02 00 00 00 lt none gt 04 25 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12201402 11 22 51 04 13 01 00 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 05 12 35 22 59 59 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 01 05 01 23 59 59 12 28 00 23 59 59 12 22 00 23 59 59 12 31 00 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 01 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 01 15 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 03 07 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt Toolbar Cart List Scroll Bar Q Keyboard Status 4 Figure 21 Features of the Cart Display Window A Menu Options provide access to every feature of RadioSuite Explorer Most features are mirrored on the Toolbar see item E below Descriptions of the menu options can be found in Working With Folders beginning on page 29 Working With Carts beginning on page 41 Playback Recording Controls beginning on page 83 and Other Toolbar and Menu Options beginning on page 90 Program Name is a standard Windows feature displaying the RadioSuite Explorer icon and program name This identifies the program and makes locating 1t easier even wh
35. 12 06 00 12 15 40 10 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28 10 02 00 14 41 31 09 17 00 14 49 23 09 12 00 08 39 07 10 12 00 10 34 51 12 03 00 14 55 02 11 17 00 14 56 12 09 17 00 14 57 30 12 12 00 14 59 35 12 12 00 15 00 34 12 05 00 17 00 00 04 17 00 15 03 46 08 30 00 13 59 37 01 05 01 23 59 59 12 28 00 23 59 59 12 22 00 23 59 59 12 31 00 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 01 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 01 15 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 03 07 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 12 31 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 01 07 01 23 59 59 02 21 01 23 59 59 12 14 00 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 01 11 01 23 59 59 01 25 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt Yv Loading 54 carts complete took 0 Minutes and 0 seconds INUM WY Figure 62 Cart Display Window Renumbered Cart Now Visible ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 77 Working With Carts continued Removing a Cart On occasion you will need to remove outdated or unwanted carts This does not mean that you must also remove the audio file being referenced although you may just that you are removing this electronic label for the audio file in question In the following example we will remove the cart for the third of
36. 18 44 01 lt none gt 13 101 Happy Holidays New York 0 10 99 0 09 59 12 03 00 09 17 54 lt none gt 13 120 Here s What s Happening Bed 0 15 83 0 15 49 11 29 00 17 11 25 lt none gt we J114 Legal ID 0 22 07 0 19 88 11 29 00 20 20 26 lt none gt 13 106 Ninety Five Five Short Medium 0 06 13 0 04 49 12 02 00 14 33 24 lt none gt we J123 Ninety Five Five Short Slow 0 11 93 0 10 28 12 06 00 15 06 57 lt none gt t J110 Rocky Rhodes Short 0 07 10 0 05 40 12 04 00 13 56 44 lt none gt 13 107 Rocky Rhodes Showgram 0 10 97 0 09 33 12 04 00 12 18 30 lt none gt we J104 Saturday Night at the Seventies 0 16 30 0 14 91 12 03 00 12 06 08 lt none gt 13 105 Saturday Night at the Seventies Medium 0 11 67 0 09 96 12 03 00 12 15 14 lt none gt we J113 Scott and Todd long sing 0 30 64 0 28 94 12 04 00 12 48 30 lt none gt t J115 Summer of Ninety Five Point Five 0 10 78 0 09 21 12 03 00 19 53 37 lt none gt 13 119 The best songs on the radio 0 22 70 0 21 16 11 30 00 11 33 31 lt none gt 13 116 Transition Medium 0 07 39 0 05 97 12 05 00 21 40 49 lt none gt 13 117 Transition Slow Medium 0 11 36 0 09 92 12 03 00 18 33 01 lt none gt we J125 Weather Bed 0 11 15 0 10 74 12 08 00 11 40 14 lt none gt Press F1 to get help NUM 4 Figure 0 Cart Display Window Copied Cart Now Visible ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 75 Working With Carts continued Renumbering a Cart Located between the Copy
37. 4 0 59 92 0 59 65 1 00 31 1 00 20 1 00 00 0 58 18 0 54 63 0 59 15 0 58 91 0 59 56 0 59 13 0 59 94 0 59 84 0 58 08 0 59 64 0 59 80 1 00 14 0 57 77 0 51 01 0 58 86 0 29 55 0 29 44 0 29 25 1 00 17 0 59 93 1 00 38 0 57 87 Start Time 12 07 99 18 33 17 09 12 00 08 39 07 04 17 00 12 15 40 04 17 00 14 59 35 04 17 00 15 00 34 04 17 00 14 57 30 04 17 00 15 03 46 04 17 00 12 10 46 04 17 00 14 55 02 07 04 99 10 12 58 09 27 00 15 26 09 11 27 00 07 00 00 11 23 99 10 04 17 12 07 99 13 04 22 08 16 99 22 25 01 10 02 00 14 41 31 04 17 00 14 49 23 01 01 99 01 00 00 09 05 00 17 25 43 09 05 00 17 28 58 12 26 99 15 00 00 12 26 99 15 00 00 11 30 99 16 47 58 04 17 00 12 16 57 04 17 00 12 13 46 04 17 00 14 56 12 08 30 00 13 59 37 10 12 00 10 34 51 12 05 99 05 05 05 11 17 99 23 00 00 10 20 99 12 00 00 08 21 99 00 00 00 11 03 99 00 00 00 10 09 00 12 47 28 12 15 99 13 51 49 12 15 99 13 48 13 End Time 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 16 00 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 12 04 00 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 01 01 38 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 12 30 02 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 11 01 00 23 59 59 09 13 02 00 59 59 08 24 01 00 59 59 11 24 02 00 00 00 11 02 0
38. 5 02 nS C026 nS C027 Y cozs t C029 t C030 t C031 t C099 nS C101 nS C102 Y cios mS 0104 mS C105 Y c106 nS C107 t C109 mS C110 mS C111 mS C112 KxAS TY NBC 5 News Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD 2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Test for sort Anheuser Busch Hollywood Video Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes_Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemp American Cider Company Dinner Iron City Beer FCC Cheer Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Loading 54 carts complete took 0 Minutes and 1 seconds Q Texas News Channel Q in theatres now Q in Richardson Q in Richardson Q Dress Accordingly Q Power On Q Milwaukee WI O Milwaukee Wl Q on the square in Denton Q for all your nuclear polka needs Q Grammy winning artist Q You Wireless Yet Q Rivertown Detroit Q Follow Label Instructions Q Your Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN 0 11 30 on ESPN Q St Louis MO Q Milwaukee MI Q St Louis MO Q Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sti
39. 514 PM End Date knon End Time nons Audio Properties AE Browse Length 0 00 00 Intro a ag a0 Ending a Cue ln a ag a0 EOM 0 00 00 Cart Created Enable Automated Recording Record Ippe Sample Rater Wami Recodllevellieft 20 F Geren Eme 0 00 00 Record level Bigr 20 C Kona PCM 44 00 He Bit MieKBvs pe li a amp msn M jo Mixer iit wait for Audiol CD RIP Figure 48 Entering Basic Audio File Data Because this is a song we will not be entering End Date or End Time data for this cart Start Date and Start Time data are automatically set to the current date and time when the new Cart Properties window is opened The OutCue line is optional for songs and RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 44 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued will be left blank If this were a commercial or other non music cart the outcue line should be used to display the last few words spoken on the cart For songs it can be used for album titles or other appropriate trivia Uy Click the Browse button in the middle of the window to begin the process of finding the previously created audio file Y ou can create a cart for any audio file stored in any of the folders under the objects folder on your RadioSuite HD network If you have stored the audio file in some other folder you will need to use Windows Explorer to move the audio file to
40. 6 95 3 15 00 09 26 00 14 11 04 lt none gt id Jingles w M041 Of Course l m Alright Alabama 3 46 93 3 37 00 09 04 00 16 30 56 lt none gt Y Music me M011 Dancin Shaggin ont Alabama 4 05 97 3 50 97 10 02 00 11 24 13 lt none gt E Christmas me M153 Reckless Alabama 3 17 97 3 08 78 10 01 00 13 11 22 lt none gt am nS M087 Gone Crazy Alan Jackson 3 53 49 3 37 00 10 03 00 08 27 30 lt none gt a me ius nS M035 Between the Devil an Alan Jackson 4 21 50 41218 09 19 00 14 27 29 lt none gt fea Promos nS MOBS Dallas Alan Jackson 2 43 49 2 40 00 09 26 00 10 33 43 lt none gt w M133 Right On The Money Alan Jackson 3 53 73 3 37 00 09 11 00 13 12 44 lt none gt we M177 Gone Country Alan Jackson 3 53 44 3 45 00 09 20 00 13 16 01 lt none gt 13 M010 Little Bitty Alan Jackson 2 35 51 2 32 24 09 19 00 13 12 13 lt none gt we 1240 I d Love to Change th Alvin Lee 10 Years Af 3 46 69 3 39 35 10 02 00 07 13 58 lt none gt nS M061 You won t Ever Be L Andy Griggs 3 35 46 3 23 00 09 25 00 16 01 07 lt none gt 13 M051 What If Said Anita Cochran w Ste 4 25 54 419 00 09 21 00 10 49 21 lt none gt we M801 Day After Day Badfinger MPEG 2 3 09 57 3 07 41 09 12 00 15 14 42 lt none gt w M110 If There Hadn t Been Billy Dean 3 18 13 3 13 00 09 11 00 15 06 33 lt none gt t M007 I s All the Same to Me Billy Ray Cyrus 4 17 17 4 06 17 10 04 00 08 29 57 lt none gt w M085 Busy Man Billy Ray Cyrus 3 19 20 3 07 86 10 09 00 12 55 48 lt none
41. 8 08 mp Click OK to create the path Click Cancel to cancel the copy E Lancel Figure NO Distribution Dialog Audio File Fath Does Not Exist ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 93 Other Toolbar and Menu Options Distribute continued There is already a cart file with the same cart number on the station to which this file is being copied Click OK to overwrite the existing cart file or click Cancel to skip this file and continue with the distribution of the other files if any Warning File Exists IF you want to overnvrite click OF IF you want to skip click Cancel 2 The Reference File 7 45 TATION reference Commercial 20 6 ret already exits E Cancel Figure 111 Distribution Dialog Cart File Already Exists There is already an audio file with the same file name on the station to which this file is being copied Click OK to overwrite the existing audio file or click Cancel to skip this file and continue with the distribution of the other files if any Warming File Exists e target object Me e objects commercials Uo mips already exits 2 Th bject file 2 55 TATIONS oby 4 lal SSSR AB OE mips already exi IF you want to overnite click OF Cancel is IF you want to skip click Cancel Figure 112 Distribution Dialog Audio File Already Exists 5 Watch as the cart and audio files are copied to the destination stations When all of the f
42. 9 10 12 58 09 27 00 15 26 09 12 04 00 07 00 00 11 27 00 07 00 00 11 23 99 10 04 17 12 07 99 13 04 22 08 16 99 22 25 01 10 02 00 14 41 31 04 17 00 14 49 23 01 01 99 01 00 00 09 05 00 17 28 58 09 05 00 17 25 43 12 26 99 15 00 00 12 26 99 15 00 00 11 30 99 16 47 58 04 17 00 12 16 57 04 17 00 12 13 46 04 17 00 14 56 12 08 30 00 13 59 37 10 12 00 10 34 51 12 05 99 05 05 05 11 17 99 23 00 00 10 20 99 12 00 00 08 21 99 00 00 00 11 03 99 00 00 00 10 09 00 12 47 28 12 07 99 14 59 47 Figure 77 Current Cart Display Window With New Rotating Cart ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS Inventory Duplicate End Time View 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 16 00 23 59 59 12 16 00 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 12 04 00 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 01 01 38 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 12 30 02 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 1140100 23 59 59 09 13 02 00 59 59 08 24 01 00 59 59 11 24 02 00 00 00 11 02 00 23 59 59 lt none gt 2i ia MOA E RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 73 Working With Carts continued Copying a Cart Located between the Properties and Renumber buttons Copy makes an exact duplicate of a selected cart and stores it with a new unique ide
43. AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 25 Using RadioSuite Explorer Understanding the Cart Display Window continued Cart List Cart List Colors Carts in the cart list are displayed in one of three colors and each color is designed to alert you to the status of the cart e Red Cart is expired the current date and time is past the cart s End Date and End Time settings or invalid associated with an audio file that does not exist e Green Cart is valid but only for the future the current date and time is not yet past the cart s Start Date and Start Time settings e Black Cart is valid for immediate playback Cart List Symbols Along with color each cart in the list is preceded by a symbol that further indicates the status of each cart The chart below describes the meaning of each symbol in detail Symbol ono crm j Recordable cart properly configured for automated recording Recordable cart not properly configured Figure 24 Symbols Used in the Cart Froperties Window RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 26 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Using RadioSuite Explorer Understanding the Cart Display Window Cart List continued Sorting the Cart List By default the cart list is sorted by cart number in ascending order You can change the way the list 1s sorted by clicking on any column header gt If the list is already sorted on the items in this column the sort direction will be reversed from a
44. ALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 61 Working With Carts Editing an Existing Cart continued 3 Make whatever changes you wish to this cart For example this song has a musical ramp of just over 15 seconds so it s important to indicate that the announcers should stop talking before that time elapses Cart Properties Cart Number 1234 Cart Properties S Cart Number 1 434 dd a subeart ave Tithe Down at the Friendly Tavern Artist Brave Combo Qutlue Start Date 3719700 Start Time 2 10 23 PM End Date none Y EndTime enone Audio Properties Audio File AE TATION T objects musicABrawe_Lombo Down_at_the_Friendl Browse Length 1 55 82 Intro a 15 67 feu Ending Cold a Cue lr aaa a0 EOM 1 52 41 St Cart Created 20000601 10 15 28 2631896 Cancel Enable Automated Recording sample fate 441 00 Beco level Let 20 fas E EEO EDF 1 55 82 Peca Level Bight 20 kono MPEG L3 44 00Hz Bit VBR ac p il Record Ippe Ee iid E wait for audio CD FIP TIME Figure 65 Setting the Intro Time To change the Start Time or End Time for this audio file click on the hour displayed in the appropriate field You may then type the new hour here or use the up down arrows to manipulate the hour as illustrated above To move to the minutes portion of the field press the L arrow key and continue editing When ready press J to continue t
45. C DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 71 Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 10 Play the end of the audio file to set EOM time While the audio file 1s playing click the green crawl bar about one inch from the right edge of the window This plays the end of the audio file so you may set the EOM time without listening to the entire file When you hear the segue point click the Set button by the EOM field This 1s when the next element will start during automated playback In the example below the commercial ends with a spoken tag at about 59 7 seconds New Subcart Properties Subcart Number 201 9 02 Cart Properties Cart Number corso Adda subir art _ Save Title Brave Combo CD Release Party Lancel Artist G for all your nuclear polka neede OutCue FO Start Date jz 4 00 Start Time 00 00 Ak End Date 12716700 la 11 59 59 PM Audio Properties Audio File 245 TATION objectsscormmercials bcombocd mp Browse Length 1 00 37 Intro 0 00 00 Ending Cold y Curl 0 00 60 EOM 0 59 73 EEX Cart Created 20001129 10 57 18 2414820 Enable Automated Recording Record tie ET f Stereo ECIF 1 00 40 ecoa level Eight g C Mono MPEG L3 30000 Hz Spit 3 al il a E e M om Miner Sampe hate Maii Recod level llei T30 Figure 6 Setting EOM Time RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 72 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Ca
