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1. 49 User manual ZaraStudio TZ LAS Add Modify Delete Delete all Import Time L Time announcement 00 00 05 j2 C Users Juan Antonio Music 08 Mr Mac Temperature 00 00 06 This dialog displays all the voice tracks The first column shows the name of file on which the voice track will be played The second column displays the voice tracks and in the last one the instant in which the voice track will be played This way you can link music files with presentations Every time the audios in the first column are played in a playlist in an event the voice track in the second column will do too If a file has more than one associated voice tracks i e if it appears several times in the first column one of them will be chosen randomly Besides there are the following buttons e Add It allows to add a new voice track to the list When pressing this button a new dialog will open in which you will be able to set the data corresponding to the columns described above e Modify It allows to modify the selected voice track This button opens the dialog described in the Add button e Delete all Removes all the voice tracks from the list e Delete Removes the selected voice tracks e Open It allows to import a previously saved voice track list e Save It allows to export the current voice track list to a file 50 User manual ZaraStudio Add dialog Play instant 5 Play
2. Paths LL Choose the paths where ZaraStudio will store its databases Satellite im AGC 2 Silence detector Mixer Folder C WserslAppDatalLocallWaraStudio El Telecommand ke DMF 2 Parallel port ZaraTraffic planning folder Serial port Folder C WserslAppDatalLocallZaraStudiol Log Explorer Random tracks Users database folder i General This windows lets you set the folders that will be used by several modules of the application e Users database ZaraStudio uses internally a database to store the users login information permissions and profiles This way if you place this database in a network folder you can share this information with other computers in which ZaraStudio is installed e Advertising plannings The purpose of this folder is to communicate with ZaraTraffic ZaraStudio s advertising manager application 43 User manual ZaraStudio 7 The menu bar File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Palette Menu Exit Closes ZaraStudio Find in folders Opens a window that allows file search for a given directory Full path Shows the complete file path for files in the playlist List font Allows changing the text font used in the playlist Header in the list Select to show playlist column titles song title length Song numbers Select to sequentially number the songs of the playlist Track bars Shows or hides the bars that indicate the percentage of audio which has been played to a
3. e Default This is the default user used by the application when it is opened It is a user with very limited permissions so it does not have a password e Admin This user has administrator permissions i e it can access to all the application modules It is not an independent user but it provides this access condition to the current user The default password is admin but you can modify it at any time This dialog also has the following buttons e New Opens a window that lets you create a new user and assign permissions Access data Permissions Login Password Confirm password 1 Current user as administrator You have to fill out the following fields o User It is the name used to log in in the application o Password Password used by the user to log in in the application You have to type it twice to avoid spelling mistakes o Current user as administrator When this box is checked a special user is created This user gives full permissions to the currently logged user regardless of its access condition This is useful for example to modify the window configuration users that do not have this permission In addition the Permissions tab allows to assign to the user the desired privileges o Save list Allows the user to save changes made to the opened playlists o Modify list Allows to change opened playlists pasting audio files 57 User
4. Enable Exporter We must also indicate the file path that ZaraStudio will use to look up the file Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion Severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper General Active City Auto Update On Download Export Log Tray Icon Tray Tooltip Skins Export Options M Enable Exporter Export File Location le ZaraRadio Tiempo htrl Browse Export Template lt HTML gt Location Location BR gt Condition Condition BR gt Temperature Temp lt BR gt Feels Like Feels lt BR ds Dew Point Dew lt BR gt Humidity Humidity lt BR gt wind Wind lt BR gt visibility Visibility lt BR gt Barometer Barometer BR gt UV Index UW lt BR gt Sunrise Sunrise 4MPM lt BR gt Sunset Sunset AMPM BR gt Use Default Template OK Cancel Apply Help 34 User manual ZaraStudio 8 Now go to the Auto Update tab and select any value excepting Never Auto Update As a orientation airports use to update the weather data every 30 minutes 9 Now press OK and update the weather data if the program has not updated it automatically by pressing the first button at the left side of the window The application is now configured Now we must tell ZaraStudio the path of the file generated by Weather Watcher as it has been explained before at the beginning of this document 10 Then check the Import from file option and press B
5. Za raStudio 7 Version 2 2 User manual User manual ZaraStudio Contents 1 INTRODUCTION TO ZARASTUDIO sek sek KN Ka KEE KE Ka Ku 4 ZT HE FIRST EXECU PLO Norris 4 S THE MAIN WINDOW siii 4 ATHE PLAYER Sinai 6 TENSE COO ID EE 7 State tele 8 TAC PIIVI Eurih ira ee 9 HOW tO create a New llista 12 EVA ODEra Oeean n a E E a 12 HOW to Save the let a i aa E 13 PlayliSt Operation MOdesSs iia 13 Beie a nn MT DEE 13 Control DUTCO NS isidro daa 14 Ale attrDUteS rin a bida 15 S EVENTS iii 16 KI 17 MIO CITY rara di aa 20 Delta 20 Delete e E 20 ENEE 20 NOW Ce DA ON 20 REMOVE TA arias clanes 20 Context menus 21 OPTIONS unica A 21 Generalmente dados rin rro osas 22 EEKE EE 23 Tallo VS aaa aa 25 OG SE 26 O aah rae yeas 2 Saa AS A vain cates 28 NS AAPP A 29 Silence detector as 30 TAGS ia Nin 31 LL a PP o ARA 32 Configuring the application Weather Watcher AAA 32 EE 35 Paralelo 36 AGS odas 38 DARC rara id 39 User manual ZaraStudio Sendo ant iy 41 RaNGONT ICR S o e 42 LAVRE MENU BAR crnini rara 44 INS MEN ann T T E 44 EOW MEU u E E aa 44 Vew Mena o o O 44 Palette Mena AA 45 TONI Menta atada ata iaa 45 Program eo MEDU araa EE 45 HeD Me Unison 45 9 THE AUDIO PALETTE cnica da 46 oS FIND IN FOLDERS ia andadas ci 47 LO TTH ANNOUNCEMENTS iii 48 Me Ole iaa aia aca 48 Temperature Folder amada 49 ci e O O E ease aeen 49 LL VOICE TRACKING oia 49 Voice tracks linked with Specific audio 49
6. ACA AO ta 51 Voice tracks linked with playlist ItemMs occccoocccccconnnanccrca narrar 52 ENADIING ANG el el ue ii as 52 LZ TEMPLATES iii 52 Template creo Aa 53 Template Od dN Desa AAA AA A 53 LS AUDITOR cui 54 14 THE AUXILIARY PLAYERS iiciisarin ss 55 15 USERS AND RERMlSSIONS nek enk NK K NK EK KREE KENE KEN Ku 56 USCIS nana 59 User manual ZaraStudio 1 Introduction to ZaraStudio ZaraStudio is an automation system for playing and managing the audio of a radio station though it can be used too in any other scenario with similar requirements It is designed with small and medium sized radio stations in mind though it can be used in bigger radio stations too without any problems Broadcasting programs at certain times or random musical selections are extremely easy tasks with ZaraStudio With it you will be able to leave your station automated during long periods like Summer Besides if your station is affiliated to a radio network you will be able to automate local disconnections for ads as long as the mother station uses a telecommand system either through contacts on the computer parallel port or through DTMF tones In contrast to other programs ZaraStudio does not rely on a database or a server to work It doesn t need special sound cards either since it works with any Windows compatible card though it is recommended to use professional cards to get an optimal audio quality Furthermore ZaraStu
7. You can use any Windows application audio sound card mixer Type in the location of the mixer program file or Browse for the location When the mixer icon on the top tool bar of the ZaraStudio main window is clicked the mixer application selected will open 29 User manual ZaraStudio Silence detector Silence detector ZaraStudio can detect silence periods during the songs and jump to the next track if something happens Silence detector Enable the silence detector Silence period Detects periods of silence while playing tracks When this happens ZaraStudio jumps to the next track It does not activate in the case of a system failure only when silence in the playing track exceeds the time selected 30 User manual ZaraStudio Tags Select whether you want to display tags or notin the playlist If you want to show them then configure the format Tags Enable tags Format TITL WARTI Available macros WARTI artist 65TTTL ttle By default in the playlist are the names of the files Nevertheless for MP3 files it is possible to show 1D3 tags In order to show them simply check Enable tags Type the desired info macros listed below the box into the Format box The tag info represented by the macros will appear in the playlist in the order listed in the Format box 31 User manual ZaraStudio TTH Adjust the TTH configuration Password Silence detector Mi
