Music Logs - Natural Broadcast Systems
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1. Little Anthony amp The Irm Barbara Lynn Todd Rundgren Beach Boys Cadillacs Casinos tro O8 10 10 16 204 230 3 30 246 4 31 aed aed a Fade Fade Fade Cold Cold Cold Fade Fade Fade Fade 6 45 00 4h 1577 ltsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny 6 46 00 4M 2036 Sukiyaki E5400 AM 00 BREAK A M E S 6 58 00 4h 1975 Since Lost My Baby Temptations 6 59 00 M 2112 The Long amp Winding Road Beatles Brian Hyland Kyu Sakamoto La d m Alternate Songs Log Diagnostics Log Statistics ClipB oard 4 3 Songs tested for 6 10 00 AM Use Title Violation Type 24da The Lady In Red Chris Deburgh DayPart 4 Violation Rotate Song Saw The Light Todd Rundgren Artist ep Violation 2 06 28 4M History You d Better Sit Down Ki Cher Score The Log Diagnostics Tab will list all songs Natural Music attempted to schedule in the currently highlighted Music Log slot and why they failed to log You may drag a song from the Log Diagnostics Tab onto the Music Log to override the rule violation and force that song to be logged Natural Music User Manual Page 6 5 Music Log Statistics Natural Music can display how much music you have scheduled in each hour of your log by clicking the Log Statistics tab in the Music Log Editor If the clock for that hour has a music limit the Log Statistics will also show the mmiss over or short for that hour w Sample Music Log Editor ME E File Edt Find Histor List2. Read Play Log FileName ae i BSI Event List File Type P x lt fasc wyrmimndd LS T Help Reconcile Cancel Special Considerations when Reading a MusicReady Windows version PlayLog The MusicReady creates a separate log for each deck Be sure to read the log for the deck number from which you play music w Reconcile Scheduled Log with Automation Play Log Automation Log ype fHusicReady windows Read Play Log FileName a i HusicReady Deck H P x lt Help Reconcile Cancel Special Considerations when Reading a MediaTouch Out Log Natural Music 5 can read the OUT log created by MediaTouch Simply place it in a convenient folder and point NM5 to it during log reconciliation Special Considerations when Reading a Prophet NexGen Music Verify Log Music Verify Logs must be generated by NexGen so Natural Music can read exact runtimes for log reconciliation Here are the settings you need to use when configuring the Music Verify Log in Prophet NexGen All others are set to 0 Date 1 8 Time 9 8 Description 17 32 Event Status 69 2 Song Number 72 6 Cut Number 19 3 Page 6 10 Natural Music User Manual Writing the Log to an HTML file In the Log Editor Convert Log HTML File select the type file you want NM5 can create a single HTML file for a day or a separate HTML file for each hour You can also select which categories you want to write to the file so you can exclude liners jingles
3. etc w Send Music Log to HTML File Appropriate field data from each song will be inserted in place of the Fieldname tag in your HTML template file Please see the Help file HTML Template File C Temp Template htm Browse Output File Type One File per DAY Output FileName Josnen2 htm Browse Include NM5 Cateqory s BRITS 2 Christmas Traditional Q Disco A Group One Hat UnSelect All gt C Group One Low A Make HTML B Group One Medium E Group Two Hot select All gt YG Group Two Low x Cancel F Group Two Medium Natural Music allows you to insert song data from your music log into a predefined HTML Template You can use any web design program you like to create the Template so it may be as simple or as complex as you like You must add a few special tags into the HTML template so NM5 knows where and what you d like to insert Natural Music Song Insertion Markers In the HTML template you need to designate the area into which NM5 is to insert each song from the music log This is done by inserting the following words in the HTML template The braces are required For each song in the log NM5 will duplicate the HTML code between these start and end markers and insert the selected song fields nm5Start At the beginning of the HTML block in which NM5 is to insert data nm5End At the end of the HTML block in which NM5 is to insert data Natural Music Song Field Insertion Markers Between
