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2. Code Name M eka Global Spots Tax ID 12123456 789023 Address Rua Zarasa 1234 Phone 111 1111 Contact Anibal Smoke e mail Comments MGS agrupa a las agencias Meka de Latinoamerica Europa y EEUU Page 154 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads 7 2 5 Account executive Commercial config gt Account Executive Sheet of sellers or account executives When a commercial campaign schedule you can define that the seller negotiated then generate reports on the operations of this seller e Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Show Line of Business Account Executive y search La New Edit Delete Code 00 22 Name John Snow Tax ID 271969852589 Address Las Casas 4588 CABA Phone 458806590 e mail Comments 7 2 6 Pay method Commercial Config gt Pay method Allows to define different pay methods Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Pay Method Search y New 3 Edit Lg Delete Code CRED Description Credit ca rdl 7 2 7 Origin Commercial Config gt Origin Origin is a label that allows grouping commercials and then make specific reports For example Exchange government advertising Campaigns public good Our Vendors are some of the names could adopt the Origin field www solidynePro com Page 155 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 3 Ad campaigns This section allows entering customer records define
3. OOU NOKIA 17 00 S Ti Line 3 2 NOKIA The radical new keypad nytimescom Length ie Artist layout of the Nokia 7210 breaks 2 00 00 01 1 ESPACIO PUBLICITARIO all the rules and the versatile Hearing From the Women me f i k Who Made the Year s 00 00 07 Estas escuchando four way scroll makes l Musicals Sing 00 00 02 1 FIN ESPACIO PUBLICITARIO navigating the high resolution nytimescom y 04 AT color display a pleasure Choose E nitanna 2 one of Ae peda Xpress on ohh e JJ 00 02 45 Coisa nA 5 03 a covers in the season_s most 2 Reload More Time Auto refresh in 185 sec with a distinctive oval design Argentina will turn to int l funding for the future of Argentines President Kirchner praised the agreement reached with Paris Club creditors and said that the government will now turn to international credit markets to finance infrastructure development and technology NOKIA 17 30 e Paris club deal means foreign investment trade jobs 4 In a big day for Kirchnerites celebrating the deal signed with the Paris Club the cabinet chief 2 Whiteboard X Miami FL X assured the debt restructuring accord has been set responsibly Argentina comits if but only if a E the development of its payment capacity allows so Jorge Capitanich said Messages y _ Miami US i lt AVRA gt 16 16 35 PE 2 8 oC Argentina closes sad chapter of indebtedness
4. www solidynePro com Page 45 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 5 Live Assist 2 5 1 Overview This module allows to shoot on air cuts just clicking a button Live Assist can work alone with the CyberPlay list stopped or can play mixing over the current file This tool is useful for play effects promotional cuts background music etc Live Assist can play on a separate audio device for mixing the audio externally on the console or share the device with CyberPlay module with internal mixing The playback device is assigned in the Configuration Panel CC a ay EFECTOS CORTINAS F 23 Usted sabe elegir 15 Tu nos has elegido 25 Aplausos 1 0 06 17 Esteeselsonido 26 Aplausos 2 0 06 The audios are organized keypads which in turn are grouped into pages The number of buttons on each file contains depends on the number of rows and columns as defined in Configuration Panel In the previous image Live Assist features 9 rows and 4 columns maximized which represents 36 buttons per page There are 12 pages per user To create a new set Live Assist operator select an icon and arranges the pages as you like and save it with a name Each operator can have one or more files and organize them according to their needs There is no limit to the number of sets Live Assist The window size can be changed by dragging their edges as is standard in Windows The button size is set automatically when you resize the window Live Assist
5. 1 4 2 FOLDERS Exit without saving Save and Exit Save changes FOLDERS PREFERENCES AUDIO LINKS AUDIO COLORS AUDIO FILE STORAGE FILE SERWER S For Jaca aves jue enfer ie Jaffer of ite aie Fomos file servers separate fan wang Eg AS ICHAS LO PARTNER FILES FOLDER S VEEPERS c Audicom audio partner fait shee parher fies veecen are sored There voce oven ml be ured on foo of muse tuner prehen carnes are enabled PROMO REPLACEMENT FOLDER c Audicom audio PROMOS Hera sendicafed stator vs inked wa dlink Ba ponos an fe onan anna cat be replaced un realine sit focal promos Jounal at fie fader DATABASES STORAGE MAM DATABASE c Audicom db Mar dafabare location here at meda aster infoonatan a sored PROGRAMMING PG e AudicomiPem Sal Dafabare fies silt loom exfenmanr where fe date gaion orogrammng conmiguratan i gored COMERCIALS LOG c Audicom Log Dabase ies sit Cog efennod sere fe daie comnercial breaks configurator ss sored AIR LOG AIR e audicom aIR al PDafabaze Mer ait lav etemon here ie dah aredd infannafion is sored MUSIC FORMATS cau DICOM ls Dalabare where avob ounce tomais are sored Ekcepi for nefworking leare d as E Hudeca TRAFFIC AND ADMIN ADMICON CA Admicom E Database where Fale and bing amaban sored NEWS SOURCES FILE MANAGER TEXT FOLDER c Audicom TEXT Aaa iode acne lin Fate Manager az an evita fab where fexf news can De accessed TELEPROMPTER PATH es aubicom Es Excel for custo
6. F7 STYLE Opens the menu Style inside which you can move with the cursor arrows up down Pulsing again confirms the selected article This procedure is same in all the remaining fields If you press F7 while InfoMusic is in visualization mode it changes to the search mode emptying all the fields except Style E g AUDICOM is on air playing a theme of Soda Stereo classified as Pop Rock If F7 is pressed then all fields are emptied except Style which stays as Pop Rock Pressing F5 now Search you will obtain all the musical titles Pop Rock style as a result www solidynePro com On air screen FS GENDER Idem previous but for Gender menu F9 AUTHOR Idem previous but for Author menu F10 PERFORMER Idem previous but for Performer menu F11 TOP HIT Idem previous but for Top Hit menu F12 OPEN CLOSE THE INFOMUSIC MODULE CTRL DOWN ARROW Set the START END MARKS depending which is in focus CTRL LEFT RIGHT ARROW Toggle the cueing to a brief loop to adjust the START END marks 2 6 3 4 Cross Fade Editor Here the user can view the cross fade value for the audio hie Each title has their own cross fade times The display START MARK represents graphically as the audio will be mixed with the END MARK next title The handles allows to change the overlapping time which can be between O to 5 seconds When a cross fade take place between two titles with different overlapping time the shortest time is used The sta
7. Auto refresh in 380 sec Nominees Perform Live The New York Times presented an intimate concert with five Tony nominees to a small audience And the Nominees Should Be nytimes com Hearing From the Women Who Made the Year s Musicals Sing nytimes com BuenosAires Herald Reload 3 More Time Auto refresh in 185 sec BuenosAiresHerald com Argentina will turn to int l funding for the future of Argentines President Kirchner praised the agreement reached with Paris Club creditors and said that the government will now turn to international credit markets to finance infrastructure development and technology Update A RSS windows updates its content every 10 minutes A countdown shows the time remaining for the next update This information is critical for broadcasters when reading information on the air since when content is reloaded they lose sight of the text for a few seconds And if new content enters the text is in a different position than he was Pressing the More time button extends the time remaining for the next update 6 3 6 Live reads We call live read to the ads that do not appear as part of the commercial break they are read live broadcasters The Live Panel manages read ads which are ruled by the commercial department using the administration module Admicom Each notice appears in a popup window containing the text to be read The windows remain on display until the announc
8. In the example four audios ruled with a different name are observed report 730 14032013 mp3 report 830 14032013 mp3 report 930 14032013 mp3 and report 1030 14032013 mp3 For more information on Special Inclusion blocks see ExactTime in Chapter Scheduling If the Mail Link should go on the air immediately you need to use another AUDICOM tool called NEWS This application runs in background and monitors an audio folder When a file drops into that folder NEWS emerge to disrupt air playlist and insert the audio received The main playlist does not stop abruptly NEWS waits for the current title ends In addition you can define cuts for opening and closing In this case use metanames is not necessary since the audio NEWS files that have already been cast Take special care with the configuration of the destination folder NEWS can be configured to use the default folder for Mail Link or you can create a folder for this purpose In this case the reporter should NOT forget to include the name of the folder in the SUBJECT of the mail For details on use and configuration see NEWS in Scheduling gt Manage News Note that ease of Mail Link to address attached to different folders combines the modes described above with a fixed schedule ruled audios and folders for breaking news that will begin airing immediately even when the radio is automated 6 3 11 WebTools administration The administration panel is used to create de
9. Select one or more items and click Add to add it to the database Add In this window you can select one or more files to enter it to the database To select several files drags the mouse pressing the left button like is standard in Windows OS You can also make successive clicks pressing the key control Ctrl Clear Delete the list content Scan Makes a new exploration The new result will be added to the current content Close Closes the Scan window If you re open the Scan window the last list of non registered files will appear This list will be retained until nfoMusic Prod closes Add It add the selected files to the Database The procedure varies as one or several files are selected A single file If there is only one file selected its name is entered in the fields File Name and Title like happens when a file is loaded from the button New Once you complete the other fields press the button Save to add the new title to the Database If you doesn t press SAVE the title is not registered If the MP3 file is entered the information contained in the header TAG ID will be loaded in the InfoMusic fields if available www solidynePro com Page 107 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Several files If there is more than one selected file the files will be entered all simultaneously into the data base For this case pressing the button Add will appear the following window Global Options Musica Perhormer Fade In
10. WAV MP3 One or more characters can be included before the asterisk so that the program only plays those files that begin with those characters Close It specifies a file that will be reproduced after the news The considerations for the format and location of the file are the same ones that those explained for the file Opening The field News Source Folder 2 and their respective files Opening News and Closing it allows to define a second directory of news with their respective files of Opening and Closing Page 98 www solidynePro com Schedule Safe Time When the news is generated in anyone of the folders Origin of the News News will wait for a time before sending them to the air This time of security is expressed in minutes and serves so that the journalist who is recording the note by telephone has time to listen to the recorded message and to rewrite it or to eliminate it if it is necessary Values between 10 and 12 minutes usually are appropriate F Start When pressing this button the program is activated and it is minimized in the taskbar of Windows waiting the arrival of news When it detects a new file in the directory origin of news it inserts a pause in the programming under the title in reproduction When it concludes the topic that was to the air NEWS it will emerge on the screen of air and it will begin to reproduce the news Once concluded the reproduction of the same one AUDICOM will continue with the habit
11. e 30 a ado fo each buon KEEP PLAYING ON EMPTY BUTTON no Make any empie fie dsos buffer sent dite a S TOT buton so ital anofter bulon is papina d et OO as soon as ite empl DON is pressed NOVATION LAUNCHPAD 1 INPUT IN D 0 defaultfor Live Assist 1 AMY controlar 0 mapped fo Lre Assaf 1 bulor fon arralab of MO icense ss fal NOVATION LAUNCHPAD 1 OUTPUT OUT ID L default for Live ssist 1 GY cantata tO mapped fo Ore dsan 7 buffoon eds fon arabe AM N heen a onvfaledt H NOVATION LAUNCHPAD 2 INPUT NOVATION LAUNCHPAD 2 OUTPUT WG cantata mapped fo bre Ase 2 buffoon eds fone avaiable N teense ss falle Tl AMOUNT OF COLUMNS Number of columns of Live Assist panel when is maximized default 4 AMOUNT OF ROWS Number of rows of Live Assist panel when is maximized default 10 HIDE ID NUMBER FROM BUTTONS Each Live Assist button has a unique number to trigger the audio using a keyboard shortcut If this feature is not used then the ID s can be hidden from the button KEEP PLAYING ON EMPTY BUTTON make any ampty button work like a STOP button so that if another button is playing it will stop as soon as the empty button is pressed NOVATION LAUNCHPAD Settings for a MIDI controller used for remote control of Live Assist 1 and Live Assist 2 For each Live Assist 2 MIDI channels must be settled one for INPUT and one for OUTPUT The input channel is used to launch audio and the output channel is used to
12. m 2 Eo 0 s Axa O 7202 a X k AIR tools are only available if the user has permissions to On Air Operator Otherwise the tools will not be available for transmission The position and size on the desktop of the different modules is customized for each user 2 2 2 Customize desktop AUDICOM desktop can be customized in two aspects appearance and toolbar The first 15 buttons are fixed You can add additional icons that will appear next to ACONGFIG button 2 2 2 1 Appearance The appearance can be changed by double click on the ToolBar texture or desktop s background A window will appear showing a drop down menu with all available skins The Skins are based on bitmaps BMP located at AUDICOM Skins You can edit the original skins or create new designs based on the originals for size resolution and file names This files are stored in folders whose names define the name with which the skin is shown in the drop down menu In this window you can also enters a radio name which will appear an the right top of the screen e g Radio Buenos Aires This name is valid for that workstation stored in the computer therefore it will be the same for all the users that logging in that workstation 2 2 2 2 Customize toolbar The default buttons that appears in the tool bar can not be changed You can add buttons by double right click on the tool bar texture The following window will appear Configure User toobar Ei E3 Availab
13. 1 Hum Spot 2 3 1 9 6 PRESURE Pres Plays the announcement correspondent to the current pressure Is equivalent to press the button Pressure in the tool bar Example Page 80 www solidynePro com Schedule batch batch X 17 00 EF3 Spot 1 Spot 2 Temp Pres 3 1 9 7 RAIN Rain Plays the announcement correspondent to the current rainfall Is equivalent to press the button Rainfall in the tool bar NOTE If the rainfall is zero the announcement is not played command is cancelled Example batch 10 45 SF8 Spot 1 Spot 2 Temp Pres Rain 3 1 9 8 WEATHER REPORT Meteor Chains the reports of the current time the temp the humidity the pressure and rainfall played in this order Is equivalent to press all buttons in the tool bar Example batch 00 00 Spot 1 Spot 2 Spot 3 Meteor Spot 4 After the Spot 3 plays the announcements for the time temperature humidity atmospheric pressure and rainfall 3 1 9 9 COMMENTARY Commentary If you enters a semicolon following by text this will be interpreted like a commentary text and will appear in the schedule list with blue fonts Example batch 09 15 SF1 Spot 1 This is comment text example You can enters several lines of comments whenever they are preceded by It can also have empty lines Next two Spots and the time o clock will be played on air Aviso 2 Time Aviso 3 3 1 9 10 PAUSES Sto
14. 24 Fade Quk 25 Interpret filename Tiler o dx i Cancel Here you can enter the most important parameters so that AUDICOM starts to work in automatic mode Class defines the type of file that is to say if the file is music a promotional cut a commercial spot etc Style define if a music file is Rock Pop Jazz Classic Electronic etc Remembers to take special care in the cataloging of the styles to use Performer If all the files to be entered with SCAN belong to the same interpreter you can define it here so that this information is already loaded Fade In Out Predefined cross fade times You can change this values later to adjust the times for each song Interpretar Nombre de Archivo como SCAN will load the file name into the field TITLE Normally the files generated by AUDICOM s ripper are titled as Artist Song Title or vice versa Eg Depeche Mode feel you mp3 This feature allows you to define the format of the file names so that SCAN load the song title and the Artist in their correspondent fields NOTE Before entering files to the Database it is advised to correct the file names so all are of the type Performer SongTitle mp3 This will facilitate the task when you register the files with Infomusic Prod and will allow you to have orderly your files and backup copies Pressing OK the selected files are added directly to the Database When concluding the operation a message will appear show
15. MANUAL In AUTOMATIC mode the on air scheduling is make according to PGM log files By default the file pgm contains a generic AutoDj so the mode AUTO scheduled music using the format AutoDj default which considers all songs available in the Infomusic database You must change the PGM file using CyberPlay Editor for the auto mode uses different musical styles at different hours The automatic programming can be very advanced including sponsors prerecorded presentations for each song partners files that are aired considering the Intro time of the songs begining ending crossfade times for each song and more In MANUAL mode AUDICOM ignores the PGM programming file Only commercial breacks are scheduled You can fills the time between commercial breaks with the audio files you want Note that AUDICOM do not add stop pints PAUSES between commercial breaks In manual mode you must add songs or pauses between the adds otherwhise AUDICOM will play adds one after another indefinitely By default Live blocks do not add pauses after commercial breaks If you need pauses before commercial breaks you can change this feature fron Configuration Panel 2 3 3 2 Reload the schedule adds and blocks Although CyberPlay load automatically the files to arm the programming schedule every day you can reload these files in case of last time modifications Every day at 18 00 Hs CyberPlay loads archives LOG and PGM for the next day This val
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17. Sound Devices 9 As far as possible not use keyboards with power off or sleep keys since they are a factor of permanent risk If by mistake the operator presses that key the air machine is power down If You have this kind of keyboards tries to disable this feature 1 1 2 Audio devices Today many consoles provide channels with USB connection which makes unnecessary the use of sound cards in your computer AUDICOM supports all audio interfaces compatible with Windows DIRECT X technology If your computer has a sound card on board you can use it as a playback channel for previous monitoring CUE The use of these devices is not recommended to send on air Require DirectX 9 or newer 1 1 3 Assign outputs devices in AUDICOM 1 2 1 3 Page 13 When there are more than one sound device you must assign the output devices to the system AUDICOM This settings are made from AUDICOM Configuration Panel aStart Dongle licenses AUDICOM requires a license dongle to run which is connected to a USB port For safety fix the dongle to the chassis with a band or cable lock Another option is to place the dongle inside the computer case On installation the drivers for the dongle Hardkey are installed You needs Administrator rights for install this drivers Full installation There are two general ways of installation Full first time and Modular re install that allow you to install the components separately FULL IN
18. Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Show Customer Search La New a Edit y Delete ow E Code Local Name Local customers For each new customer is assigned a category which defines the priority of the spots for that customer in the commercial breaks If a client must schedule several ads with different priorities it enters as an Agency Priority Defines the priority for the customer categories Code Identification code or abreviation for the category Up to 10 alphanumeric characters Name Full name of the category For example Radio promos 7 2 2 Ad agencies Commercial settings gt Ad agencies This file allows to enter an Ad agency to the Admicom data base An Ad Agency groups several customers e Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit seach Speaker SHOW Ad Agency x y Search LaNew La Edit 4 Delete Code ALA Name Admicom LA Ad Agency Group MGS Meka Global Spots a Y Tax ID 23112222333329 Address Tres de Febrero 10320 Phone Contact email Comments www solidynePro com Page 153 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 2 3 Commercial item Commercial settings gt Commercial items Commercial items are defined by names like Restaurant Cell phones Hotels Supermarkets etc You need to enter a code or abbreviation for each commercial item alphanumeric up to 10 characters To create a new commercial item ente
19. Usuario Puesto 4 Fecha 17 2 2003 Tema Crisis en IRAK Autorizado por Jos LA Kj INTENTA FIJAR UNA POSTURA COM N SOBRE LA CRISIS EN IRAK l comenzar la cumbre de mandatarios Francia propuso que la Ee SC The green line that appears to the right indicates the wide one to which will be fit the text in the window of commentaries of the air screen and in the Teleprompter module In order to see the text so as it will visualize the speaker to work draining the wide one of the window until the green line 3 3 2 1 Estimation of reading s time News Suite incorporates an important tool that allows to estimate how long the speaker will take in reading the text The calculation is carried out per second based on a variable that determines the reading speed in characters c p s The preset value of factory is of 15 c p s a value average The value modifies from the menu Edit gt Sep Speed O know which is the dear duration of the text to press F9 A square will appear informing the quantity of words the total of letters and the duration estimated in minutes and seconds 3 3 2 2 Text files with attached audio The text files can associate to one or two files of audio like it explains to himself next 1 gt Write and save the text 2 gt Go to File Manager and expand the second window click on red arrow located in the right angle 3 gt Visualize in one of the windows the text files and in the other one the audio f
20. You can define all the events that will occur on the air next the types of content blocks are briefly described LIVE show AUDICOM generates breakpoints between commercial breaks optionally can generate blocks between batches WITHOUT stopping points AUDICOM stays on stop while the live show take place and the operator can insart music and material between batches The CyberPlay counters alert to the operator when the on air time of the next commercial break is approaching Automatic music program AutoDj AUDICOM plays music between commercial breaks The musical selection is done title by title in real time based on predefined criteria AutoDj formats and using the music database InfoMusic You can also work with play lists own or externally generated by other tools Power Gold Selector Satellite Programs AUDICOM switches between local ads and satellite program The computer controls the audio console There are two types of satellite blocks those in which the Switching is done by time thus more complex requiring control signal via satellite Links and repeaters via the I nternet Similar to satellite blocks but AUDI COM switched to a streaming server or an l Link link a header AUDI COM Special Inclusions ExactTime direct programming Are different ways to schedule events within blocks explained above at a particular time This may include songs sponsors promotional cuts etc These types of blocks and other f
21. clasica Night RND audioFolder A 1 Block 01 00 02 00 AutoDJ clasica Night 2 RND audioFolder B 1 Block 02 00 03 00 AutoDJ clasica Night 3 RND audioFolder C 1 This way every day will be played a different AudioFile 3 1 10 4 Special inclusion EXACTTIME ExactTime Nombre del ExactTime HH MM SYZ ExactTime allows to play at specified hour a list of events This command is of great utility when you need to program songs with auspices fixed sections eg Most wanted New releases etc The special inclusion allows you to schedule any event at any time In the CyberPlay window Exacttime shows like a commercial break but with violet background Exacttime supports all the commands used for the commercial breaks Time Rnd Pausa chained events commentaries text etc Also MetaNames are supported The previous example can be solved using ExatTime in the following way BLOCK 00 00 06 00 AutoDJ clasics Night EXACTTIME 00 00 RND audioFolder A 1 EXACTTIME 01 00 RND carpetaMensajes2 1 EXACTTIME 03 00 RND carpetaMensajes3 1 A commercial break always have priority over the Exacttime this means that if the schedules between an Exacttime and a commercial break are coincident and both have the same priority Exacttime will be moved below the Batch But if the priority is different different flexibility values will be scheduled first those of smaller flexibility Parameters for
22. control the lights of the LaunchPad 1 4 3 6 AUDIO VIDEO EXTERNAL EDITORS AUDIO EDITOR Select the executable file of your audio editor of choice VIDEO EDITOR Select the executable file of your video editor of choice 1 4 3 7 MEDIA LIBRARY DISCOVERY File discovery in workstation is Enables this option ONLY for the files server workstations www solidynePro com Page 21 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 4 4 AUDIO LINKS AConfig Sn ae e aum o A xit without saving Sawe and Exit Save changes AUDIO ROUTING FOLDERS PREFERENCES AUDIO LINKS AUDIO COLE LINK USING AUDICOM TO AUDICOM LINK STREAMING F the Link streaming is fost AUIOIOOM wal war 84 amount of time before starting an emergency focal auto D programming Configure WMP buffer fo ha ihis E HEADROOM 0 dB of headroom standalone default Atfenuate local playback excepi remote streaming audio Keepin 0 db exceof an receaters SATELLITE LINK Sound card which has Es ined connected fo the safeiife decoder audio augput 1 4 4 1 IP for iLink AUDICOM to AUDICOM Time to wait before fallback If the Link module loses connection with header AUDI COM wait a defined time before launching to emergency programming The playback buffer in Windows Media Player must be set to a value equal to half timeout The buffer defined in WMP is used for streaming audio playback Headroom Produce an attenuation level of the local audio Adjusts with the headroom that manages the audi
23. therefore one minute of stereo audio at 44100 will occupy 10 MB approximately www solidynePro com On air screen 2 2 3 Channels Selects between mono or stereo recording 2 2 4 Directory folder Here you define the destination folder for recorded files ls recommended to use a local drive This folder must belong to the AUDICOM s audio folders structure AUDICOM so that it appears in File Manager Default locations is C AUDI COM Audio l REC 2 2 5 Loop Recorder Activating this mode I REC will retain in memory the last N minutes of the audio program You can save this last minutes to disk clicking into the Rec window The name can be automatic or entered by the user The Loop mode is indicated by a red L that appears to the right of the VU You can leave to the I REC active in Loop mode a lot of hours since it doesn t make use of the disk only requires the memory space to house those N minutes of audio Nota I REC only works on the air desktop It is not possible to run it on the AUDICOM general desktop Desktop exe In other words I REC is only available for the AIR workstations 2 8 Media Ingest AUDICOM File Manager 2 8 1 Overview AUDICOM File Manager shows all audio folders available for each terminal Local and network folders are showed as Tabs the main screen File Manager works with a fixed folders structure All folders outside this structure will be ignored The audio files are organized in dif
24. www solidynePro com Page 33 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 User names and passwords Default users AUDI COM default users allows to operate the system but these examples can be deleted when the radio defines their own users Each users have a different configuration so that the different possibilities of the system can be tested Default users names are in spanish Administrador Automatico Aire 1 Aire 2 Produccion Programacion Comercial Mantenimiento Default users do not have password The user called Automatico is a SYSTEM user and cannot be deleted It s used when you leaves AUDICOM in autoplay AutoDj or Satellites with none user logged In this case login as Automatico so that the use of AUDICOM is restricted e g titles cannot be added neither deleted on the programming schedule NOTE Automatico is also used when the system recovers from a power failure If logon window remains inactive last one minute AUDICOM will run automatically One minute later playing is started Please see Power failures autoarun New Users User s name and password will be assigned by the network administrator or staff in charge of system AUDICOM Once defined user name cannot be changed but the user will be able to change his password when he wants To change the password e Press Change Password e Enter the current password and the new password twice It can be alphanumeric Press OK N
25. 0 the first cancellation and replacement is 1 and so on So that pressing Cancels and replaces on the Campaign 0 is the original record until today and from the next day onwards becomes active modified 1 campaign This means that the original campaign is divided into two Order Number 0 and Order Number 1 7 3 2 2 Ad campaign Detailed schedule In addition to the main scheduling an ad can be included for specified dates In this mode are defined the MONTH and a RANGE of HOURS Once entered a grid appears containing all days of that month In each box of the grid is entered the number of apparitions for that ad in the specified day and hours Programaci n Detallada C3 Nuevo 3 Modificar J Eliminar mene ug alats M oS ji Dot ERA al A i MiS fal MB We ee ey m a o eis amiat Monto 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 08 00 22 00 GLACIARESWAV 0 lala 2 2 2 2 2 SEL 1 10 00 24 00 BOSQUES WAV o 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 al 6 6 E s s s 8 sl 8 10 10 10 10 10 cantidad de inclusiones de BOSQUES WAV el Viernes 2 de Noviembre entre las 10 00 y las 24 00 Hs To add a spot Page 158 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads e Define the moth using the calendar showed at previous image e Press New to enter a programming schedule In addition the scheduling allows to define the following data Spot Type Audio Spot Filename Promotional wav Leng
26. 1 Mail Link The Mail Link uses the address alias of the issuer as defined during installation AStart assistant and AUDICOM us server so that the e mail will always be allas AUDICOM us The alias shown in AUDICOM screen next to the name of the radio between parentheses In the example of image alias is alexfm So the Mail Link address will be alexfm AUDICOM us POWER cast ADMICOM AUDIO EDIT If the address was not created you must use AStart to complete the data Home gt AUDICOM gt AStart or directly C Y AUDICOM Y Astart exe The mail can be sent either from a PC a laptop or an smarthpone The device does not require any special configuration Only the e mail Mail Link is required to send the attachment 6 3 10 2 Files and Folders Mail sent to the Mail Link address must contain only one file attachment in Mp3 At the station AUDICOM Web Tools receives the mail and copy the attached file to a folder and is ready to be aired You can specify the destination folder by entering the name of an existing folder in the SUBJECT of the mail For example REPORTS In this case the audio will be copied to the REPORTS folder If the subject contains a text that does not correspond to any folder or is blank the file drops on the default folder called eMail 6 3 10 3 How to automate the emission AUDICOM Web Tools must be running on the station to receive mail and copy the audio to the appropriate folder The r
27. 106 DDD ESPARTA OS 106 ARIS REC WIDE de annie cod 106 AZ AA RECORDING DATE oia A AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 106 42 O LAST TIME O A aa 107 424 6 LAST WEEK PLAYE DIESTRA in 107 BEDALE BEST WWE aa AAA A Gaede E a anna 107 Az JUSING INTO MUSEO A Ad 107 4 2 5 1 SCAN Checking registered files Ingest several files simultaneously oocooooooooccnonccononanonanonancnnnnnncnnononnnnnn nos 107 AS A A Oe ee enn ee eee TE oe ren ey ee ene 108 4 2 5 3 FOUND RECORDS AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA a aN eens ibn Oe 109 Az od RIGHT CIC MENU a a ei SONS 109 4 2 5 5 SCROLL BUTTONS Up DOWN afrOWS lasiarali colo it ainia 109 TPO ALS EA A O O IS 110 A O E S ELEA baa EEE EAEE eta be eae a adhe sca pee co ed cea A uc nls ETA E EEE EAE EA EEEE Pace ae de tase 110 BD 5S a ES eG PA AATA AAIE ceca ecco en scat A nec taeda 110 RR ARRIN ASA ea 110 A O 110 42 0 Data Dase SIUC UG ciccadiavaracusenia a denaderengnrdlastrihaod iaa 110 4 2 6 1 Transfer Transferring files between different workstations ooooonnccccnnnnnnnnnnononononncnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnns 111 4 3 AutoEdit Automatic trim Of silences cece cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeennnees 112 A351 USING AUTO E a NE 112 La LE SOURCE FOLDER ia aisniO 113 AS O A At 113 43 lo gt DESTINATION FOLDER sacada 114 A IA PROCEED aee A aC EES 114 Ardo CONFIGURE idad 114 A PEAY casters ce O A 114 oz AUTOEdIES Data Base ad dad da N a 114 SECTION 5 NETWORK SETTINGS c occooccocc
28. 2 Users and permissions 5 2 1 Users and access level Each operator has a user name and password to enter to AUDICOM with customized permits and attributions The user s profiles are defined by the administrator of AUDICOM User names passwords and the permits are defined from the module Access Levels which is access only from Start up menu StartUp gt Programs gt AUDICOM gt Access Levels security exe 4 Security Administrador Are 1 automatica Comercial Mantenimiento Produccion Programacion Watersport 5 2 2 Administrator The user profiles can be modified ONLY by the Administrator user since he is the only one authorized to access to the Access Levels module Therefore the first user to configure is the Administrator Open the AUDICOM I logon window and login as user Administrador without Password After login you can open the module Access Levels from Start Up menu Pressing the button Password you can define your password and press SAVE It suits to write down it in a sure place for the case that you forget it If you forgets the password you don t be able to access to the Access Level module In this case consult to Solidyne technical support info solidynel com Several users with Administrator privileges are supported Any user will become administrator by checking the option User is administrator Remember that this enables to that user to open the module Access Levels and modify all users
29. 3 1 5 2 Add SPOT tO schedule iria 76 Lo REMOVE A POLICIACO dis 76 A PEN Greer O 76 3 1 6 How to add titles into LOG PGM fleldS oo ooooocccccccccccnnccccnnn rn nn 76 S A PREVIEWING theschedule EO ai ri is A AA A A 77 31 71 TOSIEC YDS LAY nsi a a a arenas a een beans a aN a Oa EEn AETS 77 3 1 7 2 Edit the schedule from TEST WINdOWS narrar 77 3 1 7 3 Changing the order of the la A eb beduannesuaedaveuneeaands 78 Jhe MUNE terminals aeea cutee e aa a Levante ataca 78 3 1 9 Commands for commercial breaksS oooccccccccccccccccnnnncccna narco 78 319 1 O A mea Ane Renn A Tea ear eer A eRe Tem eA TOR er Pen EAC Rr RAP PATER AAA AREE EEEE rea Tere re 78 3 L92 RANDOM arde 79 ZKI MME toa 80 RIA TEME E E E E E TAE AA en 80 Page 6 www solidynePro com Contents 3 L95 HUMIDITY A gaseta sateen cisaunta nates aa E ure amine E aan A A AESA 80 3 19 65 PRES ORE pidi 80 SAO RA NA 81 E A 81 31 995 COMIMENTAR sa ii 81 3 129 10 PAUSES StOpP POM blind 81 SAS LA PASES WITH TEXT AO oa 82 3 1 9 12 CHAINED EVEN TS ti A io 82 3 1 9 13 REGIONAL ASE AA 83 3 1 10 COMMANDS FOR ARTISTIC SCHEDULING ccc cece rn rr 83 Slot AIN ES OW Sisct aaa 83 3 1 10 2 META NAMES including Canning Stuff ssscccccccceecccsscessssseeeececccccseseaaanscssseceeeeccsesssageasseeeeseseeeeeeesseaaass 84 3 1 10 3 AUDICOM Auto DJ and third party music schedulerS cccccccnccoconononncnnnnnonnnonnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnn
30. 4 Number 00005 0 Agency Num Ad Agency Origin Customer RADIO La Radio 4 Pay Method Bonificado Name Promo Comments Line of Business Pro Promocional de la radio 4 Acc Executive 4 Monthly Fee 0 00 Agency Comission 0 00 Discount 0 00 Discount 2 0 00 Discount 3 0 00 Discount 4 Detailed Schedule 05 2014 Ea Cd New 3 Edit 4 Delete SS A S Su M ui W Th F SS Su M u WwW hi F wu M mui WwW Th 10 11 12 13 14 _15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 H O WHATSON 10 00 22 00 TIMEOUT Simple Schedule Cg New 3 Edit 3 Delete Start Date End Date Spot Filename E En hos pa i z Details 11 20 2012 El sonido esp 12 00 24 00 10 11 20 2012 Escucha el es 00 00 12 00 12 11 20 2012 Estas escucha 00 00 24 00 10 Station When Admicom manages multiples stations here you define the Station to work The search icon loupe allows to select the station from a list The left zone shows the abbreviations the right zone shows the full name Agency Name of the advertising agency The search icon loupe allows to select the station from a list If not applicable leave this field empty Customer Customer own the ad If the customer don t exist it must be entered from Schedule gt Customers Name A name for the ad campaign For example Celuphone Mother s day Commercial item As has been defined each commercial break may or may not accept the sa
31. 4 2 6 Data base structure When you works with AUDICOM on networks you can use one or several Databases operating at the same time depending on the involved AIR workstations AUDICOM 8 can work with several Databases at the same time since it uses a technology called Synchronized Databases SDB In big networks the files are recorded and register in the Production terminal then the new titles are sent to the different Air workstations To know with detail the different databases configurations for networks see AUDICOM amp Networks gt Software settings From a terminal production you can browse any of the databases on the network This is useful when more than one air terminal operation All available handsets appear in the Current Terminal dropdown default host PACOPIASDORA Sudicorm PASERWER Sudicorn PASERVERNA Word update hosts Page 110 www solidynePro com Ingest media Default Host always points to the local terminal except that the AUDICOM administrator has modified the default settings Configuration Panel When this menu is displayed for the first time the network is scanned for active Terminal AUDICOM This may take several seconds The result is stored in a cache not having delays in Subsequent access to this menu To update the terminal select _ update hosts 4 2 6 1 Transfer Transferring files between different workstations When you incorporate new titles from the Production termina
32. A O NO 166 7 5 9 Graphics Reports radiador 166 SECTION 3 MANTEUNANG E caida 169 8 1 o O ON 169 A A o aniei nadernet st hace acne aera tasea meee darct 170 8 2 BICIS tai aya 171 8 3 Support ana Updates ca ds bn 171 Sie NWO Cate oral 171 9 3 2 CONAC UG urea aaa 172 www solidynePro com Page 11 SECTION 1 Install and setup 1 1 Computer and sound card setup 1 1 1 General settings To improve the performance of AUDICOM check that the configurations of the computer and Windows complete the following requirements 1 OS Windows 7 8 1 2 ANTIVIRUS set it to exclude from the analysis the C Audicom and C Admicom in all network terminals Make sure the antivirus respect 100 the exceptions defined otherwise change the antivirus 3 We recommend not activate the APM Advanced Administrator of Energy This must be disabled in the BIOS of the computer 4 The on board audio can be used as channel monitoring cue DO NOT USE AUDIO ON BOARD to output program because it does not meet the minimum quality requirements for use with AUDICOM for professional audio systems 5 Disable the Screen Saver You can turn off the monitor when AUDICOM works in automatic mode 6 It is recommended NOT activate scheduled maintenance on Windows 7 Set the font size to 100 If you change it to 125 or 150 viewing windows AUDICOM may be affected 8 Disable the Window s sounds To disable it go to Windows Control Panel and look for
33. BUT TRUE ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSPOT SAR TICS ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSMUSICSWAAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER E CNAUDICOME AUDIONPROMOSSDIGITAL 5 ML ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIONSPOTSSBATMAN ECM CNSUDICOMB AUDIOSMUSICSESPRESS SOURSELF ECM CAUDICOMS AUDIO SPOTSSBATMAN ECM C AUDICOMS 8UDIO SPOT S SLUNCHBRS ECM C AUDICOMS 8U0I0 SPOT SS CLORINDA ECM C AUDICOMS aUDIO SPOTSSFRENCH ECM CAAUDICO MAD DIOS PROMOSACLS ADIOS EN NUESTRA SINTON CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSMUSICSGIAL YOU KNOW IT S TRUE ECM CNAUDICOMES AUDIOSMUSICSOANGEROUS M JACKSON ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSMUSIC ARARANGED MARRIAGE ECH CNAUDICOMES AUDIOSMUSICSLU2 AMOR WIDA ECM Like in the CyberPlay On Air window the information is showed with a graphical environment Spots and others files played into a commercial break appears in green titles played by AutoDj or inside a live block appears on light blue and marked with an asterisk The schedules in which AUDICOM was stopped are shown with yellow background and the legend LIVE To the right the gray zone indicates the exact time in which each file was played The Emission Logs are generated by the Air workstation and saved in the AIR files The name of the file is the date of emission there is a file for every day that AUDICOM was on air The default location is C AUDICOM Air and is defined in the configuration file AUDICOM ini in the Input Directories Note From Windows Explorer you can open the air files by double click Aaudit will ope
34. CUE selected file Cue CUE End Play the last five seconds of selected files Cue end Play Play Plays the item selected as Next Stop Stop Ends the playing of selected file Fade amp Stop Fade amp Play Fade out the current file and start the Next Fade amp Play Fade amp Stop Fade out the current file and stop PAS InfoMusic Loads the selected title in the InfoMusic module If the title is not registered in the Database this option appears Internet disabled Copy TANDA I nternet Search the Internet for more information on this Insert TANDA title using the default browser insert hietenr Copy TANDA Copy the content of a commercial block Insert Pause Insert TANDA Insert an empty commercial block Insert Random Insert Meteor Shows a menu with Meteor options Insert Pause nserts a pause in the program log above the selected title When playing reaches this point the audio stops Remove Remove all equal Insert Random Insert a Random to insert files from a specific folder Remove Remove de selected item from schedule Remove all equal Remove all item with equal name from the schedule Remmember many of these operations may be restricted in your user profile If you try to perform a forbidden action a popup message will appear informing you that you do not have permission to perform this action In doubt consult your network administrator or technical staff PlayList Manag