8. 04 56 0 04 DIRE STRAITS BRO 05 ERIC CLAPTON COU AJ 06 EURITHMYS HOW N 07 JENNIFER RUSH THI Rename AJ 08 LIMAHL NEVEREND bh Mri RAADIUMTRI FAN COWIE Mark as next Play Set sweeper Then click on Set voice track After that a dialog like the one described in the previous section will open Enter the voice track details and press OK If you later want to remove the voice track associated with a playlist item just open the pop up menu and click on Remove voice track This not only may be used with specific audio files but also with random tracks Enabling and disabling Voice tracking can be enabled or disabled globally in the whole application through the button Fea on the top tool bar When this button is pressed voice tracking is enabled Furthermore you can automate this task by scheduling commands or by inserting them into the playlist Finally to easily identify what playlist items have an associated voice track ZaraStudio will show their description in blue color 12 Templates Templates allow you to define random music programmings This way you can set the music styles you want to play how often jingles are going to be played A template is made up by a sequence of random tracks and or specific audios in a certain order When a template is loaded ZaraStudio adds audios to the playlist automatically following the template pattern If it finds a random track it adds a rand
9. View Palette Tools Programs Help S FA AR Pion 03 e ZaraStudio Aux 1 Untitled1 X Main Player Untitled2 X Events amp Indicators x e D b ow y e Pw y e E xQacos Normal y B eck KAS ef Repeat mi rcoles 06 de octubre de 2010 Remaining L End time Remaining L End time 00 00 0 R 00 00 00 ji 00 00 0 r 00 00 00 E 18 09 26 List length 00 00 0 List remaining 00 00 0 List length 00 00 0 List remaining 00 00 0 On the air Now playing Description Length Description Length Upcoming events Time Start ay Juan Antonio Li Acceso p blico ca Equipo a Red Panel de control Papelera de reciclaje de EvaluationProducts E Teonel andVistaBaceSoftwarelconehemno Le oo io Le Ee Ke All the panels of the window can be moved and anchored in the position you prefer except the Events and indicators one To do that click with the left mouse button on the top title bar of a panel and without releasing the mouse button move it around the different window areas You will see that some blue boxes will appear If you release the mouse button the panel will be anchored at the position marked by the blue box This way you can customize the look of ZaraStudio to fit your needs and work more comfortably You can also hide or show some parts of the window from the View menu to have more space on low screen resolutions The main window is
10. ZaraStudio will add audio files to it automatically following the pattern specified by the template In the following image you can see how a player looks like after loading the template created in the previous section 53 User manual ZaraStudio 40 Sugar Ray Fly November 1997 t 02 Better Than Ezra Good June 1995 03 07 7 Jingle 2 00 07 1 t Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up 03 34 8 t 31 The Bloodhound Gang The Bad Touc 04 21 5 d 39 Blues Traveler Run Around June 1995 04 39 9 t Jingle 3 00 07 1 if Modern Talking Brother Louie 03 43 2 di 22 Real McCoy Another Night Novemb 03 55 7 t 21 Weezer Buddy Holly January 1995 02 59 3 13 Auditor In order to open the log browser execute the menu option Tools gt Log browser After doing that the following dialog will open Auditor File Dates From 21 09 2010 le To 21 09 2010 BF Actions All File Errors Warnings Startup Shutdown All Main player Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 3 Aux 4 Export to text file Export to Excel With the auditor tool you will be able to know at what times a file has been played in a given range of dates Besides you will be able to export your search in TXT format to give transmission reports to your customers You have to specify the name of the file you want to look up in the File field It is not necessary to write the full path of the file For example if you want to
11. audio clips for the anticipated range of 48 User manual ZaraStudio temperatures Depending on whether you use Celsius or Fahrenheit the range of numbers will vary For example the TMP020 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of twenty degrees e TMPNXXX mp3 where xxx is the corresponding degrees below zero 000 to 010 for example The TMPNO02 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of two degrees below zero Humidity Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken humidity e HUMXXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding humidity 000 to 100 For example the HUM035 mp3 file could say We have a humidity of 35 11 Voice tracking ZaraStudio can play sound files as well as time temperature and humidity announcements over other sound files This is known as voice tracking ZaraStudio has two types of voice tracking Voice tracks linked with specific audios Voice tracks are played every time its associated audio is played It does not matter what list is opened Voice tracks linked with playlist audios In this case voice tracks are linked with a specific playlist item This way the same audio can have different voice tracks in different playlists If an audio has both types of voice tracks the second type will be used Voice tracks linked with specific audios In order to use this feature you have to go to Tools gt Voice track editor After doing that the following dialog will appear
12. by scheduling a file of one of these formats through an different one is PLS as it remembers the last played song after opening event e Rotations rot files A list of sound files in rotation It contains a list of User manual ZaraStudio tracks which play in the sequence as created The tracks repeat in sequence If a file in the list fails to play the sequence will continue to the next file failures noted in log file The rotation file can contain any type of track wav mp3 commands rotations e Sequences seq files Sequences sound files It contains a list of tracks that play all followed when playing the sequence Like the rotations the sequences can contain any type of tracks They can be used to program advertising blocks e Templates tpl files Contain the definition of a music style based on random tracks When a template is loaded ZaraStudio adds audios to the playlist automatically as the player approaches to the end following the guidelines specified by the template so that there are always at least 15 audio minutes left to play e Stop command stop files Command that stops the playback e Play command play files Starts the playlist It only makes sense as an immediate event e Humidity files humidity A sound file that says the humidity In order to carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Humidity directory located in the folder
13. disconnect and another one to connect If this is your case check this option and specify the corresponding tone it usually is 90 e After X seconds There are radios that choose to set the disconnection time to a fixed number of minutes If this is your case check this option and specify the duration of your disconnections Once that seconds have passed Since the disconnection tone was received ZaraStudio will stop the playback 39 User manual ZaraStudio and it will open the line in channel e Don t connect or connect manually In this case ZaraStudio goes on playing the list and the events and it doesn t connect to the line in Also it can be used to make manual connections Suppose you want to launch a sequence with commercials and reconnect when it finishes You could achieve that by adding a connection to satellite command at the end of the sequence If your network disconnections have different lengths you can use the command satellite countdown When this command is executed a count down is started whose length is set by the user While this stopwatch is running ZaraStudio goes on playing the playlist or the events normally When this counter reaches zero it stops the playback and it connects back to the satellite Then we will show you an example of how to use this command Suppose you a have a three minutes long disconnection in which you have to play three twenty second ads As the commercials don t cover the who
14. look up a file named c ZaraStudio spots spotZaraStudio mp3 typing spotZara would be enough 54 User manual ZaraStudio Furthermore you can filter your search by event type or player e File It allows to look for the specified file within the log files e Errors It allows to look for all the errors such as broken files missing files and so on e Warnings Limits the search to warnings such as event deletion because maximum wait has been reached song repetition in random tracks e Start up Looks for the times at which ZaraStudio has been executed e Shutdown Looks for the times when ZaraStudio has been closed e All It displays the full content of the log files in the given range of dates Besides you can limit the search to a specific player Some events like startups or shutdowns are not linked with any player so they will always appear regardless of the chosen player After choosing what you want to find you must choose the range of dates in which the search will be done Then you can start the search by pressing the Search button Once the search has finished the results will be displayed in the list Then you can save the list in a file by pressing Export Besides you can export it in CSV format It is a text file compatible with most calc sheets programs like Excel or OpenOffice Calc 14 The auxiliary players ZaraStudio has four auxiliary players with almost the same features as the main
15. playlist In order to open this players you have several options e Execute Tools gt Aux players gt Player 1 4 e Press Ctrl 1 Ctrl 4 e Press the buttons 1 to 4 that are in the top toolbar After doing one of the steps described the auxiliary players will appear anchored at the right side of the ZaraStudio window These players looks like this 55 User manual ZaraStudio Aux 1 Untited1 x Jl SZ A D O E neg Remaining L End time 00 00 0 R 00 00 00 List length 00 00 0 List remaining 00 00 0 Description Its use is similar to the one of the main playlist see playlist and main window The only noticeable difference is that events are not chained between the auxiliary player items So when letting ZaraStudio playing an automatic programming we must use the main player while the auxiliary players are indicated for manual use 15 Users and permissions User management ZaraStudio has a user management module what not only allows to limit access to certain application modules but also to provide an independent window configuration to each user In order to access to this module you have to execute Tools gt User management After doing this the following dialog opens 56 User manual ZaraStudio By default the application has two predefined users that cannot be removed to prevent the program from running out users