4. Paul Mauriat Little Anthony amp The Irm Barbara Lynn Todd Rundgren Beach Boys Cadillacs Casinos Brian Hyland Kyu Sakamoto Temptations aT 10 10 16 204 35 330 2 40 4 31 220 Music Log Editor cont BE Es EAM x Hour Music 46 03 00 03 No Log Errors tla Hay 03 2002 Time Source Categom Title O Z oO oOo o o Ai SCSCSCSCSdr Intron Length EndType Fade Fade Fade Cold Cold Cold 5 53 00 AM 2112 LOL mm dm The Long amp Winding Road Beatles A 4 ltems on Cupboard hes Oo eee ee P3600 Ak 1033 A Nat ERAAN ET e Till There Was You Beatles Sure Gonna Miss Her Gary Lewis Image OF A Girl Safaris 5 41 00 AM 2163 5 44 00 AM 204 5 47 00 AM 1539 History ct Inserting Alternate Songs onto Music Lo Left Click and hold the mouse button on an alternate song and drag it to where you d like it to appear and release the mouse button If there is already a song at that location it will be removed and the alternate song will replace it You may also highlight a song in the Alternate Songs Window and click Swap to swap the alternate song in place of the originally logged song ClipBoard Cutting and Pasting Music Lo The ClipBoard is a temporary container to hold items while cutting copying and pasting on the Music Log To begin select one or more items in the Music Log by slowly dragging your mouse over them while holding the Right mouse button
5. 8 48 00 45 10PM E0 54 00 54 3 ARI59 10 00 50 e AM 46 53 00 53 114M 49 07 01 07 3 PM 48 45 00 45 e PMJED 44 00 44 T1PR61 19 01 18 You may click on any hour in the Log Statistics Window to jump to that hour in the Music Log Page 6 6 Natural Music User Manual Music Log Printing To print your Music Log Click Print from the Music Log Editor screen You will see a Music Log Design Screen Click the View Print button to see the results on your design and to print the final log w Log Print Page SetUp Miel E ch i H View Print Memorize Help Close Page Heading S ample Music Log Page Sub Heading Sunday September 24 2000 Print Log for Time Period Start Time 12 00 00 AM End Time 11 59 55 Ft Title Tab You may enter a Heading and Sub Heading to be printed on each Music Log page You may also select the time range for which the Music Log is to be printed Columns Tab You may select which song properties are to be printed on the Music Log You can add or remove these properties by dragging them between the Include and Available boxes To set the column widths to be printed and to actually print the music log click the View Print button to see the results on your design and to print the final log On the Preview screen you may drag the column dividers left and right to set the column widths Natural Music will remember these settings the next time you print a log Page Setup You may select the pag
6. AK Goin Out OF My Head You ll Lose Good Thing Hello It s Me Darlin 3 00 BREAK Glona Then You Can Tell Me w ltsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Sukipaki Ann BEC ak Aire Iher E 400 BREAK ASAE WES Since Lost My Baby The Long amp Winding Road ola Hay 03 2002 pme Bowes Catooop The Atit lro lengh End ype T Roe i Gallery 10 Cher Johnny Tillotson 10 fourngbloods 16 Paul Mauriat Little Anthony amp The Irm Barbara Lynn Todd Rundgren Beach Boys Cadillacs Casinos Brian Hyland Kyu Sakamoto Temptations Beatles 204 35 330 2 40 4 31 2 20 Fade Fade Fade Cold Cold Cold Category C 70 Song Choices in CategoryStack Order Artist ap e i Songs from Category Ic Group One Low Sort Alternate Songs by CategonStack Uze z EPEE ET Ee Tc Bl EEE Things Used To Do Guitar Slim m 257 Cold History Catch Wave Beach Boys 207 Fade C Beechwood 4 5799 Marvelettes 14 207 Fade G C South Street Orlons 05 208 Fade Litten Changing the Log Editor Displa You select which song properties are displayed on the Log Editor screen by select View Columns from the menu on the Log Editor Simply add or remove the desired properties to be displayed and the Music Log Editor will display only your selected properties You may also switch between Scheduled Clock Times and Estimated Run Times using the View menu Rearranging Songs on Music Lo To move songs around the