35. ExactTime command are the same that used for Batches HH MM Hour in that ExactTime must scheduled In hours minutes XYn This variables defines the flexibility time for the ExactTime If the batch must played on air exactly at the indicated hour or its starting time can be changed This variables XYn are optional and they can adopt the following values X S Start It indicates that the specified time is the start time X E End It indicates that the specified time is the end time Y C Clock It indicates that the start time is o clock when working on automated mode www solidynePro com Page 87 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Y F Flexible It indicates that ExactTime is flexible n How much minutes can be moved the ExactTime when the start end time is flexible Notes By default the indicated schedule refers to the starting of the ExactTime and the flexibility will be five minutes SF5 The variable Yn will be ignored if the variable X is not defined To change the flexibility you need to specify if the indicated hour refers to the start or the end of the ExactTime Examples Block 19 00 20 00 Live ExactTime EXAMPLE 19 30 Recuerdos en el tiempo Title 1 Title 2 On live block follows its normal course until the Exacttime of 19 30 when the operator press Play Exacttime starts to play When Title 2 finishes AUDICOM stops and the live show continues Block 08 30 12 30 AutoDj Jazz Music Exacttime 10 0
36. In order to can be scheduled the SPONSORS must be scheduled at specific batch File and length Filename of the spot being programmed When loading the audio Admicom automatically fills the Duration field Playback controls are located on the right allow you to play the file Position into batch Sets the position of the ad within the commercial break The options are First ad second ad Penultimate ad Close ad Indifferent When two or more ads wants the same position in a batch will be scheduled the ad with higher category Speaker Indicates male or female voice Start date Date on which the emission schedule will take effect End date Ending date in which the spot is scheduled for the last time For the spot is scheduled indefinitely leave this field blank Value Sec Amount billed for every second Emission NTC Text text of the advertisement which will appear in the Web Tools panel Week day Define the days in which the spot will be scheduled Scheduled by Time Interval In this case the ad is included in all batches of a specific time interval To this are defined the time range and the amount of inclusions In the example the commercial is included 4 times between 10 00 and 22 00 Monday to Friday If the number of inclusions coincides with the number of commercial breaks defined for that time interval the distribution of the advertisement will be one in each batch Note the batches are numbered as they are gene
37. MAGIC PROGRAMMING po Play Stop Generate Program Insert TANDA Insert Meteor Complete Insert random Insert time Insert pause Insert ternp Insert hum Remove Insert press Remove all equal P Insert rain Page 77 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM When you make a change from the preview window the corresponding code is generated automatically in window LOG or PGM according to corresponds Making double click on an item the code line that generates that item is focused on the corresponding window 3 1 7 3 Changing the order of the titles 3 1 8 3 1 9 3 1 9 1 Page 78 You can change the order of an item by drag amp drop upwards or downwards Also you can drag Pauses and Meteor commands To modify the start or end time for a block makes double click on the block s header to localize the correspondent code in the edit window LOG or PGM and edit in the line of code the hour that you want change Multiple terminals Some AUDICOM modules CyberPlay Editor AutoDj Editor InfoMusic Prod allows to work remotely with the data of others AUDICOM terminals It is the case of a Production terminal viewing the database of an air terminal or a CyberPlay Editor changing the programming for several Air terminals All these modules have a drop down menu called Current terminal ACOPIADORA Audicam MSERWER4udicom SERVER Sa ford update hosts This men al
38. NEWS This tool runs in the background to verify the occurrence of news and schedule the air emission of those files News is executed manually from the group AUDICOM programs but if you use it daily is recommended to add a button to the Toolbar AUDICOM or even a shortcut to the group Start in Windowsso that it is run when booting News source directory Directorio origen de noticias Open Apertura Open wav News noticia Wav Close Cierre close wav News source directory 2 wel Define CASupervociMbox002 Drecv Open Apertura Open wav wav Close Cierre close wav SafeTime min 10 lt Status AUTORUN ENABLED press Start to begin the work a a News source In this field the path to the folder that receives the files defined The material can come via email managed AUDICOM Web Tools an FTP transfer or application of Voice Mail No matter the source when an audio file fall into this folder News will schedule air Files Wav and Mp3 are supported Open A file that will be played before the news This file must be recorded in WAV or MP3 format and located in the same folder that the news files folder source of news The file name must includ the extension So that the news be aired without presentation file leave this field empty News This field allows to include a filter text for the news files By default NEWS plays all compatible audio files that appears in the news source folder
39. Radio Cultura Page 126 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads User address Here i RDS automatically generates address streaming access to the public according to the information in the fields above For example mms www streamnow alsolnet com 8080 AUDICOM This information is used by the web designer to set the audio player on the site of the radio If you do not enter an address streaming server in the Server address field User address field automatically detects and displays the external IP address computer ie the IP that allows access to that PC from outside the LAN Clicking the REFRESH button this field is updated The first field mms AIR 8080 shows the direction of access to streaming but using the name of the PC on the network instead of the external IP and is only for access the streaming from another terminal on the local network Audio source The encoded audio is taken from an external audio input since Full program signal microphones PCs telephone calls is required In the case of transmission to the public should take the processed signal sent to air directly from the output of a tuner or the audio output of the audio processor In some cases a second processor intended for public Internet signal is used Profile The streaming audio is encoded in WMA Windows Media Audio The rate bits per second kbps determines the quality of audio transmission Rates of 48 and 64 kbps are standard value
40. TIME e CMucicomishoutcat TXT TS Seon a ay z i ai All Metsof TEMP Metec TEMA I Meteor TEMP Disabled le I Mete HUM I Metem HU I Meteor HUM iteras 36 IEE Metedr PRESS FT Heter PRESS Meteor PRESS 06 00 Ta 7 Metebr RAIN T Meteo F N Meteor RAIN p Grab Metadata From Window Tithe nda Put L lee iT E Find Wirek Pugu fe jala corn l 3 Truncate everthing alter and gt reudna thes sting Bso ee and this sting 1 Standard RDS 100 Comen pet fi o Cancel 13 Cancela Ayuda A gil 8 image taken from www AUDICOM com ar It s done When playing the stream on the Internet with Windows Media Player or equivalent software the names of the songs will be either the name of the radio station depending on how you have configured the RDS 6 1 2 2 How to listen the streaming The listener access to streaming audio through the web site of the radio Responsible for development of the website must configure an audio player with parameters according streaming server hired Generate the web page from IRDS As an alternative for those who need a quick and simple solution IRDS generates a basic web page with an embedded audio player with which you can publish in seconds streaming audio on the web Later in this chapter this function is detailed 6 1 3 Using a streaming to link radio stations ILink signal enables the transmission of high quality streaming to establish links point to poi
41. a right click on it Select the option Delete and confirm the operation If the deleted file was registered in the Database it will be removed from database automatically You can delete several files at the same time selecting them like it was explained previously Deleted files sends to Recycle Folder 2 8 2 14 SEARCH F3 Pressing the key F3 or from right click menu a dialogue box appears to enter the searching criteria SEARCH allows to enter a title or a word to make the search The search takes place by name It does not matter if the file is loaded or not in the data base EXHAUSTIVE MODE If checked default File Manager search for the entered text in whole titles If this option is disabled only those files that begins whit the entered letters are searched EXCLUDE Allows to enter one or more words Files that include these words are omitted LENGTH BIGGER THAN secs The search is limited to those files whose length surpass the defined length LENGTH SMALLER THAN secs The search is limited to those files whose length is below the defined value ONLY IN LOCAL DISCS The search is carried out only in the local drives Network drives are not explored disabled by default ONLY IN LOCAL FOLDERS The search is carried out only in the current folder www solidynePro com Page 57 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM BETWEEN DATES It allows to enter an interval of dates to limit the search to the files recorded between those dates c
42. and the web page generated by iRDS will be uloaded to Internet Users can access to RDS web player entering http dominio_de su sitio web AUDICOM player htm l e http www radioeter com AUDICOM player htm 6 1 5 FTP Update This function dumps the metadata relating to the title currently playing to an XML file on an FTP folder This information is used to automate information on the website of the radio www solidynePro com Page 131 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 18 24 29 Iniciando refresco de licencias 13 24 32 Refresco de licencias conduido 6 1 6 TCP Metadata This function transmits the metadata playback through a port on the local network This information may be used by third party applications and services The Data format field allows the transmitted parameters that are entered in lt gt separated by commas as shown below The options are lt TITLE gt lt ARTIST gt lt BLOCK gt lt CLASS gt lt STYLE gt The information comes from AUDICOM data base whith the exception of lt BLOCK gt that show the type of content on air AutoDJ Live Spots An example for this string can be NP lt BLOCK gt lt ARTIST gt lt TITLE gt lt CLASS gt Which generate sentences like the following ehan a son is on the air NP AutoD KATY PERRY Unconditionally Musica And like this when the spot Publi Banda Ancha mp4 is on the air NP Batch Publi Banda Ancha Page 132 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and a
43. are issued The start and end time of each segment are defined in Station Settings gt Schedules This is because in Multicast systems that manage multiple stations the same show can be loaded at certain hour on the station A and at different time in the station B Adds can be programed to be aired into certain radio show by choosing the name of the radio show from a list An advantage of this method is that if the show changes the day or schedule of emission all ads that were ruled for that show will be automatically relocated Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Speaker Seach Speaker Search New Edit Delete Code Ma ana Name Primera Ma anal Code Allows to enter a ID code or abreviation to the show name Supports up to 10 alphanumeric characters Name Full name of the segment Press Save to confirm the changes 7 2 Commercial settings This section allows to define the customers categories advertaising agencies and define the commercial items 7 2 1 Customer categories Commercial settings gt Customer categories A Customer category allows to differentiate audio contents like Promotionals Public welfare campaigns Local ads National ads etc Each category corresponds to a priority which is identified by a letter A to Z There can be two categories with the same priority Page 152 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads
44. batch commands This commands defines ONE commercial breack at certain time therefore there will be many commands as breaks have the LOG Example Batch Break 1 00 00 2 Below the command create a list of spots by drag amp drop the files from File Manager or nfoMusic Prod Example Batch Break 1 00 00 Coca Cola Sancor Sony Arcor Note Remember that files cannot be programmed from the extra audio folders see File Manager Files containing point as part of the name eg 107 5 wav That are not admitted to the Database MUST be typed including extension 3 To add another commercial block for example half hour later repeat the previous steps 4 After entering all breaks save the file as was explained previously 3 1 5 1 EasyLog We recommend the use of EASY LOG tool to create a 24 Hs structure with empty commercial breaks This way the manual work is easy This tool inserts the batch instructions below which you will insert the audio files Clicking on this button the following window appears EasyLog Step 1 Generate schedulle Add a spot to the schedule C Delete a spot from the schedulle cr Select Generate schedule and press Continue The options Schedule and Delete will be analyzed later EasyLog Step 2 From time 0 00 To time 24 00 Time interval between 1 5 mins Flesubility 3 mins www solidynePro com Page 75 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM From tim
45. be handled in graphical form directly from the Test CyberPlay window or using the Magic Programming wizards who facilitate the work Keep in mind the traditional gird schedule used in radio stations that define the schedule for each day from 00 00 to 24 00 Basically that s what we do in CyberPlay Horario LUNES MARTES MI RCOLES JUEVES VIERNES S BADO DOMINGO 00 a 9 00 AE eee 00a 10 00 Latitud mundo 10 00 a 11 00 11 00 a 12 00 10 ore osquitera 2 Asi es 12 30 a 13 00 Radio Teatro Radio Teatro Radio Teatro Radio Teatro Radio Teatro mosquitera _ Bolivia rep Asi es 13 30 Informativo Farco Informativo Farco Informativo Farco Informativo Farco Informativo Farco AN Bolivia rep Asi es 6 00 a 17 00 SS AA especiales especiales i Arc n de los O ages Arc n de los a otra cara de la Ooo S e i 22 00 a 23 00 3 00 a 24 00 hsiessoma EI otro Soy Yo tot soy Daily schedule FM 88 1 Bermejo Mendoza Argentina 18 00 a 19 00 Next the commands or instructions are described This commends generates the commercial breaks Batch and the different blocks These instructions will begin with slash unless the opposite be indicated This slash indicates that this line is an instruction to be interpreted by CyberPlay All commends must be written in a single line Page 65 www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM The first block always must start at 00 00 Hs and the last one must ends at 24 00 Hs It s VERY
46. de Audicom dede bloque satelital consola SA SLAVE E UN E ENT1 MN GA 2 ENT 1 amarillo naranja FADER SWITCH SATELLITE SWITCH Salida REGIONAL en restaci n maestras Salida SATFILL en estacion remotas Salida control hacia consala SALIDA 1 SALIDA 2 verde azul WARNING The ground terminals of the I O USB interface share the ground with the USB Because they are not isolated internally these terminals may expose the USB ground potential of the PC to which they are connected Make sure all circuits to be connected to the interface before connecting If a inverse voltage or high peak voltage is applied to the input or output terminals may cause damage to the USB interface or even the computer The outputs gives 5 volts and have an internal resistance 250 Ohms to limit the current Tickets are dry contact Are switched to ground by connecting them directly The inputs are dry contact it connects directly to ground 1 9 Remote links 1 9 1 Internet link A work mode widely used today is the transmission of audio over the Internet AUDICOM is designed and optimized to work with audio over the Internet The head station has control over the repeater station In the chapter Internet Tools these facilities are detailed 1 9 2 Satellites The satellite blocks are used to automate switching between local audio and an external source such as a Satellite or to remotely control a repeater terminal Fo
47. de licencias 13 39 08 Refresco de licencias concluida 6 1 3 2 How to receive the audio the remote station In the regional remote station the iLink signal is received by AUDICOM Multicast through a module called iLink The configuration of this module is detailed in the next section of this chapter Moreover the regional station requires having certain program material to manage scheduling le for replacing commercial breaks and cuts header identifiers IRDS by others for the region 6 1 4 IRDS WEB player Listeners plays the streaming from a website based player The webmaster must add this feature to the web site of the radio station For easy start RDS can generate a basic web site player This web based player will use the parameters entered in the section Public signal With this parameters is possible to create the web player using the following interface Page 130 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads Flash msg Status Public stream iLink stream xLink stream Instant Messaging User web page FTP update TCI My Radio La radio online My Radio La radio online Generate 18 39 05 Iniciando refresco de licencias 13 39 08 Refresco de licencias concluido 6 1 4 1 Publish the RDS web player To upload the web player you needs a web hosting provider and know the account information name and password Hosting account information are entered by pressing UPLOAD button
48. default Top 100 Use partner file s Every tithes g Style not found in the DE Promoz i f Style not found in the DE Aeggae Chile nnt Pound im fhe NR Promos H Gefeto 4 mr From here the user creates the templates that control the AutoDj behavior With the AutoDj scheduler AUDICOM selects in real time that is to say while is on the air the whole music playlist according to the defined AutoDj template This templates contains the criteria that AutoDj will use to choose the songs based on parameters like the style gender performer etc Mo Top To make the musical selection AutoDJ assigns to each title a score which varies according to how many parameters agree with the current template The order in which the titles are revised is determined by the last date on air starting always with the older titles The assigned score can vary from O to 100 Those titles that obtain more than 90 points will be scheduled automatically Each item of a title have different punctuation values for example the Style gives to a title more points that the item Mode 3 2 2 AutoDJ criteria 3 2 2 1 Styles Allows you to select the music s style enabled for this AutoDj template A template can include only one style several styles or all the available styles AutoDj will schedule ONLY the styles enabled in the template The styles will rotate and no predominance of one over another except in cases any of the styles have few titl
49. in the Database you will must to delete this title from database If the operator has restricted the access to the Database won t be able to make it for what he will be in evidence the erased titles The profiles of the Windows users can be customized on each terminal users in AIR terminal can have restricted access to audio files Hidden folders Here you enters the names of the File Manager folders that you want to hide for that user The different folders are separated by semicolons Hidden folders don t appear in the File Manager for this user Example Editions Call 2 For this user File Manager hides the folders Editions and Call 2 Hidden Servers Volumes It restricts the access to certain workstations or disks Paths must be UNC type Eg Production D the user don t have access to the folders of the drive D of Production www solidynePro com Page 119 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 5 2 Live Assist Plays from Live Assist t enables to the operator to work with Live Assist module Create and modify public sets It allows to the operator create modify erase the Live Assist Shared sets which are available to all users Create private sets It enables to the user to create private Live Assist sets it only can be acceded by this user 5 2 8 Admicom Run Traffic CyberPlay Editor It enables the access to the module of Admicom automatic generation of commercial logs and to the CyberPlay Editor manual generation of comme
50. indicates that this title is selected Please note this does not meant it is ready to be aired www solidynePro com Page 41 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 3 2 8 How to remove an item from schedule Backspace To eliminate a title of the program log just select it and drag amp drop it toward the left lateral of CyberPlay s window or drop it in the Display amp Counter area It can also be eliminated by right clicking on it and choosing the Remove option 2 3 2 9 How to insert a title Ins The user can drag amp drop any audio file from InfoMusic or from File Manager Select the audio clip to insert in the program log and then drag it into CyberPlay on the position you want to insert it a blue flat line will appear indicating the position where the title will be inserted The insert button can also be used then the file will be inserted where the yellow line in the CyberPlay log is located 2 3 2 10 Change the position of an item in the schedule The position of the titles in the schedule can be changed that is to say you can change the order of the titles To change the position of an element select it and drag drop above or below its actual position A blue line will appear indicating the new position in which the title will be inserted when dropping it REMEMBER Some actions can be disabled in you user account 2 3 3 CYBERPLAY TOOLS 100 a U REINA AE hm SET A INSERT MIX Eur Ouo seo Ele A sce 2 3 3 1 Mode AUTO
51. into the PGM file The insertion takes place an the cursor point You can also to insert a direct sequence of titles from the CyberPlay Test window For this select the header of the block in which you want add the titles and choose one option Ranking based on TOP HIT Generates a listing based on the TOP HIT database field Ranking based on weekly aired Generates a listing according to the last time on air statistics The listing will begin with those titles that have greater amount of emissions Subordinated AutoDj AutoDj generates a selection of titles according to the specified format working with the same criteria that the real time AutoDj blocks Random music Generates a listing of random titles without considerate the last on air dates Choose an option and press Next A menu will appear to indicate an estimated length for the PlayList Select a length and press OK The listing is generated and showed on the Test window For the case of Subordinated AutoDj it will appear an extra menu to indicate the AutoDj format Remember A PlayList can include comments informational text commands breaks and the command time Time The latter two can be inserted directly from the CyberPlay Test window right clicking on the position where you want to insert the event DESCRIPCION The PlayLists are text files txt containing a list of titles to be played on the air These lists are inserted into the CyberPlay window desktop air
52. la banda de sonido de la pel cula Mising It allows to enter a text that appears in the commentary window on the On Air Desktop while the file is aired This field is used to add song artist data that interest to the listeners This text can have as maximum 254 characters If the media file contains an internal metada with comments it will be loaded in the commentary field 4 2 2 4 STYLE F7 o Estilo This field defines the STYLE for a title Classic Melodic Frill Erste a Instrumental Jazz Pop Rock amp Roll etc The list of styles enables to the AutoD for choose music according a required style A style incorrectly loaded into the data base would do that for example into a Jazz program a Pop be scheduled New styles as all the other data are loaded into InfoMusic a single time soon the styles are chosen from a drop down menu Before start a massive ingest of media we recommend to think how to define the styles according to the kidn of radio will and to use always the same criteria to catalogue the music This will to make easy the scheduling and on live operation of AUDICOM For optimum system performance is of little use to have styles with little amount of titles NOTE The style Not classified is created by dbReindex when it detects titles with the field Style empty 4 2 2 5 PERFORMER F10 Performer name Every time that you enters a name this is added Interprete A Vangelis a to the drop d
53. not take place If you tries to register a file with an existing title InfoMusic will add to the title a the number 2 3 and SO 4 2 2 2 TITLE It is the NAME which the media file registers into the Database When loading a file from the button New the file name also appears in the Title field The titles can have as maximum 32 characters including spaces The titles which the files are registered in the Database can be modified from File Manager Remember that File Manager shows the DATABASE TITLE when the files are registered and the FILE NAME for those files that are not registered on the data base MODIFYING THE TITLE of a registered file FROM AUDICOM FILE MANAGER THE FILE NAME WILL BE MODIFIED TOO AND BOTH DATABASE TITLE AND FILE NAME WILL BE THE SAME If you wants to modify the title which a media file is registered without change the file name you need to remove it from data base and enter it again NOTE If you enters a series of numbered titles that overpass the value of ten keep in mind that in order to they appears correctly orderly you will align the numbers to the right adding so many zeros like characters has the biggest number For example to enter twenty numbered titles you will write them in the following way Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 etc The following characters cannot be used on titles Y lt gt Page 102 www solidynePro com Ingest media 4 2 2 3 COMMENTARY Extraido de
54. profiles Administrator users can t have restricted actions They have full access on all screens 5 2 3 New users 1 Press the button Add 2 Enter a name for the new user Page 118 www solidynePro com Network settings 3 Press Password if you wants to define the user passwords You can leave empty the passwords so that the users defines his password if they wants This way you avoids that the users forget the password assigned by the Administrator NOTE In case that an user forgets his password you will must to delete it and to create a new user 4 Configure the user profile with the permits and attributions checkbox s 5 Press Save to register the changes To delete an User simply select it and press the button Delete 9 2 4 Permits description Security server Location of the User s Database The passwords and users profiles are stored in an encrypted file This file will be acceded by all the workstations for what is usually located in the Server Flaws in the network system off line Every time that an user enters to the system a local copy of the user s database is generated in the local disk In case that the Server cannot be accessible AUDICOM will use the local copy Under this condition AUDICOM won t save the modifications that the user makes in the configuration of his desktop 9 2 9 Air Run air module It enables disable the access to the Air desktop Change the playlist order t prohibits to chang
55. s Tool Bar To change the position on the desktop window click and drag from the title bar where Instant Recorder says It suits to move it when it s not recording Remember that a click on the image will stop the recording This small module always opens up in the position in which was closed 2 1 1 File names There are two ways for naming the I REC files automatic names or defined by the user Automatic names In this way I REC will name the files when concluding the recording The operator don t need to confirm any operation The automatic name has the format AAMMDD HHMMSS Year Month Day Hour Minute and Second Defined by the operator This mode activates by pressing the N that is to the left of the VUmeter In this mode I REC will give to the operator the opportunity to enter a name for the file before save it for which a dialogue box will appear 2 7 2 SETTINGS You access to this window right clicking into the rec window While this window is open Rec will not record Es Propiedades E 2 7 2 1 Audio input The recording device for Rec set from AUDICOM s Configuration Panel 2 7 2 2 Sample Rate Hz Page 52 It determines the speed to which the file will be recorded Use speeds of 44100 and 32000 for material of high quality of 22050 for file material that doesn t require great sound quality and 11025 or less for recording of telephone lines Remember that Rec doesn t compress the audio
56. s and Soft music Both radios use the same production study from where it s loaded the artistic material and the music for both radios Probably have in common some musical Styles but others will be exclusive of each radio When you export for example all the titles recorded in the last five days to both workstations FM 1 will accept only those titles whose Styles exists in FM 1 in the Same way FM 2 will accept only the titles whose styles already exists in FM 2 No copy without validating the Style at destiny All selected titles are transferred without verifying the styles at destiny If a title belongs to a Style that doesn t exist in the destiny workstation the Style will be created in this workstation II NCLUDE THE AUDIO Finally you will indicate if you wants to copy the audio files or transfer only the database records If the files are commercial spots artistic or promotional cuts we recommend to send a copy to each AIR workstation It is very convenient to have duplicated this material so that the management take place from the local disks and for back up always is easier to record again a song than redo an promotional cut o a commercial spot For the case of the music the location depends of the network settings Generally the music files are stored in the AIR workstations or Network server For more information about the organization of files on networks refers to AUDICOM on Networks gt Audio Files The transfer s
57. special files Fills and general artistic notices should have them repeated each air terminals Thus the system can continue operating with local files in case of network failure The distribution of files to each terminal blocks from the terminal Production by File Manager modules and I nfoMusic Prod In our example network all the music is stored on the server Once the files are there enter from production to the appropriate air terminal Remember that there should be folders with the same name in different network terminals www solidynePro com Page 123 SECTION 6 INTERNET TOOLS 6 1 IRDS streaming coder 6 1 1 Overview Flash msg Status Public stream iLink stream xLink stream Instant Messaging User web page FTP update TCP metadata Public signal 0 bps any 0 00 00 Audio card Mezcla est reo Realtek High De Left iLink signal 0 bps EEF 0 00 00 Audio card default audio device Left Right 18 39 05 Iniciando refresco de licencias AUDICOM i RDS manages the streaming of the program signal Connecting to Streaming Server and providing the encoded signal for distribution to listeners online The i RDS can encode the audio simultaneously in two different qualities There is a lower quality encoding used to serve the listeners of Internet we call public And another of high quality to make links between radio stations which we called iLink Both audio signals encoded by IRDS contents i
58. station e When the header plays 101 1 FM transmits from London in the repeater it is replaced by a cut saying From Liverpool to the whole world The files to replace and regional cuts are identified with a prefix defined by the user Suppose that the header station transmits from the City of London and has a repeater in Liverpool In London all the cuts that identifies the radio address telephone email etc begin with Lon_ In Liverpool at the repeater all cuts that begin with Lon_ are replaced by local cuts named with prefix Liv_ Thus when the header broadcast Lons_identification 1 in Liverpool airs Liv_identification 1 In order to a file to be replaced there must be a regional file with the same length Tolerance is 0 5 seconds If there is not a regional cut with equal length the replacement is aborted www solidynePro com Page 137 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM NOTE Only files sheduled and those played from Live Assist using the main channel no in MIX mode are replaced If the header station plays an promotional cut over the music it isn t replaced at the repeater 6 2 4 1 Media files for replacement The regional files for replacement are those promotional cuts to replace the programming header These files should be saved in REPLACE folder C AUDICOM Audio Replace Replacing files only occurs if the regional cut are of equal length to a header file to replace Therefore you need to know the length of t
59. that this talk show is made up of several shorter Live blocks separated by commercial blocks If need information on how to create or modify blocks or entire shows in the program log please refer to CyberPlay Editor Page 38 www solidynePro com On air screen 2 3 1 3 VU METERS and COUNTERS ESTILO E at am am The information screen displays artist title and style of playing file It also contains a level indicator dBFS and indicator of elapsed time hours minutes seconds which also is represented graphically by a progress bar that fills as the playback progresses It contents the Transport Controls see Use of CyberPlay Intro This counter displays a countdown of the time of introduction of a song that is to say the remaining time before the soloist singer begins to sing It is used for the speaker D to stop talking before the singing begins to not overlapping over the singer voice The Intro time is set from the on air screen with the InfoMusic or from InfoMuisc Production The audio file must be indexed in the data base in order to be able to set the Intro time When Partner files pre recorded song presentations are enabled then the Intro time is a very important value since you can can define that presentations files ends just with when the Intro time ends see partners files Cross fades At the right of Intro counter will appears a circular display that fills when a crossfade between fi
60. the closing file Once fact this is minimized again and Air continues with the programming As much the news as the opening files and closing should be files WAV The format WAV is to election PCM ADPCM etc the resolution likewise 1 or 2 channels 8 or 16 bites 11 22 or 44 kHz etc These files should be located in the same directory to which the news arrive the software NEWS differentiates the opening files and closing of the news These files also are optional being been able to do without of anyone of them If it wants himself that NEWS looks for in a single directory coarse with leaving in white the field News Source Directory The directory origin of news can be in any directory and unit I dial It is even possible to indicate that it looks for in a net unit being able to the same one to be associated to a logical unit or to use UNC to define the address In the AUDICOM audio folder usually AUDICOM AUDIO it will be created if not exist the folder OldNews Once correspondent the news to the air it is moved from the directory origin to the directory OldNews also modifying the name from the file to Week day_ Hour _Minute wav This avoids that the news comes out to the air again If the directory origin belonged to a net unit it is necessary to have writing permission on this unit because of not being the news it won t be able to this way to move and it will leave to the Air an and another time In order to avoid to i
61. the default sorting for each folder When you access to this folder the contents appears sorted by Performed by Title or by Length The choose will be made according to the type of material When viewing you can sort the listing as you wants but when you leaves the folder it returns to its default sort Show Performer In folders with non musical material Performer information usually is not used so the column appears empty You can hide the Performer column for this cases disabled by default Page 60 www solidynePro com On air screen Name autoDB ne lw Tomar interprete del nombre de archivo Class Musica Color HA Rea Sort order Performer la Xfade in 15 fade out 15 lw Show performer Formato interprete Formato Nombre Propio 7 Formato titulo Formato frase X OK Cancel 2 8 2 21 EXPLORE THE NETWORK The main window of File Manager shows ALL folders of the AUDICOM network except those whose access is restricted for the current user In expanded mode the right window allows you to visualize all the folders or only those of a particular terminal In the drop down menu you can select the terminal to explore Apraduccionkck If two terminals have folders with the same name the LOCAL folder will only be shown Spouse that in the Air terminal a folder called Promos exists Aire C AUDICOM Audio Promos and there are a folder with the same name in the Production workstation P
62. the grid of integrated programming commercial breaks music live events satellites as the operator will see in the studio Remember AUDICOM also has the audit module fro air emission Aaudit which provides reports based on the emitted files 7 3 4 1 Rejected ads 7 4 Once concluded the generation of the log files a report of rejected ads appears on screen indicating the bill number time or segment how many times the ad was rejected for these batch and the reason for the rejection Spots can be rejected for the following reasons SEG seconds By excess of time The value maximum ads per hour was reached When this limit is reached any batch of this hour will accept ads Eg if an spot programmed for the 14 25 s batch is rejected with reason SEG this means that the advertising programed from 14 00 to 15 00 Hs reaches the maximum allowed time In this condition all batches located from 14 00 to 15 00 Hs will reject new ads A solution is to locate this ads in others schedules or to increase the maximum allowed time CAT When two or more ads with equal category are programed to the same batch the system will include first the ad with greater priority and will reject the others ads This is valid only when the batch has enabled the option Reject by category POS Position conflict there are two ads with the same position priority Eg the ads have priority First Solution To change the priority on the customer fil
63. the red cursor A title can be selected as the next title just by double clicking on the title s airing time gray area Please remember that double clicking on the color title s file name area will reproduce the title in by the CUE speakers and will place a yellow cursor on the file 2 3 3 5 Insert AutoDJ Inserts a musical block AutoDj on the schedule The user defines the FORMAT and time of start and end block AutoD Commercial breaks that remain contained in the time slot is maintained unchanged being aired at the scheduled time From time 18 15 To time 19 00 Cancel www solidynePro com Page 43 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 3 3 6 Mix Asterisk This button have action only in MIX mode controlling the level of the background audio when a mix take place It s used for example to superimpose a recording of a speaker on a musical topic to give a radio promotional or the actual time The Mix button determines the music s level when you mix two files There are four preset values that they are selected pressing the button several times The values are 100 50 25 and 10 This level is only valid when the mixture is carried out by software using only one output channel e g playing the Meteor time Remember that AUDICOM 8 allows you to use more than one output device 2 3 3 7 Right click menu 2 4 Making a right click on a title a drop down menu appears with the following tools CUE
64. the today AIR log Pressing the button AIR you can load another file In the Open window you will usually see only the air files of the current month Use the drop down menu File Type to see the files of the previous month or all the existent logs 7 4 7 6 Multiple workstations In big LANs that have more than one AIR workstation you can see the emission logs of the different workstations by selecting them from the following menu default host 74 7 7 Saveas TXT Saves the current emission log in text format to be able to open it with any text editor 7 4 7 8 Print It presents a menu similar to the Graphics Reports menu explained next but ie instead to show the information on screen it sends it to the default printer 7 4 7 9 Reports It presents a menu that allows to select the following reports Global Report Shows information of the selected file length quantity of times played on air and the total time on air It is equal to double click on the title Aaudit an spot Generates a detailed report with all the emissions of the selected title for a specified dates interval This report include day per day each emission of this title with the real time on air to verify if the title was played complete Listing for Royalties It generates a listing to present before the responsible organisms of to gather imposed by Royalties i e SADAIC in Argentina They include Title Performer Author Label and code of
65. times updates when the item is aired Odd and even hours have a slightly different gray background color Different days are indicated by different font color of time numbers red for yesterday back for today blue for tomorrow The file that AUDICOM is now playing is displayed with a background red bar called cursor The audio files that were played appears grayed As the red cursor advances the programing log is automatically scrolled by AUDICOM so that the red cursor remains in the middle 1 3 of the window so that the red cursor remains always visible If you scrolls the log too far above or below the red cursor AUDICOM will automatically center the red cursor when the current file ends To avoid this select a title by clicking on it A yellow CUE bar appears on that title This will disable the auto scrolling feature If during one minute the user doesn t make any operation auto scrolling activates again A red arrow above the vertical scroll bar will appear when the file been reproduced red cursor is outside the visible area of the program log This indicates if the cursor bar is above arrow pointing up or below arrow pointing down the visible section of the program log pressing the arrow scrolls the log to make the red cursor file been reproduced appear 2 3 1 1 COMMERCIAL blocks The information found in a commercial breaks with commercial spots will be similar to the one of the following example Tanda 00 00 Nombre
66. to AUDICOM After the installation the AUDICOM icon appears on Windows desktop Double clic on icon launch the logon window llogon Information of current session You have initiated the session as alre Session started ak 28 05 2014 12 10 53 Free software updates until WOY 201 4 Check running apps 12 37 40 ShutDown User Password Change password Here the user enters username and password The user profile loads customized settings and rights which was assigned by the AUDICOM Administrator see Access Levels and passwords If the users settings was not defined yet you can enter the AUDICOM default names as detailed below When AUDICOM desktop is already running logged with another user close the current session and login with your user name For this launch logon by double clicking the AUDICOM desktop at upper angle where the current OPERATOR name shown POWER cast gt am Vito SIL ld 213b 146 20 NE seri e llave USB caducidad de WebTools y actualizaciones Double clicking on OPERATOR name opens Logon Note Logon and toolbar reports the expiration date for the updates 2 1 2 Change user Once you enter the user name and password press the button Change User to enter to the system The combination of uppercase lowercase are allowed for user s name but NOT for the password User s changes are registered into the emission log files air