16. this feature is available with any kind of sound card even the ones that do not allow to enable their line in port through Windows mixer However for this to work properly you have to enable the desired channel in the recording section of Windows XP mixer The configuration may vary depending on the sound card model but in general it should be like this e In Playback section all the channels except Volume control and Wave should be muted e In Recording section all the channels except Line volume and General volume if exists should be muted You do not have to make these adjustments on Vista or 7 as the operating system creates an independent device for each sound card channel 28 User manual ZaraStudio It is also possible to keep using the previous system based on controlling Windows mixer To do this select the option Control Windows mixer Then choose the devices and channels to use in the dropdowns below This system has the advantage of not introducing any delay in the signal but has the drawback that many cards especially the professional ones do not support it as they include proprietary applications to enable and disable the inputs instead of the standard Windows mixer Mixer res A Select the program which will be used as mixer Password Mixer Mixer C Windows system32 sndvol exe Parallel Port Explorer Talk over i General
17. 5 The playlist is the main element of ZaraStudio It shows the sequence of sound files and or commands which are played or executed one by one The elements that can appear in the list are e Sound Files Currently ZaraStudio supports the following formats WAV Losless and uncompressed audio format MP2 Sound format that produces better quality than MP3 when using high bitrates more than 256 kbps This is the standard format in broadcasting though is losing ground in favor of MP3 MP3 Popular audio format for home use ZaraStudio accepts any bit rate constant bit rate or variable When using constant bitrates it is advised to use a minimum of 192 kbps being recommendable to use 256 kbps to get a perfect broadcast audio quality OGG A free sound file alternative to MP3 WMA A Windows Media sound file It is also an alternative to MP3 FLAC Losless audio format as WAV files However it does compress the audio so it produces smaller files than WAV though it does not compress as much as MP3 e Playlists let m3u and pls files This file is a command when it appears inside a list Its purpose is to load a new list and close the previous one The new list will begin to play beginning with the first song PLS lists remember the latest file played when opening them These three formats are the same for ZaraStudio The only slightly the list This feature is useful to change the musical programming at a certain time
18. Id 0 mp3 would be overlapped zero seconds with the next one m A file called Song 8 mp3 would be overlapped for eight seconds with the next one Audio start Some files may have several silence seconds at the beginning especially songs ripped from CDs In order to jump directly to the audio beginning you should add start to the file name Besides you can set the overlap and the start simultaneously by typing the suffix start overlap Here you can see several examples a A file called Song 4 mp3 would be played skipping the first four seconds m Another file named Song 4 9 mp3 would be played skipping the first four seconds and it would be overlapped nine seconds with the next cut in the list Intro time Intro time is the period that goes from the beginning of the audio file until the singer starts singing In order to set this time you have to add intro start overlap to the file name AS you can see when an intro time is added is mandatory to also set the overlap and start points though you can leave them empty to use the default values See the following examples m A file named Song 4 1 10 mp3 would be played skipping the first audio second with an intro period of four seconds and overlapping ten seconds with the next audio cut 15 User manual ZaraStudio m A file named Song 4 mp3 would be played with a four second intro period and with the default overlap and start values e Expiration d
19. Minimum distance songs Toos Talk over i General This page of the options dialog allows to customize the way in which songs are picked when using random tracks Playlist gt Add random track e Do not repeat songs until the whole folder has been played ZaraStudio will choose a file from the folder randomly but it won t repeat any one until all files it contains have been played It does not guarantee a file is not played twice in a row though it is quiet difficult for that to happen in folders with lots of files e Separate songs of the same artist When enabling this option it won t repeat any artist until the random track has been played as many times as 42 User manual ZaraStudio specified in the numeric field which is just under the option For this system to work properly it is necessary to have the files named with the format Artist Title without the quotes For example a file correctly named would be Alicia Keys No one mp2 e Ensure minimum separation until repetition When activating this option it is guaranteed that a song won t be repeated at least until the random track has been played as many times as specified in the field just under the check box Keep in mind that the more restrictive the selection is the longer it will take it to do it and the chances of repetition increase since in case of some criterion can t be met a track will be repeated randomly Paths Options
20. W 70s 04 15 8 IRENE CARA WHAT A FEELING F 03 54 5 Displays a pop up menu with the following options E e New Creates a new playlist and closes the previous one e Open Opens a previously saved playlist LST ROT SEO az e Open template Allows to load a music style template in the player Songs will be added automatically to the playlist following the template e Save Saves the current playlist e Save as Saves the current playlist with another name El e Allows you to add new audios to the list The arrow at the right of the plus symbol opens a context menu that lets you add commands to the playlist User manual ZaraStudio NA x Di EL Deletes the selected elements Undo the last operation done in the playlist Redo the last operation Copy the selected items into the clipboard Paste the clipboard contents in the playlist Displays a pop up menu with the following options e Find Allows you to search audios in the playlist e Check Scans through all the playlist items and checks if they exist on the hard disk If there are files missing it tells you what files are and lets you delete them e Update lengths Updates the durations that are displayed in the second playlist column This command is useful when the audios are modified and their duration changes e Shuffle Rearranges the playlist randomly Manual Changes the playing mode It can be Manual Norma
21. action selected in the Pop Up menu You can access the following functions through this menu e Mark as next It marks the selected audio in green so that it will be the next cut played e Play It starts playback with the selected audio If another cut was being played in that moment it stops it e Rename It lets you change the name of the selected file in the playlist 13 User manual ZaraStudio Set voice track It assigns a voice track to the selected audio Remove voice track Removes the voice track associated with selected audio Cue It allows you to prelisten the selected audio without broadcasting it To use this function you need two sound cards View selection length Opens a dialog that displays the total length of the selected audios Shuffle Rearranges the list randomly Copy Copies the selected audios into the clipboard Paste Pastes in the playlist the audios contained in the clipboard Delete Removes the selected audios from the playlist Delete all Empties the playlist Control buttons You will find under the playlist the buttons that allows to control it They are the following ones HEEL Ma W He PLAY button Sets ZaraStudio in PLAY mode beginning by the green colored audio STOP button Stops the playlist PAUSE button Pauses the playlist This button does not work with Satellite commands STOP PLAY button Stops the current audio and plays the
22. am options to be configured e Manage users Opens a dialog that allows to add new users to the system modify permissions of already existing users and delete users that are no longer needed e Change user Opens a dialog that requests user login information Then loads the window layout and permissions of the logged user Programs Menu e Edit It allows to configure a unlimited number of shortcuts to programs When executing this menu option it will appear a dialog where you will be able to write the data of the program You will be able to use macros in the fields command and parameters Those macros are LogDir This macro is replaced by the directory where the log files are stored NextFile This macro obtains the complete path to the track marked green in color LogFile This macro is replaced by the complete path to the current log file Help Menu e Contents Shows this help e About ZaraStudio Shows information about ZaraStudio 8 The audio palette The bottom toolbar has 9 buttons that allow quick access to 9 audios In addition it is possible to store up to 10 different pages allowing quick access of 90 audios 45 User manual ZaraStudio d or 2 Sie 9 9 O d O There are two ways to activate an audio 1 The quickest way is to press a keyboard number For example to start the audio labeled 067 number 2 on the tool bar shown simply press the nu