7. Music Log Left Click and hold the mouse button on a song and dragging it to a new location on the Music Log Release the button to drop the song into the slot Swapping Songs on Music Log You can use the Ctrl key combined with Left Click of the mouse to highlight 2 songs to automatically swap log positions Then click Edit SwapLines to automatically swap the items positions on the log This only works when you have exactly 2 lines highlighted in red using the Ctri Left Click method Page 6 2 Natural Music User Manual w Sample Music Log Editor File Edit Find History Listen Print x AlE g E Insert Delete Find History Listen Print Errors Help B O0 00 AM 2059 6 03 00 AM 1794 6 017 010 Ah 6 10 00 Ab 732 E1200 4M 1557 61600 AM 1336 61800 4M 1687 62200 AM 1353 6 25 00 AM 2825 6728 00 AM 1405 6 31 00 4AM 1218 6 37 00 4M 6 40 00 4M 1344 6 4300 4M 2140 6 45 00 4M 1577 6 48 00 4M 2036 6 54 00 AM 6 58 00 4M 1975 i Sample Music Log ee Pea Nice To Be with You ah Pi E F E vi be T F fh FFI Dhi ee O D E e MAT HGF YY You d Better Sit Down Ki It Keeps Aight On hurt Get Together Love ls Blue 00 BREAK Goin Out OF My Head You ll Lose Good Thing Hello It s Me Darlin 3 00 BREAK Glona Then You Can Tell Me w ltsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Sukiyaki Since Lost My Baby Conver Log View Toole H i ommy Roe Gallery Cher Johnny Tillotson fourngbloods
8. Music Logs At the Natural Music main screen select Logs This section of the Natural Music system allows you to generate and edit Music Logs These logs can be printed for a live DJ s use or converted into Automation Logs if you are using an Automation system Sample Music Logs WEOMeSOa Pepan oA au ee i Tuesday February 14 2012 ee Saturday Februar 11 2012 ro Friday February 10 2012 Thursday February 09 2012 d Wednesday February 08 2012 Open Tuesday February 0 2012 New Music Log Click New to generate a new Music Log for a day These Music Logs should be generated in chronological order such as 02 01 12 then 02 02 12 etc To skip forward or back use the small Up Down keys to the right of the log date w Create New Sample Music Log Create New Log for Thursday February 16 2012 Skip Day Use Clock Assignment Grid Normal Automation Type irni i PPE BSI Siman wvaveStation til Cancel Delete Unschedule Music Logs Click Logs and select an existing Music Log Then click Delete to unschedule an existing Music Log This process will restore all Music Category stacks and history information to the condition existing before the Music Log was generated Music Logs should be rejected in the reverse order that they were generated to be sure the Music Category stacks are restored to their original order send Log to Automation In the Music Log Editor click Convert Automa
9. The selected items will turn red You may then click Edit Cut to move the items to the ClipBoard Click Edit Copy to copy the items to the ClipBoard f you have items on the ClipBoard you may click Edit Paste to insert all items on the ClipBoard onto the Music Log at the current Music Log position Any Cuts or Copies from the Music Log will clear any existing items from the ClipBoard before the Cut or Copied items are placed on the ClipBoard You may Drag and Drop individual items from the ClipBoard onto the Music Log or you may Paste the entire contents of the ClipBoard at the currently selected Music Log position Natural Music User Manual Page 6 3 Music Log Editor cont Inserting Lines on Music Log To add a blank line into the Music Log highlight the spot where you d like it to appear and click on the menu Edit Insert You can then add a song or text Deleting Lines from Music Log To delete a text line or a song from the Music Log highlight the line s you d like to delete and click on the menu Edit Delete To highlight select more than one line for deletion Right Click and hold the right mouse button down while you move the mouse over the lines to be deleted Release the right mouse button and then Left Click Edit Delete Undo Music Log Edit You may click Edit UnDo to reverse the most recent Music Log edit Displaying Song History Click History on the top Log Editor menu bar to view the so