46. E EXPLORER Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 3 Carefully read the End User License Agreement Accepting an agreement like this is a legal requirement of most software packages We want you to understand your rights and responsibilities as regards RadioSuite Explorer as well as our rights and responsibilities By clicking Yes you confirm that you have read and understood this End User License Agreement Software License Agreement Pleaze read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement LICENSE AGREEMENT af On Ar Digital 015 6 AadioSuite Explorer IMPORTANT You should read CAREFULLY This license agreement ls a legal agreement between you ether an individual or a single entity and the On Air Digital USA for the identified product andor On Air Digital USA Software which include computer software and associated media and may include printed materials and online or electronic documentation By installing this product andor On Sir Digital USA Software you agree to be bound by the terns gt Do you accept all the terns of the preceding License Agreement IF you choose No Setup will close To install RadioSuite Explorer you must accept this agreement Back Figure 2 End User License Agreement Window You must click Yes to confirm that you have read and understood this End User License Agreement for the installation to continue If you have
47. Figure Sl Cart Display Window Select a Cart to Kenumber End Time a 11 24 02 00 00 00 lt none gt 04 25 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 01 02 11 22 51 lt none gt 04 13 01 00 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 05 12 35 22 59 59 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 01 05 01 23 59 59 12 28 00 23 59 59 12 22 00 23 59 59 12 31 00 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 01 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 12 30 00 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 01 15 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 03 07 01 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 12 31 00 23 59 59 gi a A RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 76 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Renumbering a Cart continued 2 Enter a new unique indentifier for this cart Each cart must have its own unique identifier so that it may be played and stored properly on the RadioSuite HD In this example we are renumbering cart C012 to C085 Enter the new cart number for cart COl below cogs ae Cancel k Figure 62 New Cart Number Entry Window 3 Click OK to complete the renumbering process When the cart has been renumbered you will be returned to the Cart Display window You will see that the renumbered cart has been sorted properly in the updated cart list 25 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Properties Cop
48. Menu Options Distribute continued 4 Observe the dialog boxes if any and respond to their requests As the files are copied from this station to another RadioSuite Explorer may encounter situations in which it requires manual intervention to avoid overwriting files or creating unnecessary new file folders The four examples below cover amost every contingency the program might encounter e There is not yet a cart file folder to match the one on the current station All distributed cart files are copied to identically named folders on the new stations Click OK to create the required cart file folder or click Cancel to skip this file and continue with the distribution of the other files if any Target Reference File Path Does Not Exits does not exists Click OF to create the path Click Cancel to cancel the copy Cancel Figure 102 Distribution Dialog Cart File Fath Does Not Exist 2 The directory for the refernce file 4 45 TATION references Commercials 0 26 ref e There is not yet an audio file folder to match the one on the current station All distributed audio files are copied to identically named folders on the new stations Click OK to create the required audio file folder or click Cancel to skip this file and continue with the distribution of the other files 1f any Target Path Does Not Exits does not exists 2 The directory for the target file 7 45 TATION 3 objects commercials 19994
49. ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 39 Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder Move continued 4 With the new location highlighted release the left mouse button RadioSuite Explorer will move the folder to 1ts new location the folder will disappear from its old location and the hand icon will be replaced by the arrow pointer In the example below the Christmas folder that had been between Bits and Beds and Jingles can now be found as a sub folder under the top level Music folder gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Staton View Tools Help Available Stations 5 147101 Folder List x FSS TATION Fi Music 123 Christmas Y Currente b Figure 44 Move Folder Done RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 40 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder continued Display It s often very helpful to have sub folders to organize different varieties of audio files under one larger subject However these sub folders can also make the Folder List seem cluttered and make finding the folder you want more time consuming This feature which works the same as it does in Windows Explorer allows you to temporarily change how folders are shown in the Folder List Displaying hidden sub folders The example on the left side of the page shows a plus sign next to the Music folder This indicates that there are sub folders hidden from view
50. R S MANUAL 70 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued This value should be set so audio begins right away during playback without clipping when the Cue Audio button is clicked down If the Cue Audio button is not clicked down RadioSuite Explorer will ignore the cue in setting and playback will begin from the start of the file The Radio Suite HD will always use this cue in setting at playback regardless of whether Cue Audio was clicked here in RadioSuite Explorer In the example below the audio begins about three fifths of a second into the file so a cue in of 0 60 seconds was required New Subcart Properties Subcart Number 2019 02 Cart Properties Cart Number coro Add a subir art Save Title Brave Combo CD Release Party Cancel Artist G for all your nuclear polka neede OutCue Po Start Date ha so Start Time 70000 4m End Date fi2nevoo End Time 11 59 59 PM Audio Properties Audio File ZAS TATION TSobjects commercials bcombocd mp Browse Length 1 00 37 Intro 0 00 00 Ending Cold y Cue lr 0 00 60 EOM 1 00 06 Cart Created 20001128 10 57 18 2414880 Enable Automated Recording Record pe 44100 lt Beco level beth 20 dias 1 00 40 Recon level ight g C Mono MPEG L3 32000 Hz Ei j il E B e rn a gt 2 60 TIME Li i Figure 75 Setting Cue In Time ON AIR DIGITAL USA IN
51. RUSIA 0 00 00 EOM 1 52 41 lt none gt Day After Cart Created 20000601 10 15 28 2631896 lt none gt If There Enable Automated Recording nanos It s All the lt none gt Busy Mal sample Hate W400 v FlecordLevelLeft 39 lt none gt Your Dwi EWE 1 55 92 Record Level Bight 20 lt none gt There Yc i lt none gt Down at lt none gt Husband 5 lt none gt A W gt Mier aed ever none Can t Gr wait for Audiol CD RIP tones How Lon lt none gt Feel Go lt none gt One Sme lt none gt Goin Up lt none gt Fell In L lt none gt Ordinary lt none gt What s tk lt none gt Rumor Has lt Clay Walker 2 56 05 2 50 00 09 29 00 14 18 15 lt none gt Then What Clay Walker 3 05 90 2 52 00 09 26 00 13 41 50 lt none gt Watch This Clay Walker 3 12 80 3 03 71 09 28 00 14 17 58 lt none gt y Loading 186 carts complete took O Minutes and 3 seconds NUM YA Figure 64 Cart Froperties Window Open for Editing From this window you may update cart label information play the current audio file change the associated audio file and set cue in EOM and intro times For most of these fields you may update them by either clicking on the field and typing the new information or by clicking the adjacent Set button at the appropriate time For the other fields the following pages illustrate how their editing controls function ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC D
52. S TY NBC 5 News Knorr Pasta Dishes 1 Knorr Pasta Dishes 2 Knorr Pasta Dishes 3 Levitz Midnight Sale Mercedes_Benz Miller Lite Miller Lite Loading 52 carts complete took O Minutes and 1 seconds 2 Artist O You Wireless Yet Q I ll have some honey O White Plains NY O White Plains NY Q White Plains NY Q Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q St Louis MO Houston TX Follow Label Instructions Rivertown Detroit mE O O O on the square in Denton St Louis MO St Louis MO SE Louis MO In your life Coca Cola Clear Water sung Open Sundays Open Sundays 11 30 on ESPN 11 30 on ESPN right at Eckerd Music out Welcome to Hollywood Hollywood Video Celebrity voices impersonated Celebrity voices impersonated Pittsburgh PA Texas News Channel taste is everything taste is everything taste is everything in stock items only music out obey local speed limits Milwaukee WI Milwaukee w l DOPOODODODAOADADAADADAOAAAO Length 0 56 11 0 50 65 1 00 19 1 00 40 1 00 37 1 00 55 1 00 66 1 00 33 1 00 22 1 05 35 1 05 48 1 04 80 1 08 33 1 04 80 1 04 91 0 55 15 1 00 73 1 05 51 0 59 82 0 59 52 1 04 07 1 04 07 0 59 08 1 00 19 1 00 30 1 00 87 0 59 86 0 51 48 0 58 57 0 29 91 0 30 06 0 29 94 1 00 23 1 00 33 1 05 22 1 02 38 EOM 0 50 85 0 50 33 0 58 82 0 59 88 0 59 99 1 00 35 0 59 98 0 59 8
53. Suite HD s usr local rs hd home directory In the example below the RadioSuite HD s home directory has been assigned to network drive Z on this computer This is easily distinguished from other assigned drive letters because always starts with RS HD followed by the network name of the RadioSuite HD computer This network name is usually your call letters or company name a dash then the letters RSHD Browse for Folder Select Folder 4 Desktop BAE FM Computer H 29 3 Floppy 4 aj C H E OAUSA on DAPDCOT F H E ATG on DAPDCOT G S27 AS HD on STATIONT ASHL 2 E Ba Metwork Mount Points Figure 17 Drive Selection Window Initial ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 17 Configuring RadioSuite Explorer continued 3 Highlight the drive letter for the Root Path Click once on the drive letter assigned to the RadioSuite HD s home directory This will highlight the selected drive letter as shown in the graphic below In the example below the RadioSuite HD s home directory has been assigned to network drive Z on this computer Highlight this drive letter by clicking once on RS HD on STATION1 RSHD Z to select this drive as the Root Path Browse for Folder Select Folder Ae Desktop By My Computer gals 3 Floppy 4 eS IC ee Ey E E 4 4 CAUSA on DAPDCO1 F n a on OAPOCOT G S HD on STATION1 AS HO 2 E 1 Ne
54. The left middle of the window shows technical information and elapsed time for the audio file The right middle of the window holds the familiar recording and playback controls as well as access to the Windows mixer so you may set input levels The bottom of the window displays digital peak meters to help you determine the level of the audio being recorded and a green bar graph so you may play back the audio file from any point with ease Record Audio File Audio File Cancel Figure 98 Record Audio File Window Initial Click the Browse button to reveal the Select A File window You must select a place on the RadioSuite HD hard drive to store the audio file and give it a unique name so that it can be played back later The next two steps help you accomplish these tasks with ease but first you must click the Browse button to reveal the Select a File window RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 86 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Playback Recording Controls Record Audio File continued 3 Choose a folder to store the audio file You can create an audio file in any of the folders under the objects folder for your station on the RadioSuite HD These folders help your organize the audio files so they can be found more easily when creating carts and when maintaining your hard drive Double click the folder name in the Available Directories list to choose a folder and reveal the audio files if any stored in that directory Sele
55. XPLORER USER S MANUAL 36 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder Delete continued 2 Click Yes in the pop up window to delete the folder and its contents This will remove the folder and any carts in the folder If you wish to save some or all of these carts click No then use the RadioSuite Explorer to move the carts to a different folder before restarting the folder deletion process Confirm Deletion 2 Delete the folder Decision 26000 and its contents Figure 58 Delete Folder Window This completes the folder deletion Look at the Folder List in the detail view below and you will see that the Decision 2000 folder has been successfully removed gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations 5 747 10M1 Folder List x Sani 29 Bits and Beds Y Commercials Figure 59 Delete Folder Done ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 37 Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder continued Move As you use the RadioSuite Explorer to organize your carts you may find that you wish to move a folder to a new location Perhaps a top level folder makes more sense as a sub folder or a sub folder would be more convenient as a top level folder This process allows you to make this change rapidly without need for further alteration 1 Highlight the folder you wish to relocate by clicking once on the folder
56. art number for copy of cart number J124 below psn Ok Cancel aj Figure 79 New Cart Number Entry Window 3 Click OK to complete the copy process When the cart has been copied you will be returned to the Cart Display window You will see that the copied cart is now available to be edited or moved as desired 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help gt du La Q Play Fause Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventos Duplicate View ee m a X Properties Copy Renumber Delete Title 2 Artist Length EOM Start Time End Time E STATION1 13 122 Best Mix More Hits 0 12 06 0 10 27 12 06 00 11 37 30 lt none gt Y Bits and Beds ne J121 Calls Medium Short 0 03 94 0 02 39 12 07 00 13 25 54 lt none gt Christmas 13 J108 Calls Short Medium 0 05 19 0 03 78 11 30 00 11 05 36 lt none gt ua Commercials W J112 Calls Short Medium Fast 0 04 15 0 02 61 11 30 00 08 45 05 lt none gt i a Jingles nS J118 Calls Short Slow 0 05 14 0 03 78 12 03 00 08 21 21 lt none gt E Music t J109 Drivin you home Drivin you nuts 0 23 35 0 21 62 12 06 00 07 19 35 lt none gt 3 Promos Dry Bed for net fill 0 11 65 11 29 00 10 13 43 lt none gt 13 D901 Dry Bed for net fill 0 11 65 0 10 25 11 29 00 10 13 43 lt none gt we J111 ls Feet on the floor Butt out the door 0 11 20 0 09 72 12 03 00 12 22 57 lt none gt we J103 Happy Holidays Medium 0 13 94 0 12 39 12 04 00
57. arts to load Figure 50 Cart Display Window New ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Creating a New Folder continued 2 Right click on the highlighted station name to reveal an options menu As seen in the detail view below New Folder is the first option on this menu gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations 5 TATION Folder List x EY STATION Delete Folder l Rename Folder New Station Figure 31 Create New Folder Menu 3 Click New Folder to create a new folder called New Folder 31 A yellow opened folder icon will appear in the folder list The name of this new folder is automatically highlighted for easy renaming gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATION Figure 32 Create New Folder Unnamed RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 32 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders Creating a New Folder continued 4 Type the correct name for this folder In the example below this first folder you have created will be named Jingles While the capitalization of the folder name does not affect operation we have found that names beginning with a capital letter followed by lower case letters are easiest to read 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations 3 T4T10N1 Falder List x E