23. ate Some audios like ads may have an expiration date from which the file mustn t be played In these cases you can set this date in the file name This way ZaraStudio won t play expired files and it will indicate this situation in the log file Besides when an expired file is placed into a folder and that folder is played as a random track the file is not considered expired cuts in rotations aren t played either The date must be typed in the format dd mm yyyy since if it is not exactly in this way it won t be considered or it will behave unpredictably Here there are some examples m A file called shopAd 12 11 2008 mp3 would expire on the 12th of November 2008 That day it wouldn t be played m Afile called Christmas 07 01 2009 2 1 mp3 would expire on the 7th of January 2009 it would be overlapped for a second with the next cut and it would be skipped the first two seconds 5 Events An event is a file that activates on schedule Events are a useful way to play files or to execute commands independent of the playlist They can be used to program announcements actions etc Upcoming events L lt q Hour Start File Length 15 57 00 Delayed Jingle 16 00 00 Delayed ID Top of the hour This figure shows the list of upcoming events in the main window of ZaraStudio The events display 15 minutes prior to activating Above the list of events there are four buttons whose functions are 1 Play Starts del
24. ayed events that is to say events that have not yet been started as they are programmed to wait for a currently playing file to end 2 Discard events Removes an event held by a delay as described above 3 Enable events Activates or deactivates the loaded list of events 4 Schedule events clock Opens a window that allows defining saving or loading events In order to add events click on the clock icon Doing this will open this window 16 User manual ZaraStudio New 4 A L Cx Modi ie 05 00 23 10 00 24 15 00 ac _ 20 00 25 00 al 2 30 00 2 35 00 3 40 00 E 45 00 29 50 00 29 55 00 13 51 31 4 start Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Immediate File SU Import Redifusi n Informativo indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos indicativos Connect to satellite Each event has a check box that serves to activate or to deactivate the events individually Changes done will be saved and the dialog will close when pressing the OK button Now to add a new event just press the Add event button Then we will see the following dialog 17 User manual ZaraStudio Periodicity Date and time Once a day Start date and time i F Play every hour 106 17 17 16 09 2010 El l
25. dio weather watcher Zaragoza Spain Current Conditions Partly Cloudy Temperature 17 C Feels Like 17 C Dew Point 15 C Humidity 88 Wind 9 E 16 km h visibility 10 km Barometer 30 06 inches and steady UY Index O Low Sunrise 6 30 4M sunset 7 05 PM ZA E Ld a E Observed jueves octubre 27 11 30 PM Local Time LEZS Downloaded jueves octubre 27 11 45 PM Wiew this forecast at weather com 2 Click on the bottom icon on the left side of the window 3 The following window will be opened Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper Export Log Tray Icon Tray Tooltip Skins General Active City Auto Update On Download Active City CA Active City Zaragoza Spain SPx0086 Y Remove City Remove All Add Code Add City Autornatically retrieve forecast s when active city is changed after closing Options window 4 Go to the Active City tab if you are not already on it and press the Add City button 33 User manual ZaraStudio 5 The following window opens Type in the desired city In this example we want to see data for Teruel so we type Teruel and click on Search Weather Watcher City Search Enter the name of your city Teruel Search 1 city found Ok 6 Teruel is in the list and we click on OK 7 Back to the Weather Watcher Options window click on the Export tab then click on
26. dio requires few resources and it can work with a minimum hardware As for the operating system it is designed to be used in Windows XP Vista or 7 the contact closure detection through the parallel port feature is only available on 32 bit systems 2 The first execution When executing ZaraStudio the first time you might get an error message depending on your operating system The most common cases are e An error that says a DLL file is not found ZaraStudio relies on Windows Media Player to play WMA and MP3 files If you get this error then you should update that program to the latest version available for your system or install a package with the files needed http www zarastudio es files wmfdist exe e An error about a file called IO SYS You will get this error only in Windows Vista If this is your case close ZaraStudio and run it with an administrator account After that execution the error message shouldn t appear anymore even if you use limited accounts Default user When executing the application the first time you will see that some features are disabled This is because the system opens with a limited user account by default In order to be able to use all the modules go to Tools gt Change user and access with the administrator account whose user name and password is admin User manual ZaraStudio 3 The main window ZaraStudio main window looks like this S Untitled2 ZaraStudio File Edit
27. divided in several parts e Menu bar File Edit View Palette Took Programs Help It allows you to access to several features of the program An important point to note is that it only affects to the main player To get more information see the section The menu bar e Top tool bar r It allows to search audios in a given folder and all its subfolders The search reads the ID3 tags TITLE and ARTIST and of course the name of the file To get more User manual ZaraStudio 0 deportes 05 27 3 information go to the section search in folders Opens the mixer application specified in the options dialog il Mutes or enables the sound card line in port specified set as Channel 1 in the options dialog When it is pressed it rebroadcasts the audio in the line in port H Mutes or enables the sound card line in port specified set as Channel 2 in the options dialog When it is pressed it rebroadcasts the audio in the line in port siete Enables or disables voice tracking When it is disabled voice tracking files are not played Opens the options dialog Lol p5 4 Shows or hides the auxiliary players They work even if they are hidden that is the audios in the playlist are still played in that case ei It opens the About dialog which contains the program licence information about the author of the program and several credits e Players The players are the most important part of ZaraStudio The
28. during intro time 0 Play just before overlap time 8 Play after 0 seconds Sweeper File 5 Random track 5 Time announcement 5 Temperature Humidity This dialog lets you link an announce with a song In order to do that you have to follow these steps 1 Select the song over which you want to place an announce or voice track You can do this by clicking the button labeled and choosing the desired file 2 Set the instant at which the voice track will be played There are three options a Play during intro time If an intro time has been associated with the song the voice track will be played during that period so that the announce ends two seconds before the singer starts singing b Play just before overlap time The announce will be played just before the song ends c Play after X seconds It allows you to set the exact second at which the voice track will be played 3 Choose the announce or voice track You can do that at the bottom of the window It may be a fixed file a random track or a time temperature or humidity announcement 51 User manual ZaraStudio Voice tracks linked with playlist items In order to link a voice track with a playlist item just select the file on the playlist and press the right mouse button A pop up menu will display E 01 ABBA CHIQUITITA 05 36 5 02 COCK ROBIN THE PROMISE YOU MA 03 51 4 03 DEPECHE MODE PERSONAL JESUS
29. e 5 Other hours C Expiration 19 17 17 16 09 2010 Delayed e E Maximum wait 3 Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday The user defined parameters of an event are e Start date and time Select the date and time at which the event will play for the first time The event will remain active until the date and time of expiration If the expiration check box is not checked default then the event won t expire e Periodicity Setting date and time defaults to playing once per day Selecting Play every hour will do just that Also it is possible to program the event to play at selected hours Selecting Other hours opens the following window 18 User manual ZaraStudio Here you can mark the hours desired For any of the times hours selected the minutes default to whatever was selected for the start time Event type This can be a sound file but also we can activate play or stop automatically insert a random track a connection via satellite the satellite command clears mute of the selected sound card input for the amount of time shown in the field that is to the right Wait mode An event can be delayed immediate or overlapped Let s see how it behaves on each case Delayed The event is not played when its start time arrives instead it waits until the song tha
30. e following song You can use them to send them to a RDS coder to your web page Here you can specify the folder where these files will be created e Enable Autostart Causes ZaraStudio to automatically play the playlist when the program is opened 22 User manual ZaraStudio Fade Explorer Fade tracks 4 Random tracks Enable AGC Enables the Automatic Gain Control that keeps output volume at a constant level Open the last list at startup If checked Windows remembers the playlist that was active when ZaraStudio was closed and reloads that list when ZaraStudio is reopened Shutdown confirmation When leaving the program it asks the user if he really wants to quit the program Play tracks by double clicking on them By default when double clicking an item in the playlist the green marker moves to that item indicating it is next up By activating this option the track plays immediately when double clicked not waiting for the currently playing track to end Disable the events in secondary instances When this option is checked secondary instances will open with the events disabled Allow opening more than one instance You can prevent users from opening several instances of ZaraStudio by unchecking this option Launch the program on system start up Runs ZaraStudio after system start up automatically E Audio Fade i Satelite i AGC Silence detector imei i Mixer i i Select the t