10. e margins font and fontsize for the Music Log page Natural Music User Manual Page 6 7 Recycle Music Hours Recycling music hours is the ability to repeat exactly the same music schedule at another time and or on another day Some users do this as not to use up their library for certain unimportant hours overnight or when operating on low transmitter power NM5 allows this to be done either manually or after version 5 0 188 automatically by a special recycle command in clocks This not the same as gold recycling in some other music schedulers which recycle only gold categories into hours without counting them as played Warning This Recycle process cannot be UnDone Manual Recycle Example Recycle the midday music 10A 3P to the next day from 12Mid 5A In Setup Clocks don t put any clock in the hours to be copied TO so the hours will be empty In the Music Log Editor open the music log into which you want to copy the recycled song list and select Edit from the menu Then select Recycle Music Hours w Recycle Music Hours OF E4 Copy from Source Log Copy to Target Log Date Friday November 17 2000 Date S aturday November 18 2000 Copy FROM Start Time 10 00 00 OM to Copy TO Start Time 12 00 00 OM Copy FROM Stop Time 2 53 55 Pe Copy TO Stop Time P Pas Copy Help Cancel You will need to specify the date for the Source Log the log to be copied FROM The Source log and Target
11. en Print Convert Log View Tools Help x t alej v 6AM Hou Maso 4603 0000 Ne Log Enos i 71 Hour Music 46 03 00 03 No Log E Insert Delete Find Histor Listen Print Errors Help Close PAM pei eee Sample Music Loo ola Hay 03 2002 a 6 00 00 AM 2059 eat Pea oem Roe Fade b L OU AM 1794 5 Bie alist Ei with ou Gallery Fade ary K Cher 30 Fade E 13 p aM 1557 It Keeps Right On Be hurt Johnny Tillotson eda Cold 6 16 00 AM 1336 Get Together Youngbloods Cold 6 18 00 AM 1687 Love ls Blue Paul Mauriat aed Cold 6 19 00 AM 3 00 BREAK B2200 AM 1353 Goin Out OF My Head Little Anthony amp The Irm Fade 6 25 00 AM 2825 You ll Loze 4 Good Thing Barbara Lynn Fade B 4a 00 AM 1405 Hello It s Me Todd Rundgren Fade 6 31 00 AM 1278 Darlin Beach Boys Fade 6 37 00 AM 00 BREAK 6 40 00 AM 1344 Gloria Cadillacs 6 43 00 4h 2140 Then You Can Tell Me Casinos 6 45 00 AM 1577 ltsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Brian Hyland b 48 00 AM 2036 SEUEN Kyu Sakamoto 6 54 00 4M a MEWS 6 58 00 4h 1975 Since toe oT m Temptations E Ad Ou AM 2112 The Long amp Winding Road Beatles i ee a ClipB card Hourly Music Totals T2Mid 59 58 00 02 4 AMI59 49 00 12 a 4MI46 49 00 49 T2 Nj47 25 00 35 4PM 47 13 00 47 8 PM 60 53 00 53 AM ED 44 00 44 A AM ED 00 al AM 45 25 00 31 Ph 50 00 02 00 a Phi 48 51 00 51 J Fhi E 30 01 30 a AM 55 54 00 06 E AM 4E 03 00 03 104M 49 00 01 00 2 Phi 49 1 0 01 10 E Phi 4
12. en to Songs Listen launches your default MediaPlayer if you have one e g Windows MediaPlayer RealPlayer WinAmp etc so you can listen to song IF it is available from the NM5 computer NM5 uses the WebAudioSource property as the filename it tries to play If it cannot find that filename it will open a browse window so you can locate the actual audio cut Page 6 4 Natural Music User Manual Music Log Diagnostics After the Music Log is created the Diagnostic Log can be displayed by selecting the Log Diagnostics Tab in the Music Log Editor w Sample Music Log Editor ME E File Edt Find Histor Listen Frin Convert Log View Tools Help xX amp Be g E Insert Delete Find History Listen Print Errors Help Close EAM x Hour Music 46 03 00 03 No Log Errors Sample Music Log Friday May O03 2002 a 6 00 00 4h 2059 6 03 00 M 1794 6 07 00 AM 6 10 00 AM 232 6 13 00 M 1557 6 16 00 4M 1336 6 18 00 4M 1687 6 19 00 AM 6 2200 AM 1353 6 25 00 4M 2825 6 28 00 4h 1405 6 31 00 4M 1218 6 37 00 AM 6 40 00 4h 1344 6 43 00 AM 2140 JOT A B Sweet Pea Nice To Be ith ou 3 00 BREAK TRAFFICAY You d Better Sit Down Ki It Keeps Aight On hurt Get Together Love ls Blue 3 00 BREAK Goin Out OF My Head You ll Lose Good Thing Hello It s Me Darlin 00 BREAK Glona Then You Can Tell Me Tommy Roe Gallery Cher Johnny Tillotson fourngbloods Paul Mauriat