58. aster Penttum CPU e Local area network to connect RadioSuite HD and RadioSuite Explorer computers Miscellaneous e A telephone next to the computer for installation codes and technical support e Notepad and pen you will probably want to take some notes along the way e Approximately two hours of your time for self guided training and setup A Note to the Reader Like all good software the RadioSuite Explorer is a work in progress so there may be incomplete sections in this RadioSuite Explorer User s Manual or the latest version of the software may not exactly match the illustrations This is normal for a product in production and you will of course be provided with updated documentation and software as they become available If you have any questions comments or suggestions about the RadioSuite family of products or documentation please contact us right away You can reach On Air Digital USA by fax at 972 481 9499 by email at support onairusa com and by telephone at 972 481 8700 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 3 Installing RadioSuite Explorer These steps should be taken to install your RadioSuite Explorer software If a trainer from On Air Digital USA 1s scheduled to assist with system setup and the training of your staff these steps should take place before the trainer arrives NOTE The RadioSuite Explorer may be installed on any properly networked computer that meets the minimum requi
59. ate information about an audio file stored in an existing cart The cart is a sort of fancy electronic cart label and it can control how and when this audio file plays This editing feature allows you to modify cart number title artist outcue start and end dates and times cue in time intro time EOM time ending type and even the audio file to which this cart refers You may change as much or as little as you need to change and even undo your changes by selecting Cancel instead of Save 1 From the RadioSuite Explorer cart display window highlight the information display line for the audio file whose cart you wish to edit For example we will edit cart for the Brave Combo song Down at the Friendly Tavern Click once on the information display line for that commercial cart to highlight it 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Ewa A De am Available Stations STATION x gt di ld Q amp E Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventory Duplicate View Folder List x Artist Lenath EDM Start Time End Time Down at the Friendly Brave Combo 09 19 00 14 10 23 E STATION1 l m Leaving Aaron Tippin 3 21 02 317 00 09 27 00 14 16 13 lt none gt 3 Bits and Beds nw M082 Keepin Up Alabama 2 59 26 24200 09 17700 14 10 47 lt none gt Commercials 13 M176 Sad Looking Moon Alabama 3 2
60. back Buffer size EB Buffers a Recording System Settings lM Duplicate Check On Open Station Cancel Apply Help Figure 19 Options Window Drive Selected ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 19 Configuring RadioSuite Explorer continued 6 Activate the Duplicate Check on Open Station feature Observe the Duplicate Check on Open Station check box at the bottom of the Options window If this box is checked RadioSuite Explorer will automatically run a check for duplicate cart identifier each time the program is started or a new station is selected This duplicate check helps prevent playback errors and allows the program to keep an accurate inventory file by highlighting carts with non unique identifiers gt Ifthe box is not checked click it once to activate the Duplicate Check On Open Station feature gt If the box is already checked leave it checked unless otherwise directed by On Air Digital USA support personnel Options Global Settings Foot Path zs Browse Playback Buffer size 8 kB Buffers l l El l Recording Buffer size 8kB Butters a H Cancel Apply Help Figure 20 Options Window System Settingo Duplicate Check The duplicate cart identifier check can also be run manually at any time by pressing the Duplicate button on the toolbar For more information about the duplicate check see Other Toolbar and M
61. before that date 12 Press Save to save the new cart This will write the new cart to the hard drive and make this audio file available for automated recording and eventual playback via the RadioSuite HD Your display will return to the current cart display window Make a note of the cart number you assigned to this cart as that is the way you must identify this program in your scheduling software IMPORTANT If you are scheduling this program as a song using the RadioSuite HD as an audio source on the UDS II you must enter songs into your music scheduler database with a trailing 00 to emulate the disc and track ID that UDS II uses to identify songs Do not attempt to save them this way in the Cart Properties window just in your music scheduling software If you are scheduling this program as a breaknote element in your music scheduler clocks it must be entered exactly as it was saved in RadioSuite Explorer without a trailing 00 Only elements treated as songs require that special designation in your music scheduling software NOTE When you save a new cart it will be properly sorted in the cart display window by cart number artist title or whatever criteria you have specified The default sort criteria for this window is ascending by cart number ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 59 Working With Carts continued Editing an Existing Cart From time to time you will need to upd
62. button instead If you have made any changes no matter how minor you will be asked whether or not you wish to save the changed data This prevents you from losing any updates you made by clicking Cancel accidentally Click Yes to save the changes Unsaved Data you have made to this cart 2 you want to save changes before closing Click No to confirm that you save your changes click Yes really want to cancel and do not wish to save the changes lose your changes click Ho continue editing press Lancel eee Click Cancel to return to the Cart Properties window and continue editing Figure 68 Cancel Confirmation RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 64 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts continued Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart Commercials jingles and similar audio types often require several different audio files to play in an even rotation or on a staggered schedule For scheduling purposes it is usually easiest if these grouped audio files rotate in sequence under a single cart number The RadioSuite Explorer allows you to add additional cuts to any existing cart with the click of a single button 1 From the RadioSuite Explorer cart display window highlight the information display line for the audio file whose cart you wish to edit For example we will add a second cut to the existing Brave Combo Concert cart This second cut will promote their upcoming childre
63. button to open the Build Inventory window This window will display the destination path and file name for the inventory file ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 95 Other Toolbar and Menu Options Inventory continued 2 Click the Start button to begin the inventory process When you click the Start button you will observe RadioSuite Explorer finding the cart files loading the data stored in the cart files then finally writing the inventory file Build Inventory Building inventory file Inventory file 2 so TATION TACART_INY DAT N Cancel Figure 117 Build Inventory Window Ready to Start This inventory building process can take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes depending on the number and complexity of cart stored for this station 3 Click the Close button to return to the Cart Display Window When the process is complete the Build Inventory window will display the word Done and the Cancel button will be transformed into a Close button Press this Close button to return to the Cart Display Window Build Inventory Building inventory file Inventory file 2 so TATION TACART_INY DAT Done Figure 118 Build Inventory Window Ready to Close RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 96 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Other Toolbar and Menu Options continued Duplicate Located between the Inventory and View button
64. chardson Q Dress Accordingly Q Power On O Milwaukee WI Q Milwaukee Wl Q on the square in Denton Q for all your nuclear polka needs Q and to all a good night Q Grammy winning artist Q You Wireless Yet Q Rivertown Detroit Q Follow Label Instructions OY our Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN Q football action on ESPN Q St Louis MO Q Milwaukee Ml Q St Louis MO Q Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sting Q the Syracuse sung Q Texas News Channel 0 59 82 0 59 52 0 59 08 0 29 91 0 30 06 0 29 94 1 00 23 0 58 52 0 29 43 0 59 25 0 58 66 0 59 55 1 00 02 1 00 04 1 04 94 0 59 97 1 02 38 1 05 22 1 00 40 1 00 40 1 00 37 0 56 11 1 05 48 1 05 35 1 05 41 1 08 33 0 59 86 1 00 40 1 00 33 0 35 16 1 04 80 1 05 51 1 03 79 1 03 53 0 58 57 0 59 56 0 59 13 0 58 08 0 29 55 0 29 44 0 29 25 1 00 17 0 58 35 0 29 14 0 59 24 0 57 82 0 59 70 0 59 70 1 00 21 0 59 31 0 54 27 0 57 87 1 00 38 09 05 00 17 25 43 09 05 00 17 28 58 11 30 99 16 47 58 11 17 00 23 00 00 10 20 99 12 00 00 08 21 99 00 00 00 11 03 99 00 00 00 10 03 00 17 33 00 07 04 99 00 00 00 12 13 99 14 39 59 06 16 99 00 00 00 11 18 99 13 51 06 01 03 00 08 02 36 01 10 00 19 00 00 05 11 00 15 24 33 09 09 00 18 32 00 09 20 00 13 48 13 09 15 00 13 51 49 11 27 00 12 29 47 11 28 00 12 29 47 12 04 00 12 29 47 12 05 00 07 00 00 11 22 00 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 11 04 00 10 12 58 11 27 00 12 00 00
65. ct A File Current Directora 2 45 TATION objects Available Directores Files In Directory bits and drops anotherme waw Christmas commercials ingles music beds web Jingles Create Directory Create File Delete File Current Selected File Fille Size Fille Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np aw Cancel Figure 99 Browse Window Select the Folder Where the Audio File Should Be Stored If you do not see an appropriate folder for this audio file you may create a new folder by clicking the Create Directory button below the Available Directories list entering a new folder name in the window that pops up shown below then clicking OK You will be returned to the Browse window and you may proceed with step 3 above Enter the new directory name Figure 100 Browse Window Name the New Folder ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 87 Playback Recording Controls Record Audio File continued 4 Select an existing file to overwrite or click Create File to enter a new file name gt If you wish to record over an existing audio file click once one the file name in the Files In Directory list Click OK to return to the Record Audio File window and proceed directly to step 6 on the next page gt If you wish to create a new audio file to record click the Create File button and continue with step 5 below Select A F
66. d audio files see Working With Carts beginning on page 41 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 30 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Folders continued Creating a New Folder When you start using the RadioSuite System you will find few or no folders when you run RadioSuite Explorer for the first time As time goes on your cart inventory will grow and your organizational needs will increase In both cases you will need to create new folders to organize your carts 1 To create a new folder for carts click on the station name in the Folder List portion of the Cart Display window In the example below we are using STATION but your station name will likely reflect your call letters or company name Be sure to select the correct station from the list of available stations before continuing as described in Changing Stations on page NOTE When you run RadioSuite Explorer for the first time you may see a handful of default folders or as in the example below no folders at all These instructions guide you through creating a new folder in either situation 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help sl Available Stations STATIONI a 2f x gt uy Lal ew Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventory Duplicate View Folder List x Cart Title artist Length EOM Start Time End Time 3 Loading 0 carts complete No c
67. dar window and return you to the 8 an 10 Cart Properties window You may also use the arrow 16 keys on your keyboard 4 EJ LJ J to move the day highlight then press to select and return to the Cart Properties window Figure 66 Start End Date Calendars ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 63 Working With Carts Editing an Existing Cart continued To change the ending type click the drop arrow adjacent to the Ending field This reveals a list of the three standard ending types for RadioSuite HD audio files Click the type that best matches the ending of this file The list will disappear and that ending type will be displayed in the Ending field This 1s used for display purposes only and then mostly just for songs so this setting 1s not critical However it is important that it is set correctly if it is set at all Ending Cold i l E nding Cold Ending Fade a rs Figure O Changing Ending Types Detail View 4 Press Save to finalize these changes and return to the cart display window When you have completed making all of the changes to this Cart Properties window that you want click the Save button in the upper right hand portion of the window This will save the changes to disk and close the Cart Properties window The current cart display window will then be shown unobstructed If you want to exit without saving changes click the Cancel
68. e Program Folders Internet Tools Microsoft Sturt Radio Stuff StartUp System Tools Back Cancel If you wish to change the folder name you may click one of the folders in the Existing Folders list or type a brand new name in the Program Folders box In any case when you are satisfied with the name of the folder to hold these icons click Next to proceed and being the file copying process ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 9 Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued Wait as the installation program copies files to your hard drive The installation program will show a progress bar to indicate what percentage of the total file package has been copied In addition the InstallShield fuel gauges display will indicate file copying activity is ongoing even if the progress bar has slowed or stalled In the example below the installation is just under halfway to completion vl RadioSute Explorer Setup RadioSuue Explorer 9 Copying program files to location clwindows systemimmtoolsx oce Figure 6 Installation File Copying Click Finish to close the installation program When file copying and installation are complete a window titled Setup Complete will be displayed This window will state Setup has finished installing RadioSuite Explorer on your computer Click Finish to complete Setup Click the Finish button to complete setup and retur