31. er event file clears the current event list replacing it with events specified by the event file loaded On line radios stream files Plays the sound of an on line radio station Satellite connections satcon files Enables the line in of the sound card specified in the options dialog Satellite disconnections satdis files Mutes the line in of the sound card specified in the options dialog Enable the DTMF detector dtmfon files Enables the DTMF tone detector Disabled the DTMF detector dtmfoff files Disables the DTMF tone detector Enable LPT control lpton files Enables remote control through the parallel port 11 User manual ZaraStudio Disable LPT control lptoff files Disables remote control through the parallel port Enable serial port control comon files Enables remote control through serial port Disable serial port control comoff files Disables remote control through serial port Enable voice tracking enablesweepers files Enables voice tracking Disable voice tracking disablesweepers files Disables voice tracking Advertising block commercial files Plays an advertising block generated by ZaraTraffic application This kind of item can only be used in the event scheduler How to create a new list 1 Press and select New in the pop up menu to create an empty list 2 In order to add items to the list press F on the tool bar This will open a window from wh
32. ich files can be selected Standard Windows operations are allowed here for selecting more than one file at a time by using either the Ctrl or Shift key When pressing the arrow next to the button a context menu is displayed that allows to insert commands into the playlist As an alternative you can also insert audios by dragging files from the directory tree below the events list or from any other Windows explorer window For that select a file with the mouse and without releasing the mouse button drag it to the playlist Playlist operation e When the list is in STOP there is always a track of green color The green color indicates which track is going to be played next Therefore pressing PLAY the track marked in green color will play e When the list is in PLAY there is a track marked red in color That is the track currently playing As above the track green in color will be next At any time you can change which track will be next To do this double click on a track unless the option is activated to play immediately with double click in which case it is necessary to open the Media menu to make the change Otherwise you can right click on the track with the mouse and select Mark as next This way the track will be in green color indicating that it will play next Clicking on will stop the playlist after the current track colored red is finished 12 User manual ZaraStudio How to save the list It is po
33. ified in your Windows configuration otherwise it won t be recognized Control Panel gt Regional Configuration of language gt Standard and formats gt Personalize Remember that you can set a different overlap in each file To do that you only T have to rename the file adding at the end of its name the character followed by the seconds you want the overlap to last For example the file jingle 1 mp3 will be overlapped for a second with the next audio Options Fade on overlap and Fade on stop e Fade on overlap When this option is active ZaraStudio will fade the previous song whenever a new one begins When deactivated the song overlaps but is not faded e Fade on stop When activated ZaraStudio will fade the playing track when Stop or Next is clicked Otherwise playback simply stops 24 User manual ZaraStudio Talk over Talk ower Select the volume for the speechs and the transition period Transition period Period Here you can set the level to reduce the currently playing track to when Talk over is activated Also time to reduce the level can be set here These parameters are set for both voice tracking and the talk over button located on the bottom tool bar 25 User manual ZaraStudio Log E Audio Fade Outputs Satellite ju AGC Silence detector Meer Telecommand Random tracks Tags Talk over i Paths General Log Select the fo
34. imes which will be used to make the crossfade between songs Overlap Overlap tacks 8 seconds Serial port erial por SE Fade on overlap Fade on stop End of song detection General Detect the end of the song When enabling the detector ZaraStudio will jump automatically e 02 gh to the next song if it detects a low volume during the overlap i time Affects overlapping and fading of tracks It is possible to have two separate settings 23 User manual ZaraStudio for each auxiliary player and for the main one There are two modes of operation e End of song detector In the last seconds of a track value determined by the field to overlap tracks ZaraStudio will automatically detect volumes below the threshold indicated by the sliding bar At that point the overlap will eliminate the end of a track that has a long fade out e Without detector ZaraStudio will fade to the next song based solely on the selected time values This will permit the end of a track to play out regardless of the playback level By default the value selected for overlapping applies to all tracks Nevertheless it is possible to give a specific value of overlapping to each song The file must be renamed by adding overlap to the file name where overlap is a positive integer or a float value For example in the file Blues 1 mp3 one second will be the overlap value When writing decimal values make sure you are using the decimal symbol spec
35. ired events from the list Open Save These two buttons are to open existing event files or to save the displayed event list respectively In any case when closing ZaraStudio the current list of events is stored automatically by Windows in the registry and is restored when ZaraStudio is restarted New tab This button opens a dialog in which you must specify the name of the new tab After typing it a new tab will appear at the right of the last one If there is no enough Space in the window to display it two small arrows will be displayed to navigate through the tabs Events are always created in the active tab However it is possible to move them from one tab to another Simply right click over the desired event and select the Cut command Then go to the destination tab press the right mouse button again and choose the Paste command Tabs are useful to group events by themes avoiding a large events list This way you can for example create a new tab called Id another one for ads Remove tab A dialog will appear when pressing this button It will ask you if you are sure you want to delete the tab because when doing it all the events it contains will be deleted too 20 User manual ZaraStudio Context menus The events dialog has two context menus which allows you to access to several additional features e List context menu If you press with the right button of the mouse on the events list a po
36. ite decoder or a mixer by Satellite Ch using the serial port z AGC Silence detector ia Mixer E Telecommand Configuration serial port Allow to control the program through the serial port ort com1 gt Parallel port Port IL i Serial port i Explorer Baudrate 9600 MM Random tracks Relays in use i Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 4 Pl Relay 5 Fl Relay 6 Fl Relay 7 Relay 8 Actions Relay dosed Connection to channell e Relay open Disconnection Events e i General ZaraStudio allows telecommand reception from a satellite receiver through the computer serial port without needing a physical relay box device This system works through 8 virtual relays whose state is received from the mother station by means of the serial port In order to use this feature you have to check the Allow to control the program through the serial port option Then you must set the port you want to use to establish the communication e Port Indicates the serial port number to use This field allows writing in case you need to type a special port number e Baudrate Speed at which communication will be established This speed should be the same as the one set in the mother station to send the information Otherwise reception errors might happen Once you have set the connection parameters you have to select the relays you want to use ZaraStudio will ignore orders coming from non selected relays Thi
37. l Repeat State indicators Random or Shuffle See the playlist section for more details Remaining L AAA End time 04 43 6 F mm 18 36 59 List length 40 55 4 List remaining 35 36 6 e Remaining time Shows the time left until the audio which is being played finishes e Vumeter Shows the audio level e End time Displays the end time of the audio that is being played Please note that this is not an accurate data as the overlap between files is not considered e Position track bar Displays the percentage of the audio that has been played It can be moved with the mouse to play an exact part of the file e List length Displays the length of all the files in the playlist Please note that this is not an accurate data as it does not consider the overlap between cuts nor the length of certain files like rotations or random tracks e List remaining Displays the total duration of all the files that has not been played yet Le what is left in the currently being played cut plus the length of the following ones User manual ZaraStudio The playlist Song title Length No Doubt Don t Speak 1 15 Maria Mena Just Hold Me 04 25 7 d Gwen Stefani Ft Akon The Sweet Esca 04 06 5 B James Morrison You Give Me Somethin OQ3 3 2 A Meredith Brooks Bitch 04 08 0 d Robbie Williams Angels 04 24 8 di The Pussycats Dolls Don t cha 04 32 0 A The Rembrandts I ll Be There For You 03 08