67. you can change it UNC address is supported The system makes backup copies of the last three days copying the file data dbf to backdata dbf backdata2 dbf and backdata3 dbf 5 1 4 Scheduling files LogDir C AUDICOM LOG PgmDir C AUDI COM PGM This folder contains the scheduling files log and pgm These files contain the spots lists and the songs schedule respectively The scheduling files are located in the terminal Air They can be stored on the server file eg Server AUDICOM LOG but is not recommended for reasons of practicality Thus our example terminals are configured for access to the LOG and folders PGM their local disks Since the scheduling module CyberPlay the user can access all air terminals 5 1 5 Audio files AudioDir C AUDI COM AUDIO It defines a fixed folder structure in which are stored all AUDICOM s audio folders The default path is C AUDICOM Audio and you don t need to modify it AUDICOM only considers the Page 116 www solidynePro com Network settings folders located in AUDIO and this folders cannot have sub folders All folders outside this structure will be ignored AudioDrives CDE It define the drives enabled for the storage of audio Each drive will contain the folder s structure explained before New folders can be created from AUDICOM File Manager that will create the corresponding path of being necessary if AUDICOM Audio doesn t exist is created In networks the reference mus
68. you will see a menu with the following options Media Settings Station Terminals Users 6 3 11 1 Media settings Clicking Edit you can change the station name its alias password and email contact Remember the alias and password are used to access the Administration Panel i http www audic ger default aspx 5 p rr E kj o amp ED www audicom us Configl Y E Google General Alias AVRA admin Name AVRA RADIO Password winteriscoming Email E3 Cancel E Save 6 3 11 2 Stations It allows to change the data for each station To view the existing stations press Search To view the Station settings select it and click on View A window will show the information and the existing users for this station Page 146 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads http www audic ger default aspx te ED www audicom us ConfigMa 7 E BY Google Audicom Web Tools www audicom com ar General Name Alias NotificationEmail Audio Mail Password Media Users BR new Peat MB Delete Click on Edit to change the information or to add users New users are added from main menu in the option Users 6 3 11 3 Terminals On each Station it is possible define multiple terminals This allows in a Station with two or more Studios determine which Studio you want to access When an Station has defined two or more ON AIR terminals th
69. 0 ZO POPUP MESS SA AAA 40 232 Transport CONOS tidad 40 2 3 2 1 Space bar spacebar NOME iaaa e diosa 40 DiS MARA Pa se Stop ENA CEA PON UU eles O oO wade a le gate tal ara 41 2323 Fade amp Stop a A 41 Page 4 www solidynePro com Contents 2 3 2 4 Fade amp Play ctr Rome iio 41 2 3 2 5 Schedule stop point page up cds SA AAA AAA 41 ZO Gue SUPINE i AAA E A AAA AAA Id 41 2 3 2 7 Select a title cursor arrows Up Down da 41 2 3 2 8 How to remove an item from schedule Backspace ccccoooonccnnnnononoaconnnconanocononononoconnnnonononcononononncnnnnnnonoss 42 23 29 Howto inserta title sluts 42 2 3 2 10 Change the position of an item in the schedule ooooccccnnncnnnononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnononnnnnncncnnnnnnnnnoss 42 233 TEXBERPLAS TOD ES as dida 42 22 51 Mode AUTO MANUAL batas i 42 2 3 3 2 Reload the schedule adds and ad 42 Za Savechanges to LOG Messi 43 23334 Next Title Enter a A As 43 23a A A O O 43 23 30 MiX Asterisk Adi s 44 23 3 RIBIMECHEK MENU i iein eaea EAEE dn s 44 2 4 Play US EMana dea AAA 44 2 5 A A A E E S E 46 OE TONI aane ik ech a a a a N 46 252 SCUCINGOULDUT GOVICCS iseia a a a aR a eN 47 2 gt USING E VEAS SST E iaa eaten ee 47 2531 Maxim A ON 47 253 2 PAUSE Stop A Fade OD O A O A A 47 25330 A A e EA TEE E E aon cntis saves E sier concise lan E E E ena A E TAA 47 A Play mode AA PP O 47 DS A 47 254 EVO ASSISE SC Saa it ti idad 48 ZO esa EXPO
70. 0 07 00 00 02 00 04 01 00 02 45 00 04 45 Elapsed Intro Title Artist 1 ESPACIO PUBLICITARIO 00 03 58 00 05 50 00 00 01 1 ESPACIO PUBLICITARIO 1 FIN ESPACIO PUBLICITARIO isa n 4 01 Coisa n 5 03 opassage Chik Corea Barato total Gal Costa 05 confucious CyberPlay shows what happens in the terminal air the current title titles and played and those to be broadcast Each change introduced by the operator is reflected in real time The information includes content from the main playlist CyberPlay auxiliary lists PlayList Manager 1 and 2 and instant access keypads Live Assist 1 and 2 6 3 4 Weather These windows display the weather data of a certain city You can add the number of cities you want To add a city go to the Live Panel menu and select LIVE Panel gt Add weather In the popup window enter the city and press search If the city is found the bottom menu is enabled displaying the options that match your search Choose a city from the menu and click Save Page 140 4 Add weather m City Quito 44 Search City Quito AYA Peru w Pr eee tree eerie eee Quito 7 Panama Quito CUN Colombia nm Quito P Ecuador a Quiton GA Haiti Quitolo P Mozambique Quitope P Mozambique A Quitona ZAI Angola Quitoto ZAI Angola Quitobo MAL Angola iC The new windows will appear on Live Panel www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and a
71. 0 SF3 Time Temp Hum The AutoDj that began to the 08 30 Hs is interrupted by the Exacttime at 10 00 Hs At this moment the locutions corresponding to the hour temperature and current humidity plays on air Then the AutoDj continues programming music until the 12 30 Hs Block 07 00 12 00 Live Exacttime 07 45 INFORME de TRANSITO Transito Apertura transito lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aa gt Transito CIERRE In this example the block ExactTime includes a traffic report The report is defined using MetaNombre so that every day AUDI COM looking for a file that corresponds to today s date for example transito03112013 March 11 2013 Being chained if the report by that date is not available the opening and closing cuts are canceled MIX a file AUDICOM have another command related with ExactTime that allows to schedule a song with a Sponsor presentation file stepping the introduction of the song The syntaxis is as follow Title SS KK where Title Title of the audio file SS Time in seconds that it lapses from the beginning of the song until the Sponsor starts to play KK It determines the relative levels with those that it was carried out the mixture of the two files It can adopt the values 10 25 50 and 100 The parameters SS KK are optional If they don t exist the file Sponsor start to play with the song and the levels are fixed by the button MIX Page 88 www solidynePro com Sche
72. 163 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 4 6 Integration with an external billing software In ADMICOM 10 the Reports gt Sales option allows you to export the entire database to integrate a third party billing system Simply choose to export dates REPORT is pressed and then click on the button export to Excel This should be done once a month to take all ADMICOM commercial fields saved on each advertising order and export to billing software that the customer has 7 4 6 1 Custom management reports ADMICOM 10 allows to generate report templates These custom reports allow export data in Excel format for the management station Reports on amounts invoiced per customer sales program agency category per month and others are all possible In the Reports gt Sales module in the upper right panel are the customization options report using a bucket of 3 axis X Y Z The reports that you create can be saved and then loaded with the Load Save buttons To generate reports press pivot These filters can do almost any kind of possible report Again once the report data are obtained you can export with EXCEL button This allows import from any other program that can read these files Or use a spreadsheet Excel to build graphs and management reports There are several fields that are crucial to inter relate the report ADMICOM with external billing system e Agency Number The campaign code assigned by the agencies It is normally of 1234 0 The nu
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75. A FILE Live Assist store all information users references to the files in a file called Liveass dat and Liveass2 dat for Live Assist 2 The locations of these files are indicated in the AUDI COM ini file Live Assist Grid 5 12 State 1 LastPos 0 3 0 IconPath c AUDI COM LA I CONS File c AUDI COM LI VEASS DAT LastPos2 0 0 0 This is the default location Live Assist 2 data file will be created in that same location www solidynePro com On air screen 2 9 9 3 ICONS All the icons used by Live Assist are stored in the folder AUDICOM LA ICONS This location also can be modified from AUDI COM ini Live Assist Grid 5 12 State 1 LastPos 0 3 0 I conPath c AUDI COM LA I CONS File c 1AUDI COMILIVEASS DAT LastPos2 0 0 O Remember that you can add or delete icons as you like 2 6 InfoMusic ON AIR 2 6 1 Overview START MARK END MARK Speed 160 Sello editor Formato l ST MPEG L3 Grabado el Ultima emision Mejor semana hiai piem 10 06 2012 hesemanal 13 10 32 i This module allows you the following actions a View and change the information on the data base b Make searches c Cueing d Insert titles into CyberPlay e Change the cross fade times f Change the Intro time g Change the start time h Change the end time www solidynePro com Page 49 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Note 2 6 2 How to use on air I
76. COM installer creates the Windows user AUDI COM This is necessary in W2000 so that the terminals have access to each other 5 3 1 Access between AUDICOM terminals CyberPlay Editor AutoDj Editor InfoMusic Prod Some AUDICOM modules CyberPlay Editor AutoDj Editor InfoMusic Prod allows to work remotely with the data of others AUDICOM terminals It is the case of a Production terminal viewing the database of an air terminal or a CyberPlay Editor changing the programming for several Air terminals All these modules have a drop down menu called Current terminal default hosti default host WCOPRIADOR A 4udicom MOERYERSudicorm SERVER AM Word update hosts This menu allows choosing between anyone of the AUDICOM active terminals Default host always refers to the local workstation unless the administrator of AUDICOM has redefined the default settings AUDICOM ini When this menu opens for the first time the exploration of the network begins in search of active terminals of AUDICOM This operation can take a few seconds The result is stored in a cache being no delays in the later accesses In order to update the terminals select the option update hosts 5 3 2 Audio files and database e Music and the presentations will be stored in the Servant e Each air terminal will locally have all the commercial warnings Spots promotional Base de Datos and the archives of programming Log s and Pgm s This way in c
77. COM uses the following order of priority when programming schedule for every day Priority 1 YYYYMMDD LOG or PGM Year Month Day Eg 20040526 Contents the commercial breaks or program blocks for May 26 2004 WED11 LOG or PGM Contents the commercial breaks or programs for all Wednesday of November SUNOO LOG or PGM The double zero indicates any Sunday of the Year MONTHO4 LOG or PGM Indicates the whole month of April MONTHOO LOG or PGM Indicates all days of the year loading the files to generate the Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 Page 66 www solidynePro com Schedule 3 1 2 1 Creating the daily schedule Every day the air module loads the log and pgm files for the next day according to the order of priority It can take for example the commercial breaks Log file defined for August 14 1998 980814 LOG and the program blocks pgm for August MONTHO8 PGM The load takes place automatically every day at 18 00 Hs You can change this hour from Configuration Panel This way it is not necessary to reload the programming manually so that AUDI COM registers the changes done to the next day files during the labor day If you changes the programing logs for the current day or the programing logs for the following day after the hour of automatic load you must to advice to the on air operator so that he UPDATE MANUALLY the programming schedule For details see Changes on the progr
78. DICOM AUDICOM doesn t install components in the Windows system folders In the following chapters we will analyze the configuration of AUDICOM always referring to the previous example 5 1 2 AUDICOM settings Most of settings are made from AUDICOM Configuration Panel located in the AUDICOM icons group Remember that all terminals must share the folder AUDICOM for read write 5 1 3 Location of data base ADBDir C AUDICOM DB Indicates the location of the Database AUDICOM In a two terminal network without file server Production Studio lt gt Study of Air the simplest alternative is to work with a single database located in Terminal on air For this configuration the terminal should point to Production Database terminal on air Air AUDICOM Db Music will be recorded directly in the database of the on air terminal Page 115 www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM NOTE You can optionally work with a database in each terminal From the terminal Production the user can explore the database of the on air terminal terminal current menu The music will be registered in the database Production and then be transferred to the terminal on air Transfer In more complex networks with more than one terminal to broadcast working with databases synchronized For this explanation consider the example given in the previous chapter Network Installation Remember 1 Terminal AM AM 2 Terminal FM FM 3 Prod
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80. FT mark a second file In this case all the files that are among both signal they will be selected In the right panel second open the destination folder Click and drag the selected files to the destination folder The files will be moved If you moves files registered in the Database their location will be upgraded automatically To copy files proceed in the same way but pressing and hold key Control CTRL while drags the files A sign will appear next to the file icon indicating that it will be copied When copy move titles to an autoDB folder can happens a that the file is not registered in the database in which case it is entered see below b that the file already registered in this database In this case remains All information except Style that takes the name of the new folder In other words the audio files you enter a folder AutoDB always take the style of that folder To change the style you can do it from InfoMusic The AutoDB function only works when copying or moving files Then the information is not modified If you copy or move songs from a AutoDB folder to a classic folder the information in the database remains unchanged Notes If by mistake you moves database files using Windows Explorer AUDICOM will correct the location when these files when it be played on air It is not convenient that it happens because it demands to AUDICOM to carry out an exhaustive search in all drives If by mistake you de
81. IMPORTANT that this is done this way because otherwise the software won t be able to identify the changes day by day and the scheduling will be erroneous The use of uppercase lowercase or any combination among them are supported If there isn t a block defined for some hour rage it will be graphically indicated on the CyberPlay Test like a gray block with the label EMPTY The STATUS windows reports warnings syntaxis error empty ranges superimposed blocks unknown AutoD J formats and so default host NAO Tanda 06 45 28 SF3 Duraci n 1 31 00 20 Patio Bulrrich 00 26 Batman 00 14 Equipo de Creativos 00 19 SHELL 00 10 Escucha esta musica Sat 06 46 07 00 lt no title gt 06 46 31 00 01 Clavados en nuestra sinton a 06 46 32 MEA SYNCRO block 00 00 04 00 LIVE Programaci n de los Mi sponsor Nombre Auspiciante open Clavados eil 06 45 00 06 45 20 06 45 46 06 46 01 06 46 21 block 04 00 06 00 Live block 06 00 07 00 SATFill sponsor Nombre Auspiciante open Cuando can Escucha esta musica block 07 00 08 00 Live Programaci n de los Mi r fexacttime 07 10 TANDA 2 0 15 SF3 06 59 59 00 01 Sonido estereo 100 Y Live 07 00 07 00 Programaci n de Largo del programa 07 00 gt 08 00 Tanda 07 00 29 SF1 Duraci n 2 00 La realidad en estereo Luz y Sonido TIME Radio Virtual 2 M Equipo de Creativos 00 09 Meteor Time 00 26 AltoCity 00 16 Inf
82. In files with length smaller than 8 seconds cross fade times are ignored www solidynePro com Page 105 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM NOTE When you access to InfoMusic from HD Corder default values will be zero for files smaller than one minute Files bigger than one minute will have cross fade times of 25 by default and they will be classified as Music 4 2 3 INTRO TIME and transport controls 00 00 The user can hear the current title using the buttons Play and Stop The VU meter shows the recording level The field Length shows the total length of the file Below this is the INTRO time zero by default To set the intro time is simple e Plays the file e When the introduction ends the singer start to sing press SET INTRO The elapsed time will be shown at the right box e Now press PLAY INTRO to play the file from the intro time in order to check if the value is okay e The field Intro Time is editable so you can manually adjust the value from keyboard e The seeking bar allows you to play the file at any position Remember that the time Intro will appear in the Intro counter at On Air Screen This counter shows the Intro Time in a regressive count so the operator or the speaker know how much time he has to talk over the music Also the Intro time is used in automatic programming since AutoDj is able to play the presentations for each song mixed on the music according to the time of intro This way just whe
83. LIST MANAGER MODULES FONT NAME Arial Select a font fo use Eq Aval Tahoma etc FONT SIZE 13 pt keep in mina that F choosing a foo big font size texi in the buttons wal be truncated LIVE ASSIST MODULES FONT NAME Arial Select a font fo use Eg Anal Tahoma efe FONT SIZE 14 pt keep in mind hat E choosing a foo big font size fexd in ihe butions wil be buncated VIDEO To known about video settings please refers to AUDICOM HDV Mixer user s manual Update Reinstall To change the computer up to Air or reinstall everything on it proceed as follows 1 Install AUDICOM on the new computer using the original CD ROM The new computer must have the same network name as the original computer 2 Replace the C AUDICOM recently created by the installer for the C AUDICOM which originally had the computer 3 Replace the C ADMICOM recently created by the installer for the C ADMICOM which originally had the computer 4 If you also wish to update upgrade AUDICOM must have current support contract updates and services In this case can be downloaded from the Internet www solidynePro com 1 5 1 1 6 1 7 KA On air screen http www solidynepro com indexahtmlp_UpGrade t htm last updated AUDICOM and now may be installed To install a newer version from a CD choose Modular Reinstall option Install the same modules as how full but can be chosen individually from a menu Usua
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85. NED EVENTS Page 82 Chained events This command allows to chain up to four titles If one of the chained titles is not found the other chained titles will be skipped played on the air Notice that this command doesn t require to be preceded by a slash The chained Titles will be graphically represented in the window CyberPlay The main application of the command chained events is for automated breaking news When used the Virtual Journalism for automatic recording of the news reporters and journalists phoning to Radio Station and leave recorded their news using a system of Voice Mail or send it via mailLink see AUDICOM WEBTools The news is programmed as a Multiple Event with a Opening b News file c Close If events are chained in the absence of any news no airs and Closing Presentation Example batch 12 00 SF5 Time Spot 1 Spot 2 Next an example of chained events Opening News_report20140227 www solidynePro com Schedule Close Spot 3 Spot 4 If the audio file News report20140227 doesn t exist Opening and Close are skipped 3 1 9 13 REGIONAL Regional It is used to command remote stations via satellite SatSlave When recognizing this command AUDICOM changes the state of the USB GPIO This is the control signal that will commute to the remote workstation via satellite so that it starts to transmit the signal of the satellite It involves to all the files programmed after t
86. OM Skins 5 2 12 Presets It presents a group users with default settings according to each user s job 5 2 13 Pop up messages When an user tries to carry out a non allowed action an pop up message will appear notifying the restriction These messages disappear automatically lapsed some seconds or clicking on them Warning User not autorized to perform this operation Ed files Updated 28 In this example the user tried to play from File Manager Page 120 www solidynePro com Network settings 9 3 Using AUDICOM on networks We will continue with our example of 5 terminals and a Servant connected through a network to peer to peer type Windows 1 Terminal AM AM 2 Terminal FM FM 3 Production Production 4 News News 5 Traffic and ads Commercial 6 File server ServerAUDI COM Each computer has access to local discs that are physically in that computer and discs of network they are the discs of the other computer to through of references UNC After they detail the units that each terminal has and if they are or not shared for other terminals Terminals AM FM Produccion Noticias y Comercial C Not shared partition dedicated to the operating system and AUDI COM files D Shared as read write Server C Not shared partition dedicated to the operating system D Shared as read write E Shared as read write The drives for main storage are in the server Remember that the AUDI
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88. Playlists Exacttime option is a special inclusion inside a block that allows to include titles so that they be on the air at certain hour To know details about the commends see CyberPlay Editor Commands for contents schedule Press Continue to jump to the next step Step 2 Program s Atributes Program name Greatest Hits From time 20 00 To time 2 00 In this window you define a Name for the radio show and the Beginning and Ending times Pressing continue you pass to the following step www solidynePro com Page 69 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Step 3 Define the sponsor of your Sponsors name Keko s Oper E pening spat Maid Break spot Close Closing spol Here you can define Sponsor files to the radio show Or you can use promotions cuts presentations and ending cuts etc Leaving the field NAME empty it s assumed that these radio show doesn t have Sponsors neither presentation files In the fields Open Mid and Close the file names are entered typing them or by drag n drop from File Manager or InfoMusic Production If an AutoDj block is programming a fourth window will appear which allows to select from a drop down menu the format for the automatic musical block basically it determinate the music Style Step 4 Select the AutoDJ format 2 Format 4utoD Dema AutoD Jazz AutoD Melodic AutoD Pop Auto Rock Finally it is possible to enter a special inclusion ExactTime including on
89. Production 4 News terminal News 5 Traffic and administration Comercials 6 File Server ServerSolidyne If the user wants to receive a recommendation on the characteristics of the machines to buy consult to info solidynePro com 5 1 1 Settings Is convenient that all PC s have a dedicated partition for the operating system 10 GB will be enough AUDICOM installs on C AUDICOM The folder AUDICOM must be shared for writing and reading Each computer must have installed the sharing service to files and printers All the references through the network will be made via UNC so is convenient to name to the computers with the name of the correspondent studio AM FM Production etc in order to avoid confusions The network has a dedicated file server not for applications The applications are installed in each terminal The server stores the media files MP3 WAV MP4 etc If you wants to work with a centralized database located in the server we recommend to keep the main files in the Production terminal and soon export it to the file server Install in each terminal only the applications that you need Then each terminal will be customized as will see later on The server doesn t require applications The Admicom Traffic and Ads will only be necessary in the terminal of Commercial Administration We assume for our example that all the PC s has a dedicated partition to the operating system AUDICOM installs always on C AU
90. STALLATION installs all AUDICOM modules demos and accessories This option is recommended for the first installation when previous versions don t exist The components installed are www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM e Licenses Hardkey drivers e AUDICOM and all basic modules On air main program File Manager InfoMusic production CyberPlay Editor AutoDj Editor News Virtual Office Aaudit HDCorder DBreindex Documentation files e Admicom Management of ads and billing only Multicast y HD e Audio demo cuts optional e Demo scheduling files optional e AutoRec 202 24Hs MP3 Recording This product is sold separately but AUDICOM includes the a version for 2 channels that works over on air terminal e CDex transfers audio CDs to the hard disk It compresses files WAV in MP3 using the LAME codec Once the installation completes reboot the system The setup will create an AUDICOM icon s group on Windows Start Up menu All AUDI COM files are located at C AUDICOM with the following sub folders AUDICOM AIR On Air scheduling logs AUDIO Contains all audio folders used by AUDICOM ALL audio files are stored in folders located in AUDICOM Audio DB Files of musical database LA ICONS Live Assist icons LOG Commercial program logs METEOR Weather Station files PGM Artistic contents logs TEXT Contents the folders with TXT files This folders structure is fixed The location of these folders is
91. Stations Settings gt Station Here is the information about the station By default there are one station called Demo Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Generate Station Search New Edit Delete Code Radio Name Radio DEMO 88 1 Max Break Time 5 600 10 0 minutes Output Path C Audicom log Audio Path C Audicom audio Air log path C Audicom air Image File E Cancel B Save 7 1 1 1 Station information Code identification code or abbreviation for the station name It supports up to 10 alphanumeric characters i e AM1030 Name Is the real name of the radio i e Radio Am rica Max advertising time Sets a time limit for the advertising scheduled per hour Usually the limit of advertising per hour is regulated by laws that differs in each country When Admicom generates the commercial breaks never exceeds this limit If the number of ads ruled is over the limit of time some ads will be rejected according to its priority value Output path Location of the folder in which log files will be created for the current station Audio path Location of the folder containing the audio files spots www solidynePro com Page 149 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 1 1 2 Basic controls To search an existent station press Search To change the information of the current station press Edit To add a station press New only available at Multicast version To delete the current sta
92. This is useful when you wants to avoid the succession of two titles interpreted by soloists duets or orchestras The number indicates how many themes of different gender AutoDj must program as minimum between two of the same gender 3 2 2 6 Tempo Mode The grids Tempo speed of the music and Mode loudness are another variables that controls the AutoDj behavior You can request that soft titles don t be played consecutively or to avoid the succession of a soft music and another very loud etc In the same way you can avoid the succession of Largo tempo themes or the mixture of Allegro with Largo etc You can define all variants in the Tempo and Mode grids by checking the boxes A checked box reduce the probabilities that these combination takes place Example Checking the box Very Loud in the file Soft Very loud songs will be avoided after a soft title but will be accepted Very Soft Soft and Loud songs Whenever ADj selects a title look for the Tempo Modo matrix to check if the selected title is compatible with the last scheduled In the same way if last selected title is Presto and the Tempo Mode matrix have a checked the row Presto column Largo all Largo titles looses priority to have the next title If you wants that all the combinations have the same probability leaves all checkboxes unchecked recommended for small databases In order to reduce to the m
93. UDICOM Audio path will be ignored To include them move them to the AUDICOM s AUDIO folder Up to 320 folders can be created on local and network drives Folders with repeated names are not allowed If there are folder with the same name in different workstations File Manager will only show the content of the local folder Name electrotango Drive Server CA Audio Video folder C Text folder C Extra folder autoDB add titles in this folder to DB automatically Tomar interprete de nombre de archivo Class Musica Color nocolor y Sort order Performer Atade in 15 Xfade out 15 Formato interprete Formato Nombre Propio Formato titulo Formato frase coa mo Here the NEW FOLDER properties are set Name The folder name can have up to fifteen 15 characters but someone can be not visible on TABs depending on the upper case combination and windows size Remember that in music folders with autoDB enabled the name of the folder will be the musical STYLE in the Database Disc Server It defines the drive in which the new folder will be created It can be a local disk or a network disk You must have writing permission Folder type There are three types of folders Audio Folders contains audio files like music commercial spots promotionals etc Text folders contains the text files that AUDICOM manages used for news They allow to create text files with associated audio files when you inser
94. UDICOM SAU DIOS err Just my lmadgination The Cranberries 00 57 CA400I C0Mm 4400104 D er FOICE HAJOE Lo RE ed La realidad en estereo 00 11 CMAUDICOMSALU DIO Fror Lanterna dos afogados Gal Costa 04 45 CAUDICOMAUDION azz Las cosas por su nombre 00 78 CAA0DICOMASU0 CIO Fror Lets talk about me Alan Parsons Project 01 47 CAAUDICOM SSUDIOSD er This window shows the result of a search sorted alphabetically Each title shows its length and the full path to the associated file This windows use the nomenclature of colors used in the File Manager standard in AUDI COM the colors indicates the time lapsed from the last time on air a E TEE pS AS lt 4 Hours DEN adria ear 4 a 12 Hours OOREEN rra tacos id dal tanda 12 a 24 Hours ES ANUN N gt 24 Hours 4 2 5 4 RIGHT CLIC MENU Right clicking on a title launches a menu with the following options Play Stop Play controls File Manager Opens the AUDI COM File Manager Delete Remove the title from the Data Base not the file from HD Sort by name Sorts the content of the window in alphabetical order Sort by length Sorts the content of the window according to the lengths from smaller to bigger 4 2 5 5 SCROLL BUTTONS Up Down arrows Allows you to explore the content of the Found Records window www solidynePro com Page 109 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 4 2 5 6 SAVE F2 Save the record to the database or save changes for an existing record Remember you can enter a sin
95. UDIO CO MAIN PROGRAM OUTPUT Cyberplay File Manager InfoProd Primary Sound Driver if auto playback mode commercial breaks and music blocks are played back using fs device INSTANT REPLAY BUTTONS Live Assist 1 Audio digital S PDIF 2 Dispositivo de High Definition Audi Select imix model to mix audio inte the main program output Mic level is sef by CybenPlays Wir Made button Live Assist 2 This ouput is only avalable in Mubicast versions of the product ar above AUXILIARY PLAYERS Playlist Manager 1 Primary Sound Driver Par s Manager alows DUS fo play music tracks an separate audio channels of fhe maang console for realtime ming Playlist Manager 2 Audio digital 5 PDIF 2 Dispositivo de High Definition Audi This ougout only avaiable in Mubicast versions of the produci ar above SERVICE CHANNELS CUE Off Air Monitoring output Auriculares 2 Dispositivo de High Definition Audio Usually fhe mothe toads onboard audo cand is used for CUE The card s ne ouf can be connected direct fa a sel of auodlay CUE speakers Instant Recorder Irec L nea de entrada 2 Dispositivo de High Definition Audio Audo source fo be recoded should be connected to the mix console s AG outouv prior fo audo processing www solidynePro com Page 17 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM The channels assigned in mix mode are mixed directly to PGM When change the settings reboot all AUDICOM apps in order to changes take effects
96. URL is obtained RDS module that runs on the PC header iLink address field Usually is the IP and port of the computer running AUDI COM Multicast at the master station Example iLink 190 247 72 170 8081 in red color the IP header in blue the port used by the header computer If RDS transmitted to a server instead of behaving as server in Program name you must enter the server URL address Example iLink encoder iviplanet com AUDI COM From to Start time and end time for Link block STEP 3 Not used Press Continue STEP 4 www solidynePro com Page 135 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Format AutoD Dema AutoD Jazz AutoDy Melodic AutoD Pop AutoD Rock AutoD It is the AutoDj format automatic musical block that Ll nk will use when a The length of master commercial breack is longer than the regional breack In this case the time difference is adjusted by programming songs b Internet connection fails In this case iLink programmed music and sent on the air the regional commercials as they are scheduled pending the re connection to Internet Ideally the styles involved in these blocks AutoDj containing songs of varying lengths This speeds up the time compensation Furthermore it should not use autoDJ of induced mode because if we force a sequence of styles Hits 80 Hits 90 Hits 00 etc autoDJ not have the same ability to find songs with the exact length required which if allowed to choos
97. able n determines the voice used for the announcement If it s not defined the announcement will refers to the status of toolbar Voice button The options are 1 Male voice 2 Female voice 3 Alternative voice 4 Alternate between voices Keep in mind that this will modify the state of the button therefore if after an instruction Time 1 masculine there is an instruction Time without specified locution it will be played on air with male voice unless the operator has modified the state of the button in the tool bar Example Batch 08 15 SF5 Spot 1 Spot 2 Time Spot 3 NOTE In the schedule the times assigned to Meteor items are estimated This produces that if a commercial break begins with a Meteor the time of suitable error is bigger to the real one This takes place because the difference is corrected to the playing instantly the Meteor In the case of the Time the announcement aired will conform in real time The estimation of times in the schedule doesn t AFFECT the playing of the announcement Time on air since this it begins at exact time 3 1 9 4 TEMP Temp Plays the announcement correspondent to the current temp Is equivalent to press the button Temp in the tool bar Example batch 20 30 Temp Spot 1 Spot 2 3 1 9 5 HUMIDITY Hum Plays the announcement correspondent to the current humidity Is equivalent to press the button Hum in the tool bar Example batch 07 00 Spot
98. ame in Windows We recommend do not exceed 17 characters for the length 1 4 3 2 START UP OPTIONS Never start AUDI COM When l Logon starts stay on screen until the user enters a valid user name password Start auto playing in 3 minutes When llogon starts stay on screen and launch AUDI COM lapsed 3 minutes logged with the user automatico if the user is not present www solidynePro com Page 19 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 4 3 3 MUSICALIZATION OPTIONS Amount of music tracks to show in advance Defines the number of titles that AutoDJ selects in advance PROMO class to use Allows differentiate promotional cuts that identify the Station from artistic cuts used by music programmers This field define the category that AutoDj will use 1 4 3 4 CYBERPLAY OPTIONS CYBERPLAY OPTIONS INCLUDE A PAUSE AFTER EACH LIVE BLOCK DO MOT INSERT PAUSE recommended Acirafe omi i fv do nef med fe mesc nfo Cierta preemia fo piap manual on Dapa Manager AUTOMATICALLY LOAD NEXT DAY PROGRAMMING AT 15 00 Hs Pie af aot AUCO sal oad ihe next dapt progaming both must and commercia breaks info AUTOMATIC HEIGHT OF COMMENT TEXTBOX ves nan ite cammen fexiious oat fe enough fo danar e curen audio e comment aealncreace ie se of te boy reducen fe ore of ihe Ciber DEACTIVATED INDEPENDENT CHANNEL CUE NO recommended for independent channel CUE ngjEl Winn aeacitafed CUE e piped back on ihe same plapback audio card excepi fal BOS text are nof u
99. aming log in the chapter CyberPlay gt Operations WARNING Make backup copies periodically of all LOG and PGM files since if these files are lost accidentally you will get lost the programming of the radio 3 1 3 Load and save files 3 1 3 1 Loading a file This description is valid for windows LOG and PGM since the procedure is similar for both Here you can load the programming files individually although is possible to load both files log pgm simultaneously as it s explained later Pressing the button will appear the following window Load from c Audicom Pgm Day Week day hon i Musicacltermativa TXT reggae tet Year VIDEOS TT Show only PLAYLIST Tes E Drop down menus Day Day of the Week Month and Year allows to enter the date for wanted file Also you can select a file directly from the right list REMEMBER The file name is the date for which they were generated as was explained above 3 1 3 2 Loading LOG and PGM for a date When the CyberPlay Editor module opens automatically loads the programming files for the current day commercial breaks and program blocks This button allows you to load both LOG and PGM files for the selected date After loading the files the graphical preview is generated on the CyberPlay Test window May 2014 293 30 1 E 7 5 10 l3 14 15 16 17 0 21 22 25 ed 27 Eb 23 30 31 3 4 5 6 7 Z Today 5 28 2014 Cancel www solid
100. ample audio console is not used the signal enters directly to the line input of the sound card www solidynePro com Page 29 SOLI DY 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 3 1 10 NE AUDICOM REMOTE TERMINAL Satellite header Salida a consola oProcesador Pin 6 USB GPIO A Si Sse Pin 9 A Contacto Entrada a GND relevador Sound Blaster dentro del Decoder por LIN IN satelital Audio estereo desde el decoder The connections pin out are detailed at USB GPIO INPUT DEVICE The input used in this mode is defined in AUDICOM Configuration Panel If not defined the default audio device is used To check the Windows default device go to Control Panel gt Sounds and Multimedia section Power outage It should never be allowed that an power failure affects the computer Remember that Windows have a progressive method to shutdown the system and that it doesn t accept an abrupt cut of feeding The hard disks can damage if the computer don t shutdowns properly Therefore always it should be provided to the computer of a Source of Non Off Feeding denominated UPS for their initials in English This source UPS is a system fed from a battery that transforms the direct current of this into AC of 220 volts They will always be used the denominated UPS On line or of Double Conversion that you they are a little more expensive than the common ones but they guarantee the absolute continuity of the feeding The power will be of 500 W fo
101. announcements using files previously recorded a demo set is included with the AUDICOM software You can make you own recordings as is detailed in Customized voices for weather reports Up to 4 sets of voices can be done 2 2 3 1 Display Shows the date time and the current weather info It also include an old fashioned needle clock Current time Pressing this button the announcement corresponding to the current time is played on air in mix mode through PGM audio channel The time is taken from the PC clock If you wants to adjust the computer clock make sure that AUDICOM is stopped since changes on the PC clock while the program is on air can cause errors in the time calculations Time O clock When you press this button it will remains retained To release it press it again When this button is on the time will be announced every time o clock 16 00 17 00 etc The button voice defines the voice set used for the announcement Take in mind that the time announcement will be aired in mix mode that is to say played over the audio broadcasting at this moment Temp Humidity Pressure Rain Each button plays the announcement corresponding to the requested item If you pulses several successively they will be aired one after another one Voice button Allows to define the voice set used for time and weather announcements Up to four sets of voices are allowed 2 2 3 2 Update values 2 3 Page 36 D
102. another editor InfoMusic Working on the AIR desktop this option shows the data of the selected title in the InfoMusic Air window On the production desktop runs the InfoMusic Producction module Search Opens the search windows F3 Delete Deletes the file from the disk and from database Deleted files are sent to Windows Recycle folder Rename It allows to change the file name updating the database It s not necessary to type the extension of the file The keyboard shortcut for this function is F2 Sort by name Sort the titles in alphabetical order Same action obtains by clicking on the row header Sort by length Sort the titles by duration from smaller to bigger Same action obtains by clicking on the row header Show This options allows to filter the folder contents to view only recent files autoDB automatic file indexing When a folder has this feature enabled all files copied to the folder are automatically entered into InfoMusic data base This feature really simplify the work of load music into data base J ust copying files to an autoDb folder the titles are is added to data base with Name Performer and Style being enabled to be used by AutoDj Obviously you can complete or modify the information soon from InfoMusic Production In an autoDb folder audio files are indexed as following a File Manager analyzes the file name If the file name format is Performer Title mp3 what is at the left of the sc
103. ans ALL titles added in the last three days All titles It exports the complete Database Allows to duplicate all the data see Styles filter Where do you wants to copy The second step is to define the destiny workstations To one workstation Exports the titles to only one workstation selected from the drop down menu at right To all workstations Transfers the titles to ALL AUDICOM workstations with database Air and Production terminals www solidynePro com Page 111 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 4 3 4 3 1 To specific workstations This option allows to specify two or more destinations The different workstations are declared with names UNC separated by point and coma For example Y Y FM C AUDICOM Db Y Y AM C AUDICOM Db the titles are exported FM to the workstations and AM FILTER BY STYLES This option is used to validate the styles located in each workstation when exporting the titles When you export a title but the Style of this title doesn t exist in the destination terminal you can opt for not to transfer that title or transfer it and create the Style in the destination terminal Yes the styles must exist at destiny The titles are not transferred if their styles doesn t exist in the destiny workstation Eg Let us suppose the case of two FM workstations with different musical profile The musical programming for FM 1 plays Rock amp Pop for a young target with many TopHit s On the other hand FM 2 programming is 80