69. e gt lt none gt 11 02 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt Figure 92 Cart Display Window After Audio and Cart Deletion Examine the list of Rounder Records commercials listed in the graphic above You will notice that the subcart numbers have been updated automatically to reflect the deletion of subcart 01 Although the subcart numbers have been updated the Title field of the new cart 01 the old subcart 02 still reflects the original Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party entry Any numbers in the Title field are text entered by you and not subject to any sort of automatic manipulation The subcart number is generated exclusively by the RadioSuite Explorer and is automatically updated because it is vital to the proper rotation of subcarts during playback ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 83 Playback Recording Controls The RadioSuite Explorer toolbar contains a number of familiar looking playback and recording controls much like those found on standard compact disc or audio cassette players They work pretty much like you d expect but there are subtle nuances that are fully explained on the pages that follow Play I Located on the toolbar between the x lt 10 F O Delete and Pause buttons Play Play pales Stop Record begins playback of the audio file targeted by the highlighted cart You may browse the
70. e is select an audio file provide basic data about the audio file then set cue in intro and segue points l From the RadioSuite Explorer main screen press New to create a new cart This will open a new Cart Properties window as illustrated below Hew Cart Properties E Cart Properties Save Cart Number EME Addla subcart EA Title New Title Cancel Artist New Artist DutCue Po Start Date 10 1 6 00 Start Time 4 15 14 PH End Date lt none gt End Time lt none gt Audio Properties Audio File Browse Length po Intro ja aa ag ser Ending H Cue ln o 60 08 EUM a ag a0 Cart Created Enable Automated Recording m 47 ecord pe Sa E tE En af aye ample Rate 44100 Record Level Lett g Ol ea EOF 0 00 00 Pecan level lah 20 ae lee PCM 4 00Hz GEk ie K Byes j iij E ARILALIE walt for Audiol CD RIF Figure 47 New Cart Froperties Window ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 43 Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued 2 Enter a cart number title artist name outcue and start end dates and times In this example we are creating cart 5719 for the song Ice Machine In The Desert by Brave Combo Hew Cart Properties New Cart Number 5 19 Cart Properties Cart Number Bas Adda subeant Title lice Machine in the Desert Cancel Artist Brave Combo OutCue PO Start Date honean Start Time 41
71. each Bos Caltornia Girls mpeg Billy Joel Allentown mp Billy Joel Downeaster Alexa mp Billy Joel Plano Man mps Brave Combo Down at the Friend 7 avem mpa Brave Combo Golden Opportunity mp Brave Combo lce Machine in the Desert mp3 Brave Combo Jeopardy schottiache mp r b ra H l P F CL te l ream Lreate Directory Create File Rename File Delete File Current Selected File Brave Combo lee Machine _in_the Desert mpi File Size File Create Date 604360 Bytes Friday December 03 1999 11 25 04 Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np way T Cancel Figure DO Select the Specific Audio File As you can see in the graphic above not all songs in this folder are saved using the artist name and song title method Nor does the identifying file name have to match the cart number you assign to it in RadioSuite Explorer What is important is that you can easily identify each audio file by some unique identifier 6 Click OK to confirm this selection This will return you to the Cart Properties window and store the path and file name of the audio file you have selected in the Audio File entry field 7 Play the beginning of the audio file to set cue in and intro times Using the play controls near the bottom of the Cart Properties window as found on any CD player begin play of the audio file If the audio begins right away leave cue
72. en many Windows programs are running at the same time You will see this same icon and program name on your Windows toolbar respectively minimize resize and close this window Window Controls are a standard Windows feature allowing you to from left to right RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 24 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Using RadioSuite Explorer Understanding the Cart Display Window continued D Animated Icon has no function but it sure is pretty isn t 1t E Toolbar provides instant access to virtually every feature of the RadioSuite Explorer Each toolbar button is mirrored by a function in the Menu Options see item A above Descriptions of the various toolbar functions can be found in Working With Folders beginning on page 29 Working With Carts beginning on page 41 Playback Recording Controls beginning on page 83 and Other Toolbar and Menu Options beginning on page 90 F Cart List is a sorted list of every cart file in the selected folder This list shows the cart identifier title artist length EOM start time and end time for each cart Each cart is preceded by a symbol and listed in text of a certain color that indicates the cart s status For more details on understanding and manipulating the contents of this list see Cart List beginning on page 25 G Scroll Bar is a standard Windows feature that lets you view different sections of a list in ths case the Cart List see item F above even though the window not large
73. enu Options Duplicate on page 96 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 20 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Configuring RadioSuite Explorer continued 7 When configuration is complete select OK to save all of the changes you made to the system configuration and to reveal the cart display window Do not click the OK button until a of the setup steps have been completed Clicking OK will save what you have changed so far and terminate the setup process Click Apply to save what you have changed so far and continue setup Congratulations The RadioSuite Explorer program has now been installed registered and configured You are now ready to begin using the program Start by reading Using RadioSuite Explorer beginning on page 21 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 21 Using RadioSuite Explorer Once you have the RadioSuite Explorer software installed registered and configured you should take some time to get acquainted with the theory behind RadioSuite Explorer and the operation of its many features The next few pages explain cart and audio files plus how to uniquely identify these files use folders to organize them and put them to work for you in your schedule You will also learn about RadioSuite Explorer s design and operation and get pointers to detailed explanations of every function of this versatile program The RadioSuite HD reads the location of each audio file in the system and k
74. es New Cart Number BENP Cart Properties Cart Number BCNF Adda subeant Bae Title Nuclear Polka Hour Ss Cancel Artist Brave Combo 00 DutCue Southwood Radio Network Start Date hz so Start Time 6 01 09 PM End Date knon End Time nons Audio Properties tade lets Browse Length ko Intro jooo e E nding H Cue 0 00 00 EOM 0 00 00 Cart Created Enable Automated Recording Record Ippe Sample Rater Wami lt econ level Leth 20 grees EWE 0 00 00 Record level Fah g f Kona PCM 44 005 He Bit MieKBvs ho HEj amp n mr IAE Mixer biz 00 2 Wait for Audio Figure 56 Entering Basic Audio File Data Because this program is recorded for playback every week you do not need to enter End Date or End Time data for this cart Start Date and Start Time data are automatically set to the current date and time when the new Cart Properties window is opened ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 53 Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 3 Click the Browse button in the middle of the window to begin the process of creating a blank audio file to hold the automated recording You can create this blank audio file in any of the folders under the objects folder on your RadioSuite HD network For organizational purposes we recommend you create a special folder to hold these recordings 4 Double click on the directory
75. example below RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATIONL Folder List x 3 STATION 239 Bits and Beds Figure 36 Rename Folder Done ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 35 Working With Folders Editing an Existing Folder continued Delete From time to time you may need to remove an existing folder In the example below a folder named Decision 2000 was created to hold the various promos and sweepers related to the various elections that occured in November 2000 Now that the elections are over this folder 1s no longer needed and 1t may be safely deleted IMPORTANT Deleting a folder will also delete all of the carts contained in the folder However it will not remove the audio files associated with these carts To remove these audio files follow the instructions under Removing an Audio File beginning on page 80 before you delete this folder 1 Right click on the folder you wish to delete to display the options menu As seen in the detail view below Delete Folder is the second option on this menu gt RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Folder List Xx 3 STATION 23 Bits and Beds wf 9 Commercials Rename Folder New Station Figure 37 Delete Folder Menu If a folder selection mistake is made you can abort the deletion process by clicking No in step 3 RADIOSUITE E
76. ey information about that audio file from a cart One important function of the RadioSuite Explorer 1s the creation and editing of these critical carts Think of the cart as a kind of high tech cart label It stores basic information about each audio file such as title and run time as well as more esoteric data such as intro byte offset and file timestamp Most of this information is generated automatically and invisibly to you the user but it is vital to the normal operation of the RadioSuite HD IMPORTANT For technical reasons this page and the one following could not be completed before this manual was prepared and shipped to you They will be completed in the very near future When you receive them remove these temporary pages and replace them with the updated pages Page numbering is not expected to be altered or disrupted by this revision We thank you for your understanding in this matter RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 22 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Using RadioSuite Explorer continued Assigning Cart Identifiers aka Numbering Carts In RadioSuite Explorer each cart must be given a unique cart identifier This identifier sometimes imprecisely referred to as a cart number can be any combination of four letters and numbers This give the RadioSuite an upper limit of 1 679 616 possible carts for each station Since the aberage station uses about 3000 to 4000 carts at any one time this limit should not prove to be a hardshi
77. f these folders Select A File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects Available Directores Files In Directory bits and drops 200 Saturday Night 60 Quiz mp Christmas anothername wav commercial Classic Hour mp ingles hited waw msh mpd tesk waw PLA Jingles Create Directory Create File Rename ze Delete File Current Selected File File Size File Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np way Cancel Figure 75 Select the Folder Where the Audio File ls Stored 6 Double click on the directory name to reveal the audio files stored in that directory In this example the new commercial s audio file has been saved in the commercials folder for this RadioSuite HD station Double click on commercials in the Available Directories column on the right side of the window to reveal the contents of the commercials folder including audio files and any sub folders ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 69 Working With Carts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 7 Once in the correct folder find and select the audio file you wish to reference In this example the audio file was named bcombocd mp3 for easy retrieval and to differentiate it from the bravexmas2k mp3 file used in the original cart Select A File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects commercials Available Directores Files In Directory a
78. four rotating cuts of a Rounder Records commercial The cart we will delete 1s for an expired cut although 1t need not be expired to be deleted using RadioSuite Explorer 1 From the RadioSuite Explorer cart display window highlight the information display line for the cart you wish to delete 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help gt Play du La Q DE Pause Stop Record Distribute Lenath EOM Ripper Start Time x Delete Renumber Artist Available Stations STATION L z New Properties Copy Inventory Duplicate View Folder List Title End Time nS C012 nS C013 13 C01 4 01 nS 0014 02 t C015 mS C016 t C017 nS C018 nS C019 01 nS C019 02 sS STATION1 Bits and Beds 3 Commercials 3 Jingles Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 3 Gold 3 Promos KAS TY NBC 5 News Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party nS C019 04 t C020 nw C021 nS C022 t C023 T C024 nS C025 01 nw C025 02 nS C026 nS C027 Y cozs t C029 t C030 t C031 k C099 mS C101 nS C102 YH cios mS C104 mS C105 Y ci06 13 C107 t C109 Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD 2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Budweiser Miller Li
79. ght ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Test for sort Anheuser Busch Hollywood Video Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes_Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemp American Cider Company Dinner lron City Beer FCC Cheer Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Follow Label Instructions OY our Thirst Sprite St Louis MO 11 30 on ESPN 11 30 on ESPN St Louis MO Milwaukee Ml St Louis MO Clear Water sung Go Pennzoil sting the Syracuse sung ort for test St Louis MO Welcome to Hollywood Holly White Plains NY Music out Jingle out obey local speed limits In your life Coca Cola I ll have some honey Pittsburgh PA Houston T OOD nS C025 01 1 C025 02 nS C026 nw C027 Y co28 nS C029 t C030 n C031 n C099 nS C101 t C102 40103 mS C104 nS C105 Y c106 nS C107 t C109 nS C110 nS C111 nS C112 DOPPELEIDOAIDA am Press F1 to get help 0 58 57 0 59 55 1 00 02 1 00 04 1 04 94 0 59 97 1 02 38 1 05 22 1 00 40 12 05 99 05 05 05 11 18 99 13 51 06 01 03 00 08 02 36 01 10 00 19 00 00 05 11 00 15 24 33 11 09 99 18 32 00 12 15 99 13 48 13 12 15 99 13 51 49 11 27 00 07 00 00 11 28 00 07 00 00 12 05 00 07 00 00 12 07 99 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 07 04 99 10 12 58 12 18 99 12 00 00 11 23 99 10 04 17 12 26 99 15 00 0
80. good night Q Grammy winning artist Q You Wireless Yet O Rivertown Detroit O Follow Label Instructions Q Your Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN Q football action on ESPN Q St Louis MO Q Milwaukee MI Q St Louis MO Q Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sting Q the Syracuse sung O Texas News Channel Q St Louis MO Q Welcome to Hollywood Holly O White Plains NY Q Music out Q Jingle out Q obey local speed limits Q In your life O Coca Cola Q Ml have some honey Q Pittsburgh PA Q Houston TX Q Celebrity voices impersonated Q Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q White Plains NY O White Plains NY Q One paper many voices O Anheuser Busch St Louis MO Q Celebrity voices impersonated 1 00 33 1 00 30 1 00 19 1 00 19 1 00 94 1 00 33 0 55 15 1 00 73 0 50 65 0 51 48 1 00 22 1 00 87 1 00 55 1 00 40 1 00 37 1 00 40 1 00 66 0 59 86 0 58 86 0 59 84 0 59 80 0 58 82 0 59 64 0 59 99 0 59 93 0 54 63 0 59 15 0 50 33 0 51 01 0 59 92 1 00 14 1 00 35 0 59 88 0 59 99 0 59 82 0 59 98 0 57 77 11227700 12 29 47 11728700 12 29 47 12 04 00 12 29 47 12 05 00 07 00 00 11 22 00 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 11 04 00 10 12 58 11 27 00 12 00 00 11 23 00 10 04 17 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 22 25 01 10 31 00 14 59 47 10 25 00 13 04 22 01 01 01 01 00 00 11 23 00 19 00 00 11 23 00 11 07 24 11 17 00 12 10 46 11 17 00 12 13 46