38. l be made in this case we would select the Disconnection action in the options dialog while on other hand a rising edge will be made in this case we will select the Connection option Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about how to connect a specific device 37 User manual ZaraStudio AGC E Audio Fade E Automatic Gain Control adjusts the gain of your sound by measuring the average signal level This way the volume of all your songs will be almost the same Enable AGC on Mixer E Telecommand Parameters Parallel port naa Serial port Target level Quiet level 5 d S General ZaraStudio has its own automatic gain control DSP AGC that allows to level equally the volume of all audio files automatically providing your broadcast a more or less constant audio level If you want ZaraStudio to level the sound check the Enable AGC option and configure it at your taste These are the modifiable parameters e Output level can take values between 0 0 silence and 1 0 0 dbs This control allows to set the volume at which files will be normalized e Quiet level audio level under silence is considered ZaraStudio won t amplify the sound under this level e Rate amplification adjustment rate e Gain amplification level e Delay delay in seconds before increasing level Please note that some extreme values may cause noises in the sound If you prefer you can use one of
39. lder where the log files will be saved The name of the files will be YY MM DD log Log folder Enable logs E Log only when using the first instance Log full path Folder 9 C Users Juan Antonio It allows you to configure log files ZaraStudio stores the time at which each is audio is played in these files warning also of possible errors Prelistens are not logged unless an error happens in contrast to the jingle palette audios By default both the primary and secondary instances write messages to the log file If you don t want secondary instances to log then check the option Log only when using the first instance Log files are text files but with the log extension They can be opened with any text editor such as Notepad It is generated one log file per day for them to be easy to handle If you want to find a concrete event you can browse these files through a tool called Auditor reachable from the Tools menu 26 User manual ZaraStudio Outputs Outputs Q Select the device which will be used as air output and cue output Air output Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Aux players outputs Aux 1 Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Aux 2 Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Aux 3 Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Aux 4 Altavoces Realtek High Definition Audio Select the sound card to use for the Air output Cue output and
40. le local window we will let ZaraStudio fill it with music from the main playlist In order to solve the disconnection we are going to create a sequence with a countdown command and four ads To insert the command go to Playlist gt Add satellite countdown We will enter three minutes in the dialog that will appear 00 03 00 Now let s insert four ads after the command Then we will get a list as the following one Description Length AIN Satellite connection countdown 03 00 0 A 00 04 3 al id 00 04 3 al id 00 04 3 CES 00 04 3 ld id 00 04 3 Now save the list as a sequence and schedule it as a delayed event some minutes before the estimated disconnection time When ZaraStudio receives the disconnection tones it will play the sequence we have just created In first place the countdown will start and while it reaches zero the ads will be played When the sequence is finished it will go to the main playlist and will play its contents until the three minutes are reached In that moment it will reconnect automatically ZaraStudio also considers the possibility of making local programs in which you want to ignore the tones sent by the mother station When that situation happens you can insert commands in the list or in the events to enable disable the DTMF tone detector 40 User manual ZaraStudio Serial Port Options El Audio Fade ba Outputs Control ZaraStudio from an external device like a satell
41. manual ZaraStudio User change dragging files from other windows moving audio files Change list mode Gives access to the playlist mode dropdown Schedule events Lets the user access to the event scheduler Enable disable events Allows the user to enable or disable event playing Play pending events Lets the user play manually the pending events Discard pending events Gives the possibility to remove the pending events Auditor Gives access to auditor tool Voice track editor Allows to access to the voice track editor Options Gives access to the options dialog Minimize ZaraStudio Lets the user minimize ZaraStudio s main window Close ZaraStudio Offers the user the ability to close the application Manage users Gives access to the user management window Modify window configuration Allows the user to customize the window layout If this permission is not set the windows will be blocked and the user will not be able to move or close them New windows will not open either To modify the window configuration an administrator account will be needed Edit Allows to modify the password and permissions of the selected user Remove Removes the selected user To log in as another user select Tools gt Change user After that the following authentication dialog will open 58 User manual ZaraStudio Password You will have to enter your user name and password in this window If the infor
42. mation is correct the window configuration of the user will be loaded and the application modules to which it has access will be enabled When the program closes or another user logs in the window layout will be saved By default two users are included default without password and admin with password admin Every time the status bar will display the currently logged user name 59
43. mber 2 on the keyboard 2 Click on the number of the audio in the tool bar with the mouse To modify the audio button assignments there are two options First and simplest is to drag with the mouse a file from the file tree below the window of next events or from Windows Explorer to the button you want to assign The other way is to select Palette gt Edit palette The following window appears le Rename To change a button assignment click on the desired button and click Modify or just double click the desired button A window opens that will allow selecting a sound file to assign to the button To save the current list of assignments or to open another saved list of assignments use the Open or Save buttons Each page of a list must be separately saved Change active pages using the drop down box at the top Also with the Cue button you can preview the audios remember a second sound card output is required to keep the Cue playback separate from the On Air playback The pages of the list can have text names also Highlight the current name and type in a new one Click on Rename or press the ENTER key Audios have three modes of operation Normal Loop and Voice over In order to change the mode of operation you must right click on the desired button A window opens to allow 46 User manual ZaraStudio toggling between those modes e Normal The audio is played normally e Loop The audio will continue to re
44. next One green colored REWIND button Moves the playback 30 seconds backward FORWARD button Moves the playback 30 seconds forward STOP AFTER CURRENT button Stops playback after the current item finishes TALK OVER button Reduces the playback volume and restores it when the button is pressed again The amount of change in playback volume is set in the options menu as is the time to fade 14 User manual ZaraStudio File attributes SE the playback to that level Look for Talk Over in the options LOOP button Plays the current audio continuously that is when it is finished it is played again from the beginning This happens until this button is unchecked or the Stop Play button is pressed AUTODELETE button When it is pressed ZaraStudio removes each audio from the playlist just after playing it Besides the track bar which is at the right of the buttons allows to change the audio level of the playlist Despite not having a database ZaraStudio can store certain information about audios in the file name Such data are e Overlap The end of each audio can be overlapped with the beginning of the next one for a customizable time interval for each cut This is done by adding overlap at the end of the file name However remember that this period is only considered exactly when the end of the song detector is disabled see Options Fade Here there are several examples m A file called
45. ntact is detected in the parallel port pins This is the pin distribution in the connector 13 1 25 14 We are going to use only pins 2 to 9 and pins 10 11 12 13 and 15 The former are output pins that is the computer writes on them while the latter are input pins that is the computer reads them Each pin has two different signal states high 5 volts or low O volts A voltage change from low to high is called a rising edge while the contrary case is called a falling edge ZaraStudio can detect both cases and it carries out the action specified 36 User manual ZaraStudio by the user in each case Besides there are always 5 volts in pins 2 to 9 this is only true while ZaraStudio is running and in pin 25 we always have ground 0 volts Now let s see how to make the physical connection Suppose we want to connect a decoder that makes a contact when there must be local programming and the contrary in national programming This is a possible way to make such a connection PC Ground 2K2 ohm resistor Let s see how the circuit behaves on each case e Local programming the switch at the left is closed so pin 10 is connected to ground 0 volts The pin will be in low level e National programming the switch will be open and pin 10 will be connected to pin 2 which has 5 volts through a resistor so pin 10 will be in high level So when switching from national programming to local one a falling edge wil