104. ants but when you leaves the folder it returns to its default sort parameter Fade in out Fade In Out in AUDICOM 8 can be configured on a Style Folder basis or on an audio file basis In both cases the crossfade indications are in tenths of a second so a value of 5 means 0 5 seconds By default when you create using File Manager a Music Folder the cross fade is set to 15 both for in out This means that you will hear a 1 5 seconds fade when this audio is faded to the next song in the Playlist By the way the actual value used in a fade is the smallest value between the fadeout value of the track that s ending and the fadein value of the track that s starting Using the above logic a music track before a commercial break won t never produce a crossfade between the two blocks commercials and station ID s have a fadein value of O or almost zero 2 8 2 18 IMPORT FOLDER When you maximizes the File Manager an Import Folder button appears which has a CD icon This tool allows you to load temporarily a folder located outside the AUDICOM s folders path Folders located anywhere of the disk or the network can be imported even from a CD ROM Pressing this button a window with a tree structure will appear Explore and select the wished folder The folder will be added to the File Manager tabs like an extra folder This way you can copy files to File Manager folders or to play them on air Imported folders will be removed from F
105. arried out with a relationship of 50 When concluding the last AutoDj title the file Title 3 is played www solidynePro com Page 89 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 1 10 6 INTERNET LINK ILink only for Multicast and higher Link with others AUDICOM terminals Block 00 00 24 00 ILink AutoDj Jazz ilink 1P port This instruction is used by AUDICOM Multicast repeater terminals which re transmit the incoming streaming audio metadata from a master station In the repeater station the Link block replaces the commercial breaks from the header for local ads The iLink command is described in Internet Tools gt iLink Link with public streaming Block 00 00 24 00 ILink AutoDj Jazz mms IP port This feature allows you to download any streaming audio on the Internet The MMS protocol is standard in Windows and does not require installing additional decoders Other supported protocols require the installation of the corresponding decoder AUDICOM Pro supports only the mms protocol AUDICOM Multicast and higher also supports the following protocols HTTP Streams icyx stream path Assumes port 80 unless otherwise indicated RTSP Streams rtpx stream path Assumes port 554 unless otherwise indicated HTTP RTSP Streams htpx stream path Assumes port 80 unless otherwise indicated RTMP Flash Streams rtmx stream path Assumes port 1935 unless otherwise indicated The syntax of the command block AutoDj is
106. as the commercial spots shedule This LOG file can be created by an external traffic software or by using Admicom traffic software It can also be manually done using CyberPlay Editor Usually there are a different LOG file for each day using the format AAMMDD LOG Year Month Day Then CyberPlay combines both files to generate the complete program log Advise The programming logs LOG y PGM are loaded by aire module all days at 18 05 Hs p m This can be changed from AUDI COM ini file 2 3 1 OVERVIEW The module CyberPlay shows under a graphical environment the programming log for today and also yesterday and tomorrow logs The user can scroll the schedule using the right scroll bars ESTILO BLOCK Dl ERROR 00 00 MONTHOO MONTHOO 00 10 Escucha esta musica A AutoDJ 12 46 13 00 Formato no definido AutoDj C OT T2 one drives me wild 01 29 Prime Time 01 06 Go Home 01 36 Shattered 01 44 The trickis to keep breathing 01 34 Little Bird 01 44 Rain MP3 File 01 36 Crazy little thing called love 00 00 SET INSERT CD reon sue LOG ida SET A AutoDy For an easy visualization the each block are displayed with different color Green Commercial Block Yellow Live Block Light Blue AutoDj automatic Block Light Red Satellite Block streaming link iLink www solidynePro com Page 37 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Violet Exacttime Black Pauses To the left of each event you can see the scheduled time This
107. ase that it fails the network the air terminals will continue operating We will work with synchronous Data bases that is to say each air terminal has its own Data base Programming works directly on the Air terminals The organization of the archives explains in detail in the chapter File layout www solidynePro com Page 121 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 9 3 2 1 How to register files It will be necessary to enter to Base de Datos all music and the promotional ones Once engravings the archives move to the different terminals or to the Servant and soon are registered in Base de Datos according to corresponds The titles are recorded and published in the terminal of Production in local discs When they are ready to leave to the air it is sent them to the terminal that corresponds according to is music spots etc Also the tool Transfer de InfoMusic Prod is possible to export registries between Data bases using Generally the commercial warnings are not registered in Base de Datos It can do it if it wishes it but it does not represent any advantage unless it wants to assign a small fused time of among them It is desired to enter new a promotional one of the radio terminal FM e Inthe terminal of Production the promotional file is recorded Your there are elejido wav to us e The file of publishes and it is completed to leave to the air e We opened Cases out Manager and we expanded to see it the second window e Inthe window of t
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109. aximum the probability of certain tempo modo value check to the entire ROW and the entire COLUMN for that Tempo Modo value Prediction rule For the case of the first title of a block to not having previous title anyone is considered valid For this case in individual it is considered that the selected title does not have all the combinations restricted that is to say a Matrix with the entire row checked If this happens that title loses priority since no title that follows it is compatible Example If the entire row Allegro is marked the first title of a block could not be Allegro The prediction rule is implemented because although an entire column is marked eg Very strong the first title of the block could be very strong having no previous qualifications To avoid this the Very strong row must also be marked in full Row and column marking the priority of that value is reduced for any pocisi n Other examples don t want that Loud and Very loud titles be programmed Examining the requirement we see that you only want Soft music for your block For make this check all Squares on the COLUMNS Loud and Very loud But also the ROWS Loud and Very loud to avoid that the first title of a block does not fulfill the requirement www solidynePro com Page 93 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 2 2 7 3 2 2 8 3 2 2 9 NOTES If a title X does not have defined the Tempo Mode in the da
110. base which store the whole information of each media file amount times that were emitted on air last time on air best week etc This kind of data is registered in automatic form but other parameters like File Class Music Promo Spot etc Gender Performer Author etc are entered by the user using InfoMusic This information is used later by AutoDj to carry out the musical selection It s easy to enter the information of each audio file into Database since the InfoMusic graphical environment facilitates the work Each parameter has its own field and when a parameter is entered it s kept in a drop down menu so that you don t need to enter the same parameter more than once Instead that you simply opens the drop down menu and selects it directly Remember The folders with attribute autoDB are a great tool and are the recommended method for ingest media Please refer to AUDICOM File Manager for details 4 2 2 Users fields These fields are for detailed file information The user can fill all fields or only the more important ones All fields can leave empty with the exception of Class and Style But whatever more empty fields have smaller artistic quality will have the AutoD schedule Page 101 www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM InfoMusic Prod has keyboard shortcuts which are indicated in the following explanations among brackets 4 2 2 1 FILE NAME default host Current host Title Karma Police E
111. be used in ALL AutoDj blocks no matter what kind of format is defined AutoDj can use this promo s to time adjustment if it were necessary PROMOPGM The category PROMOPGM is also used by AutoDj but only when is required to insert a promotional cut into the musical scheduling PromoPGM s are not used for time adjustments because these promotional are reserved for specific programs InfoMusic database allows you to catalog a promotional according to its use a Promo s enabled to be included in AutoDj musical blocks each n titles related to the current show This kind of promos are registered as Class PromoPgm and they can be used by AutoDj with filters E g if the promo s are Night 1 Night 2 Night 3 etc and the filter is Night only promo s that begins with the word Night will be scheduled b Promotional cuts with general announcements that can be aired at any moment The system uses them for time adjustments in automatic scheduling at midnight and before the o clock or low tolerance commercials blocks This kind of promos are registered as Class Promo c Special promos only used in some radioshows that don t be managed by AutoDj are catalogued as Class Separators NOTE In the Configuration Panel the category used by AutoDj when insert promos each n titles can be changed Partners files This option enables AutoDj to use the partners files which are the presentation anouncements of each song If this checkbo
112. can be operated from the computer keyboard Page 46 www solidynePro com On air screen 2 5 2 Set the output devices Live Assist can use the main program output shared with CyberPlay or use a separate channel to mix the signals externally to the console The output devices sets from the Configuration Panel AConfig AUDICOM can work with a second Live Assist which can use a third audio device 2 9 3 USING LIVE ASSIST 2 5 3 1 Maximized view The Live Assist window can be expanded to visualize all the buttons In the normal view only some buttons are displayed Size are changed from maximize minimize icon located at the top right corner 2 5 3 2 Pause Stop amp Fade stop Pause stops the playback but can be resumed from that point by NN pressing Play When the audio is paused the button changes to Stop If you press it definitely stops playing Fade stop produces a gradual fade level and stops playback 2 5 3 3 Cueing Right clicking on a button you access the CUE option for previewing uses the output channel CUE defined in the Configuration Panel CUE also activated if you hold down the right button for over 1 second Another option is enabled in the channel CUE console and turn on Live Assist CUE mode by double click on the CUE legend on the left side of the timer This causes the audio playback to Live Assist NO is reported by RDS IRDS or saved to on air logs air This mode is used by some o
113. cking on them or pressing Escape in the keyboard Vrarming User not autori zed to perform this operation a 64 files Updated 28 In this example the user tried to Play from File Manager 2 3 2 Transport controls Next all the controls and buttons of the On Air Module are described The functions that have a keyboard shortcut are indicated in brackets ESTILO BLOCK ERROR 00 00 2 3 2 1 Space bar spacebar home Starts the play of the programming schedule beginning from the title marked as Lb next green cursor If Play is pressed during the reproduction skips to the next title if the titles have assigned crossfade values they are ignored The jump will be done always by cut AUTO PLAY This feature makes AUDICOM start to play lapsed one minute after iLogon opens and the user is not present If the user make an action I E click on play list item auto play is aborted The playing will start from the item of the scheduling nearest to the current time The Auto play mode is set in the Configuration Panel sections Preferences This feature is very useful in case of power failure when the radio works automatically and there is no operating staff A shortcut must be placed in the Start Up folder of Windows menu so that AUDICOM executes when Windows starts Page 40 www solidynePro com On air screen There is another way to generate a boot which is not related to the abo
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115. currence of every day at the same time RND RoadSafety 1 Each time that this command is scheduled is aired a different spot from the folder RoadSafety Pauses a stop point into the air playlist Instead the file name enter the command Pause It will introduce a Pause into the commercial break that is to say a stop point for the on air play list www solidynePro com Page 161 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 3 4 Generate the commercial breaks Ad Campaigns gt Schedule Generating the commercial schedules files log for each day These files are used in AUDICOM Air terminal to generate the unified playlist CyberPlay commercial breaks automated musicalizaci n live events To generate the ad schedules log files procced as follow 1 Define the days for which you want to generate the scheduling fields Start Date End Date By default the scheduling is generated only for the current day But you can generate the log files for a whole week changing End Date You can type the date or enter it using the calendar that appears when you click on the icon 2 Choose from the list the stations for which you can create the scheduling only Multicast version This is not necessary when you manages only one radio 3 Click on Generate Admicom will start to generate the advertising logs to specified days If needed you can view the commercial breaks generated using the module Cyber Play Editor of AUDICOM This tool shows
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117. d and a Wideband Internet access iLink output device iLink will play the incoming streaming using the output device assigned as default for Windows so to change the iLink output device the Windows default output must be changed Using iLink in CyberPlay Editor At the slave repeater station an iLink block is programed to define the schedule segment to connect with header station This is done within the scheduling file PGM using CyberPlay Editor You can create a single iLink segment for the whole day or to make several iLink blocks to link to the head at different times The iLink block is similar to other types of AUDICOM blocks Live AutoDj Satellital Block is created through the wizard Magic Programming choosing the option iLink Block www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads STEP 1 Welcome to the MagicProgrammi What kind of program block do you want Live program Block Programa en vivo AutoDJ Block Programa musical automatico y ie Link block Programa via streaming Satellite Filled Block Prog de relleno satelital Satellite Slave Block Prog esclavo de satelite Exact time Inclusion especial Direct sequence of titles ee External D J cos STEP 2 step 2 Program s Atributes Program name iLink 4 1 90 247 2 000 From time 000 To time 4 00 Program name Here you enter the URL address for access to streaming generated at master station This
118. d window remaining available the results of the first search A third search replaces the contents of the first window a fourth replace the second and so on If you want to work with a single results window close the window 1 before performing the second search You can retain the results of a search in window 1 working on the new search window 2 To do so close the window 2 after a search that this window reopens with every search instead of replacing the contents of the window 1 From the Search results window titles can be inserted in the CyberPlay schedule by drag and drop or pressing the Insert button blue arrow The selected title will be added in the CyberPlay window above the selected item yellow cursor The content of menus Style Performer etc is updated whenever the InfoMusic module is opened If changes occurs on the data base from a Production workstation these changes will not appear in the Onair Infomusic until it is closed and re opened The operation mode is similar to the InfoMusic Production In order to know more about InfoMusic and Musical Data Base Base refers to InfoMusic Production Keyboard shortcuts The function keys F5 to F12 are for Onair InfoMusic as is described next F5 SEARCH Starts the search according to the defined parameters F6 EMPTY FIELDS Suspends the visualization of the current title and raisin to the search mode cleaning all fields except Class to make a new search
119. dd titles directly inserting the CyberPlay window Drag Drop from InfoMuscic Production or File Manager An example of PlayList shown www solidynePro com Plasthisi manual Body Combat 07 05 Rele Don t Body Combat 14 02 Michael Jac Body Combat 06 07 Waldo s peo TIME 44 03 Many Grtn Knock On 30 10 Fire inc Nowhere Fas Da Burz Yanna Be With Me Ext Body Combat 10 09 Joan Jet Body Combat 14 03 The Ramones Body Combat 06 06 Creeddence PALISE 40 02 KE propecti like to 42 10 Jan Wayne meets Lena 36 11 Hit Em Up Style 4 01 Mary Kiani Ho Frills Bus Stop feat Randy Bachman EMP e Omen Body Combat 07 03 Phat Bass 40 09 Hermes Howse Band amp DJ 40 03 E ype AFRICA 10 0J Boozy Woory amp Pryme Jum Schedule CYHERL LAY Plesdisi manuel 04 36 Body Combat 07 05 Relax Don t de 04 46 Body Combatl4 02 Michael Jac 30450 Body Combat 00 07 Weldo s pao 3 ee A a os E TFS MEA DO Meteor ma 03 42 44 03 Mary Gritin Knock On 00 18 05 06 02 30 10 Fire inc Nowhere Fas 00 24 08 06 54 De Burz Wanna Be With Me Ext 00 31 02 05 09 Body Combet 10 09 Joan Jon 6 0429 Body Comba 14 03 The Ramones 5 05 18 Body Combat 08 06 Creeddence 00 06 PAUSE 06 39 40 02 Kk project like to 00 52 33 05 20 42 10 Jan Wayne meets Lena 00 57 53 0552 36 11 H8 Em Up Style MAS 06 39 44 01 Mery Kiani No Frills 2a 07 47 Bus Stop feat Randy Bachman a0 00 04 Meteor Temperature d 0000 T
120. de la Tanda SFS 01 00 Spot 01 00 Spot 00 04 Meteor Time 01 00 Spots where 00 00 Commercial block time stamp when should be aired in hours and minutes SF5 Parameters that determine the time error margin of the block in minutes Spot1 Spot2 Title of the Commercial files spots or station jingles Meteor Time Description of the extended command selected In this case say the time 2 3 1 2 PROGRAM blocks radio shows During the program blocks the contents of the radio develop these segments may correspond to live shows musical automatic programming AutoDJ satellite links or over the Internet explained below The information found in all other blocks will be similar to that of the following example Live 18 00 18 00 lt no titles Program Lenght 16 00 gt 21 00 Live block type 18 00 18 00 Time of Beginning and Ending of block They always indicate the interval between the beginning of the block and the beginning of the following commercial block In this example the commercial block and the block they both begin at 18 00 o clock lt no title gt Name of block In this example the block doesn t have a name so the lt no title gt legend is displayed Program Lenght It indicates the beginning and ending time of the current show which is made up of several blocks In this case it is a talk show because the show is made up of Live blocks starts at 18 00 6 00PM and ends at 21 00 9 00PM Note
121. declared AutoDj Jazz in the example that will be used as backup in case the connection to the streaming server is lost In that case when the connection is restored AUDICOM interrupted to AutoDj and streaming resumes 3 1 10 7 Satellite FILL Block HH MM HH MM Satfill X T tulo del bloque In this blocks AUDICOM works playing the signal from the satellite or a VHF link According to the programming schedule interrupts the satellite transmission to play to the local programming usually commercial breaks or news coming from the AUDICOM s journalism system When the local programming ends AUDICOM enters to the SYNCRO mode In this state plays the audio signal coming from the satellite and waits until the schedule of the next commercial break to continue with the local programming The commutation of the signal can be made in two ways a gt controlling the console via USB GPIO if the console support it b gt connecting the satellite signal to the line input of the soundcard AUDICOM will commute the line input of the soundcard In this case you can only commute one input although there is more than one sound card available The modifier X selects the source to commute It can be 1 2 3 or 4 corresponding these numbers to the outputs of the GPIO respectively This allows to command until four channels on the console For details please refers to Remote Control and Satellites Page 90 www solidynePro com Schedul
122. der they were selected IMPORTANT If the PlayList will exceed the length of the block titles ONLY are inserted to completion The PlayList does not extend to the next block For example 1 Insert a PlayList hra at 17 30 ona LIVE block ends at 18 00 Hs titles ONLY are inserted until 18 00 Hrs 3 1 4 4 DIRECT INCLUSION This allows to include audio files directly into the scheduling logs The titles placed below the command are included by appearance order If the interval between two commercial breaks are exceeded the remaining titles will be programed after the batch considering the batch s flexibility time Next an example of direct inclusion Block 07 00 09 00 Live Front Line Assembly Gun Funker Vogt Civil War Leaether Strip Kill a raver Wumpscut Womb BlutEngel My Time Hocico Coward as a slave Aghast View Truthhead Solitary Experiment Soldiers of Fortune Decoded Feedback Passion of flesh Second Disease Can t be me This facility can be used to add prerecorded shows of long play Consider that if the file length is for example 45 minutes must have sufficient space between the batches so that the file can be added The flexibility of the batches will consider so that if the time between two commercial batches is 45 minutes and you tries to insert a file of 46 minutes of length the batch moves to give rise to the block This is very useful when guideline the name of the file and is overwritten the
123. ds 12 Miami FL ys Miami US PRE 23 OC MA j scattered thunderstorms H 69 P 1015 92 mb Thu isolated thundershowers S Min 24 C Max 29 C Fri scattered thunderstorms al Min 24 9C Max 29 9C 6 3 5 RSS contents RSS technology allows WEB content with dynamic updating To add a site you need to copy the RSS link provided by the site web usually available in the form of link or directly on the RSS icon For example the website of the news channel Telesur has an RSS icon in the upper right corner In this case the icon contains a link that must be copied right click copy link cl 4 bane ANVIL y ELIAS pao F z AS www telesurty net Personalizar v nculos A Windows Media 7 Windows g Grooveshark Listen Nueva pesta a Fuente Vladimir Script fa YouTube Cabina de ES YouTube YouTube gt e 4 P MRIS As Y e De Lunes a Viernes Buscar en el Sitio EDICION Venezuela 19 30 hrs Cuba 20 00 hrs 5 CENTRAL Bolivia 20 00 hrs Argentina 21 00 hrs Espa a 02 00 hrs e VIDEO Add RSS os 3 38 Name The Age URL ds theage com au rssheadiines top xml Name allows you to enter a name for to identify the windows content We recommend to use short names The name appears in the title bar of the RSS window The RSS content will be displayed in a rezizable window www solidynePro com Page 141 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM NewYork Times amp Reload Q More Time
124. ds To subscribe to messages initiate a TCP connection to port 8090 of the computer where the RDS service runs PC air unless it is configured to work on a dedicated server NP lt TITLE gt lt ARTIST gt lt BLOCK gt 17 12 19 LIVE www solidynePro com Page 133 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 6 2 6 2 1 6 2 2 Page 134 iLink transporting audio and linking remote stations With an appearance similar to CyberPlay the iLink recreates single and continuing air schedule Link is only an informative display since when AUDICOM operates mode iLink audio program is repeated from header master station with the exception of commercial breaks green blocks and the identification spots emitted by the master which are automatically replaced by their local equivalents Local 15 20 45 i Remote 04 ESTAS PISADOR OFF The information displayed by iLink module A a is the scheduling loaded at the master Peta 16 43 lunesie station iLink module uses this information 3331 00 23 DISCOPLUS to manage the regional scheduling 154000 00 16 1CALIGARI switching between remote and Local 153018 00 15 TRAPITO VERANO 2008 audio 154033 00 26 MARCIN HOTEL 154059 00 15 COWELIA 5 The iLink control is not only able to link via 154114 00 31 ESTILO ARTE the Internet to a remote header but also 15 41 45 00 43 TELPIN LARGA DISTANCIA allows the replacement of commercials 154226 00019 CHEEK breaks of variable length in exactly f
125. dule Example Block 18 00 20 00 Satslave Exacttime 18 45 EC Title 1 Recuerdos en el tiempo 05 25 When the Exacttime at 18 45 plays go on air with the file Title 1 and five seconds later it play the announcement Sponsor file stepping the song 3 1 10 5 Blocks with Sponsors Sponsor name Open Title SS KK Mid Title SS KK Close Title SS KK This command allows to assign different files for example sponsors separators etc for the program s beginning and ending and for the finalization of each commercial break of that program This instruction must be used always after a block s command line Open Title It defines the file that will be played at the beginning of the program block to present the program for example Mid Title It defines the file that will be played when each commercial break contained in the program concludes so that the speaker announces we continue with our program Close Title It defines the file that will be played when concluding the program so that the speaker closes the program and say goodbye to the audience If the program block is an AutoDj the symbol means that the file will be played on the air mixed to the music If you wants that the music plays after the sponsor file ends use the symbol instead In live Satfill and Satslave blocks the use of or parameters it s shadowy since both will be considered as an and the program block will c
126. e 3 1 10 8 Master Slave satellite Block HH MM HH MM Satslave Title The function of these blocks consists on the commutation of signals by automated control of the console s channels Solidyne series 2300 2600 The switching between the local signal generated by AUDICOM and the external signal requires a control signal received via satellite The external programming is represented CyberPlay schedule like a SatFill black bar called SYNC The control signals are transmitted via USB GPIO In this mode SYNC the console s channel connected to the satellite is enabled remaining in that state until the arrival of a control signal from a line of commutation on the satellite header to the GPIO When this occurs AUDICOM leaves the mode SYNC and start to play the local scheduling When the commercial break ends the connection with the satellite resumes The next control signal will launch to the second commercial break and so forth If by mistake on the schedule the number of control pulses sent by the Master workstation were bigger than the number of local Batches AUDICOM will jump to the first Batch then the second etc If in a 24 hours satelital block the quantity of pulses arrived is smaller to the number of commercial breaks programmed for that day a backwardness will take place in the continuity so the first pulses of the following day will launch to the last commercial break of the current day This is this way because
127. e The hour in which the first batch will be created To time The hour in which the last batch will be created Time between batches Time between batches in minutes Flexibility Time in minutes that a batch can be moved in an AutoDj block By default all commercial breaks generated by Magic Programming are flexible You can change manually the flexibility of each batch i Include radio promos Meteor report ever hour Meteor Time ever hour 3 1 5 2 Add a SPOT to schedule If selects this option Magic Programming will show this EasyLog Step 2 Spot name E pot Stark 0 00 End 24 00 Time interval Ma This window allows you to schedule one spot simultaneously in several batches Just enter the segment in which you want to program the file 3 1 5 3 Remove a spot occurrence This option allows to delete all occurrences of an spot for certain schedule interval Note Remember to save the LOG file so that the modifications take effect If you are editing the current programming logs or tomorrow s logs before 18 00 Hs you must reload the schedule in On Air workstation 3 1 5 4 Print It allows to print the commercial batch file log the programs log file pgm and ie the programming graphical test CyberPlay Test window All printings are made according to the current log and pgm files 3 1 6 How to add titles into LOG amp PGM fields There are three ways to add titles in the edition fields LOG a
128. e into any radio show AUDICOM uses them to adjust the times in automatic programming at the 00 00 Hs and before commercial batches with exact time or low tolerance They register as Class Promo c Special promotionals exclusive for certain radioshows This category are not managed in automatic form by AutoDj They are programmed manually They are stored as Class Separators Page 104 www solidynePro com Ingest media Note In the configuration file Autodj ini you can define the category for AutoDj use by modifying the line promoPgmClass PromoPgm default This allows of being necessary to configure the AutoDj so that it uses the category Promo instead PromoPgm when the insertion of promotional each n title is active 4 2 2 14 PROCESSING If you have a digital audio processor Solidyne 562dsp you can assign the processing for each security type When the title is played the program switches AUDICOM processing in audio processor as indicated in this field The allocation is made to each title If you want to assign a different processing for each musical style and not one for each song you must enter the same program processing eg 20 Rock amp POP in each title The processor is not controlled directly by AUDICOM but it has its own software called VirtualRack VirtualRack has a way of working called AUDICOM which receive the AUDI COM par mentros and transmits audio processor If VirtualRack is n
129. e all the songs of those musical styles STEP 5 Not used Press Continue Bock command will be similar to the following Block 00 00 24 00 ILink AutoDj Jazz tLink 190 247 72 170 8080 You can make several iLink blocks at different schedules to have different music styles for fill according to the contents of each show transmitted by the header station 6 2 2 1 Using iLink with xLink protocol xLink protocol is used to generate a signal for a repeater with no delay see 6 1 3 1 Realtime Link At the Master terminal 1RDS generates a streaming that only contents the metadata enabling the xLink mode The terminal that works as regional receives the metadata via LAN and the audio signal by standard audio connections analog or digital The command iLink sentence used in regional terminal is like this Block 08 00 14 00 ILink AutoD Template xLink url AudioDevice input Where url IP Address of iRDS server with xLink enabled Example 192 168 0 50 Default port is 8088 AudioDevice Name of audio device used to connect the audio signal Example Realtek Hight Definition Audio input Input of audio device Example Line input The final sentence will be as follow Block 08 00 14 00 ilink Latinos xlink 192 168 0 50 Realtek Hight Definition Audio Line input Page 136 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads 6 2 3 Replacement of ads During the iLink event AUDICOM p
130. e audio files The musical database and file management is made with InfoMusic Production and AUDICOM File Manager AUDICOM adds a external audio editors third part software The multitrack waveform editor AUDACITY http audacity sourceforge net It is also included the following tools with AUDICOM 8 oriented to the production workstation CDex one of the best programs Rippers existent These they are used to transfer compact disks to the rigid disk in direct form AutoEdit developed by Solidyne A powerful automatic editor remove beginning and ending silences on mp3 files Avoid silences or faulty cross fades on the air This program works directly on the compressed file without altering the audio quality Do not recompress the MP3 file HD Corder It s a quick editor Simple module for record and edit non compressed audio WAV PCM Very easy to use Work basic to cut paste and insert Ideal for news workstations InfoMusic Prod Full administration of the musical Database and transfer files among workstations 4 2 Data Base of media files InfoMusic Production 4 2 1 Overview AUDICOM incorporates a very powerful system of musical information based on 14 fundamental parameters of the music These parameters are used by AutoDj to create automatically on the fly a very complete musical scheduling with a respect for the artistic conditions something very difficult to obtaining with other systems AUDICOM has a data
131. e login screen will require for e Station e User name e Password adding the option STUDIO to choose the ON AIR terminal 6 3 11 4 Users This option allows to create new users Once a new user is create it must be added to one or several Stations from the options EDIT of each Station www solidynePro com Page 147 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 6 4 AudiCast 6 4 1 Overview Had heard much talk of the Podcast but it is clear that the term means POD is a generic term to call a portable audio player this is an iPod a cell phone or MP3 BROADCAST As concerns the distribution of audio video programs in the form of a wide audience Therefore podcast is the distribution of programs and content in portable MP3 players on demand Here is an example of real PodCast with AUDI COM 8 Control completely automates AudiCast the three stages in the creation of a radio podcast First of all is responsible for recording the program that plays MP3 from the promo for opening the program to publish until now that the audio file of the farewell program In this way AudiCast a single MP3 audio file for each program that has the radio station on the day These audio files are then transferred to a server for Internet publication as they are generating Once audio files have been uploaded to the server AudiCast is responsible for creating a link on the website of the station to which listeners can learn to program it and if you want to download to y
132. e names used by AUDICOM to create the program log There are two necessary files to create the log The files are classified by their extension LOG or PGM LOG This field specifies the file that AUDICOM is actually using to load the commercial log from When double clicking this field a window will pop up prompting to load another log file PGM It specifies the file that AUDICOM is actually using to load the programming log from When double clicking this field a window will pop up prompting to load another pgm file www solidynePro com Page 39 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 3 1 5 Commentary The Commentary Window shows information on the performer and author of the current file under reproduction together with annotations or comments that have been added to this file when it has been uploaded into the Music Database All these data is retrieved from this database When just 15 seconds remain to the current file under reproduction the Comment Window will start displaying the information of the following file This window also shows additional information for instance if the audio file has a partner file Status information is also displayed in this window The user messages of AUDICOM such as warning messages or suggestions will show up here 2 3 1 6 Popup messages When a user tries to make a prohibited operation a pop up message will appear notifying the restriction This messages disappear automatically passed seconds cli
133. e of the rejected spot Or change the priority for the spot currently programed See Commercial settings gt Customer s categories REP Repeated You are trying to include a spot two times into the same batch This is not allowed although the batch do not reject ads by category Reports 7 4 1 Solds report Generate a report of aired ads for a specified customer in a specified rage of dates Access to this report from Reports gt Solds Next will appear a field to choose the Station in case that you manages more than one station the customer s name and the range of dates By clicking on Report will appear on screen a detailed list with the ads of this customer in alphabetic sort The options that appears over the report allows to print it export it to an Excel compatible file or save it as PDF 7 4 2 Agency billing Shows a list with the ads of a specific Advertising Agency This report include details about ads aired in different Stations for the case in which you manages more than one station The options that appears over the report allows to print it export it to an Excel compatible file or save it as PDF Page 162 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads 7 4 3 Live reads Generates a report with the Sponsors and Live Reads The report generates for a specific date 7 4 4 Schedule profile Comparative bar graph that shows the accumulated ads in each hour of the day This report is based on the log fil
134. e or several titles such aS a news program sponsored songs etc The special inclusion is defined for a certain time and may include special commands such as time temperature etc Optional inclusion ExactTime At time 201 A Title Filename History_of_Pop Meteor Time Time Meteor Temp Temperature Meteor press Press Meteor Hum Humedity Meteor Rain Pain Magic Programming will create the instruction corresponding to the requested block The instruction for the previous example would be Block 20 00 22 00 Live Consagrados Sponsor TITRAIJU Open Auspicio de apertura Mid Comienzo de bloque Close Auspicio de cierre Page 70 www solidynePro com Schedule 3 1 4 2 Direct sequence of titles This option is used to make a music play list which can be saved to a file or scheduled into the PGM file so this play list will be pre loaded into the Cyber Play main schedule In the first case the list is saved as PlayList in a TXT file type In the second case the title list is inserted into the file PGM programming content The insertion occurs at the cursor point Can also insert a direct sequence of titles from CyberPlay Test window right clicking on the header of the block in which you want to insert the titles and choosing the appropriate menu option The available options are Ranking based on TOP HIT Generates a list based on the information TOP HIT of data base Ranking based on weekly pla
135. e remotely via email or phone AUDI COM allows you to manage news in two ways scheduled news and automatic inclusion for breaking news The scheduled news can as well be divided in two classes of Sure occurrence and of uncertain occurrence The sure occurrence news are those that you know about their existence for what are incorporated in the scheduling log Examples of these news are the commands METEOR Time temp etc The inclusion of this news can be made using ExactTime blocks inside the PGM scheduling Being this class of news of predictable nature you can include it directly into the scheduling log PGM The second class of scheduled news are those will be played on air at a certain hour if they exist but its occurrence cannot be guaranteed This class of news are scheduled using chained events into an EXACTTIME block The chained items allow to define until 4 serial files whose emission will take place only if all exists In case that one of these files will not found all sequence is aborted E g an opening file a promotional cut the news files and the closing file are scheduled as chained events The name of the news file uses a MetaName which changes every day being valid only for these date For more details please see Special Incusion en Scheduling gt Manual Scheduling gt Artistic contents The news may come from an audio file generated AUDICOM WebTools mail link or some software Mailing Voice Phone I
136. e the play order fixed by the programming logs files LOG and PGM that is to say the operator cannot activate the green cursor next When he stops the playing it will be started from the stopped title Pauses can be inserted in any point of the programming schedule Insert remove titles from PlayList Inhibits the operator to insert delete or alter the position of the content of the commercial batches By enabling this option the operator can work on the program blocks but cannot change the commercial schedule Pauses are exempt from this restriction the operator is enabled to insert remove pauses at all times The user can also change the playback sequence indicating next title green cursor Use of Meteor It disables the Meteor buttons of the desktop toll bar for what the operator won t be able to shoot on air an announce manually Time and weather reports only can be programmed in the log pgm files Use of Instant Rec It disables the module REC 9 2 6 File Manager Plays from the File Manager It disables the on air PLAY from this module Add remove folder modify colors The operator cannot create neither delete folders neither will be able to modify the assigned colors Move rename delete files It restricts these actions operating from File Manager However the files can be deleted from the Operating system Windows Explorer But remember that if files are deleted or renamed from Windows and they are registered
137. ease consult our sales department the cost of this service with which it saves time and expensive phone calls www solidynePro com Page 171 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 8 3 2 Contact us Send us your request enclosing the following information so we can help you more efficiently e Description of the computer on which the problem occurred Brand processor speed RAM hard drives operating system e Speed and type of network if available e Product version AUDICOM version indicated in the I Logon window and the toolbar Another way is to right click on the executable file and choose Properties aire exe Fman exe etc e If you have problems with the scheduling and PGM LOG attach appropriate files Other files that may be useful depending on the case are e Records of air emission air files in C AUDICOM Air e File tracking error C xplayer log This will save us time to find a satisfactory solution to your problem Page 172 www solidynePro com
138. eatures are detailed in Commands for contents shcedule in this chapter see the menu on the left Magic Programming a Magic This assistant facilitates the programming of the blocks since you don t need to emagan type the instructions which are generated by Magic Programming and inserted an the cursor position on the correspondent window When pressing this button the following window appears www solidynePro com Schedule Welcome to the MagicProgrammi What kind of program block do you want f Live program Block Programa en vivo AutoD Block Programa musical automatico Link block Programa via streaming Satellite Filled Block Prog de relleno satelital Satellite Slave Block Prog ezclawo de satelite Exact time Inclusion especial Direct sequence of tithes External D J cos Here you select the type of block to program You can define the following blocks Live AUDICOM generates only commercial breaks with PAUSES at the end of each batch to stop the playing Automatic Musical blocks where AutoDj fills with songs the segments among commercial breaks Satellite Fill where time between batches are filled with the signal from the satellite Satellite Slave where a control signal from satellite starts stop the AUDICOM s advertising The direct sequence of titles is a powerful tool that allows to create a musical listing using different methods as is detailed in Listas Working with