81. gt nS M103 Your Own Little Come Blackhawk 3 28 06 3 18 00 10 03 00 16 38 33 lt none gt we M138 There You Have It Blackhawk 3 17 46 3 06 00 09 12 00 13 55 18 lt none gt lt none gt Husbands and Wives Brooks amp Dunn 3 14 33 2 58 00 09 26 00 15 19 31 lt none gt t M050 He s Got You Brooks amp Dunn 3 11 76 3 03 00 09 19 00 14 16 24 lt none gt 13 M173 lll Never Forgive My Brooks amp Dunn 3 16 53 3 10 00 09 29 00 14 16 48 lt none gt nS M076 Can t Get Over You Brooks amp Dunn 4 05 87 3 56 00 09 23 00 09 15 48 lt none gt w M145 How Long Gone Brooks amp Dunn 3 43 64 3 29 00 09 24 00 14 37 39 lt none gt I FEEL Feel Good ATG Net Brown James MPEG 2 47 28 2 44 00 09 20 00 15 59 56 lt none gt I M054 One Small Miracle Bryan White 3 52 44 3 46 00 10 09 00 08 48 04 lt none gt 13 M802 Goin Up the Country Canned Heat MPEG 2 2 49 90 24778 10201400 12 37 13 lt none gt we M019 Fell In Love Carlene Carter 3 27 54 3 22 65 10 03 00 09 09 20 lt none gt we M070 Ordinary Life Chad Brock MPEG 3 4 02 18 3 49 00 10 03 00 14 17 28 lt none gt we M062 What s the Matter Wit Claudia Church 3 31 00 3 18 00 09 27 00 17 13 36 lt none gt we M117 Rumor Has It Clay Walker 2 56 05 2 50 00 09 29 00 14 18 15 lt none gt w M155 Then What Clay Walker 3 05 90 2 52 00 09 26 00 13 41 50 lt none gt I M025 Watch This Clay Walker 3 12 80 3 03 71 09 28 00 14 17 58 lt none gt AO E IIA Til gy Loading 186 carts comp
82. ich to install the RadioSuite Explorer By default the program will try and install itself onto your C drive in the C Program Files RadioSuite RadioSuite Explorer directory Choose Destination Location Setup will install A adios uite Explorer in the following folder To install to this folder click Mert To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install RadioS ute Explorer by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder CA ARadiosutesA adios ute Explorer Back Rent y Lancel Figure 4 Installation Drive and Directory Selection Window We recommend that you accept this default location but if you must install it on another drive for space reasons be sure to leave the directory naming structure intact Use the Browse button to select a new drive on which to install the RadioSuite Explorer IMPORTANT The RadioSuite Explorer program must be installed to a local drive on your computer Under no circumstances should this be installed to a network or remote shared drive If you want to use the RadioSuite Explorer on many different computers install the program on each individual computer When you have chosen a destination folder click the Next button to proceed ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 7 Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 6 Select the type of RadioSuite Explorer installation to perform
83. ight then press to select and return to the Cart Properties window Figure 62 Start End Date Calendars RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 58 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 11 Set the Start Time and End Time Optional The initial Start Time is the time that this cart was created When you set an End Date the default End Time 1s set to 11 59 59 p m Please note that you cannot set an End Time unless you first set an End Date for this cart This setting prevents playback from the RadioSuite HD via the UDS Il unless the current date and time falls within this range To set the Start Time or End Time for this audio file click on the hour displayed in the appropriate field You may then type the new hour here or use the up down arrows to manipulate the hour as illustrated above To move to the minutes portion of the field press the LJ arrow key and continue editing When ready press J to continue to the seconds section of the field and press J again to move to the AM PM section IMPORTANT Setting End Date and End Time is optional for automated recordings These fields do not control when the file can be recorded only when it can be played back on the RadioSuite HD Once an End Date is set it can easily be reset to lt none gt by selecting an End Date prior to the Start Date The End Date can be set to a maximum of January 1 2038 We will update your software
84. ile Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects promos Available Directores Files In Directory Classic Hour mp hited wav msh mp3 Saturday Hight 80s Quiz mps Create Directory Create File Current Selected File Fille Size Fille Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np aw Cancel Figure 101 Browse Window Select the Specific Audio File 5 Name the new file Enter a name for the new audio file then click OK to save it and proceed Do not place a file extension such as wav at the end of this file name The file extension will be added automatically and displayed in the Record Audio File window Enter the new file name Brave Combo Concert Promo OK Figure 102 Browse Window Name the New Audio File RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 88 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Playback Recording Controls Record Audio File continued 6 Click the Record red circle button to start recording RadioSuite Explorer uses standard playback and recording symbols such as those you might find on a CD player or cassette deck The red circle button starts the recording Record Audio File Audio File Close Cancel OSS TATION Sobjects promos Brave Combo Concert Promo maw Bree weait for Audio Figure 102 Kecord Audio File Window File Selected 7 Click Yes to overwrite the temporary or previously exisitng audio file If you selected a previously existing file from
85. iles are copied this Copying file window will close and you will be returned to the Cart Display Window Distribution of the selected carts is now complete Copying file Source File ZAS DATION Sobjects commercials 1 S99R AB 08 mp3 Target File ZAS DATION Sobjects commercials S99R AB 08 mp Percent Complete 6 rs Figure 19 Distribution Window Copying Files RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 94 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Other Toolbar and Menu Options continued Ripper Distribute Ripper k L ALE HONE lt none gt Figure 114 Kipper Button Detail View Pressing the Ripper button alerts you that this is a feature to be enhanced soon Inventory Ripper h Build UDS ll inventory file lt MOre lt none gt Figure 116 Inventory Button Detail View Located between the Distribute and Inventory buttons Ripper opens your choice of CD audio ripper program Coming 500n i This feature 12 coming oor Figure 11l5 Ripper Coming Soon Located between the Ripper and Duplicate buttons Inventory catalogs all of the carts stored for this station The Inventory button creates a searchable inventory file for UDS II This inventory helps UDS II users find missing or invalid carts when the transfer their daily schedules and when they are adding non music cuts via the F4 Scheduler Editor 1 Click the Inventory
86. in unset Otherwise set cue in at the point in the file when audio actually begins by pressing the Set button next to the Cue In field during playback RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 46 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued This value should be set so audio begins right away during playback without clipping when the Cue Audio button is clicked down If the Cue Audio button is not clicked down playback will begin from the start of the file The Radio Suite HD will always use this cue in setting at playback regardless of whether Cue Audio was clicked here Using a similar procedure click the Set button next to the Intro field to store the time at the point in the song when the vocals begin In the example below the audio begins at the very beginning of the file so no cue in was required In addition the vocal begins a bit over 21 seconds into the song Hew Cart Properties New Cart Number 5 19 Cart Properties S Cart Number 5713 dd a subeart ave Tithe lice Machine in the Desert Artist Brave Combo Qutlue Start Date 10716700 Stark Time 4 15 14 PM End Date none 4 EndTime enone Audio Properties Audio File ZAS TATION Sobjects music Brave_Combo ce_Machine_in_the_ Length 4 12 76 Intro o 21 05 Ending a Cuedn Ja ag a0 EOM 0 00 00 art Cart Created 19991203 11 25 04 6024380 Cancel
87. ion on ESPN St Louis MO Milwaukee Ml St Louis MO Clear Water sung Go Pennzoil sting the Syracuse sung St Louis MO Welcome to Hollywood Holly White Plains NY Music out Jingle out obey local speed limits Length 0 59 55 1 00 02 1 00 04 1 04 94 0 59 97 1 02 38 1 05 22 1 00 37 1 00 40 1 00 40 1 00 37 0 56 11 1 05 48 1 05 35 1 05 41 1 08 33 0 59 86 1 00 40 1 00 33 0 35 16 1 04 80 1 05 51 1 03 79 1 03 53 1 00 33 1 00 30 1 00 19 1 00 19 1 00 94 1 00 33 EDM 0 58 86 0 59 70 0 59 70 1 00 21 0 59 31 0 54 27 0 57 87 1 00 38 0 59 43 0 59 22 0 59 43 0 59 43 0 50 85 1 00 31 0 59 65 0 59 68 1 00 20 0 59 22 0 59 84 0 58 18 0 30 53 1 00 00 0 58 91 0 59 36 0 59 50 0 59 84 0 59 80 0 58 82 0 59 64 0 59 99 0 59 93 Start Time 11 03 99 00 00 00 10 03 00 17 33 00 07 04 99 00 00 00 12 13 99 14 39 59 06 16 99 00 00 00 11 18 99 13 51 06 01 03 00 08 02 36 01 10 00 19 00 00 05 11 00 15 24 33 09 09 00 18 32 00 09 20 00 13 48 13 09 15 00 13 51 49 11 27 00 12 23 47 11 28 00 12 29 47 12 04 00 12 29 47 12 05 00 07 00 00 11 22 00 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 11 04 00 10 12 58 11 27 00 12 00 00 11 23 00 10 04 17 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 22 25 01 10 31 00 14 59 47 10 25 00 13 04 22 01 01 01 01 00 00 11 23 00 19 00 00 11 23 00 11 07 24 11 17 00 12 10 46 11 17 00 12 13 46 12 06 00 12 15 40 10 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28
88. l STATIONI pned fp Figure 35 Create New Folder Named 5 Press to save the name and complete the folder creation process Now that you have created a folder you may double click it to open it and begin adding carts You may also create more folders now or at any time by repeating these steps IMPORTANT You may also create sub folders under an existing folder Follow all of the preceding steps but start by highlighting the folder to which you wish to add sub folders instead of the station name This feature is very useful for organizing various types of music or other large audio file groups ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 33 Working With Folders continued Editing an Existing Folder The RadioSuite Explorer gives you the power to alter move or remove each of the folders you have created This section explains how you can rename a folder see page 33 delete a folder see page 35 move a folder see page 37 and change how the folders are displayed see page 40 Rename On occasion you will want or need to change the name of an existing folder In the example below a folder that should have been named Promos was named Proomos by mistake The Rename Folder option allows you to fix this typo without altering the contents of the folder or requiring any further steps 1 Right click on the folder you wish to display the options menu As seen in the detail view below
89. l was prepared and shipped to you They will be completed in the very near future When you receive them remove these temporary pages and replace them with the updated pages Page numbering is not expected to be altered or disrupted by this revision We thank you for your understanding in this matter ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 23 Using RadioSuite Explorer continued Understanding the Cart Display Window The main screen of the RadioSuite Explorer is called the Cart Display window This window gives you control of every aspect of RadioSuite System audio and cart files plus the tools to organize these carts in any way you desire The figure below highlights each of the features of this window and points you to an explanation for each one in the text following the figure Menu Options A 2 RadioSuite Explorer Station Selector Folder List Y Status Bar Program Name Animated icon O Window Controls E Available Stations STATION File Audio Station View Tools Help New Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause F Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventory Duplicate View Folder List x El STATION1 13 Bits and Beds C Christmas 1 Commercials C Football Fight Sonc 13 Jingles H Music C Promos Cat Title Artist Length EOM Start Time End Time 1 0002 0
90. lay window to ensure that the cart has been deleted The cart listing will be updated and will no longer include the deleted cart The audio file referenced by this deleted cart is still available however and may be used again by creating a new cart or editing an existing cart 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help x gt Delete Play HEH Renumber Artist Properties Copy Available Stations STATION New Title Folder List Cart Pause uu La Stop Lenath O Distribute Ripper Record Start Time Inventory Duplicate Es View End Time B STATION1 3 Bits and Beds 3 Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 2 Gold J Promos mS C012 nS C013 13 C01 4 01 nS C014 02 t C015 mS C016 t C017 t C018 13 C019 01 KxAS TY NBC 5 News Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD 2 Texas News Channel in theatres now in Richardson in Richardson Dress Accordingly Power On Milwaukee WI Milwaukee WI on the square in Denton for all your nuclear polka needs Grammy winning artist D oHooooe9of72 8 You Wireless Yet Rivertown Detroit Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Li
91. lete took 0 Minutes and 3 seconds Figure 63 Cart Display Window with Highlighted Cart RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 60 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Editing an Existing Cart continued 2 Press Properties on the toolbar at the top of the screen to open an existing cart This will open the Cart Properties window as illustrated below 2 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help He me EE Available Stations STATION1 x gt Q g a ua x aan he a Me s gt jibute Ripper Inventory Duplicate View Cart Properties Cart Number 1234 Ed F Cart Properties Folder List End Time E STATION1 l m Leavi MMM Dave lt none gt fia Bits and Beds Keepin I Cart Number 1234 Add a subcart hno gt Sad Loot Title Down at the Friendly Tavern Cancel Senta 13 Jingles a Music Arou Artist Brave Combo lt none gt Dancin lt none gt 123 Christmas ac i Reckless QutCue lt none gt urrents 3 Gold Gone bre Start Date 9 19 00 Start Time 210 23PM lt none gt Between lt none gt 3 New Music knon 5 O Bae Dallas End Date lt none gt ba End Time lt none gt lt none gt Right On lt none gt Audio Properties Gone Co pin Little Bitt Audio File Z 4STATION1 Sobjects music Brave_Combo Down_at_the_Friendl Browse pans dl milak f 55 82 Intro 0 00 00 Ending Cold lt none gt lt none gt What If P
92. mbo OutCue Po Start Date honean Start Time 41514 PM End Date 1138 F End Time Audio Properties Audio File ZAS TATION Nobjects music Brave_Comba lce_Machine_in_the_ Length 4 12 76 Intro ja 21 05 Ending Fade a Cue l rr a ag a0 Elbe E3 59 0 Cart Created 11 9991 203 11 25 04 6024380 Enable 4utomated Recording Record Ippe sample Rate 44100 Beco level Leth 20 T Gteren EUF 0 00 00 Record Level Bight g kono E uj m e foma Aa m c Mier Figure 54 Setting the End Time To set the Start Time or End Time for this audio file click on the hour displayed in the appropriate field You may then type the new hour here or use the up down arrows to RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 50 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued manipulate the hour as illustrated above To move to the minutes portion of the field press the LJ arrow key and continue editing When ready press J to continue to the seconds section of the field and press J again to move to the AM PM section IMPORTANT Normally you would not set an End Date or End Time on a song This was done on the preceding pages as an example for when you create carts for non music events such as commercials Once an End Date is set it can easily be reset to lt none gt by selecting an End Date prior to the Start Date The End Date can be set to a maximum