46. om audio from the specified folder if it finds a specific audio it will be added directly As the player plays the inserted audios the application adds more at the end generating an infinite playlist 52 User manual ZaraStudio Template creation The process of creating a template is similar to creating a conventional list so this task can be done in any player The following image shows an example of a template consisting of random tracks though it is also possible to insert specific audios or even voice tracks mm Top 50 Rock amp Pop Hits of the 90 s Top 50 Rock amp Pop Hits of the 90 s jingles New songs Once it is created you only have to save it The saving process is the same as for a conventional list except you have to choose the TPL file type in the save dialog as shown in the following image GC Save as QU IE Juan Antonio M sica 4 Buscar Nombre plantilla tpl Tipo Template tpl Examinar carpetas Cancelar Template loading You can load a template in a player in one of three ways e Manually In this case you have to select Open template in the L menu of the player e Through an event Templates can be loaded automatically using an event associated to a TPL file e Through a playlist Inserting a TPL file in a playlist will make the template load when the player reaches that item Once a template is loaded in a player
47. p up menu will appear that will allow you to make the typical edit operations copy paste cut remove and remove all e Tabs context menu This menu is opened by clicking with the right mouse button on the active tab You can create a new tab remove the current one or rename it 6 Options Clicking on the icon on the top tool bar will open the options dialog From this dialog you will be able to manage e Audio e Fade e Outputs e Satellite e AGC e Silence detector e Mixer e Telecommand e DTMF e Parallel port e Serial port e Log e Explorer e Random tracks e Tags e Talk over 21 User manual ZaraStudio e HTH e Paths e General General It allows you to set several ZaraStudio options Station name Language Station name Language English M Currentsong and Nextsong file output cupra zi Other options A Enable autostart Allow opening more than one instance Disable the events in secondary instances F Launch program on system startup Open the last list at startup E Shutdown confirmation Play audios by double dicking on them e Station Name It is the text that appears in the top tool bar of the main window e Language Language of the user interface This option only takes effect when ZaraStudio is started e CurrentSong and NextSong file output ZaraStudio generates two text files one with the title of the song which is being played and another one with th
48. peat until audio button is pressed again e Voice over Before playing the jingle it decreases the volume of the main playlist restoring it when the jingle has finished 9 Find in folders i A Find music Cancel Folder C Users Music Search in 1D3 tags This allows you to look for files in a given folder or its subfolders e Find You must write the text which will be searched in this field ZaraStudio will search in the file name and in the ID3 tags TITLE and ARTIST as long as it is enabled the search in ID3 tags option e Cancel Cancels the current search e Folder Folder in which the search will be done You can choose one by pressing Browse e Search in 1D3 tags Tells ZaraStudio whether the ID3 tags will be read or 47 User manual ZaraStudio not Please note that the search is slower when this option is checked e Find now Starts the search process Once the search is finished the list at the bottom will show all the files found In order to insert them in the playlist just make drag and drop Besides it is possible to prelisten the files by clicking with the right mouse button on the desired file and selecting the Cue option The search is done by using masks e there is a special character which means any set of characters For instance in order to search the file TheRadio Idl mp3 we must write id1 It is similar to the command line window 10 TTH announcements ZaraStudio can anno
49. rowse to locate the file specified in Export file location Explorer Explorer D Select the folder you want to be the root of the explorer Also you can select which files you want the explorer to show a EE Root folder of the tree T Paralel Port F specal fider AGC Random tracks Folder Extensions i General Allows to configure the root folder of the file tree which is at the left of the playlist as well as the file types that will be displayed 35 User manual ZaraStudio Parallel port Parallel Port Control ZaraStudio from an external device like a satellite decoder or a mixer by Ch using the parallel port Allow remote control through the parallel port Configuration Port Actions Rising edge Falling edge Pin 10 Disconnection List None i General Pin 11 None None Pin 12 None None Pin 13 None None Pin 15 None None It is possible to control ZaraStudio with external devices like a mixer or a satellite decoder by using the PC s parallel port These devices produce pulses or contacts that fire a specific action when are detected in the computer like connecting to another station In order to enable this feature you must enable the Allow remote control through the parallel port option Once you have done that select the port from which you want to control ZaraStudio Now you have to configure the actions you want to execute when a pulse or co
50. s When playing they cause a silence of a determined length In order to create pauses it is necessary to execute the command playlist gt Add pause Its duration must be specified between O and 3600 seconds Random tracks dir files When played a track is selected at random from the directory or sub directory thereof specified Random tracks have a system to avoid repetitions see Options Random tracks for more details In order to create random tracks it is necessary to execute the command Playlist gt Add random track which is in the pop up menu of the button from each player If new files are added to the specified directory they are automatically added to the random list repeat mode can be created with several random tracks that will define This feature is useful to create random music programmings A list in the random programming template It is recommended to use this feature only in local folders in the computer which ZaraStudio is being executed avoiding folders placed in other A machines of the local network Besides it is not advisable to use this function with folders that contain a big amount of files as this will slow down the audio pick up process Post it txt htm and html files Command that opens a window showing the contents of the text or HTML file Executables and scripts exe y bat files Command that runs the exe or bat file Load events command evt command Loading anoth
51. s lets the mother station send disconnection commands on a selective way to a station or group of stations without the rest noticing Finally you have to choose the actions that will be carried out every time a relay is closed or opened There are several options e None The application will carry out no action e Connection to channel 1 Connects to the mother station by means of the sound card set as channel 1 and stops local audio playback 41 User manual ZaraStudio e Connection to channel 2 Connects to the mother station by means of the sound card set as channel 2 and stops local audio playback e Disconnection List Interrupts the audio coming from the satellite and starts the main playlist audio playback e Disconnection Events Interrupts the audio coming from the satellite and starts pending events playback e playlist Starts playing the main playlist e Events Plays the pending events e Stop Stops playback Random tracks Options Random tracks Cp Here you can specify how random tracks will pick songs In order to make artist PJ separation work make sure you name your files with the format Artist Title Silence detector Random tracks configuration Mixer TTH Do not repeat songs until the whole folder has been played DTMF Separate songs of the same artist Parallel Port Minimum distance 4 songs E Ensure minimum separation until repetition Random tracks E
52. ssible to store the list in a file to open it back again later To do that press the button and select the Save option in the pop up menu Then choose the name you want for the list as well as its type LST PLS M3U If you want to save the list with another name or type then execute the option File gt Save as for the main player or the command with the same name for the auxiliary players context menu Besides keep in mind that the lists created on a computer don t work on another one unless network paths are used rather than local ones Playlist operation modes The playlist can operate five different ways These are selected from the drop down box in the tool bar Manual e Normal The list plays sequentially and stops when the last track has finished e Repeat The list plays sequentially and restarts after the last track has finished e Shuffle Same as repeat except it randomly rearranges the list before playing it again e Manual The selected song plays once and it stops when finished e Random It plays the list in random order that is to say the green marker moves to a track randomly and plays it It does not ensure that the tracks are not repeated Context menu The playlist has a pop up menu which opens by right clicking the mouse on the playlist This is basically a short cut to commonly used items from the menu bar and tool bars Simultaneously the track that is right clicked is selected for the
53. t is being played ends If the program is stopped the event will remain in wait until it is launched manually m Immediate The event is played at its exact time If another file is being played it will be stopped On the other hand if the program is not playing any file the event will be played too Overlapped The event is played over the file which is being played in that moment reducing its volume to hear the event clearly This is configurable in the Talk Over page of the options dialog Maximum wait Maximum wait specifies how long an event can be delayed before being removed from the list of events For example if a delayed event programmed to start at 13 15 has a maximum wait of 5 minutes and cannot start by 13 20 it disappears from the window of next events and it does not play this time 19 User manual ZaraStudio Modify Click to modify one or more parameters of an event It is necessary to have previously selected an event in the list The same action can be carried out by double clicking on an event Delete Click to delete one or several events In order to select several events hold the Ctrl key while events are selected at random with the mouse In order to select a block of events click on an event and while holding the Shift key select the last event in the desired list Delete expired Events that have expired appear grayed out to indicate this fact Clicking on Delete expired will clear all exp