139. eceived audio can be played on air automatically in several ways e Audio file can be scheduled for a certain time using an ExactTime e Audio file can be issued immediately interrupting the main PlayList You can include presentation and closing cuts chained to the news so if the report fails the entire sequence is canceled Block 07 00 12 00 Live Exacttime 007 45 Breacking news Opening Oreport lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aaaa gt Closing In the above example a micro programmed with a report that will be issued to 07 45 Note that the file uses a metaName so that part of the file name will be in this case the current Page 144 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads date report 14032013 mp3 Thus this audio file will only be issued that day If the next day there is no new report the entire block will be canceled being that items are chained To include more than one audio on the same day simply add the time in the file name keeping metaName to date Block 07 00 12 00 Live Exacttime 07 30 Bracking news Openign report 730 lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aaaa gt Closing Exacttime 08 30 Bracking news Openign report 830 lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aaaa gt Closing Exacttime 09 30 Bracking news Openign report 930 lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aaaa gt Closing Exacttime 10 30 Bracking news Openign report 1030 lt dd gt lt mm gt lt aaaa gt Closing
140. ed Mode the number of appearances of a style in the list determines how many titles of that style AutoDj will schedule Eg entering Pop Pop Pop Classic80 Latin AutoDj will program three POP songs one Classic80 and one Latin Soon the sequence repeats To choose the Performers proceed in the same way that in the previous item The checkbox Repeat every allows you to define how much titles of different performers AutoDj will schedule as minimum between two titles of the same Performer This isn t an strict rule To choose the authors proceed as was explained before You can include Top Hits in the AutoDj scheduling In InfoMusic database each title can be ranked as Top 100 Top 40 Top 25 Top 10 or No Top If you wants that AutoDj includes Top Hits on the scheduling you must define in the AutoDj template a Top Hit category and the time interval E g if Top 10 is checked with a repetition value of 0 5 Hs each half hour AutoDj will schedule a Top 10 Define the repetition value for the Genders selecting them and enter a value in the corresponding box You can assign different values for each gender E g if Male Singer have assigned the value 3 its means that between two titles interpreted by male singer AutoDj will include as minimum three titles of different Genders Remember that the repetition values are not a strict rule Set the Tempo Mode matrix by checking the coordinates If you doesn t want that the AutoDj uses the
141. ed by Performer pressing the key A selection cursor will jump to Amelita Baltar Balada para un loco If titles are sorted by Title the cursor will select Chabuca Granda Amarraditos although the first letter is C www solidynePro com Page 53 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Window size and its position can be changed CE A CE LA LO Pod 4rchive Podcast M 00 17 32K 25 PCM Clavados en nuestra 00 11 32K 25 PCM isintonia Cuando caminas por 00 22 32K 25 PCM la ciudad El nuevo concepto 00 24 32K 25 PCM El asune ilij 23 Jen 25 mams d0 especia di re eles pacio 00 1 0 32K 25 PCM estereo F Escucha el espacio 00 08 32K 25 PCM estereo M scucha esta musica 00 10 32K 25 PCM Estas escuchando 00 06 44K 25 PCM Estas 00 18 32K 25 PCM ecuchandn Mii Wo 39 files Updated 11 06 2012 15 12 DA 2 8 2 1 TITLES COLORS All files that are into the InfoMusic data base appears in main window in several colors This colors changes according to the time lapsed from the last time it was played on air This method allows you to recognize quickly the titles recently aired without necessity of reviewing the whole program log The default nomenclature of colors is the following one RED rea E a lt 4 Hours RADIE oca e 4 a 12 Hours GREEN currada 12 a 24 Hours 510 CEIUOOP0 PEPZP S o gt 24 Hours 2 8 2 2 FOLDER COLORS You can define a color for each folder to improve its visibility To make t
142. ed simultaneously in the Simple and Detailed modalities In this case the occurrences set for each mode are summed For example Detailed pattern includes 5 occurrences announcement on Monday November 12 between 18 00 and 22 00 Hs Simple programming schedule three appearances for any Monday in that case on Monday November 12 the ad will be issued 8 times 5 for the detailed pattern and 3 for the simple pattern Simple schedule Each spot can have one or multiple emission schedules To define a schedule click New in the section Simple schedule The following window appears www solidynePro com Page 159 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Spot Type Audio 5pot position Spot Filename Promotional Length 5 0 0 0 minutes Speaker Start Date 5 29 2014 End Date pa Time Fee NTC Text E All Ej Working E None Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday By Time Interval Start Time 11 00 End Time 2200 Occurrences By Specific Batch Add Time Remove Time Business Show Unit MonthlyFree X Cancel Type of ad Determines if the ad is an spot audio file a live read to be read on live by the speaker or a Sponsor Both traditional ads as live reads are included in the commercial schedule but obviously the live read text do not include audio only operate as a warning that the ad should be read Sponsors do not appear in scheduled commercials They can only be obtained through Auspices report NOTE
143. ed values Very Soft Muy suave Soft Suave Loud fuerte and Very Loud muy fuerte A melodic song almost sung whispering will deserve the qualification of Very Soft A Big Band of Jazz would be cataloged as Loud And a Heavy Rock classified as Very Strong This classification allows to the AutoDJ carries out appropriate programming at different hours of the day One Tuesday at 11 in the night for example AutoDj can reject songs classified as Very Strong but will be able to include them at that same hour the Saturday night 4 2 2 10 GENDER F8 It specifies the interpreter behavior that is to say Male or Female Soloist Quartet Group Orchestra etc You can enters so many categories as wish This information allows to the AutoD to program after a female singer ballad another ballad but sung by a duet then male voice etc giving variety to the programming 4 2 2 11 RECORDING COMPANY It allows you to enter the name of the recording company This field is of little importance in the musical programming but is of great importance if the Radio has contracts with recording companies to promote their artists and for those countries that require this data for legal questions Ej royalties Sello grabador Music Records 4 2 2 12 TOPHIT F11 ar Top Hit You can define if the song figures the ranking The available options al TOP 25 are selected from the drop down menu and cannot modify You can ch
144. elds Adjust drive mapping swapped drive letters le C lt gt D F Rename filenames to lt Performer gt lt Titles Reset on air date Assign code to each Titles Create SOPORTE TT for support request Synchronize info in files with DB info Proceed Help uit dbR eindes 10 78 2015 Mayo 4 Reindex the database This option reconstructs the data base using data dbf file making a fast indexing Pack the database It removes all data base entries that was deleted deleted from I nfoMusic or AUDICOM File Manager generating a new optimized Database It s recommended to always use this option Verify for the real files This option check the if the records on the data base refers to a existing media file In addition the field length updates according to the file header If a record refers to a nonexistent file the record is disabled in the following way the field MEDIA before Page 169 www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM HD located in the hard disk is changed to _ missing indicating lost file This facilitates the recognition of titles that appears into data base associated to nonexistent files Revalidate _ missing files It recovers the records marked as LOST FILES Media _ missing if the assocciated audio files now exist It allows by example to disable data base records in case of HD failure The records remains into data base but disabled for AutoDj and common seraches When you revcov
145. elected title If there is no selected title and PAUSE is pressed while a file is playing the PAUSE event will appears below the current playing file red cursor In order to remove a PAUSE event select it and presses Page Down on keyboard or drag it out the window The PAUSE events also can be inserted removed from the schedule from right click menu 2 3 2 6 Cue Suprimir By double clicking on any title you will start to listen the file through the CUE playback output CUE audio is always sent to the CUE output see Configuration Panel If a title in CUE is double clicking again then the last 5 seconds will be played This feature is known as CUE END The CUE play and stop buttons a CUE VU Meter and the Seeking bar are located in InfoMusic module To stop CUE click on Stop cue button in OnAir InfoMusic or ESCape in keyboard TRADITIONAL CUE If you prefer using the channel monitor console turn on the CUE mode CyberPlay double click on the legend CUE which is to the left of the timer This causes audio playback CyberPlay NOT be reported by RDS IRDS or stored in air register air files This mode is used by some operators instead of using a dedicated channel monitoring prefer to work in the traditional style activating CUE on each channel of the console as if each playback channel were a separate device 2 3 2 7 Select a title cursor arrows Up Down To select a certain title click on it A yellow cursor will only
146. en a folder with the button Choose and select a file anyone The name of the selected file will appear in the field File like is explained next 4 3 1 2 FILE It shows the full name of selected file You can process this file in particular or to use wildcards asterisk to process to other files The button Generic Name allows you to extend the process to more than a file Next an example step to step Pressing the button Source Folder the user selects the file Kraftwerk Expo 2000 Radio Mix mp3 whose name will appear in the field File Now if you press the button Generic Name in the field File will happen Kraftwerk mp3 The name of the song Expo 2000 Radio Mix that is to say what is after the script it was replaced by an asterisk This means that AutoEdit will process ALL the files that begin with Kraftwerk www solidynePro com Page 113 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM If you press Generic Name again K mp3 and all the files that begins with K will be processed pressing Generic Name once again obtains mp3 and all mp3 files of that folder are processed Remember We recommend to use ALWAYS audio files names type Performer Title mp3 4 3 1 3 DESTINATION FOLDER According to this setting the edited files can be remain in the source folder or to be moved to AutoEdit folder that is a FIXED folder of the system 4 3 1 4 PROCEED Starts the edition process AutoEdit will remove q
147. er You can work with playlists AUDICOM has an auxiliary module two in the Multicast version that handles playlists Playback Auxiliary listings Pressing the PlayList icon on the toolbar the PlayList Manager module opens You can drag titles to PlayList Manager from any AUDICOM window The list is saved as a text file TXT in AUDI COM PGM folder PlayList Manager supports lists created in other applications for playback compatible formats M3u and Plt Winamp Windows Media Player with simple text editor eg Windows Notepad or using the form on AUDICOM CyberPlay Editor gt PlayLists Page 44 www solidynePro com On air screen Pressing the PlayList icon on the toolbar or the key combination Alt P the Playlist Manager window will open The drop down menu at the bottom of the Playlist Manager shows the available lists To add an external list copy it to the AUDICOM PGM folder NOTA bh E a gt To create a play list you can drag titles from File Manager InfoMusic Karma Police Radiohead Live Assist or CyberPlay Enter a name Morphine Michael Jackson and click Save Save Lists created A SS Sa SSS See from PlayList Manager are saved in ENE NA AETR SETETE Txt in the AUDI COM folder PGM Project As in other AUDICOM modules titles JESUA appear in different colors by date of Morphine Michael Jackson last release to air Comments appear Estas escuchando M in violet while breaks and comma
148. er reads Once read the speaker closes that window When this happens the system records the time that announcement was read time the window is closed and generates a sound recording of that piece of the show Thus AUDICOM takes a dynamic and effective control over on the air reading of each commercial was read Page 142 www solidynePro com Lama b lam ADMICOM Traffic and ads 2 PNT Manager A NOKIA 17 00 Eas iia NOKIA The radical new keypad layout of the Nokia 7210 breaks all the rules and the versatile four way scroll makes navigating the high resolution color display a pleasure Choose one of the optional Xpress on covers in the season_s most sought after colors and adorned with a distinctive oval design NOKIA 17 30 6 3 7 Chat room The board functions as an internal CHAT room which keeps communicated to all the team The texts published here are visible for all users connected 6 3 8 Remove items from panel To remove items from WEB Panel go to Start gt Settings Icon to right lets remove that item from the panel 1 gt Settings sa Stored Windows 2 Reload e he Mame AL JAZEERA BuenosAires Herald Mexico City DF Mexico Miami FL H oO GE 00000 Newyork Times 6 3 9 File Manager This powerful tool allows you to transfer files directly to a computer at the studios of rad
149. er the lost files you can recover the records running dbReindx with Search missing files Delete _ missing files It erase the records with field Media _ missing Once erased the record cannot be recovered Polish title fields It converts the text from the title to the way Sentence First letter upercase Polish other fields It unifies the use uppercase lowercase converting the fields Author Performer and Gender to the format first letter capitalized and Style formats to Way Sentence This option also check if the field Style has data If this field is empty is filled with NOT CLASSIFIED to facilitate serching of unclassified media Adjust drive mapping This option verifies that the letter of the drive to which the titles references coincides with the unit in which are the files This is useful when a new HD are added because Windows change the letters of all the units This will optimize the access from AUDICOM to the files Rename files to lt Performer Title gt Rename the files with the format lt interpreter gt lt title gt using the information of the fields Title and Interpreter of the Database THIS OPERATION MODIFIES THE FILES AND THERE IS NOT FORM OF RETURNING BEHIND Resets the aired date It changes the last played date for all the titles only for records Field media HD so all will appears with the current date and time The hundredth of second are randomly assigned Assign codes to each ti
150. es and thus is included less frequently the date of last reproduction air prevails in selection The order in which the styles are in the Styles window NO defines the order of airing except when Induced mode is activated The Induced Mode allows you to define how much titles AutoDj schedule of each style When this option is enabled every time that you press the button Add the selected style is added to the list This way you can define a style s sequence Chill Out J azz Jazz Page 92 www solidynePro com Schedule Chill Out Blues Blues AutoDj will schedule this sequence repeating the cycle again and again The order of the styles in the list can be changed by drag and drop 3 2 2 2 Performers It defines the performers enabled for the current template The option Repeat each is used to avoid that the same performer will scheduled consecutively The value indicates how many different performers AutoDj must include as minimum between two titles of the same performer This number is not a strict value 3 2 2 3 Authors It defines the performers enabled for the current template 3 2 2 4 Include Top Hits Titles marked as Top Hit will be aired regularity This important feature allows you to have on rotation a group of most wanted themes E g If you define Top 40 every 1 hour a title ranked as Top 40 will be on air approximately every 1 hour 3 2 2 5 Genders Repetition values can be assigned for each gender
151. es already generated If you try to generate a report for a date for that the log file not was compiled yet a message Inexistent schedule will appear Perfil de tanda 16 0 Man 12 8 minutos os qa 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ZO Zl ze 23 On the horizontal axis represents the hours of day from O to 24 Hs On the vertical axis is represented in minutes advertising time per hour The height of the bars indicate how many minutes of advertising are accumulated in segments of one hour The red line Max indicates the limit of advertising time allowed per hour which is defined in Station Setting gt Station The schedules generated by Admicom never show a value that exceeds that limit But can occur if you modify a schedule manually from another AUDI COM module as Cyber Play Editor 7 4 5 Ad campaign Shows in simple way the campaign of a speciefied ad based on the schedules Reports based on the aired ads can be obtained from the Aaudit module This report can be printed exported as Excel compatible or saved as PDF ll eh ee ee eee ee ee 0 4 100 Filtro spot Mame Tafi wav Programaci n Simple FM Power Fecha Ini Fecha Fin M T W T F S 5 Details 01401 2010 15 01 2011 YOY Y Y Y N N 06 00 20 00 5 Detalled Schedule FM Power Fecha Hora Inicio Hora Fin Apariciones 24 11 2010 10 00 14 00 2 24 11 2010 16 00 19 00 2 REMEMBER Air reports can be obtained from Audit module www solidynePro com Page
152. ext time that you enters to the system you will have to use the new password Close Session When you ends your job you must log out from AUDICOM to avoid that somebody uses it in your absence and modify your settings or be able to carry out any operations while you continues logged as the operator In order to leave the system working in AUTOMATIC mode you can log in as automatico don t need password This way you abandon the system but AUDICOM will be working without operator Obviously the programming will be prepared so that AUDICOM continues operating with AutoDj or Satellites Close Session allows you to log out and leave AUDICOM operative so that the next operator logging and begin to use it The main program will remain open without operator logged This way only the basic functions will remain enabled Play Stop and modifications in the desktop settings will not be saved 2 1 5 Shutdown AUDICOM Page 34 If you wants to close all AUDICOM applications press ShutDown AUDICOM www solidynePro com On air screen 2 2 The AUDICOM desktop 2 2 1 Tools bar Desktop is a graphic environment that displays the different modules and tools of AUDI COM From the tool bar you access to the different tools of AUDICOM It also contains the display with the time counters clocks and weather information CYBERPLAY PLAYLIST PLAYLIST FILEMGR LIVEASSIST LIVEASSIST INFOMUSIC LINK REC C P EDIT autoDJ EDIT INFOPROD AAUDIT
153. fault the indicated schedule refers to the starting of the commercial break and the flexibility will be five minutes SF5 The variable Yn will be ignored if the variable X is not defined To change the flexibility of a commercial break you need to specify if the indicated hour refers to the start or the end of the commercial break In commercial breaks generated by Admicom an asterisk will appear at the end of the instruction followed by two numbers separated by a slash 23 36 These numbers indicates the file length and the category in the record of clients Examples Batch 08 15 SF5 It indicates a commercial break that begins at 8 hours 15 minutes with 5 minutes of tolerance That is to say if at 8 15 o clock there is a song on the air the commercial break waits to the song finishes AutoDj Batch Our Children 22 30 SC The commercial break starts at 22 30 o clock Batch 17 00 EC The commercial break finishes exactly at the 17 hours for example so that the news of the 17 Hs starts o clock Or so that the last spot of the commercial break announces that next it comes the exact hour report 3 1 9 2 RANDOM RND folder n prefix This command allows to schedule in random mode one or more files from a specific folder The CyberPlay air module will show a commentaries text saying Random When the random s on air time approaches CyberPlay choose and insert the titles into the main list Random titles will appea
154. ferent folders that are classified by type Music Spots Promotional Commercial Effects etc With File Manager you can search files play on air insert into the CyberPlay schedule or load files into Live Assist buttons In each terminal File Manager shows only the folders defined for this terminal audioDrives The access to each folders can be restricted by user settings These restrictions are determined by the AUDICOM Administrator that assigns the permits for each user from the Access Levels panel 2 8 2 Using AUDICOM File Manager The main window shows all audio files of the selected folder with the following information PERFORMER TITLE LENGTH FORMAT PATH To OPEN a folder click on the tabs above the window Each tab correspond to an audio folder When you have more than 18 folders use the scroll buttons A Z to move among pages It is possible to sort the list by clicking the column s header You can predetermine the preferred order for each folder when creating the folder or later from the window INFO that is explained later A useful feature that facilitates the location of files is the keyboard quick access Pressing a letter the first title that begins with that letter is selected The cursor is positioned according to the column by which the list is sorted Example Suppose that you have the following files Amelita Baltar Balada para un loco Chabuca Granda Amarraditos If titles are sort
155. ffic Administration and Statistics Traffic Administration and Statistics ADMICOM A M will generate the commercial guideline LOG s for the A M terminal whereas ADMICOM FM does the own thing for terminal FM If we wished to arm for example the musical programming for FM we opened the Publishing CyberPlay and we positioned ourselves in FM we will be seeing the archives of programming of that terminal FM C AUDICOM Log and FM C AUDICOM Pgm If we generated new archives they will keep directly in terminal FM Consider that when it inserts titles to the Publishing CyberPlay from Cases out Manager or Infomusic these modules must be placed IN the TERMINAL for which we are creating the programming Otherwise we can program by error a title that is not available for that terminal In the same way we come with Publishing AutoDj The formats generated for the AutoDj Blocks keep in the file autodj ini in each Air terminal In order to create formats for FM we must select that terminal in the menu to see and publish the FM formats FM C AUDI COM autodj ini Page 122 www solidynePro com Network settings 5 3 4 Files The location of the audio files must be designed from the outset and be respected by all users AUDICOM Now we give our recommendation on where to store audio files on the network To do this we consider the CLASS file ie if music files promotional commercial etc 5 3 5 A single on air terminal When the
156. fter each commercial break Ina Live Block the counter BLOCK will show the remaining time for the beginning of the next commercial break When remains less than one minute for the ads a progressive red line will appear above the counter which indicates that the commercial break must be aired soon This action prevents to the operator who will press PLAY to the commercial break be aired The syntaxes for LIVE blocks are as follows HH MM HH MM Inicio y finalizaci n del bloque en horas y minutos Live Indica que se trata de un bloque en vivo T tulo de bloque Este par metro es opcional Permite ingresar un t tulo para el bloque que puede poseer como m ximo 32 treinta y dos caracteres Los corchetes no son necesarios Example www solidynePro com Page 83 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Block 17 00 20 00 Live ENTREVISTAS AL ATARDECER Programa en vivo que comienza a las 17 00 Hs y finaliza a las 20 00 Hs 3 1 10 2 META NAMES including canning stuff The distribution of pre recorded or canned content in radio programming is increasingly widespread The stations include within certain time programs acquired from independent producers who develop media content These files are downloaded from the Internet as compressed audio files and must be scheduled to air automatically With new MetaNombres of AUDICOM this task can now be fully automated Usually each day the name of these files is different so it was not possible so far
157. gle file with the button New or make a batch adding with Scan in which case the files registers directly and you not need to press Save When you make changes to a record remember to press SAVE to save the changes 4 2 5 7 DELETE It delete a record from the database A dialog box appears to confirm the action 1 This dialog box has a checkbox that allows you to delete at the same time the audio file and the database record Keep this option unchecked default to conserve the audio file Once deleted a file cannot recover Remember Files not registered in the Database cannot be used by AutoDj for automatic scheduling 4 2 5 8 EMPTY FIELDS F6 Clean all fields This is useful when you needs to make successive searches Pressing F7 all fields are cleaned except Performer to facilitate the next search 4 2 5 9 PRINT You have the following print options c To print the current record data Prints all the parameters of current selected title Found records with full path Prints the content of the Found records window including the length and full path of the associated audio file Found records with Performers Prints the complete listing at the moment of Titles shown in the window Found Registrations with their respective Interpreters 4 2 5 10 EXIT Minimizes the Infomusic Prod window The minimized window recover their original size pressing the button InfoMusic of the AUDI COM desktop s toolbar
158. he regional until concluding the commercial break During that time data pin 4 will remain active When concluding the commercial break the pin returns to its original state and the remote station continues with their local schedule The communication is made using an ON OFF line of the satellite header When this switch is activated in the header sends the signal to the satellite and activates a relay or logical signal in all satellite receivers For more info please refers to Remote Control and Sat lites Example batch 08 30 SC Spot 1 Spot 2 Spot 3 Regional Spot 4 Spot 5 Spot 6 Regional will produce the commutation in the slave workstation which enables the audio program coming from the satellite When concluding the commercial break another control Signal is sent and the slave workstation returns to the local schedule 3 1 10 COMMANDS FOR ARTISTIC SCHEDULING 3 1 10 1 LIVE SHOWS Block HH MM HH MM Live show name This command line generates a live show block In live radio shows AUDICOM only program the advertising You can fills the time between commercial breaks with the audio files you want Note that AUDICOM do not add stop pints PAUSES between commercial breaks In manual mode you must add songs or pauses between the adds otherwhise AUDICOM will play adds one after another indefinitely But if you wants you can change this feature in order that AUDICOM adds a PAUSE a stop point into scheduling a
159. he Omen 0454 Body Combat 07 03 Phat Bass 03 38 40 08 Hermes House Band amp DJ 03 38 40 03 E type AFRICA 03 33 1000 Boozy Woory amp Pryme Jum 3 440 00 EMPT Note that the first line Manual Playlist is a comment as it is preceded by a semicolon Look to the right in the preview appears as informative text not duration Any line preceded by a semicolon is interpreted as a comment allowing to enter multiple lines of text The PlayList example contains a PAUSE which is indicated by a black bar as standard on AUDICOM Remember to pause do not have a fixed term The operator must press PLAY to resume playback File The Omen appears in red indicating that it was not found in any AUDICOM unit In this condition the air al playback will skip it to continue with the next title SAVE A PLAYLIST To save the list press the PGM store window The New PlayList button allows you to enter a name for the list Grabar en c Audicom Pom Dia Dia de la semana p 2005 mejores lentos bat musical bat noche bt Piazzola bet tarde bet temas auspiciados tut M Mostrar solo playlist s The content of the window is saved in PGM txt format The playlist txt files are stored in the PGM folder The box Show only PlayLists to filter the contents of the window to see only those files Note You can also create playlists manually using any text edito
160. he aired time of each spot The times take at the moment of the registration open PTOSHAKE BATMAN CREATIVOS CLORINDA LUNCHBRA CINDOR FRENCH Favorite musical styles It generates a pie comparing the time of air of the different musical styles registered in the database Remmember The air files are generated in the Air workstation the default folder is AUDICOM Air These name of this files is the date in that it was created Year Month Day air It is recommended to delete the oldest files so that they don t occupy space in the disk Page 168 www solidynePro com SECTION 8 MANTEINANCE 8 1 dbReindex Although the Database is a sure and reliable method of storing information it certain circumstances for example a power source failure a failure in the computer a massive lost of media files the Database can need a maintenance If you note anomalies in AutoDj scheduling or in the data shown by InfoMusic Prod is symptom that the Database needs to be rebuilt AUDICOM dBreindex is a tool to solve the problem Close all AUDICOM applications Air InfoMusic AutoDj Editor File Manager etc and runs from AUDICOM s icons group dBreidex C AUDI COM dbReindex exe The following window appears Source Dr Compact amp Reindex the database TT Verify the existence of files Revalidate missing files Delete records with missing files 7 Polish lt Title gt field Polish other fi
161. he promotional cuts used in the header station that should be replaced at the local station and create at least one equivalent of equal length 6 2 4 2 Replace commands 6 3 The file replacement are defined into iLink block using the following commend Only one replacement command can be used into a Link block replace ORIGINAL replaces the file with name ORIGINAL by any file located at the folder REPLACE with same length replace ORI GINAL replace all files started with ORIGINAL by any file located at the folder REPLACE with the same length replace ORI GINAL REPLACE replace all files that starts with ORIGINAL by a file of same length with name LOCAL located in REPLACE folder replace ORI GINAL REPLACE replace all files that starts with ORIGINAL by any file located in the folder REPLACE of same length and that starts with LOCAL replace ORIGINAL REEMPLAZO replaces the file with name ORIGINAL by a file with same length and name LOCAL For the replacement occurs REPLACEMENT file must be of equal length as the ORIGINAL file If the length does not match it looks for any file in the REPLACE folder that match the length of the file ORIGINAL If any files match replace is aborted It is considered a tolerance of 0 5 seconds Example replace Lon_ Liv_ all files that begin with Lon_ will be replaced by others whose first letters are Liv_ The asterisk in Lon_ defines that no matter the ful
162. he right we selected from the Audio menu driv terminal FM to see single the folders of that terminal e Inthe window of the left we looked for the file Your there are elejido wav to us and we move it towards FM dragging it to the right window If it wishes to copy it presses it Ctrl while it drags it e The file now is in terminal FM e InInfoMusic Prod we positioned ourselves in FM to work on Base de Datos of that terminal e We loaded the file from the button New looking for it through Surroundings of Network so that the reference is in way UNC e We completed the corresponding fields and we kept the new title e The promotional one has been registered directly in Base de Datos of the FM terminal it is not in A M nor in Production 9 3 3 Making the program logs Let us suppose that all the programming is generated from the Commercial terminal We will have all the tools there to generate the guidelines of programming for both Air terminals All the modules destined to the armed one of the programming guideline have a pull down menu to select on what terminal this working Publishing CyberPlay Publishing AutoDj InfoMusic Prod Case out Manager The commercial scheduling is generated by means of the Admicom One by each air terminal remembers that in our example we will have two facilities of Admicom Each one has a commercial data base with the data and warnings of each one of the clients of the radio see Tra
163. heduling of commercial breacks and or the segments definition from the current day to one or more day a week 7 1 2 1 Schedules Here are defined all schedules for the selected day menu Week day To enable the edition of the current schedule press Edit To add a schedule press New To change an existing schedule press Change In both cases the following windows appears Page 150 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads Time 14 30 Time Ref Start Time Tolerance min Spot Type Audio E Allow mix line of business at break ES Cancel El The time defined for each block can refer to the beginning or end of the commercial break Tolerance is used by the AUDICOM software to compensate the time when it works in automatic mode AutoD Tolerance implies in minutes how match later or earlier the commercials can be aired respect to the time scheduled Mix Line of business Defines whether the ads for the same line of business can share the commercial break or are refused and relocated at other times Including one or the other spot will be determined by their priorities for inclusion A commercial break can accept two ads in the same line of business only if you enable the option Mix Line of Business but will not accept two occurrences of the same advertisement After enter the values press Save to confirm the changes 7 1 2 2 Shows Here certain radio shows are defined by entering name star
164. his right click on the tab and select the option Info You can chose between 8 available colors The 8 colored Page 54 www solidynePro com On air screen buttons located over the tab s allows you to filter the folders by colors E g Pressing the red button you will see only the red folders pressing the black you will see black folders and so on To see all the folders again press the multicolored button The color assigned to a folder is valid for all terminals of a network We recommended to make a list with the description of colors assigned to the different folders red music green spots yellow effects etc and to stick it in a visible place next to the computers so that the operators are accustomed to the use of the filters by colors that are helpful 2 8 2 3 REFRESH FOLDER CONTENTS Num pad E If you add new files and they don t appear on File Manager press the Update button so ipda that the new files appears This is this way because when you select a folder for the first time the program explores the disk and stores in memory the content information to be able to manage it faster When you selects this folder again the data are read from memory and if new files were added in the disk they won t appear in the window So that the program reads the disk and upgrade the information housed in the memory you must press the Update button At the window s top the time and date of the last upgrade are indicated When yo
165. hout RDS sent or left in the on air logs Press the button you want to work Right Clicking on the button displays a menu with the options Mark In Mark Out Listen to audio and clicking Mark In at the time you want shed the brand www solidynePro com Page 47 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 5 4 Live Assist sets 2 9 4 1 2 9 4 2 Shows the name and icon corresponding to the current set of tabs The pp Pl cons are located in the folder AUDICOM LA Icons You can add or delete Y icons as you like A MARIELA Private sets can be made They can be accessed only by the users that created them The private sets appear with the user name below the icon If somebody tries to load your private set a pop up message will appear indicating that the operation is not allowed Export import Tab contents A Tab contents a group of buttons Clicking a button the file plays on the air Press a tab to open it To change a tab s name right click on it and select Edit In maximized view the buttons Export and Import appears Export allows dumping the content of the current Tab to a playlist file TXT type The playlist will contain a list with the files loaded in the current Tab sorted according to the button s numbers Remember that this playlists can be loaded in the module CyberPlay as is detailed in CyberPlay Operation Insert Playlists Import allows to load a playlist into the current tab Each item of the playlist will be loaded in a bu
166. iDisc DAT etc If this field is zero 0 it is assumed that the Support is a CD Rom When you inserts this title into the CyberPlay programming a message will appear to indicate you that verify if the CD Rom is into the CD Rom drive The title will be inserted the programming schedule like a HD file If the CD ROM not this present the title will be ignored and marked as error and the playing will continue with the next title The field CD identifies the CD volume 4 Albu ID The ExternallD AlbumID field is intended for entering the identification de code generated by an external software musicalizaci n Selector Powergold It can also be used to enter catalog code Discs The field IS alohanumeric and accepts up to sixteen characters 4 2 2 17 FADE IN OUT Fade In Out It defines the cross fade between the titles Here you enters the values for 25 las Fade In Input and Fade Out Output Each title has their own cross fade values These values are given in tenth of second and can vary between 0 and 50 5 seconds You must choose the appropriated value according to the music s characteristics Eg A theme that ends smoothly can take values from 15 to 50 An abrupt end will require shorter values as 5 to 10 A commercial spot that starts and adds with human voice they take zero values to avoid overlapping with the following spots On the other hand if they begin or ends with music or sound effects values from 3 to 6 can be optimal
167. identification and configuration of the station and the AUDICOM terminals In Astart you must enter the station name the username and password which will then be required to access the WEB tools panel see software setup Once created the WebTools account you will receive a confirmation email that contains the data of the account It is important to keep this email you may need in the future Access to the Web Tools panel from any web browser running on any operating system by entering the following address http www AUDICOM us Panel A window to enter the user data will appear These are set when AUDICOM installs Login Station Alias Username Password E seeesenceeeens Studio 6 3 2 Live Panel Live Panel features a drop down menu in the lower left corner from which launched the WEB applications You can change the location of the windows on the screen and in some cases its size An example of the panel with all visible features PN bo qu ty Audicom Live Panel audicom us Panel live desktop aspx Cc B Google P Y sa 2 Jd Cyberplay G Clock X 3 NewYork Times Current Play Z Reload Q More Time Auto refresh in 380 sec Chik Corea Nominees Perform Live s The New York Times presented an intimate concert with five Tony nominees to a small audience Spassage El Remaining Elapsed Intro ae 00 01 46 00 02 59 00 00 PNT Manager x A
168. ile Manager when you close it pressing Alt F4 Files contained in the imported folders ONLY CAN BE PROGRAMMED IN MANUAL FORM Like the extra folders files from imported folders cannot be included on programming logs nor stored in the data base Therefore they can t be used for AutoD j 2 8 2 19 DELETE A FOLDER Folders can be deleted only when they are empty by double click on the Tab To rename a folder you must create a new folder with the new name and move using AUDICOM File Manager all the files to the new folder Then erase the old folder This must be made in this way to maintain updated the Database information 2 8 2 20 FOLDER INFO properties Rigth click on a Tab and select INFO The following window appears showing the folder settings Name Name of the folder It cannot be changed autoDB Enabling this option all files saved on this folder are automatic added into AUDICOM data base see 2 8 3 autoDb Colour Changes the Tab color A drop down menu shows the eight 8 available colors witch allows to group folders Colored buttons over the Tabs allows to filter the shown folders Pressing red button you will see only red folders pressing the black you obtains only black folders and so on To return to all folders press the multicolor button this action force to read the folder from HD Press multicolor button if you create folders from Windows Explorer and new folders are not shown Sort by You can choose
169. iles these files remains without changes When you MOVE a file between autoDB folders the field STYLE is updated according to the name of destination folder In addition when autoDb option is enabled all new files saved in this folder are analyzed in order to remove beginning ending silences This action is performed by AutoEdit algorithm which works trimming compressed audio data avoiding re compression that will cause loss of audio quality For more information about AutoEdit please see AutoEdit automatic silence removal 2 8 4 AVANCED INFORMATION Page 62 All AUDI COM drives have the following folders structure www solidynePro com On air screen AUDI COM Audio Always keep in mind that File Manager will show all the folders located in Audio and only those except the extra folders For example if you have two drives C and D File Manager shows the folders located at C AUDICOM Audio and the folders located at D AUDICOM Audio like this folders will be located in a single disk Cannot be subfolder inside Audio folder if exists they will be ignored When you create a new folder on a disk that doesn t have the AUDICOM Audio structure File Manager will create that folders tree structure automatically This is also valid for Text folders AUDICOM Text Discs or their partitions are defined in Configuration Panel www solidynePro com Page 63 SECTION 3 SCHEDULING 3 1 Cyber Play Editor The commercial b
170. iles that wants to associate 4 gt Select the text to which wants to associate audio and drag a file of audio toward the text window The file of audio dragged it will be associated to the selected text The text files that have audio associate change their name in the following way News Audio 1 Audio 2 txt The double it indicates that the file of text News has associates two files of audio Audio 1 and Audio 2 The names of the files of audio associates sink to the name of the text file separated by an The format of the text file doesn t lose temper its extension continues being txt The files of audio can be recorded in any format supported by AUDICOM It is recommended to use the format wav PCM since it facilitates the edition of the files www solidynePro com Page 97 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 3 2 3 Text files location Like the audio files the text files are in a fixed folder structure that is defined in the file Configuration Panel This means that AUDICOM only considers the folders located inside TEXT folder which are shown in File Manager as Tabs in violet color To create a text folder proceed like with audio folders AUDICOM File Manager is integrated to the concept since News Suite it allows to see and to publish the text files Selecting a file and pressing the button Edit or by double click the file is loaded in a window of News Suite 3 3 3 NEWS breaking news 3 3 3 1 News Management The application