93. methods this is still an interactive process Registration is available during business hours 1 Start RadioSuite Explorer to begin the registration process Double click the RadioSuite Explorer desktop shortcut icon to start RadioSuite Explorer The program will display the Register RadioSuite Explorer window 2 Enter your call letters or company name Fill in the Call Letters Company Name blank with the appropriate information Register RadioSuite Explorer Follow these steps to register your RadioSuite Explorer program 1 Contact On Air Digital USA 2 43 directed by On Air Digital USA enter your station call letters or company name in Call Letters Company Mame bos 3 Set the appropriate registration period as directed by On Sir Digital USA 4 Click the Proceed button A A registration code will then be displayed below Read this number to the On Sir Digital USA customer support person E Enter the two registration numbers in the spaces provided T Click the OF button to complete registration Required User Data Call Letters Compara Marne KUDS FM Proceed Registration Period In Days 30 Unlimited Registration M User Registration Validation Code Unregistered Figure Register KaaioSuite Explorer Window Call Letters or Company Name RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 12 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Registering RadioSuite Explorer continued 3 Set the length of the registration period The O
94. n Q St Louis MO Q Milwaukee MI Q St Louis MO O Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sting Q the Syracuse sung Q St Louis MO O Welcome to Holly Q White Plains NY Q Music out Q Jingle out O obey local speed li Q In your life O Coca Cola Q I ll have some honey Q Pittsburgh PA Q Houston TX Q Celebrity voices im O Anheuser Busch O White Plains NY O White Plains NY Q One paper many v Q Anheuser Busch Q Celebrity voices im 0 59 97 1 02 38 1 05 22 1 00 37 1 00 44 0 56 11 1 05 48 1 05 35 1 05 41 1 08 33 0 59 86 1 00 40 0 54 27 0 57 87 1 00 38 0 59 73 0 59 99 0 50 85 1 00 31 0 59 65 0 59 68 1 00 20 0 59 22 0 59 84 09 09 00 18 32 00 09 20 00 13 48 13 09 15 00 13 51 49 11 28 00 07 00 00 12 05 00 07 00 00 11 22 00 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 11 04 00 10 12 58 11 27 00 12 00 00 11 23 00 10 04 17 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 15 00 00 12 06 00 22 25 01 10 31 00 14 59 47 10 25 00 13 04 22 01 01 01 01 00 00 11 23 00 19 00 00 11 23 00 11 07 24 11 17 00 12 10 46 11 17 00 12 13 46 12 06 00 12 15 40 10 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28 10 02 00 14 41 31 09 17 00 14 49 23 09 12 00 08 39 07 10 12 00 10 34 51 12 03 00 14 55 02 11 17 00 14 56 12 09 17 00 14 57 30 12 12 00 14 59 35 12 12 00 15 00 34 12 05 00 17 00 00 04 17 00 15 03 46 08 30 00 13 59 37 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 12 28 00 10 59 59
95. n s album and rotate evenly with the cut featuring lead singer Carl Finch promoting their Christmas concert Click once on the information display line for that commercial cart to highlight it 25 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help A e a Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Record Properties Copy Available Stations STATION New Folder List E STATION1 3 Bits and Beds 3 Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 2 Gold 3 New Music 3 Promos Cart n C020 mS C110 nS 0103 mS C115 mS C116 mS C114 nS C119 t C101 mS C112 t C022 16 C002 01 nS C002 02 nw C025 01 T C025 02 c003 nS C104 nS C102 nS C113 13 C120 nS C111 13 C012 Y 0005 01 13 C005 02 1 C005 03 nS 0006 PA cios t C018 nS C017 Title Advanced Wireless American Cider Company Dinner Amstel Light Message Amstel Light Pep Talk Amstel Light Resignation Anheuser Busch Louie s Lines Anheuser Busch Take Louie Out to th Anheuser Busch Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Ant Stop Atwater Brewery Brave Combo Concert Bud Light Budweiser Budweiser Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemporary Cool Water Crest Auto Group Crest Auto Group ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Eckerd Drugs Hewlett Packard Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Hollywood Videos Good Will Hunting Hollywood Videos Tomorrow Never Dies Iron City Beer FCC Cheer KxA
96. n Air Digital USA customer support person will advise you as to the length of the registration period to which you are entitled for this software gt If your registration is for a set number of days enter that number or use the spin controls to set that number in the Registration Period In Days field as shown below Required User Data Call Letters Company Marne KUDS FM Froceed Registration Period ln Days El Unlimited Registration M User Registration Validation Code Unregistered Registration Number 1 Registration Mumber 2 Figure I Register KadioSuite Explorer Window Detail Limited Registration gt If your registration is for an unlimited number of days click the box next to Unlimited Registration as shown below Required User Data Call Letters Compara Marne KUDS FM Froceed Registration Period ln Days 2U User Registration Validation Code Unregistered Registration Mumber 1 Registration Mumber 2 Figure 10 Register KadioSuite Explorer Window Detail Unlimited Registration ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 13 Registering RadioSuite Explorer continued 4 Click the Proceed button to calculate your registration code Whatever the length of your registration period click the Proceed button to save this information and calculate your unique registration validation code 5 Read the Registration Validation Code
97. n to your Windows desktop RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 10 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Installing RadioSuite Explorer continued 10 Double click the desktop shortcut icon to start RadioSuite Explorer The RadioSuite Explorer desktop shortcut icon created automatically during installation can be found by examining your Windows desktop as in the example below Radios nte Explorer seat Figure KadioSuite Explorer Shortcut Icon on Windows Desktop Congratulations The RadioSuite Explorer has now been installed on your computer Before you can begin using the program the program must be registered with On Air Digital This procedure is detailed in the next section Registering RadioSuite Explorer beginning on page 11 You must also give the program some important configuration information This is detailed in the following section Configuring RadioSuite Explorer beginning on page 15 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 11 Registering RadioSuite Explorer Before you may use RadioSuite Explorer the following steps must be taken on each installed workstation to register your software If an On Air Digital USA trainer is coming to assist with system setup and staff training these steps should take place before the trainer arrives IMPORTANT You must have an On Air Digital USA customer support person on the phone to register this software Although greatly simplified from previous registration
98. ng Q the Syracuse sung Sort for test Q St Louis MO Q Welcome to Hollywood Holly Q White Plains NY Q Music out Q Jingle out Q obey local speed limits Q In your life O Coca Cola Q I ll have some honey Q Pittsburgh PA Q Houston TX ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS 1 00 40 1 00 37 1 00 44 0 56 11 1 05 48 1 05 35 1 05 41 1 08 33 1 04 07 1 04 07 1 04 91 0 35 16 1 04 80 1 05 51 1 03 79 1 03 53 0 08 46 1 00 33 1 00 30 1 00 19 1 00 19 1 00 94 1 00 33 0 55 15 1 00 73 0 50 65 0 51 48 1 00 22 0 59 73 0 59 99 0 50 85 1 00 31 0 59 65 0 59 68 1 00 20 0 59 94 0 59 84 0 58 18 0 30 53 1 00 00 0 58 91 0 59 36 0 59 50 0 59 84 0 59 80 0 58 82 0 59 64 0 59 99 05193 0 54 63 0 59 15 0 50 33 0 51 01 0 59 92 12 05 99 05 05 05 11 18 99 13 51 06 01 03 00 08 02 36 01 10 00 19 00 00 05 11 00 15 24 33 11 09 99 18 32 00 12 15 99 13 48 13 12 15 99 13 51 49 11 27 00 07 00 00 11 28 00 07 00 00 12 05 00 07 00 00 12 07 99 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 07 04 99 10 12 58 12 18 99 12 00 00 11 23 99 10 04 17 12 26 99 15 00 00 12 26 99 15 00 00 08 16 99 22 25 01 12 07 99 14 59 47 12 07 99 13 04 22 01 01 99 01 00 00 12 23 99 19 00 00 12 23 99 11 07 24 11421400 17 38 50 04 17 00 12 10 46 04 17 00 12 13 46 04 17 00 12 15 40 04 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28 10 02 00 14 41 31 04 17 00 14 49 23 09 12 00 08 39 07 10 12 00 10 34 51 04 17 00 14 55 02 l
99. ntifier The feature is useful when you need two or more cart files to play the same audio file with different properties such as start date or cue in or to let traffic rotate a commercial using some elaborate formula 1 Select a cart to copy Click once in the Cart Display window on the cart you wish to copy You may copy only one cart at a time so be sure to select only one cart in this step If you select a sub cart in a rotating cart that single selected sub cart will be copied to the new cart number In this example we have selected cart J124 a dry music bed we wish to use in a different daypart with the cue in set to skip the opening sound effect 25 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATION Folder List x B STATION1 13 Bits and Beds 3 Christmas 3 Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Promos Press F1 to get help Ad New Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Title s Artist Best Mix More Hits Calls Medium Short Calls Short Medium Calls Short Medium Fast Calls Short Slow Drivin you home Drivin you nuts Dry Bed for net fill Feet on the floor Butt out the door Happy Holidays Medium Happy Holidays New York Here s What s Happening Bed Legal ID Ninety Five Five Short Medium Ninety Five Five Short Slow Rocky Rhodes Short Rocky Rhodes Showgram Saturday Night at the Seventies Saturda
100. o any sort of automatic manipulation The subcart number is generated exclusively by the RadioSuite Explorer and is automatically updated because it is vital to the proper rotation of subcarts during playback RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 80 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts continued Removing an Audio File Periodically you will need to remove outdated or unwanted audio files This process also removes the cart for the audio file in question In the following example we will remove the audio file for a Rounder Records commercial and the cart that makes it the first of three rotating cuts The cart we will delete is for a cut that has not yet expired but must be deleted for some other reason 1 From the RadioSuite Explorer cart display window highlight the information display line for the audio file and cart you wish to delete 25 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATION1 E x gt 04 ld Q New Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventory Duplicate View Folder List Cart Title Artist Length EDM Start Time End Time a B STATION1 3 Bits and Beds Y Commercials Jingles a Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 3 Gold C Promos mS C012 nS C013 13 C01 4 01 nS C014 02 t 0015 nS C016 nS C017 nS C018 2019 01 nS 0019 02 nS 0019 03 t C020 t C021 nS C022 t C023 mS C024 1 C025 01 1 C02
101. o the seconds section of the field and press J again to move to the AM PM section RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 62 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Editing an Existing Cart continued To change the Start Date or End Date for this cart click on the drop arrow adjacent to the field you wish to edit The calendar for the current month will appear Today s date will be circled in red and highlighted by a dark blue oval as shown below KM October 2000 h b sun Mon Tue Wed Thu In this example since today 1s October 16 2000 the el eS eS ES calendar pops up on October 2000 with the 16 both 2 9 10 highlighted and circled There are three ways you may 15 A 17 manipulate the Start Date or End Date and these are 22 23 24 detailed below 29 30 31 l Tue Wed Thu Fri To change the month click the left or right arrow on E f either side of the month year display Clicking the left 14 15 gt arrow will move the calendar back one month 3 ea 33 Clicking the right arrow will move the calendar 28 29 30 forward one month 5 E 7 10716700 To change the year click the year in the month year display This will display normally hidden up and down arrows for manipulating the year Clicking the up arrow will move the calendar forward one year Clicking the down arrow will move the calendar back one year Sun Men Tue wed Tha Pi Sa To change the day click the date you wish to use This 29 30 31 1 7 will close the calen
102. one of these folders Select File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects Available Directores Files In Directory il best way muzic beds music poms Web Jingles Lreate Directory Create File Rename File Delete File Current Selected File File Size File Create Date Select File Filter All supported audiofiles np way Cancel Figure 49 Select the Folder Where the Audio File lo Stored 4 Double click on the directory name to reveal the audio files stored in that directory In this example we have saved the song s audio file in the music folder under the objects folder for this RadioSuite HD station Double click on music in the Available Directories column on the right side of the window to reveal the contents of the music folder including audio files and any sub folders ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 45 Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued 5 Once in the correct folder select the audio file you wish to associate with this cart In this example the audio file was ripped from CD with its artist name and song title as a file name for easy retrieval Click once on the audio file to highlight and select it Select 4 File Current Directora 2 5 TATION objects music Available Directores Files In Directory ABBA Dancing Queen way Al Yankovic One More Minute mp America the Beautitul mpi B
103. other carts in the system while playback Delete Ta Pra selected car 0 59 52 005956 09 05 00 17 24 o 0 59 52 0 59 13 09 05 00 17 24 15 1N progress Figure 95 Flay Button Detail View When playback is in progress the status bar at the bottom of the window shows the time elapsed as well as a crawl bar depicting the proportionate part of the file that has played Figure 94 Status Bar Detail View Located on the toolbar between the Play and Stop buttons Pause temporarily halts playback of an audio file Clicking Play will resume playback of the audio file at the exact point at which you clicked Stop Record Distribute J Pause cart playback Ti y a Ea nes the Pause button Once audio playback 0 59 52 0 59 56 09 05 00 17 2543 0 55 52 0 59 13 09 05 00 17 28 58 1690 162 ma mgg 1c AFB has been paused with the Pause button clicking the Pause button again will have no effect Figure 95 Fause Button Detail View RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 84 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Playback Recording Controls continued Stop 0 55 56 0 55 13 03 05 00 17 25 43 09 05 00 17 28 58 Figure 96 Stop Button Detail View Record Lal S Stop Record Distribute Ripper Inventory MA ecord a new audio file pea 09 05 00 17 25 43 none 09 05 00 17 28 58 none Figure 97 Record Button Detail View Located between the Pause and Record button