54. the auxiliary players If you have only one sound card output both Air output and Cue output will be heard together Please note that the change takes place when the next file is played 27 User manual ZaraStudio Satellite E Audio Satellite i Select the sound cards that will be used as satellite input Record from the device Channel 1 Linea de entrada Realtek High Definition Audio Parallel port Channel 2 Micr fono Realtek High Definition Audio i Serial port Log Buffer size ms 100 2 Explorer Random tracks Control Windows mixer Tags Talk over Channel 1 Channel 2 Pathe Mixer device Realtek HD Audio output Realtek HD Audio output General e Mixer line Linea de entrada Micr fono Vumeter device Linea de entrada Realtek Hig Micr fono Realtek High Defin ZaraStudio lets you rebroadcast the sound present at the line in port of up to two sound cards Audio is routed to air output when the connect and disconnect commands are used or to the player output when a timer based connection is used In order to achieve this the application picks the sound from the line in port stores it in a temporal buffer and plays it through the output sound card The buffer size can be set through the Buffer size ms field The larger this buffer is the longer the audio delay is but the chance of audio interruptions decreases A value of 100 milliseconds is a good choice From version 2 2
55. the three predefined presets You can access them through the box which is on top of the sliders 38 User manual ZaraStudio DTMF Fade DTMF pu Satellite z Outputs Configure the DTMF tone detector to synchronize your radio with another one Bis jil Password Silence detector DTMF detector ma Enable the detector Mezda est reo Realtek High Definition Audio e Parallel Port Explorer Random tracks Disconnection tones 69 Disconnection Talk over Action Play the pending events General Connection 5 Tone After 0 seconds Don t connect or connect manually ZaraStudio allows you to synchronize your station with another one which uses DTMF tones If you are not associated with any station disable the detector On the other hand if you want to use this option enable the detector and configure it according to your needs In most stations the disconnection tone is 69 When ZaraStudio detect this tone it will mute the line in channel and it will do the action selected below play the list or play the pending events e Pending events Plays the pending delayed events When it finishes the playback it plays the playlist until the connection If there are no pending events it will play nothing e Play the list Plays the playlist normally chaining the events if needed until the connection arrives In order to connect you may choose three different options e Tone Some radios emit a tone to
56. unce the time temperature and humidity automatically using pre recorded audio clips These announcements are inserted into the playlist Playlist gt Add time announcement or event lists as commands For this to work the audio clips must be located in the folders Time Temperature and Humidity created when ZaraStudio was installed normally in c Program Files ZaraSoft ZaraStudio Time Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken hours and minutes There are three types of files e HRSXX mp3 where XX is the corresponding hour from 00 to 23 These files must contain audio clips that say something similar to It s XX Example the HRSO2 mp3 file could say Time now 2 This will be followed by the minute file e MINXX mp3 where Xx is the corresponding minutes from 00 to 59 These files must contain audio clips that say only the number of the minute Example the MIN53 mp3 file would say 53 When preceded by the hour clip you have Time now 2 53 e HRSXX 0 mp3 the last character is the letter O not a zero This file must contain an audio clip that says something like It s XX o clock Example the HRS14 0 mp3 file would say It s 1400 hours for 24 hour format or It s 2 PM o clock for 12 hour format Temperature Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken temperature There are two types of files e TMPXXX mp3 where xxx is the corresponding degrees 000 to 100 for example You only need to have
57. void accidental alterations or to increase the available space in the screen Events and indicators Shows or hides the panel which contains the date the time the upcoming events and the file tree to save space in the screen Main player Shows or hides the main player for example to get more free space to open auxiliary players Although it is hidden if it is in PLAY mode it will continue playing the audios it contains Audio palette Shows or hides the instant access jingles palette which is at the bottom of the window Weather data When it is checked it shows the temperature and humidity information When it is unchecked only the date and the time is shown Update tree Refreshes the list of files below the list of next events An update should be done after changing the content of the hard disk Edit palette Opens a window that allows changing audio palette assignments 44 User manual ZaraStudio Tools Menu e Mixer Opens the mixer application specified in the mixer options dialog e Aux players It allows to open four auxiliary playlists Each playlist can be assigned to a different sound card e Auditor Opens a dialog that allows to search data in the log files as well as to export transmission reports e Voice track editor Opens a dialog that allows to assign voice tracks to sound files For more information see The voice track editor e Options Opens a window allowing several ZaraStudio progr
58. where ZaraStudio is installed The format of the files must be HUMXXX mp3 where xxx is the corresponding humidity For example HUM100 mp3 is an audio clip that states the current humidity is 100 e Temperature files temperature A sound file that says the temperature In order to carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Temperature directory located in the folder where ZaraStudio is installed The format of the files must be m TMPXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature XXX For example TMP025 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 25 degrees m TMPNXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature XXX below zero For example TMPNO03 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 3 degrees below zero e Time announcements time files A sound file that says the time Audio clips for hours and minutes must be properly located in the Time folder The name of the files must be 1 MINXX mp3 This is an audio clip of minute xx For example MINO1 mp3 will contain and audio that will say one 2 HRSXX mp3 This is an audio clip of hour xx For example HRS18 mp3 will contain and audio that will say it s eighteen hours 3 HRSXX_O MP3 This is an audio clip of hour xx o clock For example 10 User manual ZaraStudio HRS18 0 MP3 will contain and audio that will say it s six o clock Pauses pause file
59. xer Temperature 0 DTMF Parallel Port Humidity Explorer AGC Import Pain kade E Import from file Tags Tak over E Disable ents after 40 minutes since the last update General Browse Units EE Here you set temperature and humidity for announcement ZaraStudio can import data from the application Weather Watcher requires version 5 6 or higher or you can manually enter values in the fields Temperature and Humidity The Weather Watcher software can be downloaded for free at http www singerscreations com To use data from a weather application check Import from file and type in the file path to the data file generated by the weather application Select the appropriate Units Celsius or Fahrenheit ZaraStudio will automatically convert the weather data to this unit regardless of what unit the data currently is A problem that can arise is the loss of the Internet connection so we would be announcing incorrect weather data values In order to avoid this possible situation you can make ZaraStudio not announce the temperature and the humidity if the application Weather Watcher has not updated the data in a given range of time To do this check the Disable announcements option and specify the minutes the weather data will be valid since the last update Configuring the application Weather Watcher 1 When opening the application you will see the following window 32 User manual ZaraStu
60. y are the main tool for audio playing either manually or automatically Events and indicators This part of the window shows several indicators with the date and the time and optionally the current weather conditions In order to view this last information it is necessary to have an Internet connection and an auxiliary application which is specified later On the other hand we also find access to the events module in this panel which is the tools that allows to automate your station based on concrete dates and times Finally it has a file tree of or whole machine that lets you access quickly any audio either to prelisten it or to broadcast it through a player Jingles palette It lets you play up to 90 jingles See The jingles palette for more details informativo eltiempo 00 43 7 00 13 1 User manual ZaraStudio 4 The players The players allows you to broadcast audios through the specified sound card which is configurable by accessing the options dialog It contains several elements e The top toolbar e The audio state indicators e The playlist e The control buttons Main Player Untitled MEA KEIER Sat Remaining E AMA End time 02 25 11 pm 18 14 09 L List length 55 57 A List remaining 54 37 6 Description 01 CINDY LAUPER TRUE COLORS 80s 02 DOUBLE U PLEASE DON T GO FLEETWOOD MAC Everywhere 80 03 43 1 FRANCO BATTIATO NOMADAS 04 16 2 FREE ALL RIGHT NO

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