171. illing 1534247 00 06 04ESTAS PISADOR OFF 2 the time differences when the break length 154253 16 09 lunes03 at master stations is higher that regional 16 01 02 00 14 FIN 04 aire puro break with music promos and fills cuts 16 01 16 18 04 lunes04 o 16 19 20 00 21 AUTORADI RAUL This control also replaces all artistic spots 16 19 41 00 26 ACTUAL coming from the master station by those 16 20 07 00 73 PEWSTA3652008 spots that fit the local content of each 16 20 30 00 25 KILLAMET 2008 remote station This replacement is done in 16 20 55 00 25 1CITAR real time and is transparent for the 162120 00 03 O4 ESTAS PISADOR OFF audience To replace header files local files 16 21 23 15 39 lunes05 with the same length are used An advanced foldback system is activated in case that Internet connection failure prevents playback the streaming In this case the iLink starts playback of automated music segment with a predefined criteria AutoDj The AutoDj template is set for each hour of the day making the interruption experience less traumatic as possible Also local commercial break still on air according to the scheduling The Internet connection is constantly monitored When the connection resumes iLink awaits the end of the current song and returns to the normal operation For receive the iLink signal from master station you don t needs to make special settings Slave PC repeater must meet the following requirements AUDICOM 8 Multicast installe
172. in Business Unit Customer Search Spot Station Radio DEMO 88 1 Ad Agency 4 Spot Filename Customer Agency Num Number Line of Business 4 Search Station Customer Int Num Radio DEMO 88 1 Autoridad Federal de Servicios d Inicio Espacio Publicitario 00004 0 Radio DEMO 88 1 La Radio Promo Radio DEMO 88 1 Autoridad Federal de Servicios d Fin Espacio Publicitario Radio DEMO 88 1 Solidyne SRL NOKIA a search of commercials Active If this feature is enabled default the search will only look for ads currently on the scheduling and those that will be scheduled in the future If this option disables the searching will include ads with ended contracts that will appear in red Note By default the option Active is enabled If it disables the user should to press Search again to update the results New Empty all fields to schedule a new ad Edit Allows to change the scheduling or the information of an existing ad Delete Deletes the scheduling for the current ad Copy Copies the current scheduling This feature allows to replicate a scheduling from a station to another one in a chain of stations Cancel and replace This option creates a duplicate of the campaign to introduce changes in scheduled without losing the previously scheduled The new standard will maintain internal order number but changing of O to 1 to indicate that is the first modification of the original campaign the original is
173. ing It is important to keep in mind that most of the cases of stations of Radio damaged by rays happen when the ray enters for the electric power lines Neither the UPS neither the stabilizers of tension can protect it against this event because the surges generated by a ray overcome Page 30 www solidynePro com On air screen the dozens of thousands of volts Very distant electric storms can even travel many kilometers for the electric power airlines and to cause big damages To avoid this circumstance seeks advice the employment of Unloaders of Rays for lines of 220 volts These units are connected poles of 220v and a javelin of 2 meters buried in the floor between both They are located in the main board before the UPS We request to consult to the Technical Department of Solidyne for marks and models of Unloaders 1 11 Auto starting at the morning The following explanations are not in fact an installation subject but a way of programming of the AUDICOM but there are including this information in the chapter Installation to facilitate its location since it is a case of frequent application Suppose you that your radio lets transmit to the 00 00 Hs and begin the transmission at the 07 00 Hs Each morning the operator of the transmitting plant power on the equipment or the Same one activates using an automatic device of ignition clock to timer Then AUDICOM must exactly start to play at the 7 00 Hs in automatic form The soluti
174. ing the results If some files are not added it s can happens because some titles already exist or the file is invalid 4 2 5 2 SEARCH F5 InfoMusic offers a great flexibility to search titles The easy way is the search by title Type in the field Title the song name that you wants to find and press AtoZ The title will appear in the window FOUND REGISTRIES If you enters only one word the search will give like result all those titles that contain that word Disable the mode EXHAUSTIVE to limit the titles to those that BEGIN with the entered word If you enter a single letter the result always will be the titles that begin with that letter A more precise searching is obtained combining different parameters Titles with parameters in common can be looked for Eg titles from certain authors all titles from the style Jazz all Spots etc To make a search define one or more parameters for the search keeping empty those fields that don t interest for the searching Press the button AtoZ to start the search or press F5 from keyboard In the window Found Records will appear the titles that coincides with the specified search parameters Page 108 www solidynePro com Ingest media Examples Select Author Astor Piazzolla and press AtoZ to search All songs written by Astor Piazzolla will appear Now add Recording Company EMI You will obtain only the Piazzolla music edited by EMI Finally add Gender Quintet you will lim
175. inues after the commercial break Notice how the titles in the following example k Live 12 00 12 15 lt no title gt 12 00 00 Largo del programa 12 00 gt 24 00 12 00 00 05 30 Dead Leaf Echo 12 05 36 04 53 Denn die tocten reten schnell 1210 31 0327 Corvus Corax Bacchus Tanda 12 15 50 SF3 Duraci n 0 411 12 15 00 O0 26 Batman 12 15 26 00 14 Equipo de Creativos Live 12 15 12 30 lt no title gt 12 15 41 02 20 auberquelle 1216 01 04 185 Psyche You can include Meteor commands time temp Etc pauses pause Comments and random files RND Direct inclusion allows files scheduled at specific times dividing the block into multiple blocks and including files directly within each block See the following example Block 00 00 01 00 AutoDJ clasics Night AudioFile 1 Block 01 00 02 00 AutoDJ clasics Night 2 AudioFile 2 www solidynePro com Schedule Block 02 00 03 00 AutoD clasics Night 3 AudioFile 3 In the above example an AutoDj is used so AUDICOM work in automatic mode generating music according the AutoD format classical But the first item of each block was predefined AudioFile 1 AudioFile 2 etc The difference of time between the duration of the Post and the length of the block is filled with music The predefined audio files will be the same day after day In order to AudioFile will rotate you can use the RANDOM command An example Block 00 00 01 00 AutoDJ
176. io From an airport or a bar with WiFi access you can transfer an audio file which will be in a few minutes available for the operator NOTE for the Network Manager Using the Web File Manager and the facility for use Web Tools AUDICOM tools from outside the station requires port forward the range 777 to 780 to the LAN IP of the on air computer Remember that on air a computer must be assigned a fixed IP address DHCP disabled for this redirection is successful Finally remember to set the IP to work properly it must be less than the value of the P Base of DHCP Server assigned on the router www solidynePro com Page 143 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 6 3 10 Mail link remote news This capability allows users to send emails with audio attachments to the AUDICOM terminals Simply send the mail to nombreDeLaEmisora AUDICOM us and attach the file you wish to send In this way a journalist can record an interview using a Samrtphone and then send it via e mail to the radio station equipped with AUDICOM 9 The attachments are transferred to a folder audio AUDICOM 9 default AUDICOM sends a confirmation email to the journalist once the file has been transferred to the audio server Additionally the subject of the email can contain the name of the folder where the audio should be stored optional and finally the station can set up a keyword that must be placed in the message body optional to restrict sending audios by unauthorized persons 6 3 10
177. ion AUDI COM FM AUDI COM AM AUDI COM Serve AUDI COM Server D Noticias AUDI COM News AudioDrives Noticias AUDI COM FM AUDI COM AM AUDI COM Commercial AudioDrives FM AUDI COM AM AUDI COM NOTES Remember to set color coding in File Manager to organize your folders and to facilitate searches with the color filter In Production remember to configure the software used for the temporary folder is on a local drive For more information about the organization of files on networked systems see AUDI COM Network gt File Management 5 1 6 AUDICOM system files ProgramDir C AUDI COM Installation folder 5 1 7 AutoDj Editor This module doesn t require a special configuration but we remind you that AutoDj Editor used to create the AutoDj formats for the automatic musical blocks saves the information into the file Autodj ini The AIR program reads that file to know how to program the automatic blocks AutoDj Editor module allows to select from a drop down menu the workstation over it will work that is to say from which workstation will read and write the file Autodj ini Have this in mind when you make the formats for AutoDj If by mistake you creates a format in a mistaken workstation the AIR program will be unable to notice the change and the programming will be erroneous AUDICOM s AIR module always reads Autodj ini from the local disk www solidynePro com Page 117 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 9
178. ion which behaves as Master It sends the program signal to the satellite b Remote Workstation which behaves as Slave It receives control signals and audio from the satellite The remote workstation Slave will be programmed with SatSlave s When the Master workstation finds a REGIONAL command typically into an advertising batch toggle an output in the parallel port The satellite codifier receive this status change through a relay and transmits it to the Slave workstation closing a contact in the satellite header This interface is shown next 1 9 7 1 MASTER TERMINAL satellite upload lo e Cooi ficat l gt satelite Relevador PIN 11 Salida USB GPIO PIN 3 Masa 12V 0 54 See USB I O pinout at USB GPIO The slave workstation detects the signal sent by the Master workstation like a status change in the USB interface which is connected to the corresponding contact in the satellite header When detecting a status change the audio program is commuted fading the line input of the sound card by where the audio via satellite enters and plays the local audio that will be on air until taking place a new status change in the satellite header when the regional commercial break concludes at the Master workstation Likewise the Regional will change the PIN 10 status on the USB interface to commute the audio console in case it is necessary Next the diagram of connections of the SLAVE workstation In this ex
179. it the search to Astor Piazzolla and Quintet music edited by EMI Select Class Promos and start the search All registered Promos will appear Searching by title Lets us suppose that you need to find the song My Dear Buenos Aires Entering Dear word in the field TITLE begins the search If the EXHAUSTIVE option is activated you will obtain like result ALL the titles that contains the word dear without mattering in what position is If the exhaustive search is enabled the result will show only those titles that BEGIN with the word dear Entering a D you will see all the titles that begin with D In order to finalize this example suppose that in addition to the D you selected Carlos Gardel in the field Performer You will obtain a listing with all the titles sung by Gardel that begin with D 4 2 5 3 FOUND RECORDS selected records 179 61345 Free Ultra Nate 03 55 CAMAUDICOM SSUDION azz a Freed from desire Sagi Rel 0320 CNAUDICOMSALU DION azz lo Home Stevie Wonder 01 08 CMAUDICOM ALU DIOS err Groove holmes Beastie Boys 02 33 CNAUDICOMVALU DION azz Home Depeche Mode 01 47 CNAUDICOMYALUDIO ND er love too much Stevie Wonder 01 41 CVAUDICOM SAU DIOSD err want ou HPS Madonna 01 33 CNAUDICOM YAU DIO ND er In the closet Michael Jackson 01 39 CAAUDICOMSAUDIOSD er Invisible Switchblade Symphony 01 40 CAAUDICOMSAUDIOSD er It s no good Depeche Mode 01 46 CAA0DICOMmAS 0010 D er J arr Michael Jackson 01 38 CVA
180. itteen hours AND twenty five minutes INCLUYE AUDIOS AM or PM Appends the audio files U AM wav or U PM wav at the end of the hour playback when in 12 Hs mode Pace n Independent from the format selected time prefix file P H0UR wav and time postfix file S HOUR wav are used except any of these files does not exist Temperature Units Defaut unis usted throught the system PLAYBACK 4 DEGREES LIKE 1 T 004 wav or T 004 wav depending if temp is pos neg A ren The file U DEGS wav exists must contain the audio degrees similarly UDEG wav degree y U DEGSBO wav degrees below zero PLAYBACK TEMPERATURE WITH DECIMALS Aopends U DEC wav with audio decimal and the numeric file Naannn wav which matches the decimals The phrase wil be formated like The temperature twelve degrees DEC HUMIDITY CONFIGURATION PLAYBACK 47 PERCENT LIKE 1 A 47 wav Z Independent from the format selected humidity prefix file P HUM wav and humidity posti file S HUM wav are used except any of these files does not exist PRESURE CONFIGURATION PLAYBACK 990 HECTOPASCALS LIKE 1 N 0990 wav audio files include hectopascals v independent from the format selected presure prefix file P PRES wav and presure postfix fle S PRES wav are used except any of these files does not exist RAINFALL CONFIGURATION PLAYBACK 22 MILLIMETERS LIKE 1 R 022 wav audio files include MILLIMETERS v independent trom the format selected rainfa
181. kbps is the minimum value recommended to link stations To check RDS streaming from other terminal of the LAN using default values open Windows Media Player go to File gt Open URL to check the public streaming enter mms computer name or http computer name field User address in this example the default port 8080 is used to check the i Link streaming enter mms computer name 8081 or http computer name 8081 field Link address www solidynePro com Page 129 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 6 1 3 1 xLink realtime link The xLink mode generates a stream containing only the metadata It is used when it is required that a repeater station to transmit without delay In this case the repeater computer is in the same building as the headend with which is linked via LAN using iLink xLink in the headend the repeater station iLink The audio signal is sent to the repeater PC using a physical connection of audio analog or digital using a sound card connected to the computer The repeater receives the audio signal directly to an audio input and receives metadata via LAN and replaces the ads and artistic accordingly The audio generated by the repeater is transmitted to the transmission plant using a real time link Flash msg Status Public stream iLink stream xLink stream Instant Messaging User web page FTF update TCP metadata _ Enable xLink server Port 8083 xlink AIRE2 18 39 05 Iniciando refresco
182. l you need to export the new titles to the different workstations This work way is used in big networks with more than one ON AIR studio Pressing the Transfer button you access to the advanced functions to manage titles between databases Sincronizacion de base de datos Que desea copiar Titulo actual en pantalla Titulos mostrados en resultado de la consulta Titulos ingresados en los ultimos N dias Todos los t tulos de la base de datos A donde desea copiar 1 terminal _Update hosts Toda las terminales A estas terminales Filtro de estilos 51 los estilos deben existir en la terminal destino Mo copiar sin validar la existencia del Estilo en destino Incluir el audio 51 copiar el audio a la ubicacion equivalente Mo copiar el audio Listo para proceder Proceder Salir What do you wants to copy The first step is to determine which titles will be exported There are four possible options Current title It exports ONLY the title selected at this moment Titles shown in found records window Exports the searching result This way if you want to transfer all the titles of certain Style Interpreter etc you makes the corresponding search and then export them using this option Titles added in the last N days Exports ALL the titles added to the database in the last days The drop down menu allows you to select a number of days to consider until today s that is to say 3 will me
183. l is determined by the respective levels of the files In this case the button Mix don t take effect only works with Live Assist and automatic mixes like Partners files File Manager VU Meters shows the real level of the audio file The counter indicates the elapsed time and a seek bar allows you to play the file from any point SEEKING BAR 2 8 2 7 STOP PAUSE Stop behaves as in the CyberPlay module Pressing this button once the reproduction stops and stays in that point as pause When pressing Play it continues the reproduction from where one had stopped Pressing the button twice or with double click the reproduction of stops completely The yellow cursor of selection happens to the following file therefore if it becomes to press Play it will be begun to reproduce the following title of the list www solidynePro com Page 55 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 8 2 8 AUDIO EDIT You access to this option when File Manager is expanded or by the right click menu Audio Edit opens the selected file using the program that windows have associated to this file extension In AUDICOM default installations the associated program is the FX5 audio editor You can change this simply installing another audio edition software If the selected file is a txt AUDICOM News Suite will open up 2 8 2 9 SYNCRO This option allows to transfer the difference of files contained between two folders For this select a source folder in a window a
184. l name The above example limits the selection to those regional files started in Lon_ This is the most used option because it allows only certain files can be used in determinated show Remember that while only one replacement can be defined into an iLink block different iLink blocks can be defined during the day each with a diferent replace criteria If no file Liv_ match with the length of the header file iLink will search for any file with the same length 0 5 sec in Replace folder If no file of the same length the replacement is aborted AUDICOM WEB Tools Integration into a single platform for many activities a radio station has been a priority for Solidyne making AUDICOM 9 is the first product that integrates the full life cycle of a radio station No matter the size of the medium be it small medium or a big multimedia it is necessary to work efficiently quickly and neatly For this we have incorporated remote access from the Internet so that a speaker simply changing tab in your web browser can go from the cover of a newspaper to participate in a chat with the crew A producer similarly you can type in a web whiteboard details on a note that is generating Page 138 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads 6 3 1 Access The WEB tools are available in versions AUDICOM 9 Multicast HD Video and HDTV On setup the AUDICOM installer launches the AStart application which requests information for the
185. lates ANTEX Sx 34 36 etc Digigram or similars They can be used directly without reconverting them installing the CODEC for Layer 2 not incluido with AUDICOM We recommended to acquire the CODEC developed by the QDesign company Cont ctese with www qdesign com or consults with its Solidyne representative for more information Dolby AC2 The typical extension is wav or atx Not supported by AUDICOM in direct form but it is possible to obtain a codec Contact with its Solidyne distributor for more information Folders for media files AUDICOM works with a rigid structure of folders The management of files and folders is explained in chapter AUDI COM File Manager At this point is important to know that all media files that AUDICOM manages must be organized in this folder structure Audicom AUDIO JAZZ TANGO BOLEROS POP 80 s POP 90 s SALSA ROCK amp ROLL EFECTOS PROMOS CORTINAS The folders contained in Audicom Audio are called media folders These folders cannot have sub folders If sub folders exists AUDICOM will ignore them Use File Manager to create new folders within AUDICOM this way the structure of folders will be always the proper The user only choose the disc and a name for the folder Please refers to the chapter File Manager for more information Data Base For automated modes AutoDj s AUDICOM requires media files registered in the database File Manager allows to the user ingest files to the database in au
186. lays audio streaming from the header station When header station plays a commercial break iLink stopped streaming and playback a regional break You must define the same number of breaks in the header station and local stations If the amount of scheduled breaks do not match iLink will behave as follows e If the number of breaks at the header is larger than the number of scheduled breaks in the local station after playing all the regional breaks iLink returns to the streaming and no more replacement take place There will be no filler music or repeated regional commercials e f the number of breaks at the header is less than the scheduled breaks in the local station the regional breaks surplus are ignored Regarding the duration of each commercial break as usual is that the header pre agreed duration of the commercial breaks In case of discrepancies the behavior of iLink is If the batch header is longer than the regional batch iLink up the difference on the following basis Level 1 Try to complete with music the time remaining until the start of the next block As we saw the type of filler music is defined when creating the boque iLink When the selected song does not cover the exact or if time does not find any songs most likely with time differences of less than 3 minutes iLink proceeds to compensate under Level 2 Level 2 If the time difference could not be accurately covered with a song iLink try to fill the remaining
187. le buttons User toolbar AAudit Add gt AA udit AutoDJ Lex AutoE dit Cue Edit AutoRec Fman CDex Infomusic Cue Edit Live Assist Live Assist db2UNC dbA eindes lt Remove Meteor Cancel Help At left Available buttons the available buttons are shown At right User tool bar the current showed buttons are listed Using add quit buttons you modify the User tools bar list which can include up to 9 elements since it is the maximum quantity of buttons that can be showed on the tool bar Button menu If you adds many buttons depending on screen resolution a new button labeled MENU will appear which contents the buttons that not are not visible in the toolbar NOTE The ToolBar and the Menu button can contain modules to which the user has restricted access In that case the button will appear disabled in gray or a pop up warning will www solidynePro com Page 35 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM notice you about the restriction This depends on the attributions defined by the administrator in the AUDICOM users settings 2 2 3 Time and weather reports This module contains the controls that allow you to inform to the audience the time o clock and the weather report temperature humidity atmospheric pressure and fallen rain This values can be entered manually by the operator or it can automatically updated by AUDICOM WEBTols using Internet The AUDICOM generates the corresponding voice
188. le on the air select it and press the PLAY button When the title ends playback stops PlayList Manager plays the titles one at a time If you need to schedule several titles continued insert them into the CyberPlay window The seekbar can jump to any point in the file The slider at right of Stop lets you change the playback speed pitch in a range of 5 The button lt Insert load the full list in the CyberPlay schedule The insertion will take place over the title currently selected yellow cursor PlayList titles will be added respecting the location of commercial blocks ie if necessary titles may be spread over several commercial breaks depending on the length of the list PlayList titles can also be individually inserted into the main schedule To do this select a title and drag it to the window CyberPlay Notes If there is no selected item in CyberPlay the listing is NOT inserted The comment window will show Set the insertion point IMPORTANT If the duration exceeds PlayList block SOLO titles are inserted until the end of the block The PlayList does not extend to next show For example a 1 hour PlayList inserted at 17 30 in live a block which ends at 18 00 Hs titles ONLY are inserted until 18 00 Hrs Playlist Manager can play by a different audio channel of the main channel defined in the Configuration Panel AUDICOM Multicast allows two PlayList Manager simultaneously in separate playback channels
189. lena Exhaustive search scan EXADDICO RA SUDIO Demos Radiohead Karma Police MP3 This field shows the name and the full path of the current media file To add a new file to the database using InfoMusic proceed as following remember that you can ingest media by simply copying a file using AUDICOM File Manager and autoDB folders a Inthe menu WORKSTATION select the workstation in which is the file that you look for By default I nfoMusic uses the local workstation b Press the button New A window will appear showing the audio folders of the current workstation c Look for the desired file and select it d Press Open The file will be load into Infomusic The name of the file will also appear in the field Title e If the file name has the format performer title mp3 you needs to remove the performer from the title field and enter it in the Performer field Make sure of make this before save the title Note You can add several files at the same time with the option SCAN like will be explained later Once the file is added to the Database you cannot modify the field Title from InfoMusic but you can change it using File Manager In this case the title on the database and the file name will be the same You cannot REGISTER A SAME FILE WITH TWO DIFFERENT TITLES If you tries to make this InfoMusic will show a warning noticing that the file is already registered in the Database with another title and the action will
190. les takes place Block It displays the remaining time minutes seconds of the current program block When the remaining time is smaller than one minute a little progress bar will start to fill above the counter indicating that the block is ending Live shows During a live show or live blocks the block counter will show the estimated remaining time for the beginning of the next commercial break When the remaining time is smaller than one minute a progress bar will appear above the counter indicating that the block is ending This is just information for the DJ to he know how much time left Nevertheless AUDICOM do not start playing the commercial break until the operator press Play Error It keeps track of the time discrepancy between the original program log ending time for playing block and the current ending time minutes seconds When AUDICOM works in automatic mode minimizes this errors trying to make them zero if possible if not it does fulfill with the error tolerance of each blocks When works in manual mode default this counter is used to know how much time you need to compensate The error can be compensated by canceling or to adding Music Promos etc If a block has error 05 00 this means that the next block will start five minutes before the established time 2 3 1 4 Maximized view The Expanded Mode widens Cyber Play s window When this is done additional advanced information is displayed showing the fil
191. lete o rename files using Windows Explorer database will report these files as missing media _ missing Page 56 www solidynePro com On air screen 2 8 2 12 RENAME Pressing F2 a window will appears to edit the Title and Performer for the selected file You don t need to enter the file extension since it doesn t changes The Database is automatically updated if corresponds when the folder is autoDB or if the file was registered from I nfoMusic Prod Performer EES ay Title Camisa amarela Filename gal costa CAMISA AMARELA Cancel Cue Help The file name format always must be Performer Title no mater if file a promotional advertisement or a song If the audio file don t needs Performer leaves this field empty The Abc button toggle between uppercase lowercase to facilitate the correction of titles Pressing the button successively the case changes Example A file called Radio Buenos Aires mp3 appears with the column Performer empty and Radio Buenos Aires as Title You can change the name F2 adding Promocional in the field Performer The file name will be Promocional Radio Buenos Aires mp3 The file 05 Lucho Gonzalez Centro al coraz n mp3 is loaded as Performer 05 Lucho Gonzalez and Title Centro al coraz n You can correct the Performer pressing F2 JORGE FANDERMOLE becomes Jorge Fandermole touching the button Abc 2 8 2 13 DELETE To delete a file make
192. lete or modify users and assign their access rights It is also used to manage advanced settings such as the case of multiple stations belonging to a multimedia and managing multiple terminals on the same station When the user WebTools is created in the installation process AUDICOM Astart the WebTools server also creates a default administrator user The media or media group is the name of the entity or organization that contains two or more stations For example the media group National Radio can contain AM Nacional Nationa Rockl National Folk etc In the case of a media group the name of media group will be used to access the Administration Panel of AUDICOM WebTools Remember that you receive this information by e mail when set the stations usually on AUDICOM installation by AStart assistant If the station is autonomous does not have a media group media group will only contain that station and the name to access the Administration Panel is the alias of the station followed by admin The default password is the same as defined for that user To access the Administration Panel please contact the distributor www solidynePro com Page 145 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Both the administrator user name alias and password can be modified If you do be sure to write down the new data a good procedure is to forward the original email AUDICOM WebTools to your email detailing the changes By accessing the Admin Panel
193. ll prefix file P RAIN wav and raintal postfix file S RA N wav are used except any of these files does not exist LOCATION OF METEOR VOICES MALE FOLDER c Audicom METEOR METEOR M Sal FEMALE FOLDER c Audicom METEOR METEOR F Sal EXTRA FOLDER c Audicom METEOR METEOR E Ea FILES FORMAT WAV default T O CLOCK AUDIO CONFIGURATION O CLOCK AUDIO CLIP c Audicom meteor HourBEEPwav A Filet empty then fine audo wal be played To activate remember to press ihe Meteor O Dock bution Audo is played rough Live Assist 2 sound card ial www solidynePro com Page 23 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 4 6 1 O CLOCK audio clip Set a beep sound file that will be broadcast five seconds before each hour For the beep airs must be active pressed on the Meteor Zone O clock button The audio is played through the audio output assigned to Live Assist 2 1 4 7 1 4 8 1 5 Page 24 FONTS X AConfig Ss eee 268 A Exit without saving Save and Exit Save changes AUDIO LINKS AUDIO COLORS HTH FONTS CYBERPLAY MODULE FONT NAME Arial Select a font fo use Eg Anal Tahoma eic FONT SIZE 13 pt Keep in mind that F choosing a foo big font size text in ihe butions wil be buncated FILE MANAGER MODULE FONT NAME Arial Select a font fo use Eg Aval Tahoma eic FONT 51ZE 13 pt keep in mind that i choosing a foo big font size texi in the buttons wil be tuncated PLAY
194. lly updates are distributed in a single executable file and downloaded from the WEB www solidynePro com WARNI NG ALTHOUGH THE INSTALLER NOT OVERRWRITE USER INFORMATION is recommended to have updated backup of folder C AUDI COM Audicom AUDIO Audio files Audicom DB Data base of music Audicom Log Ads scheduling Audicom Pgm Artistic contents scheduling pgm Playlists pls m3u txt Audicom Air On air log S lo es necesario tener copias de seguridad de estos archivos si es de inter s para la radio mantener un registro hist rico de todos los archivos que salieron al aire El tama o promedio de un archivo air es de 80 KB Admicom Traffic data base Migraci n de versiones 7 0 10 0 a 10 1 a Before moving to version 10 1 AUDICOM requires updating to version 9 x Then run dbreindex and select With Syncronize info in DB info files Once checked that option press PROCEED This will embed the information in the Current Database in media files audio and video b Run the upgrade AUDICOM 10 1 which installs a new SQL database technology The database is empty c To rebuild the database simply open AUDICOM File Manager and click on each folder tabs autoDB As the database information is protected within the D3Tag of media files all of the original data will be imported into the new database Advanced customization of data base fields If necessary some aspects of the database can be modified before sta
195. lows choosing between anyone of the AUDICOM active terminals Default host always refers to the local workstation unless the administrator of AUDICOM has redefined the default settings AUDI COM ini When this menu opens for the first time the exploration of the network begins in search of active terminals of AUDICOM This operation can take a few seconds The result is stored in a cache being no delays in the later accesses In order to update the terminals select the option update hosts Commands for commercial breaks BATCH OF ADS Batch name HH MM XYZ This is the command line that generate a commercial break The Name is optional Below this sentence the spots titles are added HH MM Hour in that commercial break must start In hours minutes XYn This variables defines the flexibility time for the batches that is to say if the batch must played on air exactly at the indicated hour or its starting time can be changed This variables XYn are optional and they can adopt the following values X S Start It indicates that the specified time refers to the beginning X E End It indicates that the specified time refers to the ending Y C Clock It indicates that the start time is o clock when working on automated mode Y F Flexible It indicates that the start time is flexible n How much minutes can be moved the batch when the start time is flexible NOTES www solidynePro com Schedule By de
196. m newt confguraton fre paih shoud atvaps be C lAuaicon 1 4 2 1 AUDIO FILE STORAGE SERVERS Defines the drives enabled for this terminal This settings are defined on each terminal The drives must be declared as UNC for example Server or PC AI RE NOTE Even in network installations that do not have server because the on air computer is the file server is REQUIRED to define the location of the files using a network UNC path This is because the database is unique for the entire network so if the user sets only the drive C other computers on the network cannot access the contents of the on air terminal PARTNERS locations Folder that contents the pre recorded presentations for the songs dry voices Page 18 www solidynePro com On air screen PROMOS FOR REPLACE Location for audio cuts that will replace promotional and cut of a content linked with a Master Station by iLink 1 4 2 2 DATA BASE MAM DATABASE Media Asset Management Location of media data base The database is centralized and locates in the file server SERVER Audicom db or at the on air terminal WAIREYAudicomidb The other terminals access to the centralized database PROGRAMMING PGM Location of pgm files which defines the shows and musical scheduling COMERCIALS LOG Location of log files which defines the Traffic contents advertisements AIR LOG Location of air files which stores the daily scheduling with played titles and acti
197. make a weekly generic programming taking rates to perform a specific schedule for each day of the week For example a canned program daily one hour is usually arranged in 4 blocks of 15 minutes with the following names Ranking _Top40_Monday Block 1 mp3 Ranking _Top40_Monday Block 2 mp3 Ranking Top40_ Monday Block 3 mp3 Ranking Top40_ Monday Block 4 mp3 Since for each day of the week the media file name will change Ranking Top40_Tuesday Block 1 mp3 Ranking _Top40_ Wesday Block 1 mp3 etc needed to program each singly day of the week This has now been simplified with the introduction of MetaNames Now it is possible to to assemble a single generic block one hour valid throughout the week Block 10 00 11 00 Live Ranking Top40 Ranking Top40_ lt day gt Block 1 mp3 Ranking Top40_ lt day gt Block 2 mp3 Ranking Top40_ lt day gt Block 3 mp3 Ranking Top40_ lt day gt Block 4 mp3 AUDICOM replace every day MetaName lt day gt by the word Monday Tuesday Wednesday etc This avoids having to generate patterns files for each day There in AUDICOM Built 8 40 onwards MetaNames many that can be combined according to the needs lt d gt Is replaced by the day s number 1 to 31 lt dd gt Is replaced by the day s number expressed with two digits 01 to 31 lt day gt Is replaced by the weekday name lt day3 gt Is replaced by the weekday short name Mon Tue etc lt m gt Is replaced by the number of mo
198. mber after the bar increases with the reviews cancels and replaces the agency usually ships e Internal Numbero Es el c digo que asigna ADMICOM a cada nueva orden cargada Este n mero es UNICO y adem s sigue la convenci n de 1234 0 Cada vez que se oprime el bot n ANULA Y REEMPLAZA el ADMICOM va a duplicar la pauta dejando la actual intacta pero con fecha vencida al d a de hoy y luego crea una nueva pauta con el n mero siguiente luego de la barra 1234 1 en este caso Este n mero es nico y servir a para identificar las pautas en forma nica en el sistema de facturaci n e Client Name of Clint to billing e Gross Total bill amount also include other amounts and intermediate savings you could ever need 7 4 7 Aaudit 7 4 7 1 Overview Press the Audit button on the Applications Bar to open this module It can find in the default Commercial desktop log in as user comercial or the user can add the Aaudit icon in the current user s desktop This module allows to see the emission logs The on air desktop registers all events into air logs Page 164 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads Location Co 4udicomS air 39901 21 air CNAUDICOMB AUDIOSMUSICSWHEREABOUTS ECM CNAUDICOMBS AUDIOSMUSICSTIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN ECM CAUDICOMS 8U0IOMUSICSAOAANNE ECM CMAUDICOMS 8UDIOMUSICSSAD BUT TRUE ECM CMAUDICOMS AU0IOMUSICSSTONE COLD CRAZY ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSMUSICSS TONE COLD CRAZY ECM CNAUDICOMS AUDIOSMUSICSS40
199. mbibed information metadata In the case of public stream to listeners information Name and Interpreter of the song is included This provides the same information as the RDS system but on the website of the station The iLink high quality signal is accompanied by sync information allowing the playback of local events with more than the split second accuracy Making the experience of a repeater looks so lived like a really programming live from each city in a chain of stations The commercials make references to the region as well as all the promos for the station including weather information corresponds to each of the remote cities of the radio network Page 125 www solidynePro com SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 6 1 2 Public streaming IRDS generates audio data encoded in Windows Media Audio streaming WMA and passes through the port 8080 default Not only transmits audio but sends information Artist and Title of each song This information appears in the player The streaming is not send directly to end users but requires a STREAMING SERVER that provide this service This server is in charge for distributing the streaming from the radio to the end users The number of users who can download the signal depends on the characteristics of hired server Check with your ISP Next the Public stream screen To enable the public streaming check the box Public signal If this box is unmarked then the streaming is not encoded Fla
200. me item ads There may be exceptional items that can be repeated in the same batch even if the batch not supported repeated items Executive Name of vendor who negotiated the contract If not applicable leave the field empty Internal Number and Order Number Agency Number of internal order of the campaign and order number sent by the agency Source Label describing the origin of for scheduled commercials Exchange State Advertisement Campaigns public good Sellers own Payment means Displays the list of enabled media that are entered in Commercial Settings gt Payment means Commentaries Text field for free use Gross Fixed sum to be paid on a monthly basis if such payment is agreed Placing a monthly fee the monthly fixed value and the second value are added Agency commission The percentage that corresponds to the agency as commission If not applicable leave this field empty Discount The total discount amount to apply on tariffs www solidynePro com Page 157 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 3 2 1 Windows controls f search New Edit Delete Spot Copy Cancel And Replace Search Shows all current ads Search can be restricted by Station Customer or File To change the search criteria first clear the fields used previously selecting and deleting its contents To view or change an ad schedule double click on the title at the found items list Station Config Commercial Config SpotProgramming Reports Help Orig
201. n the musical data base and behavior templates AutoDJ format In the previous topic we explained how to create AutoDj blocks Here we explain how to create the templates for that block which determinates the behavior of AutoD scheduler AutoD templates are created using the AutoDj Editor module You access to Auto D Editor module from AUDICOM tool bar or from the icons group AUDICOM in Windows start up menu The following window appears www solidynePro com Page 91 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 4 AutoD Editor Current Host default host A Format caper Performers Authors Add Delete lAl Min separation 40 io Gender Tempo restriction Mood Restriction Solista Femenino Largo 9 M1 0 O Yer Soft Solista Masculino Andante WI Soft Allegra re Mormal Presto 5 E E Loud Miri separation mh r Include Top Hits Insert Promos using PromoPgri Insert Meteor Ci Top 10 ria Every O Top 25 titles Voce A Top 40 Presentations
202. n the presentation ends the singer begins like make it the best speakers in a live show Take advantage of all automation features that AUDICOM offers you and your listeners will think that your radio is always on live 4 2 4 System fields This are fixed fields you cannot modify them from InfoMusic Prod They are automatically filled by AUDICOM The fixed fields are the following ones 4 2 4 1 LENGTH Total duration of the file given in minutes seconds This value can be updated with the tool dbReindex using the option Verifies that the files exist This is useful when registered files in the database are edited 4 2 4 2 Fs BITRATE It indicates the sample rate for wav pcm files or the bitrate kbps for mpeg files 4 2 4 3 REC MODE It indicates if the audio was recorded in discreet stereo 2S that is to say two independent channels mono MB or pseudo stereo JS Joint Stereo 4 2 4 4 RECORDING DATE It shows the date in which the file was recorded given in month day year Page 106 www solidynePro com Ingest media 4 2 4 5 LAST TIME ON AIR It shows the date and hour in which the file was aired for last time 4 2 4 6 LAST WEEK PLAYED It shows the last week that this title was on air and number of times in that week 4 2 4 7 BEST WEEK Indicates the week in which the title was aired more times 4 2 5 Using InfoMusic Prod 4 2 5 1 SCAN Checking registered files Ingest several files simultaneou