104. p You may however find a minor limitation imposed upon you by your traffic commercial scheduling software Some traffic programs require that commercials use purely numeric cart identifiers while another requires that each identifier for a commercial begin with the letter C Check with your traffic director to see if your traffic scheduling software imposes any such limitations Even if you are not otherwise constrained by your other software packages you may wish to assign identifiers to your carts to group them for instant recognition For example you might start identifiers for commercials with the letter C jingles with the letter J and music carts with the letter M This makes it easier for you to rapidly determine available cart identifiers for each type of cart It also reduces the chance you will accidentally try to assign a duplicate identifier to a new or renumbered cart Grouping your cart identifiers also makes it easier to find carts using the inventory picklist feature of the UDS II s F4 Schedule Editor Making Audio Files There are five ways to get audio into the RadioSuite HD Rip files from a compact disc download audio files from another computer or the internet record audio using an external audio editor record audio using the record functions of RadioSuite Explorer or automated recording by the RadioSuite HD IMPORTANT For technical reasons this page and the one preceding could not be completed before this manua
105. p nS C012 nS C013 nS 0014 01 nS C014 02 nS 0015 nS C016 nS C017 t C020 nS C021 nS C022 k C023 nS C024 nS C025 01 1 C025 02 n C026 16 C027 Y co28 nS C029 t C030 t C031 nS C099 nS C101 mS C102 Y cio3 mS C104 t C105 Y cios nS C107 mS C109 me C110 mS C111 mS C112 nS C113 Kx45 TY NBC 5 News Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD 2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Rotator 1 ESPN Rotator 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Test for sort Anheuser Busch Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemp American Cider Company Dinner Iron City Beer FCC Cheer Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Hollywood Videos Good Will Hun Q Texas News Channel Q in theatres now Q in Richardson Q in Richardson Q Dress Accordingly Q Power On Q Milwaukee Wl 0 Milwaukee Wl Q Grammy winning artist O You Wireless Yet Q Rivertown Detroit Q Follow Label Instructions Q Your Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN Q 11 30 on ESPN Q St Louis MO O Milwaukee Ml Q St Louis MO Q Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sting Q
106. rding in minutes and seconds Use a colon to separate the minutes from the seconds and a period to separate seconds from fractions of a second Enable Automated Recording Record Type 5 le Rate ample Rate 44100 Record Level Lett g Oa EQF 59 35 00 Record Level Fight En C Mone Figure 6O Setting Automated Recording Farameters Detail View 9 After entering the EOF time press E Tab to continue You should see the Length field change from 0 00 00 to the time you have just entered If the Length field did not change re enter the EOF time and press 3 Tab again This should move the highlight to the Record Level Right field and update the Length field Audio Properties eee A Ee 3 E a Ur h por pee as P EOM E E Cart Created E 20001 208 18 0 49 0 Y Enable Automated Recording Record Type Sample Rate ample mate 44100 Record Lewel Left g O Stereo EOF 59 35 00 Record Level Aight En Mano Figure Ol Setting Automated Recording Farameters Confirming Length Update ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 57 Working With Carts Creating a Cart for Automated Recording continued 10 Set the Start Date and End Date Optional The initial Start Date 1s the date this cart was created To change the Start Date or set the End Date for this cart click on the drop arrow adjacent to the field you wish to edit The calendar for the current month
107. rements as detailed in What You Need To Get Started on page 2 but it should not be installed on the RadioSuite HD computer itself 1 Place the installation CD ROM disc in your computer s CD ROM drive The installation program will begin by displaying the installation options window IMPORTANT The installation program should run automatically when the disc is loaded If it does not go to Windows Explorer select your CD ROM drive then double click the SETUP EXE program to manually begin the installation process 2 Click the Next button to begin the install process Welcome to the RadioSuite Explorer Setup program This program will install RadioSuite Explorer on your computer kis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Nest to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program i protected by copyright law and International treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under law Figure 1 Installation Options Window If you wish to abort the install process click the Cancel button You will be returned to your operating system and no software will be installed RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 4 RADIOSUIT
108. rts Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart continued 11 Press Save to save the new cart for the rotating cart This saves the new cart and makes this audio file available for playback on an equally rotating basis via the RadioSuite HD subject to start and end date and time challenge Y our display will return to the current cart display window The original cart to which you have now added a subcart will be highlighted IMPORTANT If you are using the RadioSuite HD as an audio source on the UDS II you must enter songs into your music scheduler database with a trailing 00 to identify these cuts as songs However you must enter all non music events in your break notes and traffic scheduling software without this trailing 00 For example the commercial for Brave Combo in this example was entered as C019 so it should be entered into your traffic scheduling software as C019 In addition you cannot currently call for a specific cut in a rotating cart even if you attempt to specify the subcart number in the schedule 5 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Available Stations STATION Folder List x B STATION1 3 Bits and Beds Y Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Christmas 3 Currents 3 Gold 3 New Music 3 Promos Cart n C020 mS C110 nS C103 mS C115 nS C116 mS C114 mS C118 nS C101 mS C112 t C022 t C021 c019 02 T C024 t C028 T C026
109. rts are created that you can edit any or all of the information to extend run dates change segue points correct spelling errors and so on If you want to have several cuts rotate equally under one cart number you will learn how to add sub carts to any existing cart file You will also learn how to copy cart files change cart identifiers and remove carts and their associated audio files as well These topics are covered in depth with examples and step by step instructions on the pages that follow See below for a detailed breakdown of the information in this section Contents of this section e Creating a New Cart begins on page 42 e Creating a Cart for Automated Recording begins on page 51 e Editing an Existing Cart begins on page 59 e Adding Rotating Cuts to an Existing Cart begins on page 64 e Copying a Cart begins on page 73 e Renumbering a Cart begins on page 75 e Removing a Cart begins on page 77 e Removing an Audio File begins on page 80 Lt To read more about using folders to organize your carts see Working With Folders beginning on page 29 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 42 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts continued Creating a New Cart After recording or ripping a new audio file you must create a cart for this file The cart is a sort of electronic label It stores basic data such as title and run time plus more esoteric data needed for the RadioSuite HD All you need to do her
110. s Duplicate checks for Ripper Inventor Duplicate y e A carts with the same four character identifier Check for duplicate cart numbers and alerts you to the location of these carts none _ JJ Figure 19 Duplicate Button Detail View Each cart must use a unique identifier As a further aid in locating and eliminating these problems a red equal sign is displayed next to each duplicate cart in the Cart Display Window Use the Renumber function to change the identifiers until every cart identifier 1s once again unique 1 Click the Duplicate button to begin the check for duplicate carts gt Ifno duplicate carts are found a small dialog box will pop up to inform you of this fact You may click OK to return to the Cart Display Window gt If duplicate carts are found a larger dialog box will be displayed with a report of the duplicate cart numbers Proceed to step 2 for suggested corrective action 2 Study the duplicate cart report and fix any errors Make note of the locations and cart numbers of the duplicate carts Fix the problem by renumbering or deleting carts until there are no more duplicate cart numbers Duplicate Carts Found The following 4 duplicate cart numbers were hound Commercials AA EA COS Commerciale MPEGAC031 Long Form NCO Long Forn teekend NEO Figure 120 Duplicate Carts Report Duplicates Found 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until no duplicate cart errors are reported
111. s Stop immediately halts audio playback Unlike Pause the Stop function resets the audio file so that when Play is pressed audio will playback from the beginning of the file Located between the Stop and Distribute buttons Record creates new audio files in the RadioSuite HD by real time recording Real time recording in the RadioSuite Explorer is usually used for simple non music events and other program material not available on compact disc Recording in real time may also be required for multi track songs on a CD that you wish to play back as one song from the RadioSuite HD or to modify the level of certain songs mastered very hot on the CD Ths steps on the following pages will guide you throught the creation of an audio file using the Record feature of RadioSuite Explorer NOTE This feature is designed for simple recording not elaborate mixing or multi track production If you wish to do such production On Air Digital USA is happy to recommend one of several reliable and inexpensive software packages designed for this purpose ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 85 Playback Recording Controls Record Audio File continued le Click the Record button to reveal the Record Audio File window This window allows you to control the recording process The top of the window lets you set the name and directory for the audio file to be recorded
112. s cart file or cancel your cart editing operations and return to the previously saved settings In either case you must use one of these buttons to return to the Cart Display Window RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 28 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Using RadioSuite Explorer Understanding the Cart Properties Window continued C Audio Properties holds technical information about the audio file such as the exact path and filename the Audio File the duration of the complete audio file the Length the amount of the start of the audio file you wish to skip at playback the Cue In the amount of time from the start of the audio file until the vocals begin the Intro the point in the audio file at which the UDS II should segue to the next schedule item the EOM and speed with which the audio file ends the Ending You can learn more about setting each of these items in Creating a New Cart beginning on page 42 D Playback Recording Controls are standard controls like those you might find on a CD player or a cassette deck The graphic below translates each of these standard symbols Play Pause Stop Record hs re Goto Demos start 4 m 2 foop Rewind Ei Go to Forward end Figure 28 Flayback Recording Controls Layout E Peak Meters display the audio peaks for audio as it is being played back or recorded using the playback recording controls described above F Crawl Bar allo
113. scending to descending or vice versa gt If the list was previously sorted on the items in a different column the sort direction will remain the same and the list will be resorted based on the items in this column An small arrow is displayed next to the title in the column in which the list is sorted to indicate in which direction the list is sorted gt If the arrow is up the list is sorted in ascending 0 to 9 A to Z order gt If the arrow is down the list is sorted in descending Z to A 9 to 0 order Title a Artist Cart Title Artist Blah Blah Blah ba ero we STGN K Shotgun Sound Pump and Fire Electric Shock Jackson Tyler me 1114 Motorcycle Greggo Motorcycle Greggo ns LAZI Yahoote o Norm shotgun Sound Pump and Fire D647 Electicohock Jackson Tyler fahootie Horm Blah Blah Blah Whatever Figure 25 Cart List Ascending Figure 26 Cart List Descending ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 27 Using RadioSuite Explorer continued Understanding the Cart Properties Window Playback of each audio file on the RadioSuite HD is controlled by the associated cart file The Cart Properties Window allows you to create and edit these critical cart files How you can use this feature to maximum effect is explained in Working With Carts beginning on page 41 The figure below highlights each of the features of this window and points you to an explanation for each one in the text following
114. t C105 nS C106 Title Levitz Midnight Sale U S Metroline Short Distance Zebra Books Sarah s Song Stone Trail Restaurant Southwestern Bell Internet Services Kx4S TY NBC 5 News Target Stores Kodak Co op Toyota of Richardson 1 Toyota of Richardson 2 Miller s Outpost Power Bar Miller Lite Miller Lite Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party Rounder 3 It s Christmas Man Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Bowl Season 1 ESPN Bowl Season 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Anheuser Busch Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes Benz Loading 54 carts complete took 0 Minutes and 0 seconds Artist Q Q from Zebra Books www stonetrail com SW Bell internet sves stab Texas News Channel MECO O O 500000000000 in stock items only music out Jingle out in theatres now in Richardson in Richardson Dress Accordingly Power On Milwaukee Wl Milwaukee Wl on the square in Denton for all your nuclear polka needs and to all a good night Grammy winning artist Q Q Q You Wireless Yet Rivertown Detroit Follow Label Instructions Q Your Thirst Sprite Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q St Louis MO 11 30 on ESPN football act
115. t none gt 04 13 01 00 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 05 12 35 22 59 59 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 01 05 01 10 59 59 12 28 00 10 59 59 12 31 00 17 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 37 23 59 59 12 30 02 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 04 00 23 59 59 01 01 38 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt 11 02 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt Mi A A Figure S66 Cart Display Window With Highlighted Cart RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 81 Working With Carts Removing an Audio File continued 2 Press Delete on the toolbar at the top of the screen to remove the highlighted cart When you have highlighted the cart you wish to delete click the Delete button in the center of the toolbar This will give you the opportunity to remove the highlighted cart or both the highlighted cart and the audio file to which it is a reference In this example we are removing both files CI Io Renumber ho elete Play ee o elete selected cart s Open Sundays Open Sundays ight at Eckerd Figure 9 Delete Button on Toolbar Detail View 3 Click the check box next to delete audio file s then click Yes to confirm cart deletion You must confirm that you wish to delete this cart It is