13. log may be the same log but if it is the same log the Copy FROM and Copy TO times may not overlap In other words you cannot copy an hour onto itself within the same log NF 4 59 59 AM You will need to specify the Copy FROM Start Time the start time in the source log to be copied FROM In the example this would be 10 00 00AM You will need to specify the Copy FROM Stop Time the last time in the source log to be copied FROM In the example this would be 2 59 59PM You will need to specify the Copy TO Start Time in the Target Log the first time in the Target log to be copied TO In the example this would be 12 00 00AM When you click Copy the hours from the Source log will be copied into the Target log starting at the Target Start Time In this example 10A 2 59 59P would be copied from the specified source log into the 12A 4 59 59A time slot in the Target log Important Notes All existing items in the target log in the time range to be Copied TO will be deleted No rule testing is done for recycled hours so there may be unreported song or artist violations between the pre existing log and the recycled songs When songs within recycled hours are copied into a Target log they are not rotated to the bottom of their Music Category This makes the copied hours not count as far as Music Category rotation is concerned However the history for the recycled song does reflect the actual play in the rec
14. ng history for the currently highlighted song in the Music Log Click History on the Alternate Song Tab or Log Diagnostics Tab to display the History of any highlighted alternate song or unlogged song scan for Log Errors Missed Songs Click Errors to automatically scan for any Missed Songs on the Music Log You will be moved to that location on the Music Log and possible songs to be used at this location will be displayed Missed Songs are cause by the system being unable to select a song that meets all of your Rules You may manually drag and drop any song into this slot even if it violates Rules Search for Items on Music Log Click Find to search for Title Artist Music Category or any song property displayed on the Music Log Editor screen Compute Length for a Segment of the Music Log Using your mouse hold the Right Button and move the mouse over the area for which you need the total length When you release the mouse button the computed length will appear in the red text box on the toolbar Also see Format Clocks ClockText to automatically print sweep and hourly totals on the Music Log Print the Music Log Click Print to print your Music Log See also Printing Music Log to change the formatting of the printed Music Log send Log to Automation Click Automation to create a Log in the appropriate format for the Automation system you selected in Natural Music Setup Station See Automation Interfacing List
15. the 2 markers shown above you place the HTML lines tables or other HTML commands containing the NM5 song fields to be inserted as shown below These field names must be entered as text in the HTML file and enclosed in and you may insert as many or as few as desired When NMS creates the final HTML file it will insert these song fields into the HTML file at the locations in which the fields are placed Album Artist CatalogNumber Composer Country IRSC Length LinerNote Other Publisher RecordLabel Source Style Title UPC Year Other Natural Music Insertion Markers You may also place the following special tags in the HTML template These may be located anywhere in the HTML template nm5Date Inserts the Log date nm5Hour Inserts the Log hour Natural Music User Manual Page 6 11 This page intentionally left blank Page 6 12 Natural Music User Manual