203. n up 7 4 7 2 Music or ads Aaudit has two methods to identify if a title is music or commercial spots a according to the block in which it was played b according the Database info All files played inside a batch are marked into the Emission Log as commercial spot Therefore if the operator inserts a music title in a commercial break Aaudit will mark it as commercial spot The database information is used to corroborate the type of file in the field Class If Class Spot this item appears on green If Class is different from Spot Promo Music it appears on light blue If Class field is empty or the file is not registered the title will be considered a Spot 7 4 7 3 User s events log As complementary information the module of Air includes in the emission logs the users login logout This information is shown in Aaudit with a gray bar with red text indicating the login or logout time and the user name So Se oe ee ee ee d me Se ee ee OO Os i T e mil VW S425 0442 aaan LIME eee 11 53 06 00 00 ILOGON AIRE 1 LOG IN 11 5306 00 54 CET a q2 00 00 00 59 0 00 LNB neran www solidynePro com Page 165 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 7 4 7 4 Playing a title The user can listen the audio files selecting them on screen and pressing Play The file plays from its original location therefore if it was deleted or moved the user won t be able to listen it 7 4 7 5 Open file When Aaudit starts shows
204. nd Playlist Manager can be used for display The scheduled this list using ExternalDJ is as follows Block 00 00 01 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom pgm lt Y YYY gt lt MM gt lt DD gt cod Block 01 00 02 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom pgm lt YYYY gt lt MM gt lt DD gt cod Block 22 00 23 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom pgm lt Y YYY gt lt MM gt lt DD gt cod Block 23 00 24 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom pgm lt YYYY gt lt MM gt lt DD gt cod If the external playlist for this day is not found the selection will be made using an AutoD with Default format NOTES During the extension of externalDJ is a requirement that one event at every hour must be scheduled a commercial break ExactTime AUDICOM keeps track of the last title played from each external list creating pointer file for each list with the extension PTR These files are located in C Audicom PGM DIRECT INCLUSION In a live segment or block AutoDj you can include a list of files that appear in the main play list ready to be played on the air To this add the titles under the instruction Live as shown in the following example Block 12 00 24 00 Live Dead Leaf Echo Denn die todten reiten schnell Corvus Corax Bacchus Zauberquelle Psyche The list of titles entered under Live command is included directly in the scheduling in order of appearance If the listing length exceeds the block time until the next commercial break the list cont
205. nd PGM Page 76 www solidynePro com Schedule e To type it into text fields e By Drag and Drop from File Manager e By Drag and Drop from InfoMusic In addition the files can be dropped in CyberPlay TEST window 3 1 7 Previewing the schedule F9 3 1 7 1 3 1 7 2 _ 00 31 00 45 default Demos WWW SOtuy MOL TOM 1 FO The CyberPlay Test window shows graphically how the schedule is conformed Pressing Test the graph is generated according to the commands introduced in LOG and PGM fields This graph is similar to the one that you see at the on air screen allowing to check if the commands entered are according to the desire schedule In addition a validation is made LOG and PGM to detect syntaxis errors The result of this validation appears on the STATUS box below the LOG PGM fields TANDA 11 02 30 SF2 97 Advertencia en linea 5 Posible bloque vacio Error en linea El formato Notte Hala no esta definido use autoDJ Editor para crear los formatos musicales De no existir el programa de AIRE usar el formato default Error en linea 11 El formato Notte italia no esta definido use autoDJ Editor para crear los fornatos musicales De no existir el programa de AIRE usar el formato default Error en linea 15 El formato modeme no esta definido use autoD Editor para crear los formatos musicales Block 18 00 18 07 Samil RAJNINFO 18h Test CyberPlay Audio files If some ti
206. nd a destined folder in the other side Pressing SYNCRO the following options will appear Synchronize left window If we activated this option It cases out Manager will copy in the folder of the left all the archives of the right folder that are not in the window of the left Like result the folder of the left will have ALL the archives of the right folder but those that could have the left folder that is not in the other Synchronize right window it will copy on the right folder all files of the left folder that are not in the right Like result the right folder will have ALL files of the left folder but those that could have the right that is not in the other Synchronize both windows Selecting both options right and left folders will have the same contents 2 8 2 10 FULL VIEW 4 Pressing this button a second panel will appear at the right Right panel allows you to move or copy files among folders and others functions that will be explained later When you make a click on a file the active window changes which is indicated by the green arrow Play and stop buttons will act on the file selected in the active window 2 8 2 11 MOVE AND COPY To move files of a folder to other open the second window Select a file that you can move in a window To select several files simultaneously a Maintaining pressed the key Control Ctrl select the files clicking on them b Select a file and maintaining pressed the key SHI
207. nds One more chance MP3 Madonna Meteror are indicated by the name of Let s talk about me Alan Parsons the corresponding command In Project addition music Class Music in the Money can t buy it MP3 Annie Lenox database are shown with blue tay by me Mp3 Annie Lenox background while the promotional La realidad en estereo cuts are shown with yellow Sorry Son The Cranberries background Vhen the Pawn Fiona Apple CUE To listen to a degree by the Var Child The Cranberries previous monitoring channel double cuando caminas por la ciudad click on the title or select it and press Ve will rock you Queen the Cue button To stop CUE press Blood on the dance floor Michael Jackson Stop CUE can also pause playback by Useless MP3 File Depeche Mode pressing STOP CUE on air InfoMusic Massive Attack window Playback is done using the CUE 32 26 channel assigned If you prefer using MusicattematvaTxT the PlayList channel monitor console you need to activate the mode in PlayList CUE module double click on the CUE caption displayed on the left of the time counter Activation of CUE in the module that generates audio playback from PlayList NOT be reported by RDS IRDS nor compute the broadcast register File alr This mode is used by some operators instead of using a dedicated channel monitoring prefer to work in a traditional way activating CUE console on each channel ngert Save Remove StopCue Cue Report To play back a tit
208. nfoMusic There are three operation modes for InfoMusic in on air desktop 1 Current s title viewing 2 Searches into database 3 Cueing 2 6 2 1 Current s title viewing InfoMusic shows the information of the current title As the titles go playing the information is updated in real time In any moment you can edit the InfoMusic data and save the changes in the database whenever you have the corresponding permission in your user profile 2 6 2 2 Search and access the database 2 6 2 3 Page 50 Ketama quebibo Ketama No estamos lokos La mosca tee tee To be quiero Leon geco Los tales de ch Los autenticos decadentes La Los autenficos decadentes Ma Los caballeros de la quema Los enanitos verdes El estra Los enanitos verdes lgual que Los ensnitos verdes La mural Los enanitos verdes Te vien Los pericos Alza las manos Los pesicos Big pupo Los pericos Eu wi chegal Los pesicos Fronteras america Note Pressing the button Clear the current title s viewing mode is suspended and an e text field appears in the TITLE area You are now in the SEARCH mode Notice that the button Clear has changed to Search In this mode you can make different searches by title by performer by style etc Once selected the search criteria press Search The search results appear in a separate window that can be placed anywhere on the screen If done a second search will open a secon
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210. nstant news however was designed to be used when the radio station transmits with automatic scheduling autoDJ i Link satellite without the need for scheduling changes The NEWS application runs in background for checking the arrival of news When a news arrives by e mail or phone depending on the implementation NEWS is in charge of play it on the air and then continue with regular programming The News Suite allows to work with text files associated to audio files being able to insert news in the Cyberplay air screen be already single text or audio text This easiness enables the possibility working on a network that several journalists publish their news whit the associated audio files in different workstations and they send them to the boss of news who organizes and sends the news to the air workstation News Suite Open the module News Suite from AUDICOM s applications bar Eg from programming desktop This module is a text editor destined to the writing of the news and journalistic information Format TXT works with archives standard The operation is very simple similar to the one of other text processors Ej Block de Notas de Windows It allows to work with multiple windows between which the tools can be used To cut To copy and To stick standards of Windows www solidynePro com Schedule AE Solidyne News Suite File Edit Search Window Help Male pel el Lhheworitn wontan_D Ey 1 Document Of x
211. nt Link signal involves audio streaming and sync commands which will be interpreted by AUDICOM at the receiving remote station to manage regional scheduling RDS allows direct connection of up to 5 remote terminals without the need for a Web Server If you needs to link more remote terminals a streaming server will be necessary Page 128 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads l Flash msg Status Public stream iLink stream xLink stream Instant Messaging User web page FTP update TCP metadata iLink signal Server address empty act as server Port WWW SEr ver com 8080 usuario password Publishing point play mms www server com play default audio device Profile Events 13 39 05 Iniciando refresco de licencias 13 39 08 Refresco de licencias concluido iLi nk signal Check this box you enables the HQ streaming to link remote stations Server address Port Usually this field remains empty Is only needed when you use a Streaming Server to deliver audio to several repeaters Default port is 8081 Link address This is the address that repeaters must use to access to iLink master signal generated by RDS Audio source The audio is taken from an external audio input since Link must encode the PGM signal mics AUDICOM computers phones etc Choose from menu the input device in where the PGM audio signal si connected Profile The bitrate defines the audio quality 128
212. nterrupt a commercial break NEWS detects as much as the current topic has left time of reproduction If they are less than 25 seconds it assumes that it is reproducing a commercial break and wait a title that has more than 25 seconds of duration usually any topic musical hard 3 5 minutes When a news arrives a time of confirmation should be completed so that it is programmed in the Module of Air This time allows the journalist to modify or to erase the message NEWS expects a time by default 30 sec starting from the creation of the file before programming it to leave to the air You can change this time from News main screen NOTE www solidynePro com Page 99 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM The module NEWS was not designated to be used while the Air module is in on live LIVE block Page 100 www solidynePro com SECTION 4 INGEST MEDIA 4 1 Overview Access editing programs and database management from the desk AUDICOM Production This is built from the basic desktop desktop exe configuring it with the appropriate tools Remember that this is determined by the administrator in the Access Levels module air operators will access the desktop of air and other staff access the generic AUDICOM desk which will be configured according to the needs of each terminal AUDICOM has one default Desktop Production which you access by login as User Produccion Pass none Here you will find all the tools that you will need to record and edit th
213. nth 1 to 12 lt mm gt Is replaced by the number of month expressed in two digits 01 a 12 lt month gt Is replaced by the month s name J anuary Febrary etc lt month3 gt Is replaced by month s short name Jan Feb etc lt yy gt Is replaced by the year expresed with two digits 14 lt yyyy gt Is replaced by the year expressed with four digits 2014 lt w gt Number of week of the month The MetaNames can be combined Here is an example from audio files news agency REPORT 09hs 20120307 mp3 REPORT 10hs 20120307 mp3 REPORT 11hs 20120307 mp3 These news briefs to be airing every hour Are scheduled using metanombres and Exacttime as follows Exacttime 09 00 REPORT 09hs lt yyyy gt lt mm gt lt dd gt mp3 Exacttime 10 00 REPORT 10hs lt yyyy gt lt mm gt lt dd gt mp3 Exacttime 11 00 REPORT 11hs lt yyyy gt lt mm gt lt dd gt mp3 Page 84 www solidynePro com Schedule 3 1 10 3 AUDICOM Auto DJ and third party music schedulers AUTO DJ Block HH MM HH MM AutoDj Format title It defines an AutoDj block In this segments AUDICOM conforms a musical playlist in real time selecting the songs from a Database according to the predefined criteria called AutoD FORMAT The AutoDj blocks shows on screen in light blue color A header line AutoDj Controller indicates that these segment will be scheduled by AutoDj In AutoDj blocks you will not see a pre programed full li
214. o stream sent by the header 1 4 4 2 SATELLITE LINK It defines the input device used with SatFill blocks 1 4 5 PLAYED TITLES COLORS Several windows AUDICOM titles are displayed in different colors according to the time elapsed since its last issue on the air The colors and time ranges are defined in the following panel AUDIO LINKS AUDIO COLORS HTH FONTS VIDEO RECENTLY PLAYED TRACKS COLOR PLAYED BACK IN THE LAST NOT SO RECENTLY PLAYED TRACKS COLOR PLAYED BACK UP TO TRACKS INFREQUENTLY PLAYED COLOR PLAYED BACK UP TO TRACKS VERY INFREQUENTLY PLAYED HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS TIME INTERVAL Page 22 www solidynePro com On air screen 1 4 6 WEATHER REPORTS and TIME Defines the way in which announcements will be generated Weather and time announcements are built based on prerecorded voices detailed in the chapter Customized voices for announcements PLAYBACK TIME 22 HS 47 MIN LIKE 3 H 22 wav N 0047 wav U MINS wav v F file U MINS wav exist has to contain the audio minutes similarly U Hour wav hour and U Hours wav fours PLAYBACK HOUR WITH SECONDS Append seconds file N annn wav and the Seconds audio using the fles U SEC wav or U SECS wav that should have the audios Second and seconds Eg twenty two hours INCLUDE INTERJECTION AND Adds the file U Y wav between the hour and the minutes except when minutes are zero The phrase will therefore be formated ike F
215. oTrans 0018 dawer 00 20 Patio Bulrrich 00 19 SHELL 00 10 Escucha esta musica Y Live 07 02 07 10 Programaci n de ES ExactTime 07 10 SF5 Duraci n 0 4 00 11 La realidad en estereo 00 09 Luz y Sonido 00 09 Meteor Time 00 11 Radio Virtual 2 MM Y Live 07 10 07 15 Programaci n de Tanda 07 15 30 SF3 Duraci n 1 46 00 12 tafi sl els CyberPlay Editor full view SHELL block 08 00 10 00 live Programaci n de los Mi rc Escucha esta musica sponsor open Luz y sonido mid Radio Virtua fexacttime 08 10 TANDA 3 0 30 SF1 Tula conoces ella es tafi Usted sabe elegir ATENCION Resumen de Noticias Equipo de Creativos Linea 60 error El formato AutoDj Demostraci n no esta definido use autoDJ Editor para crearlo o se usar Linea 63 error El formato AutoDj Demostraci n no esta definido use autoDJ Editor para crearlo o se usar Linea 66 error El formato AutoDj Demostraci n no esta definido use autoDJ Editor para crearlo o se usar Mic 3 1 2 LOG PGM scheduling files The commercial breaks and the program blocks can be defined in several ways Few files can define the programming for an entire year for a specific date l e December 25 2004 for a certain day l g for every Monday of the year for a day of a certain month E g for every Monday of April for one specific month Ej for the whole month of August for the entire year AUDI
216. oftware to generate lists with 24 blocks of one hour These files must be saved with the name mmddyy txt in C AUDICOM PGM in order to CyberPlay Editor and Playlist Manager can be used for display b Using AUDICOM CyberPlay Editor define the ExternalDj segments with the following command Magic Programming assistant can be used Block 00 00 24 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom PGM lt yy gt lt mm gt lt dd gt TXT The previous example plays music the whole day but you can define any hour range Block 02 00 06 00 ExternalDJ C Audicom PGM lt yy lt mm gt lt dd gt TXT Night Music In this case AUDICOM creates an automatic musical block for the segment 02 00 06 00 Hs based on external scheduler If CODES is used in the lists of external scheduler these codes should be entered in the External 1D field of the Database AUDICOM using InfoMusic production or InfoMusic Air And the external scheduler should generate lists YYYYMMDD cod format Note that the lists do not have txt extension If the extension is txt AUDICOM assumes that this is a list of titles no codes If the extension is Cod assumed to be lists of codes Additionally if watches schedules are used to indicate the time of each musical block to use the following into the file cod xx 00 where xx is the time from 00 to 23 www solidynePro com Page 85 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Page 86 The list is saved in C Audicom pgm so that CyberPlay Editor a
217. ogramming of one or several remote workstations denominated Slaves workstations Master workstation uses an special instruction known as REGIONAL When this instructions is interpreted by the On Air module sends a start pulse via parallel port that is transmitted via satellite to the remote Slaves workstations repeaters where the AUDICOM interprets it commuting the Remote workstation to the local programming The last block of a SatSlave program doesn t require of start pulse On screen will appear programmed as Syncro because of not arriving the corresponding pulse commutation will be made according to the programming schedule so that the next program begins at the defined hour Repeat external signals switching by time For explain this the case of an AIR workstation is supposed which requires to commute between local programming and satellite programming The workstation is programmed in SatFill mode As was said in this mode the commutation is controlled by the the schedule During the SatFill event the input of the corresponding satellite will be enabled The commutation can be made in two ways a Controlling the console via USB In this case the satellite audio signal is sent to a console s channel remotelly managed by AUDICOM obviously the console must allow the remote control AUDICOM controls the console s module sending commands through the USB port to switch the channel status depending on how the SatFill inst
218. ole folder J azz use the option destination folder source folder For further security you can disable the option delete original files The Database will be automatically updated since AutoEdit will modify the duration time of the files The Intro times also be corrected if is necessary WARNING In networked systems in order to correctly update the Database the files should be loaded in AutoEdit through the Network access so that the references remain in UNC That is to say the files to edit must be Produccion C AUDICOM Audio CD Ripper and not C AUDICOM Audio CD Ripper In this last case the Database won t be upgraded Page 114 www solidynePro com SECTION 5 NETWORK SETTINGS 9 1 Example of an installation on Windows network You must use a Microsoft network over TCP IP protocol default on Windows It is very convenient to use a dedicated network that is the computers are interconnected with their own HUB isolated from other networks the administrative area for example This ensures the exclusive use of the network by AUDICOM applications Not recommended creating a network share Working Group as this does not provide the independence necessary to the network A HUB 10 Mbits be enough We will analyze a real example of a basic network composed by the following terminals Cited quotes the name of the terminal on the network 1 AM workstation AM 2 FM workstation FM 3 Recordings Studio
219. on is very simple consite in programming a SatFill block while the radio is off air The AUDICOM computer will remain working reproducing the Satfill block At the 7 00 Hs the satelite block ends to take place to the commercial break or another block that start the programmingschedule The programming command in PGM file will be similar to the following one Block 00 00 07 00 Satfill Block 07 00 09 00 AutoDJ Music at the morning In this way the computer remains playing the satelite block all night long and at 7 00 according to the PC clock starts to play the next block in the previous example an automatic musical block AutoD Notes if the radio let to transmit at 23 00 Hs the Satfill block would be separated in two parts The complete block will be armed when they join the end of the PGM of one day with the beginning of the PGM of the following day That is to say the programming logs PGM begin with a Satfill block from 00 00 to 07 00Hs and finalizes with a SatFill block from 23 00 to 00 00Hs This particular way of programming is totally independent of the state of the AUDICOM s autorun explained in the previous item In order to know more about the programming of AUDICOM please consults CyberPlay Editor chapter 1 12 RDS setup 1 12 1 Software setup The RDS module RDS EXE included in the folder C AUDICOM manages the hardware Solidyne RDS 100 and other compatible brands see www solidynePro com This applica
220. ons of the operators MUSIC FORMAT Database where AutoDJ stores the templates Usually the AutoD database is stored at the on air computer When there are more tan one station each station have its own AutoDj templates so the reference in each on air terminal will be UNC to local disk Station 1 Audicom Station 2 Audicom From any AUDICOM terminal AutoDJ Editor will can Access to any on air terminal 1 4 2 3 NEWS SOURCE TEXT LOCATION This special folder in File Manager that supports TXT files TELEPROMTER Is not necessary to change this field C AUDI COM 1 4 3 PREFERENCES FOLDERS PREFERENCES AUDIO LINES AUDIO COLORS NAMIE FM Virtual Wane should De jess ihan Tf characiersiona Eq FMS Se yy WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION WORKSTATION USE ON AIR shows Cyberplay logs playout FTR Web Tools servers active Conex comguration fo respond acornding fo work siaban ute STARTUP MODE START AUTO PLAYING IN 3 MIN ifuseris not present Fo jad AUCO af sfeiuo handog has fo be configured fo logon aufoma cald AutoDJ OPTIONS MUSIC SCHEDULING AMOUNT OF MUSIC TRACKS TO SHOW IN ADVANCE Comgures Ae amount of tacks ina Auai sal stew advance 17 ite Ciber pipa PROMO CLASS TO USE PromoPG exclusive promo class for autoDJ music blocks Adows fhe use of a aerea promo class on autoi papirs Shan hose used by ihe labora Os 1 4 3 1 RADIO STATION NAME Name for AUDICOM terminal different to the computer n
221. onsidering the Windows modified date BETWEEN HOURS It allows to enter an interval of dates to limit the search to the files recorded between those hours considering the Windows modified date Search audio file Kevin Johansen Y Exhaustive mode Longer than secs M Shorter than secs l Only on local disk l Only on local folder Between this dates Thursday May 071 2014 Wednesday May 265 2014 Between this 00 00 E 24 00 canes Performer Length aarete do El Gdl iste ue Baby Gal Costa 4 03 Barato total Gal Costa 3 58 amisa amarela Gal Costa 2 36 CoracAo vagabundo Gal Costa 3 18 alsa balana Gal Costa 2 46 Lanterna dos afogados Gal Costa 4 45 London london Gal Costa NAo identificado Gal Costa Paula e bebeto Gal Costa P rola negra Gal Costa sua estupidez Gal Costa lecoteco Gal Costa Vapor barato Gal Costa VocE nAo entende nada Gal Costa 4 i Total 16 Auto cue Play Shop Delete Report Help From this window you can play a file insert it into the Main Scheduling to place it into a Live Assist button Also you can delete files if you have the appropriate permission in you user profile Report generates a text file with the result of the search Page 58 www solidynePro com On air screen 2 8 2 15 NEW FOLDERS File Manager Shows all the subfolders contained in the paths AUDICOM Audio and AUDICOM Text of all HD drives defined in Configuration Panel Folders outside A
222. ontinue after the sponsor file In AutoDj s programs the closing Sponsor is played when beginning the last block of the program In Live and Satellite programs the ending sponsor is added at the end of the last commercial break of these program separated by a pause The way in that the Sponsor file steps to the music in an AutoDj is fixed by the variables SS KK which are described next SS Time in seconds that it lapses from the beginning of the song until the Sponsor starts to play KK It determines the relative levels with those that it was carried out the mixture of the two files It can adopt the values 10 25 50 and 100 The parameters SS KK are optional If they don t exist the file Sponsor start to play with the song and the levels are fixed by the button MIX Examples Block 22 00 24 00 Live Sponsor Example Open Title 1 Mid Title 2 Close Title 3 When the block begins at 22 00 Hs reproduces the file Title 1 At the end of each commercial break will be played on air the file Title 2 and like block closing will reproduce the file Title 3 Block 03 00 07 00 AutoDj Classic Sponsor ARTISTIC Open Title 1 Mid Titleo 2 03 50 Close Title 3 When the block begins the file Title 1 is played on air Next the music programmed by the AutoDj starts At the end of each commercial break 3 seconds after the first title of the block the file Title 2 plays stepping to the music The mixing will be c
223. oose between Non Top empty field Top 100 Top 40 Top 25 or Top 10 This allows the AutoD to create programs including songs from the ranking When you creates the AutoDj formats for automatic programming you can include Top Hits so that they repeat each certain time 4 2 2 13 CLASS It define the content of the audio file Music Spots advertising Fills or Promotional Cuts This distinction is fundamental for AutoDJ so that the musical themes can be programmed independently of the Promos Fills etc Use of the category Promo There are two ways to classifying a promotional cut like a PROMO or like a PROMOPGM The difference resides in that the first ones are enabled to be used into AutoDj blocks and can be used as fill files for time adjustments into any AutoDj format The category PROMOPGM is also used by AutoDj when it requires to insert promotionals into the programming but are not used for time adjustments Next we describe three categories a Promotionals to be added into AutoDj blocks randomly each n titles exclusives for specific radio shows They registers as Class PromoPgm and can be filtered by AutoDj Format For example if the titles are morning 1 morning 2 morning 3 etc and the filter in the AutoDj Format is morning only this group which begins with morning are enabled to be aired when when AutoDj works with that format b Promotionals for general announcements enabled to be used at any tim
224. options are Yes copy the audio files to the equivalent location This option copies the audio files to the destiny workstations using the same paths of the source workstation that is to say if in the source terminal Eg Production the file is located in the folder Tango it will be copied in the same folder at destiny terminal If this folder doesn t exist at destiny a folder Tango is created NOTES If the drive C of destiny terminal does not have free space to copy the audio files the operation will fail In this case you can transfer only the database records and soon to copy the audio files to another unit using File Manager when the files are added to the programming schedule AUDICOM corrects the path on the data base Remember that you can view folders from a specific terminal on File Manager The Syncro option is another useful tool to synchronize the content between two folders In the Configuration Panel the user must define the audio drives as UNC paths If DOS paths exists it will be interpreted like the UNC equivalent path that is to say if AudioDrives CD InfoMusic Prod will interpret AudioDrives terminal_name C terminal_name D Not to copy the audio files It transfers ONLY the database records The audio files remain in the local workstation or in the main Server if the files was recorded here AutoEdit Automatic trim of silences Using AutoEdit It is very important that the audio files don t have
225. or TEMP Meteor HUM x Meteor HUM Meteor HUM Meteor PRESS Meteor PRESS Meteor PRESS Meteor RAIN 4 Meteor RAIN Meteor RAIN Separation Scroll Scrolling by amp chars Equipment 1 Standard ADS 100 Comm port 1 Export info to RadioT ext for Android BlackBerry iPhone etc Export as UTFE Ee Cancel Help Communication port By default the port is disabled After installing a device RDS run the RDS software from the AUDICOM menu on Windows Star Up Enter the COMM port used on the RDS software configuration Restart the RDS application the comm value is stored in the file serial ini located in the AUDI COM folder in the comm section variable port In the configuration panel can be defined in a way that differentiated information using RDS for music commercial blocks and other blocks Also the name of the radio and the message format Since RDS viewers only show 8 characters you may choose to alternate the text in order to show more long messages The Export info to dumps information generated by RDS in a text file defined in this field This is used to link a hardware RDS is not supported directly by AUDI COM RDS If the application of the hardware can lift the data from an external file the data dump permitra link AUDI COM RDS with that application The location of the file format supports UNC Page 32 www solidynePro com On air screen SECTION 2 On air studio 2 1 Starting AUDICOM 2 1 1 Login
226. ore is indexed as Performer and what is at the right of the score is loaded as Title If the file name don t have score the file name is indexed as Title and Performer field remains empty Note If the file name has two or more scores last score is considered b If available additional MP3 internal information is loaded from ID Tag 1D3 V1 V2 c The field Class of the data base corresponds with the Class defined for this folder when it was created to check this right click and choose Info d If the folder contains songs Class music the folder name is the Style for all files of this folder If the folder doesn t contents music the field Style remains empty e If the folder contains songs class music a default value of 1 sec is set for crossfades If files aren t music crossfade times are zero f If the title already exist into database new title will be renamed adding the subfix 2 3 etc Remember that you can easily change the Title using Rename window F2 Example Carlos Gardel El dia que me quieras mp3 and Julio Sosa El dia que me quieras mp3 they have identical titles Titles will be loaded as El dia que me quieras y El d a me quieras 2 Once a file was indexed you can edit the information only from Rename on File Manager Title and Performer and from InfoMusic AutoDB only adds new files to the data base If you enables autoDB in a folder that contains previously indexed f
227. ot running the AUDICOM can not handle the processor It should be a Shortcut to VirtualRack in the Windows Start menu for the application to run if the computer is restarted VirtualRack is installed with AUDICOM You can run in demo mode even without a processor connected For details see Help in VirtualRack 4 2 2 15 MEDIA It specifies if the title is stored in the HD or in another support Although the AutoDJ only operates in the first case often is important for the operators to know if certain titles are available in CD s or another support For this you a use InfoMusic as a complete database for your Radio When the support is different from HD the title can be entered without associated file leaving empty the field File If you inserts in the AIR SCREEN a title registered with support different to HD a message will appear indicating that the title is in a removable support and a pause will be inserted into the programming schedule so that the operator plays on the air this title from a CD MD etc If a title appears with Support _ misssing the audio file to which makes reference this record doesn t exist Was moved renamed or deleted This can happens when you delete move or rename files using the Windows Explorer To detect lost files runs dbReindex with the option Verifies that the files exist 4 2 2 16 ALBUM ID CD Track DH ieaS Track specifies the tack number when Support field isn t HD CD a or Min
228. ou previous y created Cancel lt Previous Next gt Submit Step 3 Business Managment Model You should now decide whether this new Station is going to be part of a Media Holding Group or if the Station is going to be independently managed THE NEW STATION ACCOUNT BELONGS TO A MEDIA HOLDING GROUP Godan only avalable in ALDICOM MulbCast or AD Video Cancel lt Previous Next gt Submit www solidynePro com Page 15 SOLIDYNE AUDI COM Page 16 A multi media groups a set of stations each of which have their own users WebTools For example the multimedia National Radio may contain the AM National National Rock National Folkloric stations etc The name of the multimedia will be necessary to access the administration panel of WebTools which allows for example create new users for each station When an independent station is defined the alias of the radio station with the suffix admin will be the default name for administration This information is detailed in the confirmation email sent by the server to confirm WebTools account creation Fill in the information of the new Station account STATION FICTITIOUS NAME JAVRA RADIO eg Radio Giy 90 WEB ACCESS STATION S ACCOUNT NAME JAVRA Affanumenc easy fo remember short name It eal be used by staff members fo access fram fhe web E MAIL ADDRESS TO SEND PASSWORDS Ail wiih a vato emal ador ess Connected to AWT Server Cancel l
229. ouble clic on display opens a dialog box to enter the values We recommend to use the AUDICOM Web Tools for automatic update CyberPlay Main schedule CyberPlay automatically shows the scheduling with all events to be aired with its exact airing time Live shows news programs satellite links automatic music program etc are displayed in the CyberPlay window although some of these may be live events When starting with AUDICOM this programming log can be created dynamically by the on air operator In advanced use sophisticated programming can be achieved using CyberPlay Editor to create comercial breaks LOG file and prerecorded radio shows remote links real time musical blocks o clock events and more PGM file By defaul the programming log are generic files log and pgm for all days In basic operation you can insert files pauses and other events into the blocks All changes made to www solidynePro com On air screen commercial breaks green zone are saved into the LOG file C AUDICOM Log Month00 log As you become familiar with AUDICOM you can create advanced programming logs You can create a different programming log for each day You can have seven PGM files one for each day If some day requires a special programming for example for Christmas a custom file for that day can be created The file name will be 091225 PGM for December 25 2009 This file is merged by CyberPlay with the correspondent LOG file that h
230. our portable audio Or they may decide to hear the program directly from the web but at the time of day most convenient for them This new technological revolution of the content on demand putting control in the listener Since this time decided that you want to listen to their favorite radio program AUDICOM 8 makes publishing a podcast in a simple automated task Having recorded all programs of a station allows the production department to schedule iterations of a successful program or simply cover vacations a talent of the station Additionally these recordings provide automatic tapes witness for those media that have a policy to safeguard all discharges to air 6 5 General diagram LIVE COMMENTS LIVE CONTENT INTERNET AUDICOM 8 AUDICOM 8 MASTEA REGIONAL es LOCAL ADDS LIVE MUSIC ADDS AA a IMTEAMET e STAEAMIMNG y PODCAST CLIENTS PODCAST SEAVER INTERNET RADIO CLIENTS INTERNET STREAM e STAEAM SEAVEA Page 148 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads SECTION 7 ADMICOM Traffic and ads 7 1 Station settings Admicom manages the ad scheduling for one or more radio stations version AUDICOM Multicast Each station has a general configuration that defines the advertising time and the general pattern of commercials batches When opening the application the Admicom desktop appears empty From the menus the user access the different options 7 1 1 Station
231. own menu When you load files using the SCAN tool this field can be automatically filled if the file names are of the type performer title mp3 4 2 2 6 AUTHOR F9 Autor Vangelis It allows entering the name of the composers 4 2 2 7 POSITION Ubicacion You can assign a special location for certain type of media It can J Cierre be for Opening or Closing depending on their characteristics This facilitates the task to the on air operator when he needs to look for a title with certain characteristics for example a song to be used as ending of a radio show The opening closing condition is of course quite subjective When the topics don t have opening or closing vocation leave this field empty The fact that a topic be classified as opening or closing it doesn t imply that AutoDj will locate it in those positions This indication is only informative to manual selection 4 2 2 8 TEMPO This concept very used for music refers to the speed with which a score is executed InfoMusic Prod has four fixed values that follow the habitual nomenclature from classical music with Italian words that go from Long for a slow song they continue with Andante if the music is but quick then Allegro and finally Presto if is very fast www solidynePro com Page 103 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 4 2 2 9 MOOD payma Modo Mood refers to the sound intensity loudness not to the execution ce Muy Suave speed Has four fix
232. p point Pause Insert a pause AUDICOM will stay on STOP until you press play www solidynePro com Page 81 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Example batch Pause example 13 30 ES3 Spot 1 Spot 2 Temp Hum Next the command is executed and the program Stops until you press play When pressing Play the playing starts from Spot 3 Pause Spot 3 3 1 9 11 PAUSES WITH TEXT Text Name SSS Frist text line Second text line Last text line EMPTY LINE This command also inserts a pause but the text entered below the instruction appears in the commentary window of the on air screen It can contain any number of lines Below the last text line it should ALWAYS have an EMPTY line The modifier SSS allows to enter the approximate time for the reading This time will appear indicated in the CyberPlay window but only as reference for the operator the program will remain in Stop until Play is pressed Example batch Demo 08 30 SC Spot 1 Spot 2 Spot 3 Next a command Text is executed Notice that the last text line is empty Text 30 If the text is directly typed in the window will press Enter when a text line occupies the wide of the window otherwise the text will appear in a single line at the commentary window If you inserts text copying from the Windows clipboard it will appear in a single line for what you will give it format creating several lines by pressing Enter Spot 4 Spot 5 Spot 6 3 1 9 12 CHAI
233. pdated CUE END TIME 5 final seconds When seecing CUE fo an audo ack ateady been CLE ed ALCOL sal olapback Me Jest seconds of fre Fack Include a pause after each live block If the insertion of Pauses is enabled CyberPlay include a stop point or pause preceding each live block on the scheduling Automatically load next day programming at Schedule in which AUDICOM will load the scheduling files LOG and PGM Automatic height of comment text box If the space in the commentary window is not enough the window s height duplicates Deactivate independent channel CUE When the independent channel for CUE is deactivates the cueing plays using the same playback audio device but with the difference that cueing do not generates RDS data CUE end time When selecting CUE to an audio track already been cueing AUDICOM will playback the last seconds of the track Page 20 www solidynePro com On air screen 1 4 3 5 LIVE ASSIST INSTANT PLAYER FOLDERS PREFERENCES AUDIO LINKS AUDIO COLORS LIVE ASSIST OPTIONS AMOUNT OF COLUMNS 4 Amoun of coume ated Ure dsos mandos are aide open AMOUNT OF ROWS 10 4Amaun of rows of Lie Ar ndo fconigure acoraing fo ie manana Meri HIDE I NUMBERS FROM BUTTONS no Each Ore Asa bution las a ugue Number fo figger ite audio uang a fepboard ahodcot J fie fealwe tt oof used fend Ns can be dden front fe Durk DISABLE BUTTON SHADOW no Simper fhe veualza on by remoang
234. perators instead of using a channel monitoring dedicated prefer to work with the traditional method activating CUE console on each channel as if the output channels AUDICOM were separate hardware devices 2 5 3 4 Play mode There are three play mode which toggle by successive clicks on button NORMAL PLAY The file plays only one time If while the file is playing you launch another file this will be queued and will aired when the first one ends Queued files will flash MODO LOOP The file plays for uncertain time when it concludes beginning again To stop the loop play press Stop or change the play mode to Normal or nstant Play and launch another button MODO INSTANT NEO If while a file is played you launch another button the play starts immediately interrupting the current play Chain to air This function is used to chain the Live Assist playing with the air scheduling Being stopped the air scheduling press one or several buttons on Live Assist and ultimately the button Link to Air Live Assist window will close When the sequence of Live Assist concludes the playing will continue with the main scheduling From the keyboard the same operation can be made pressing the space bar Play after launch a file from L A 2 5 3 5 Mark in out You can set start and end points for each button To define markers proceed Enable CUE mode double click on the cue on the screen legend This allows you to play audio wit
235. r eg Windows Notepad Files must be saved in the AUDICOM PGM folder so they can be used by AUDICOM Once in the PGM folder the playlist can be loaded to verify the TEST window CYBERPLAY the existence of programmed files HOW TO INSERT A PLAYLIST IN THE MAIN SCHEDULE The desktop module CyberPlay Air has a button called PlayList which opens the PlayList Manager window From here are displayed and loaded the PlayList files www solidynePro com Page 73 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM The top menu shows all the available lists found in PGM folder When selecting a list its contents are displayed in the window PlayList Manager As with all modules AUDICOM titles appear in different colors according to the time elapsed since the last release to air Comments appear in violet while Meteor breaks and commands are indicated with the corresponding legend To refresh the list in the pattern programming select this pattern first CyberPlay window the point where you want to insert the PlayList Note that the insertion will occur ABOVE the selected item Presinando the LOAD button is complete Playlist inserted Times the commercial breaks are respected so the titles can be distributed among several batches depending on the length of the PlayList PlayList titles can be added individually to the programming schedule To do this select one or more titles Ctrl click and drag them to the CyberPlay window The titles will be added in the or