116. te Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Test for sort Anheuser Busch Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes_Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contemp w C110 American Cider Company Dinner we C111 Iron City Beer FCC Cheer Loading 55 carts complete took O Minutes and O seconds Texas News Channel in theatres now in Richardson in Richardson Dress Accordingly Power On Milwaukee Wl Milwaukee Wl on the square in Denton for all your nuclear polka needs Q Grammy winning artist Q You Wireless Yet Q Rivertown Detroit Q Follow Label Instructions Q Your Thirst Sprite Q St Louis MO Q 11 30 on ESPN Q 11 30 on ESPN Q St Louis MO O Milwaukee Ml Q St Louis MO Q Clear Water sung Q Go Pennzoil sting Q the Syracuse sung Sort for test Q St Louis MO 0 Welcome to Hollywood Holly Q White Plains NY Q Music out Q Jingle out Q obey local speed limits Q In your life O Coca Cola Q I ll have some honey Q Pittsburgh PA 1 00 44 0 56 11 1 05 48 1 05 35 1 05 41 1 08 33 1 04 07 1 04 07 1 04 91 0 35 16 1 04 80 1 05 51 1 03 79 1 03 53 0 08 46 1 00 33 1 00 30 1 00 19 1 00 19 1 00 94 1 00 33 0 55 15 1 00 73 0 50 65 0 51 48 0 59 99 0 50 85 1 00 31 0 59 65 0 59 68 1 00 20 0 59 94 0 59 84 0 58 18 0 30 53 1 00 00 0 58 91
117. the Browse window you must overwrite that audio file to create this new file using the same name Even if this will be a new recording using a new file name a temporary place holder file was created when you named the file in the Browse window You must click Yes to proceed Clicking No will abort the recording and return you to the Record Audio File window From there you may use the Browse function to select or create another fle or click Cancel to return to the Cart Display window and end this recording session Confirm Overwrite Gil Do pou want to overwrite the existing file 7 Figure 104 Record Audio File Window Overwrite Confirmation ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 89 Playback Recording Controls Record Audio File continued 8 Click the Stop black square button to halt the recording RadioSuite Explorer uses standard playback and recording symbols such as those you might find on a CD player or cassette deck The black square button stops the recording Record udio File Audio File Close ZAS TATION SobjectsspromossBrave Combo Concert Promo waw Browse Cancel gt mia Mm 3 OY Xo wait for Audio Figure 105 Record Audio File Window Record in Frogress 9 Click the Close button to end the recording session The audio file has now been recorded and saved to hard drive Clicking the Close button closes the Record Audio File windo
118. the Syracuse sung Sort for test Q St Louis MO 0 58 57 0 59 55 1 00 02 1 00 04 1 04 94 0 59 97 1 02 38 O Welcome to Hollywood Holly Q White Plains NY Q Music out Q Jingle out Q obey local speed limits Q In your life O Coca Cola Q I ll have some honey Q Pittsburgh PA Q Houston TX Q Celebrity voices impersonated 12 05 99 05 05 05 11 18 99 13 51 06 01 03 00 08 02 36 01 10 00 19 00 00 05 11 00 15 24 33 11 09 99 18 32 00 12 15 99 13 48 13 12 15 99 13 51 49 12 05 00 07 00 00 12 07 99 18 33 17 09 27 00 15 26 09 07 04 99 10 12 58 12 18 99 12 00 00 11 23 99 10 04 17 12 26 99 15 00 00 12 26 99 15 00 00 08 16 99 22 25 01 12 07 99 14 59 47 12 07 99 13 04 22 01 01 99 01 00 00 12 23 99 19 00 00 12 23 99 11 07 24 11 21 00 17 38 50 04 17 00 12 10 46 04 17 00 12 13 46 04 17 00 12 15 40 04 17 00 12 16 57 09 28 00 15 21 49 10 09 00 12 47 28 10 02 00 14 41 31 04 17 00 14 49 23 09 12 00 08 39 07 10 12 00 10 34 51 04 17 00 14 55 02 04 17 00 14 56 12 lt none gt 04 13 01 00 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 04 03 37 23 59 59 05 12 35 22 59 59 lt none gt 02 03 01 23 59 59 02 03 01 23 59 59 12 31 00 17 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 04 03 37 23 59 59 12 30 02 23 59 59 12 30 01 23 59 59 03 15 01 23 59 59 lt none gt 12 04 00 23 59 59 01 01 38 23 59 59 12 29 00 23 59 59 lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt 12 12 00 23 59 59 lt non
119. the calendar back one month q m 2 Clicking the right arrow will move the calendar 28 29 30 forward one month 5 E 7 10716700 To change the year click the year in the month year display This will display normally hidden up and down arrows for manipulating the year Clicking the up arrow will move the calendar forward one year Clicking the down arrow will move the calendar back one year To change the day click the date you wish to use This Sun Mon Tue Wed Su 3 7 a 2 4 Will close the calendar window and return you to the g Cart Properties window You may also use the arrow 16 keys on your keyboard J EJ LJ to move the day highlight then press Ew to select and return to a the Cart Properties window E Figure 55 Start End Date Calendars ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 49 Working With Carts Creating a New Cart continued 10 Set the Start Time and End Time The initial Start Time is the time that this cart was created The default End Time is set to 11 59 59 p m when you set an End Date Please note that you cannot set an End Time unless you first set an End Date for this cart This setting prevents playback from the RadioSuite HD via the UDS II unless the current date and time falls within this range Hew Cart Properties New Cart Number 5 19 Cart Properties Cart Number Bas Adda subcart Title lice Machine in the Desert Cancel Artist Brave Co
120. the figure Subcart Properties Subcart Number 2013 01 3 Cart A Cart Properties Properties Cart Number oT faaau pe _ Save Cancel Tithe Founder 1 Brave Combo Concert Cancel B lf tons Artist la on the square in Denton QutCue Start Date 11727700 Start Time 12 29 47 Pa EndDate 1 5 01 EndTime 11 5959PM Audio Properties Audio File AE TATION objects cormmercialsbcombocd mp3 Browse A ud iQ Lenath 1 00 37 Intro 0 00 00 E nding Properties Cue 0 00 00 EOM 0 59 43 A d Cart Created 20001128 10 57 18 2414880 i toma te Enable Sutomated Recording sample Hate hecomd Level lett H Recording ample Fate 44100 alele Jao f P FO p erties ELE i 00 37 Record Level Rigi 20 C kona Playback Je LE EES ese Recording Q Controls O Timer AA o e il break Meters Crawl Bar Figure 2 Features of the Cart Froperties Window A Cart Properties holds the basic information about each audio file This includes a unique cart identifier the Cart Number the title of the song or other audio the Title the name of the performer of the song or the outcue for non music events the Artist plus the date and time before which this cart cannot play the Start Date and Start Time and the date and time afer which this cart cannot play the End Date and End Time B Save Cancel Buttons let you save any changes you make to thi
121. tions Q Rivertown Detroit Q for all your nuclear polka needs Q on the square in Denton Q St Louis MO Q St Louis MO Q St Louis MO Q In your life O Coca Cola O Clear Water sung Q Open Sundays Q Open Sundays Q 11 30 on ESPN Q 11 30 on ESPN Q right at Eckerd Q Music out O Welcome to Hollywood Hollywood Video Q Celebrity voices impersonated Q Celebrity voices impersonated O Pittsburgh PA Q Texas News Channel Q taste is everything Q taste is everything Q taste is everything Q in stock items only music out Q obey local speed limits O Milwaukee Ml 0 56 11 0 50 65 1 00 19 1 00 40 1 00 37 1 00 55 1 00 66 1 00 33 1 00 22 1 05 35 1 05 48 1 00 37 1 00 40 1 08 33 1 04 80 1 04 91 0 55 15 1 00 73 1 05 51 0 59 52 0 59 82 1 04 07 1 04 07 0 59 08 1 00 19 1 00 30 1 00 87 0 59 86 0 51 48 0 58 57 0 29 91 0 30 06 0 29 94 1 00 23 1 00 33 0 35 16 Distribute Ripper EOM 0 50 85 0 50 33 0 58 82 0 59 88 0 59 99 1 00 35 0 59 98 0 59 84 0 59 92 0 59 65 1 00 31 0 59 73 1 00 20 1 00 00 0 58 18 0 54 63 0 59 15 0 58 91 0 59 13 0 59 56 0 59 94 0 59 84 0 58 08 0 59 64 0 59 80 1 00 14 0 57 77 0 51 01 0 58 86 0 29 55 0 29 44 0 29 25 1 00 17 0 59 93 0 30 53 Start Time 12 07 99 18 33 17 09 12 00 08 39 07 04 17 00 12 15 40 04 17 00 14 59 35 04 17 00 15 00 34 04 17 00 14 57 30 04 17 00 15 03 46 04 17 00 12 10 46 04 17 00 14 55 02 07 04 9
122. to the customer support person Read this code to your On Air Digital USA customer support person They will use your registration info and this unique code to generate your registration numbers Required User Data Call Letters Company Mame UU S F Unplinited Registration TO OF h Cancel Figure 11 Register KadioSuite Explorer Window Detail Validation Code 6 Enter the registration numbers Type registration number 1 into the first field press the J Tab key then type registration number 2 into the second field as shown below Required User Data Call Letters Company Name KUDS FM Registration Period In Days EL Unlimited Registration TA EUDS Fe Registration Validation Code 64562 Registration Mumber 1 5 Registration Mumber 2 524 OF Cancel Figure 12 Register KadioSuite Explorer Window Detail Registration Number Entry RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 14 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Registering RadioSuite Explorer continued 7 Click OK to complete the registration process gt If the registration failed you will see a window pop up similar to this example Registration Failure Ey You falled to enter the registration correct fou will need to try again Figure 15 Register RadioSuite Explorer Window Failed There are three main causes for a registration failure e The call letters or company name entered into the Call Letters Company Name field
123. twork Mount Points x cance Figure 18 Drive Selection Window Selected Click OK to set this drive letter as the Root Path The browse window will close and the setup window will be displayed Note that the Root Path field now reflects the network drive letter assigned to the RadioSuite HD s home directory RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 18 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Configuring RadioSuite Explorer continued 5 Set playback and recording buffers NOTE On Air Digital USA recommends that you leave the playback and recording buffers at their default setting unless you encounter playback or recording difficulties These difficulties can include gaps in the audio and improper playback There are two controls for each set of buffer controls gt The slider arrow sets the size of each audio buffer Buffer size can be manipulated by clicking on the slider arrow it looks like an elongated home plate from baseball and dragging it right or left Dragging the arrow to the left makes each buffer smaller down to a minimum of kilobyte Dragging the arrow to the right makes each buffer larger up to a maximum of 8 kilobytes gt The up and down arrows set the number of audio buffers Each click of the down arrow decreases the number of buffers down to a minimum of 1 Each click of the up arrow raises the number of buffers up to a maximum of 40 Options Global Settings Root Path zs Browse Play
124. w and returns you to the Cart Display window You may now use this audio file as part of a new cart as outlined in Creating a New Cart beginning on page 41 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 90 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Other Toolbar and Menu Options Besides playback and recording controls the RadioSuite Explorer toolbar contains several tools to control the appearance and functionality of the program Some of them will be familiar to you as they work as they do in other Windows programs but there are some unique functions as well They are all fully explained on the pages that follow Distribute Located between the Record and Ripper buttons Distribute copies carts and audio files to other stations on your local area network Distribute lets you create and configure a cart once but use it on many stations This is faster more accurate and less labor intensive than recreating carts and audio files for each station 1 Highlight the cart or carts you wish to copy to other stations To highlight more than one cart press and hold the key while you click each cart to be distributed To highlight a group of carts click on the first one you wish to copy then press and hold the key while you click the last cart you wish to copy 2 RadioSuite Explorer File Audio Station View Tools Help Inventory Duplicate E nn e Properties Copy Renumber Delete Play Pause Stop Record Artist Length EOM Available
125. ws you to see each segment of the audio file and how it will be handled by the RadioSuite HD During playback the position marker shows where the audio being played is located in the audio file You may click on the crawl bar to change this playback position at any time The graphic below explains the layout of this feature Cue 11 Tine Position Marker intro Time Body of Audio After EOM Figure 29 Crawl Bar Layout G Timer displays the elapsed time of the audio file during playback The default is for the timer to count up during playback You may reverse this so the timer counts down by clicking once on the timer display H Automated Recording Properties allows you to configure this cart to control automated recording of the associated audio file by the RadioSuite HD Read more about using these settings in Creating a Cart For Automated Recording beginning on page 51 ON AIR DIGITAL USA INC DALLAS TEXAS RADIOSUITE EXPLORER 29 Working With Folders In a typical radio station you might find 900 songs 300 commercials 20 promos 50 jingles and hundreds of miscellaneous bits of audio Finding a single cart among countless others could be quite time consuming and could lead to difficulties in trying to manage your audio inventory This potential headache is solved by organizing the carts with folders Create folders for each different category of audio like music or commercials This groups similar carts together for easy access and
126. y Renumber Delete Folder List x Title Artist Available Stations STATION IE id Ll amp Play Pause Stop Record Distribute Ripper Length EDM Inventory Duplicate View Start Time End Time a E STATION1 3 Bits and Beds C Christmas Y Commercials 3 Jingles 3 Music 3 Promos 3 ted test nS 0019 01 nS 0019 02 nS 0019 03 mS 0019 04 t C020 T C021 nw C022 nS C023 nw C024 1 C025 01 n C025 02 n C026 nS C027 nS C028 c029 t C030 t C031 Rounder 1 Brave Combo Concert Rounder 2 Brave Combo CD Party Rounder 3 It s Christmas Man Rounder 4 Brave Combo CD2 Advanced Wireless Atwater Brewery Ant Stop Sprite Bud Light ESPN Bowl Season 1 ESPN Bowl Season 2 Budweiser Miller Lite Budweiser Cool Water Stop and Go Syracuse Sausage Kx45 TY NBC 5 News Anheuser Busch Hollywood Yideo Scream 2 Amstel Light Message Hewlett Packard Yahoo My Yahoo News Mercedes Benz Chevy s Restaurants Coca Cola Chispazos Contempor American Cider Company Dinner Iron City Beer FCC Cheer Anheuser Busch Ferret Speech Hollywood Videos Good Will Hunting Anheuser Busch Louie s Lines Amstel Light Pep Talk Amstel Light Resignation San Francisco Chronicle Scott Ostler Anheuser Busch Take Louie Out t Hollywood Videos Tomorrow Never Q on the square in Denton Q for all your nuclear polka needs Q and to all a
127. y Night at the Seventies Medium Scott and Todd long sing Summer of Ninety Five Point Five The best songs on the radio Transition Medium Transition Slow Medium Weather Bed Distribute Ripper Start Time 12 06 00 11 37 30 12 07 00 13 25 54 11 30 00 11 05 36 11 30 00 08 45 05 12 03 00 08 21 21 12 06 00 07 19 35 11 29 00 10 13 43 12 03 00 12 22 57 12 04 00 18 44 01 12 03 00 09 17 54 11 29 00 17 11 25 11 29 00 20 20 26 12 02 00 14 33 24 12 06 00 15 06 57 12 04 00 13 56 44 12 04 00 12 18 30 12 03 00 12 06 08 12 03 00 12 15 14 12 04 00 12 48 30 12 03 00 19 53 37 11 30 00 11 33 31 12 05 00 21 40 49 12 03 00 18 33 01 12 08 00 11 40 14 Figure 78 Cart Display Window Select a Cart to Copy e a Inventory Duplicate View End Time lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt lt none gt ee a MOM AZ RADIOSUITE EXPLORER USER S MANUAL 14 RADIOSUITE EXPLORER Working With Carts Copying a Cart continued 2 Enter a new unique indentifier for the copied cart Each cart must have its own unique identifier so that it may be played and stored properly on the RadioSuite HD In this example we are copying cart J124 to D901 Enter the new c

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