16. tion Log to create a Log in the appropriate format for the Automation system selected in Natural Music Setup Station See Automation Interfacing Natural Music User Manual Page 6 1 Music Log Editor At the Natural Music main screen select Logs Select an existing Music Log and then click Open Warning When editing Music Logs NM5 warns only for Artist Separation and Also Protect violations because these violations may not be obvious and may stretch across several hours For other rules NM5 assumes the user sees surrounding songs and other violations Play Histories and reported violations are base on the fixed Scheduled Clock Time from your Format Clocks not the Estimated Run Time which constantly changes as the log is edited w Sample Music Log Editor ME E File Edt Find Histor Listen Print Convert Log View Toole H gt x p amp e ean Hour Music 46 03 00 03 N Log E Insert Delete Find History Listen Print Errors Help Bah ean ii eels eal 6 00 00 AM 2059 B i au alll 1794 Bt AEN A 1557 61600 AM 1336 6 18 00 AM 1687 6 19 00 4M 6 2200 AM 1353 6 25 00 AM 2075 6 28 00 AM 1405 6 31 00 AM 1218 E37 ID t BADOO AM 1344 4300 AM 2140 G45 004M 1577 6 48 00 AM 2036 6 54 00 4M 6 58 00 AM 1975 6 59 00 AM 2112 LOL mm dm Sample Music Loo aS Pea Nice To Be with You BAF FIC AN 00 BREAKS Youd Better 5 4 It Keeps Aight On Be hurt Get Together Love ls Blue 3 00 BRE
17. ved from the NM5 music log and returned to the top of the Music Category stack IF that song had not been scheduled on any NM5 music log after the time it was originally scheduled to play If the song was scheduled to play at a later date or time as would be the case for currents or hot rotating songs its category stack position is NOT changed Any songs played by the automation but not scheduled on the NM5 music log will be added to the NM5 music log The song is rotated to the bottom of the Music Category stack IF that song had not been scheduled on any NM5 music log after the time it was originally scheduled to play If the song was scheduled to play at a later date or time as would be the case for currents or hot rotating songs its category stack position is NOT changed Natural Music User Manual Page 6 9 Reconciling Scheduled Logs Against Actual Aired Logs cont Special Considerations when Reading a WaveStation Simian Event List The BSI WaveStation can save its event list in one of 2 formats MS Access named as yymmdd MDB ASCII named as yymmdd LST The format of the event list file is user selected in the Tools Program Options General tab of the WaveStation Natural Music can read either file Just be sure to select the appropriate file type from the dropdown box on the NM5 Log Reconciliation screen shown below w Reconcile Scheduled Log with Automation Play Log Automation Log Type JBS aveStation Simian
18. ycled hours of the Target log Page 6 8 Natural Music User Manual Reconciling Scheduled Logs Against Actual Aired Logs Reconciliation is an optional process whereby the NM5 Music Log is compared with an actual aired log You may do this manually by simply deleting any unplayed items from an NM5 log in the Music Log Editor With some automation systems NM5 can read the automation play logs or air logs This reconciliation process may be performed to 1 Obtain actual playtimes of the songs for performance reporting 2 Recycle un played songs to the top of the category stack so they rotate more evenly Reading an Automation System s Air Log To read an automation system s air log or play log from the Music Log Editor select Convert Log Reconcile Automated reconciliation is performed with only the following automation system play logs Arrakis Digilink 3 amp 4 AudioVault AutoMate System BSI WaveStation Simian Digital JukeBox Enco DAD MediaTouch Prophet NexGen RDS Phantom Scott Studios AXS and SSDOS SS32 Systems Salsa and Systemation w Reconcile Scheduled Log with Automation Play Log Automation Log Type JESI W aveStation Read Play Log FileName C BSIS2 Logs 00091 3 lst P x Help Reconcile Cancel Use the Browse button to locate the automation play log to be read and click Reconcile when ready to start the process Any songs scheduled but not played by the automation will be remo
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