236. r code and name into correspondent fields and press Save at the bottom of the window As was explained in Station settings each schedule has defined if it accept or reject ads with the same item from different clients Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Ad Agency Line of Business search La New Edit Delete Code TEC Name Technology Disable Rejecting campaigns with same Line of Business As explained in Setting the station each commercial break has an attribute that defines whether the block supports the inclusion of commercial spots of the same commercial category Although the commercial breaks reject ads from the same line of business you can define certain business areas to be an exception to the rule activating the Disable rejecting campaigns whit same Line of Business This is useful when you want to schedule more than one piece of the same item in the same batch as for example promotional cuts own radio station 7 2 4 Agency group Commercial Config gt Agency Group An Agency Group lets you group Media Advertising Agencies so that it is possible to follow a set of agencies It is used when several advertising agencies belong to the same holding The data required are similar to those required for the agencies eo Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Ad Agency Line of Business Ad Agency Group search a New 5 Edit Delete
237. r each computer PC The AUDICOM can be settled to automatic restart and play in case con power failure a Use an UPS with capability to feed the console and the transmitter This way the transmission will never be interrupted As alternative can be installed an UPS for the computer and a emergency generating group for the transmitter of modern type with automatic Starting b A more economic solution is to suspend the transmission during the blackout but restarting it automatically when the energy returns In this case is convenient to turn off the PC so that it doesn t continue generating commercial spots that don t come out to the air to be out the transmitter To achieve this an intelligent UPS must be used This UPS notifies to Windows when the energy cuts closing Windows and shut downing the computer When the energy returns Windows are restarted and the AUDICOM starts PLAYING at the more next hour This way the spots are canceled during the blackout appears in the audit schedules like not played on the air Also the program of billing of the AUDICOM cancels the billing of the spots that you didn t come out to the air during the energy cut To operate in this mode b you must create a AUDICOM shortcut aire exe in the start up folder of Windows Start Up menu so that AUDICOM be started when power on the PC The option Autorun of the AUDICOM must be enable The feature Autorun must be defined in the 1 10 1 Protection against light
238. r switching possible it is necessary to have a console that can be remotely controlled by logic signals The consoles Solidyne the 2300 2600 series support it There are two modes of operation Satellite Satellite fill SatFill and Satellite Master Slave SatSlave The use of one or another depends on the satellite link that you want to manage since they are designed for different requirements and each has a specific function in the system www solidynePro com Page 27 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 9 3 1 9 4 1 9 5 Page 28 Multicast AUDICOM also allows transmission to remote stations using the Internet This method is detailed in Internet Tools Sat Fill This mode is used in terminals requiring alternate the local programming with external audio sources such as satellite links etc In this mode the AUDICOM software enables an external source during Satellite block Event SatFill Switching between satellite and local programming IS produced according to a time schedule On the OnAir screen these blocks appears as a control bar called SYNC Each SYNC event has a fixed duration and while active the external signal Satellite will remain on the air When SYNC ends switching takes place and AUDICOM continues with local programming as scheduled Master Slave Satellite SatSlave Allows to establish connections between AUDICOM workstations In this configuration a workstation will behave Master controlling the pr
239. r with in violet The random command are the following RND Random command foder Name of source folder This folder must be located on yn YAUDI COM Audio Number of files to be added It can be between 1 and 10 prefix Optional parameter Allows to enter a text to filter the folder contents NOTE The selection will be reduced only to files that begins with these characters Example batch 08 15 SF5 Spot 1 Spot 2 RND Spots 3 Summer Spot 3 After the Title 2 3 random files will be added from the folder Spots These files names will begin with summer The command Random doesn t use the Database neither it carries out a control on the on air date of the files The selection of the files is made in random form However the random commando uses the attribute file to take control on the selected files When a file is choose its attribute file is changed and this file will not be choose until all files of these folder being used by the random Although the files are registered in the Database the titles programmed by the instruction RANDOM are not mixed with cross fade Remember that this instruction like all instructions for commercial breaks can be used in ExactTime blocks www solidynePro com Page 79 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 1 9 3 TIME Time n It plays the announcement corresponding to the current time The same action is obtained pressing the button Time on the AUDI COM Toolbar The vari
240. rated To see how many batches there are patterned for a day see the log files using the CyberPlay Editor module Page 160 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads Scheduled by Show Enables scheduled spots directly in certain shows or segments of radio programming The shows are entered in the Configuration Station gt Commercial Batch option This facility allows the sale advertising to be scheduled within a program or radio show If the radio show date or time changes just updating the radio show data announcements will be automatically reassigned without changing the scheduled of each Scheduled by Specific Batch Allows entry the exact time at which the commercial will be scheduled There must be defined a batch for that hour If there is no batch for this time the spot will be included in the nearest batch To enter a schedule write it in the field and press Add Schedule to add it to the list Clear deletes the selected schedule from the list 7 3 3 Specials commands 7 3 3 1 Alternated ads In the ad name field two or more ads can be entered separated by a pipe This way both ads will be scheduled with alternance The number of ads is limited by the length of the field title The file names must be entered manually not necessary the file extension Example YPF 1 YPF 2 In this case the ads YPF 1 and YPF 2 will be included alternated according to the main scheduling 7 3 3 2 Chained ads It is po
241. rcial and programming logs Runs Aaudit It enables the access to the module Aaudit the viewer of the emission logs Edit AutoDj formats It enables the access to the module AutoDj Editor to create or modify the formats of the AutoDj automatic blocks Enter to Admicom customer files It enables the access to the Admicom Execute Admicom Billing It enables the access to the module of Billing of Admicom 5 2 9 InfoMusic Add Delete titles from InfoMusic It enables to the user to add or remove titles from the musical database Edit title s data By checking it the user can change the database contents Modify the Intro Cross Fade Enables to the user to change these values from InfoMusic Prod and I nfoMusic Onair Operations between Databases Enables the transfer functions to export titles 5 2 10 Starting application It determines the application that runs when the user is logged on AUDICOM Operators of AIR workstations will have as initial application aire exe For all other workstations desktop exe must be used which soon are customized as Production Administration etc 5 2 11 Skin Define el Skin o entorno gr fico para cada usuario Luego cada usuario puede modificarlo Note If you wants to define an unique graphic environment for each workstation and that the users cannot change it you can delete in each workstation the skin that it doesn t need leaving alone the used skin The skin s folder is AUDI C
242. re is a single terminal Air it is normal that all files are located in the PC Air They are generated from the terminal Production always working on local disks Once the files are ready to be released into the air they are entering the database in production and then transferred to the Air Terminal through InfoMusic Prod When titles are exported from InfoMusic Prod files are copied to the PC Air so it will be back in production You can keep all the duplicate in both terminals for security audio or delete the songs from the albums production You should always keep copies of the files of the radio art ads etc Since the disk space they occupy very small compared with music and disaster are more difficult to recover if you do not have the suitable backings NOTE Remember that ALL folders containing audio files MUST be within AUDICOM Y Audio in order to be recognized by AUDICOM All folders located outside Y AUDICOM Y Audio are ignaradas by AUDI COM 5 3 6 Several on air terminals In this case if the various air terminals need to share files it is not desirable to have copies of them in each terminal therefore arises here the use of a network with dedicated audio server You can also set the system to one of the air terminals operate as both server See Network Installations When several air terminals the following is recommended e The songs files are stored in the terminal operating as a server e Files promotional filling
243. reaks and blocks of program contents creates separately in different files The advertising schedule registers in LOG files whereas the program blocks are in PGM files The commercial breaks can be created automatically or in manual form For the first case a complete module called ADMICOM is included To create it manually you can use the CyberPlay Editor module descripted in this chapter The programs blocks are made using the CyberPlay Editor module You can define musical blocks live shows satellite links etc into the PGM programming logs As the commercial breaks like the program blocks are created with a set of instructions own of AUDICOM that agrees to know although it is not necessary to remember them because also there are wizards who facilitate the programming task 3 1 1 Overview The user access to this tool from AUDICOM s tool bar by clicking on CyberPlay Editor icon Remember that you can login as Programador to access to an empty desktop without CyberPlay and other tools used on air Remember The administrator can restrict the access to this module With CyberPlay Editor you can create commercial and musical schedules The traffic advertising are contained in LOG files and the music and artistic contents are stored in PGM files The commands that define the schedule and the audio files Promotional cuts Spots etc are Edited as text in CyberPlay Editor LOG and PGM windows Many commands also can
244. reindex is 1 it means that it is active if O is disabled Page 170 www solidynePro com Acerca de Solidyne 8 2 Backups Whenever a material is ingested in AUDICOM all information entered in the database is embedded in the media file This allows in case of damage in the database it is possible to retrieve information from the media audio and video We recommend to backup the following folders Audicom DB Database of media files Contents the files user ini which save the user profiles data sqlite which contents the database of MAM Media Asset Management Audicom Log log Scheduling of Traffic Audicom Pgm pgm Scheduling of contents titles music Audicom Air air Records of aired files and specific actions of operators Admicom Data base of advertisement 3 3 Support and updates IMPORTANT Always keep your system updated Check for updates www solidynePro com If you have problems and cannot solve with the information available on this documentation feel free to contact our technical support via email or telephone you may contact us to request a review of the system via remote control Thus our technicians entering your computer to verify the configuration and troubleshoot software By this method technicians can run applications open edit transfer and delete files control programs You authorize us access to your computer and over coffee we solve the problem Please consult our sales depar
245. revious title to start with the updated programming pressing Play Note You can reload a single file of the programming logs For this expands the CyberPlay window and double click on the display on the field LOG or PGM to reload only a part of the programming Refers to the chapter CyberPlay Editor to details on programming files 2 3 3 3 Save changes to LOG files Changes made to commercial blocks are automatically saved in the LOG file This function is called Autolog Autolog will not save changes to the list of commercials when The current user is not authorized to modify the traffic announcements The LOG file was externally altered and the alarm is active Photo LOG amended Reload button flashing The Save LOG option allows the operator to update the log file manually regime even if the file has been modified externally Save LOG does not allow you to save the log if the user is enabled to modify the traffic announcements Pressing the button a dialog box will open to confirm 2 3 3 4 Next Title Enter Pressing Enter changes the status of the selected title yellow cursor making it the next one going to be aired In this condition the cursor changes to green color indicating it is the next title going to be aired If no title has been choose as next title there is no green cursor at all the next title to go on air will be the one that it is after the one currently under reproduction the one below
246. roduccion C AUDICOM Audio Promos When you click on the Tab Promos in the Air terminal you will see only the files of the local folder in the same way when you select Promos in Production PC only the files of the local folder will see To see the folder of the other terminal you must expand the File Manager and select this terminal in the right window 2 8 2 22 RIGHT CLICK MENU Right clicking on a file you obtains the following options Cue Plays the file through the monitoring channel Cue End CUE the last five seconds of the selected file Cue Stop Stops the CUE play Add to play queue It is used while File Manager plays a file This option add the selected title to a queue list and play it when finishes the current title The remaining time of queue list appears in the counter which will change his color indicating that there are one or more files in queue Save as Playlist txt Selecting two or more files it can be saved as a Playlist The order into the Playlist will be the current appearance order www solidynePro com Page 61 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 8 3 AutoEdit Runs autoEdit in background to remove in out silences from selected files When the process conclude autoEdit window will pop up showing a report Edit Opens the file using the application that Windows have associated for that file extension In the basic installation of AUDICOM the associated application will be the FX5 Editor but you will install
247. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre 98 3 3 3 1 News Management The application NEWS cccccccccccccccsecseceesseeecececeeeeseeeueeessseeesseeeeeeesseuaaagesseeeeceeeeeeeeeees 98 ZA OEM Sr aa 99 SECTION 4 INGEST MEDIA c ccccccccocnnnnnnnnnncrrrnnnnnn cr LOL 4 1 A A ea a ste ve ean tam dea A AAA 101 4 2 Data Base of media files InfoMusic Producti0N cece eee eee e ee eeeeaes 101 BD oh MOWER NOW foro sara cri eae os ate wee e ee a 101 A Y SA AA O A A A SI Geta teehee 101 i Do Xa A A AA O O ET ero ent ee 102 MEDD O cates iia eon seis ade eee Seas ee 102 www solidynePro com Page 7 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 422 3 COMMENTARY a ASA AS 103 Ae A A A o A ica dato tachi oat antnad bad Oat ttahara Makes Sa ecastiat a e betta 103 A225 PERFORMER CE 103 RDG ATARE A E E eee ee 103 422 POSION aes e e as a aces ck catty saccadic e ea Ea A a aa a aa r tas 103 AD ZAS TEMPO SIA Ao 103 A A can sais E A A Cea a E OCs A T AE AE Neat T ARASEN ean waa 104 A A ono eaeeern 104 42211 RECORDING COMPANY xc tii IA IA IAS 104 AP DAD MOR MAN A O AN 104 DD DAS CER Soer a e AS AA a aed Cees aces eae As 104 AED 2TA PROCESS IN RAR ooo 105 A2 ZAS MEDIA SA AA AAA AAA A ida 105 NAO IA A ae IIe e a a a Aa I A ee NS A 105 4 22 17 FADE INV TA ee ee eee een yee emer 105 4 2 3 INTRO TIME and transport CONtrolS ooccccccccccnnccccncnnncccnnnnn rn rr 106 iz SN SENNA Sidi 106 a DAM SEEING AS ATA AAA ew ag wen ARA AAA AAA pn a ea oH
248. rting slope is always zero so the Fade In value should be interpreted as the overlapping time at the start On the other hand the ending slope vary according to the cross fade value to obtain better results Changes on the cross fade times are stored in the Database Fade IN Fade OUT if the user have the correspondent rights see Access Levels WARNING Changes on the start end points and cross fade times will take place from the second title including the current in play in ahead 2 6 3 5 Intro Allows to the operator to set or edit the intro time of a title time elapsed from the music starts to the singer begins To make this listen the title on CUE When the musical intro ends press SET The display Intro will show the time elapsed since the music starts to play until SET was pressed If you press SET while CUE is stopped the value returns to zero The arrows allows to adjust the Intro value Left click on them changes the value at intervals of a second right click will change the value by tenth of seconds Intro time stores into database only if the user profile have the correspondent right Another tool to set the INTRO time is Infomusic Production recommended 2 6 3 6 Start Time Allows to set a START mark that is to say the point in where the title must start to be played To set the START mark CUEING the title and press SET just in the point when you wants that the title begins to be played Pressing SET while CUE is s
249. rting to load media files Manually editing the configuration file audicom ini is possible to redefine some fields of the database such as definitions CATEGORY TEMPO MODE among others While this is possible we recommend not modify it For more details check via mail or through www audicompower net forum Migration from another on air software If you are replacing a system of automation of another mark is important that she considers the following thing Supported codecs PCM Uncompressed audio files MP3 WAV MP3 MPEG Layer 3 Mp3 or wav can have extension but internally they are equal If its old system worked with archives of this type any type of reconversion is not necessary It will not either be necessary to concern the archives to be able to use them Single it will be necessary to copy them to the folders of work of AUDICOM as it is explained later ADPCM Typically they are of extension wav This format is obsolete There are different variants from the ADPCM some are supported by Windows and others can require the installation of an external CODEC AUDICOM supports to Ms adpcm and any compatible www solidynePro com Page 25 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 7 2 1 7 3 variation with standard ACM if it is had codec corresponding Some manufacturers red baptize to this format like Cd 4 Quality MP2 WAV MP2 MPEG Layer 2 Like the MP3 can have extension mp2 or wav These archives are used by systems that work with p
250. ruction was programmed in CyberPlay Editor With respect to the connections you have two classes data and audio gt Data connections The connection of data is made between the USB I O module and the console The data transmitted by the port are subject to the configuration of the system and is descripted later gt Audio connections They take the satellite signal and local program from PC to the console inputs In some cases the audio connection between the computer and the console can be USB b Controlling the input of the sound card The external signal is connected to the line input of the sound card AUDICOM will switch between the incoming signal from line input and the local audio from AUDI COM playlist Only one sound card can be controlled If you have more that one sound card you can define the sound card in the SatFill command as is explained later At the mixing console you have the a unique output PGM 1 with the audio from AUDICOM and the satellite signal which incomes by sound card line input www solidynePro com On air screen 1 9 6 Streaming repeater using Sattill To repeat streaming audio AUDICOM has a block type called iLink which played directly streaming audio Click here to use iLink 1 9 7 Controlling remote terminals from a Master Terminal This configuration involves to the blocks SatSlave Master slave Suppose you for this case that you have two workstations a Local Workstat
251. s When choosing the bit rate consider the bandwidth provided by the streaming server Costs for these services vary depending on required bandwidth The equation quality vs number of listeners is an important item to consider As the bandwidth of the server is typically fixed a higher bit rate fewer listeners will be able to connect simultaneously For details consult your streaming provider 6 1 2 1 Streaming using AAC PLUS over Icecast server If you require transmitting to cecast servers you must use an external encoder and link to AUDICOM metadata to transmit the names of the songs and performers The RDS AUDICOM module generates a text file TXT which dumps the song information being broadcast The path to this file is defined in the encoder so take this information and add to streaming audio We recommend using the software EdCast to encode the streaming In addition you will need the AAC codecs Please refer in the AUDICOM forum at folloing link http www audicom com ar index php option com_kunena amp l temid 67 amp func view amp catid 4 amp i 1 Once the encoder is installed and sending to the streaming server configure the i RDS info 2 Verify that the installed version of AUDICOM is 8 322 or higher 3 Inthe group of icons Start gt Programs gt Startup create a link to EdCast so that it runs every time Windows starts 4 Finally configure RDS to store the information of song titles in a text file called shou
252. same file periodically to update the programming that is to say each new program is recorded with the same file name not to be changing the programming guideline so that the programmed file name is always the same one but it changes his content In this cases is recommended to use AutoDj blocks instead Live blocks so that the AutoDj compensates with promotional cuts or music any time difference between the duration of the blocks and the batches If a Live block is used can appear pauses if the file length is smaller to the time between batches WARNING If you tries to program a file of 30 minutes and the batches are defined at intervals of 15 minutes the file could not be programmed The case that even can occur it appears at the end of the day depends on the characteristics of the programming Note Files containing point as part of the name eg 107 5 wav Must be entered including extension if they are not registered in the database 3 1 5 COMMERCIAL BREAKS batch You can create the commercial scheduling in two ways in manual form or automatically using Solidyne Admicom recommended To know how to use Admicom see Admicom Traffic and budget Non commercial radio or radio stations that working with a few ads can handle ads manually without having to manage a database of customers To create a commercial break manually follow the next steps Page 74 www solidynePro com Schedule 1 Into the LOG field you enters the
253. se parameters leaves all checkbox s in blank In order that AutoDj includes promotional cuts assign a value to the field Every Titles on the section Promos X Clic the checkbox Use Partner Files of the section Presentations if you wants to enable to AutoDj to use the presentation files Press the button CHECK to validate the template Note This function also check for the existence of the styles included in the template If you load a template that contains a nonexistent style the loose style is named as loose style and replaced by promotional cuts Once you set all the parameters of the template press Save The new template will be saved To delete a template select it in the menu and press Delete AutoDJ template is a set of rules that determines the music s style that AutoD will use to make the automatic musical scheduling STYLES are defined in the InfoMusic database ussually it are coincident with the names of autoDB folders in FileManager Each AutoD segment works according to one template If you don t define any template for the AutoD see CyberPlay Editor AutoDj will use a DEFAULT format which contains all available music styles www solidynePro com Page 95 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 3 Manejo de Noticias 3 3 1 Overview 3 3 2 Page 96 The following describes in general different forms of news programming to be issued automatically and can be generated on the radio or com
254. set in AUDICOM Configuration Panel and must be modified when you customizes an AUDICOM s network see AUDICOM s network gt Software settings 1 3 1 A Start settings for the WEB tools services Page 14 On the installation process the user need to complete user information and information about the terminal being installed It is very important to fill this data rigorously and even record them to not forget passwords and user names Astart Workstation s Configuration Wizard Initial Workstation configuration o AUDICOM To finish the installatio ATO Tic Shi TL r FIT WO Ge FUL LITT cra a correctly uril mare ie E A P ns LTT de Lt L L www solidynePro com On air screen Step 1 Workstation Information Fill in the information of your current AUDICOM installation done on this workstation Please check that the USB Dongle connected is the one you are going to leave connected to this computer as we are going to asociate this workstation to its serial number WORKSTATION ID based on he USS Dangle Key WORKSTATION USE ON AIR WORKSTATION NAME optional Control A eg CiikoomA Ar 4 etc Cancel lt Previous Next gt submit Step 2 Station Information This AUDICOM workstation belongs to JA NEW STATION ACCOUNT THAT I NEED TO CREATE Qoton anly available configuring an anar wonkstabion 7 AN EXISTING STATION ACCOUNT Asooate ths wonkstabon fo a Station account fat y
255. sh msg Status Public stream iLink stream xLink stream Instant Messaging User web page FTF update TCP metadata _ Public signal Server address empty act as server Port www alsolnet com 8080 User myRadio myPassword reflector 3080 User address mms farra alsolnet com reflector 8080 Audio source Mezda est reo Realtek High De Profile Audicom 32Kbps Events 18 39 05 Iniciando refresco de licencias 13 39 08 Refresco de licencias concluida On air title Artist and title of the currently playing item Appears on the player listener Flash msg Allows enivar an instant message which will appear in the player software every listener Public signal Enables transmission of streaming to the server for retransmission to the listeners Server address Port Enter the URL address and port of the server transmission streaming If Server address is blank i RDS can act as a server ie access another computer can connect directly for streaming This option is reserved only for test transmissions and is not used to Supply audio to listeners To stream via Internet should hire a provider of streaming audio Publishing point This field is only visible if you have entered an address server Name is an identifier of the transmission a part of the address access to a specific audio streaming on the server It can be anything that identifies the station It can not contain spaces For example FM102 or
256. sly 6 This tool allows you to explore a folder and generate a listing of unregistered files on can this folder All unregistered files can be added to the data base in only one step To explore a folder press the button Scan and select a folder from the AUDICOM audio path If you are working in a network explore the directories through the Network environment windows network icon so that the file reference is UNC Once selected the folder presses to Open the following window will appear These files are not databased Total 27 CWaudicomaudiotreggaes07 Mix Up Moods mp3 C 4audicomaudiatreggaes0 Reggae en el Universo mp L4udicomtaudioreggae 02 Mr A Officer mpa E 4udicomtaudioreggae 02 Tu Presencia mpi E gt 4udicomtaudio reggae 03 Jolly Joseph mpi E 4udicomtaudio reggae 03 Para Donde Corres mp3 L4udicomaudios reggae 04 Come Seek Jah mp3 L4udicomaudior reggae 04 Dime Y a mpa LC 4udicomaudior reggae 05 Take a Liftmp L4udicomaudio reggae 05 Tu Gran Aliado mpa LC 4udicomaudio reggae 06 Chapter a Dar mp L4udicomtsaudioreggae 06 Love Song mp3 LE 4udicomtaudioreggaes 0 Mis Up Moods 2nd Version mpa E A4udicomtaudioreggae 0 Danger Man mpa E 4udicomtaudioreggae 08 Once Upon a Time mp3 E 4udicomtaudio reggae 08 La Sonrisa mpd Caudicomaudiotreggae 09 le lar mps L4udicomaudio reggae 09 En el Alo mp L4udicomaudior reggae 10 Election Mow mpa LC 4udicomaudio reggae 10 Una amp Otra vez mps
257. ssible to relate to two ads to be scheduled out one after another The names of the ads are written one after the other separated by the gt greater than The file names are entered manually not necessary the file extension spot1 gt spot2 Both ads will be scheduled one after another Spotl Spot2 It is very useful for sponsored announcements like time temperature etc For example SPONSOR_TIME gt TEMP in where sponsor_time is the file name of the The result will be SPONSOR_TIME TEMP 7 3 3 3 AUDICOM sentences Some commands for AUDICOM software can be programmed as advertisements to be automatically scheduled For this we proceed as if it were spots manually entering the instruction instead of the name of the spot Consider creating a Category for this commands Admicom supports the following commands Meteror command Time Temp Hum Pres Meteor are used to schedule weather announcements which be aired with pre recorded voices by AUDICOM Create a Customer File dedicated to this use In the field Customer name enter by example AUDICOM Istead ads you will program Meteor commands scheduled by on air hour Random This command produces the income of a file randomly selected from a particular folder Instead of name of the ad enter the full sentence of the Random command Example You want to schedule for every hour a spot on advice for road safety The spots Should be rotated each day to prevent the re
258. st of songs on the scheduling since the selection will be made in real time when the start time of the block approaches In AutoDj blocks the time adjustment is dynamic You can remove a song added by AutoDj from the playlist but automatically AutoDJ will insert another song in order to fulfill the schedule You can also add titles manually into AutoD blocks or to change the position of the programmed titles by drag amp drop The AutoD command line and its parameters are the following HH MM HH MM AutoD block starting ending time expresed in hour and minutes AutoDj Format It defines the format AutoDj This format determines the style of music and features that should be considered for selection The different formats are created in AutoDj Editor module Example Block 00 00 03 00 AutoDj Tangos Stars of tango AutoDJ selects the music to be aired between 00 00 Hs to 03 00 Hs Important AutoDj select songs from the database The files are not recorded in the database cannot be used by AutoDj To make time offsets AUDICOM uses the Promotional cuts and Fills recorded in the database If there is no promotional cuts available in the database no time compensation can make for those events requiring o clock start EXTERNAL DJ This block allows you to take a song list generated by an external scheduling software RCS Selector Power Gold To perform the integration follow next steps a Set up the scheduler s
259. t Previous Next gt Submit Step 5 Create Audicom Web Tools User Loggin to www Audicom us Panel and enjoy our advanced web services Talents can see what tunes are playing how much time is left on air Producers can chat with speakers and DJ While enjoying of web access to your music library USER S FIRST NAME Eddar USER S LAST NAME USER S ACCOUNT NAME USER S PASSWORD CONFIRM PASSWORD USER S E MAIL ADDRESS Press Submit to confirm all the information Your new accounts will be created on our servers so you will be able to start using AUDICOM Web Tools right away by logging in to www Audicom us Panel www solidynePro com On air screen Your new AVRA APT workstation has been registered on our cloud AWT services You will soon receive an e mail with the information you will need to log in to our web services for your Stations If you have any questions while you start using AVRA APT at your Station feel free to contact us at infom powercast tv 1 4 AUDICOM Configuration Panel aConfig The configuration must be done for each terminal 1 4 1 AUDIO Define an audio device for each AUDI COM output channel The modules CyberPlay Live Assist 1 Live Assit 2 and Play List Manager can be assigned to different output devices In addition you can define an output channel for CUE xit without saving Saveand Exit Save changes AUDIO ROUTING FOLDERS PREFERENCES AUDIO LINKS A
260. t be UNC separating each path with a semicolon doesn t leave spaces after semicolons AudioDrives Server AUDI COM Production AUDI COM IMPORTANT It is necessary to provide full access to the drive C only AUDICOM folder full access is Shared If the file server has more disks D E Etc these MUST be full shared and declared in AudioDrives as follow AudioDrives Server AUDI COM ServerSolidyne D ServerSolidyne E in where ServerSolidyne AUDI COM is the drive C that shares only the folder AUDICOM In all disks there are the structure AUDICOM Audio SUBfolder of audio detailed above Additionally the line AudioDrives to control access to folders of audio in different terminals as AUDICOM only shows the volumes declared in AudioDrives File Manager displays folders first unit declared in the first instance Should first declare local drives and network volumes then Assume that in our example requires that the AM and FM terminals only have access to local audio folders and ServerSolidyne Production however have access to all system folders while commercial only access folders containing advertisements News will only access to air terminals The configuration at each terminal is as follows FM AudioDrives FM AUDICOM Server AUDICOM Server D Noticias AUDI COM AM AudioDrives AM AUDICOM Server AUDI COM Server D Noticias AUDI COM Production AudioDrives Producc
261. t this text files in the air scheduling also load automatically the associated audio file Text files are showed on the commentaries window and Teleprompter if it exists See News Suite Extra folders Although the folder s path which AUDICOM works is rigid is possible to use a folder that is outside of the AUDICOM Audio path that will appear as a Tab in File Manager like the other folders Using the button Define explore the network and select the folder that you want to incorporate to File Manager The files contained in Extra Folders can t be used by AutoDj You can use these files manually playing from File Manager cuing them dragging them to the program log moving them or to copying them to other folders IT S NOT www solidynePro com Page 59 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE FILES FROM EXTRA FOLDERS IN THE LOG PGM FILES Extra folders appears in blue on the tabs always at the end of the list Class Defines the content of a folder Music Promos Spots Effects etc This information is of great importance for autoDB folders since it changes the behavior of automatic indexing Colour Defines the Tab s colour This colour is defined for all AUDICOM terminals Sort by You can choose the default sorting for each folder so when you enters to this folder the contents appears sorted by Performed by Title or Length The choose will be made according to the type of material When viewing you can sort the listing as you w
262. ta base then it will be able to precede or to be after any other title without concerning tempo mode since tempo mode of X is not known Remember that this rule is of low priority respect to Style and Performer and its effectiveness depends on the dimension of the data base By such reasons whichever greater ones are the restrictions more difficult is to fulfill the rule To greater amount of titles greater it will be the efficiency of these Matrices Promotional cuts This option enables to AutoDj to include promotional cuts on the musical scheduling This promos are selected from the database The numeric field Every titles defines how many titles will be scheduled between two promos The text field Promos allows to enter a character filter that restring the selection to promos whose title begins with the filter text Example In the previous image the text field Promos is Summer and the field Every titles is 3 Under these conditions AutoDj will look in the Database for a promotional Class Promo that begins with the word Summer and will program one promo each three songs The selection of the promos is carried out keeping in mind the last time on air date If AutoDj don t found any promo that begins with Summer no promos will be included Use of the category Promo You can classify a promotional in InfoMusic database in two ways like a PROMO or like a PomoPGM PROMOS This kind of promo s are enabled to
263. tcast txt and then set the Encoder to once every 2 seconds to read that file and add that information in the audio stream To do this set up as shown in the following image www solidynePro com Page 127 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM OMAN R Brid Hacional m Rock h m Short aya i B Reggae E Remie jm Rock Me A ER gt B weona m Pop m rosa Pez RUGBY TIME FIM Rado Digtal Sure know something 2 Kiss E Dance E Furk huevo el Beach Music Archive E covers Eo Coveri m Peak E ni gand losin q you L Wiwi ia j R Mete Just Pong by del 60 15 il 15 0 Live Aeconding CMedaWaveDewce A Linea de enirado Se cin i sigh P at r F AutoCormect ia Disconnect Add Encoder Encodes Sattngs MP kbp 441 00H2 Steen e I 96 Kbps If bam ogg FO Send as irae announce ds ve Siate Port 1 open at 2400 baudiate OF 00 0 Config RDS Set Lock Metadata Ea ALTO E pr Manusi Enter Metadata j 04 00 Ta RadioName AUGEYAME FM F adio Digital l nda Pout Rugby Hombre coto Tanta Metadata jala com a go Aln RDS info para filos de la BD ADS ido durante tanda RD info para oo Append String 1 0400 01 fe Tino I Tilo M Tino may take a song chang to take alle pel TF Intespretf D Inteiposte FT Inbesprete r Entemal Metadsts nda FRur l Autoe T Autor Autoe URL E AA dd MeteorfTIME I Meteor TIME Meteor
264. th s 11 0 2 minutes Time Fee Start Time End Time Spot position Indistict Speaker Rossy Rosa Elena Rodriguez NTC Text Business Show Unit Business Monthly Fee El Save Type of ad Determines if the ad is an spot audio file a live read to be read on live or a SPONSOR Both traditional ads as live reads are included in the commercial schedule but obviously the live read text do not include audio only operate as a warning that the ad should be read SPONSORS do not appear in scheduled commercials They can only be obtained through AUSPICES report NOTE In order to can be scheduled the SPONSORS must be scheduled at specific batch File and length Filename of the spot being programmed When loading the audio Admicom automatically fills the Duration field Playback controls are located on the right allow you to play the file Start end time Range of hours in witch the spot can be included Value Sec Value per second valid only for this occurrences Position into batch Sets the position of the ad within the commercial break The options are First ad second ad Penultimate ad Close ad Indifferent When two or more ads wants the same position in a batch will be scheduled the ad with higher category Live reads Text field to enter the ad which will appear in the Web Tools Panel e The same file can be included more than once with different time ranges e The same advertisement can be programm
265. the TOP HIT AUDI COM data base Ranking based on last week Generates a list considering how many times the title was broadcast in the last week Listing the titles begin with recorded highest emissions Subordinated AutoDj AutoDj generates a selection of titles in the format specified operating just as when working in real time blocks AutoD Random Music Generate a list of random titles regardless of the last date Choose an option and click Next Indicate the duration estimated that must have the PlayList Press OK The list is generated and displayed in the preview window TEST Subordinated AutoDj option for an extra menu to indicate the musical format appears Remember A PlayList can include comments informational text Intermission Time command Time The latter two can be inserted directly from the CyberPlay window right clicking on the position where you want to insert the event PREVIEW AND EDIT THE LISTS From the preview window graphics you can e Check the length of each title and full PlayList e Verify the existence of programmed files that appear in RED if AUDICOM not find them in the corresponding audio servers this does not happen with a newly created llista but can occur listings that contain nonexistent old titles e Reposition titles dragging them with the mouse up or down e Insert from a menu right click minute breaks and reports command Time e Clear titles right click gt delete e A
266. the album 7 4 7 10 Graphics Reports EN It presents a menu that allows to select the graph type The available options are Pie Shows the percentages of music s time spots and live shows for a day Making double click on the pie the values are obtained in minutes and seconds 24Hs Composition It generates a bar graph that represents the quantity of music commercial spots and live shows emitted every hour of the day Making a double click on a bar you obtains the emission times for that hour Page 166 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads n Mm WF 13 4 M5 NA AF MA NATA 11 1713414151 17 1A197071 77 75 Accumulated Spot s time Represents the amount of advertising accumulated on the day 14 13 12 46 f li 0 59 3 07 j i i i 4 07 nu 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 OF 03 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2D 21 22 23 Detail of comercial spots emitted per hour It generates a bar graph that represents in minutes the time of publicity emitted per hour 3D Pie It shows the same information that the graph of previous Cake but with a graph 3D Live 0 3 Music 90 295 Spots 9 5 Detail of comercial spots emitted per hour 3D t shows the detail of announces emitted per hour but the graph has an effect 3D www solidynePro com Page 167 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM B44 rei 00 01 Oz 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 le 13 14 15 16 IF 18 19 20 21 2 3 Spots ranking It generates a pie with the comparison of t
267. the scheduling of announcements and generate the commercial schedule Log To schedule a commercial spot you need to have completed at least the following settings 1 Distribution of commercial breaks see Broadcast Settings gt Tanda comercial 2 Categories of client see commercial settings 3 Commercial item see commercial settings 4 The means of payment See commercial settings 7 3 1 Customers records Ad campaigns gt Customers Allows to enter a Customer Recod to the Admicom data base Once the form is completed press Save to confirm e station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Search Customer Catego Line of Business search g New Edit Delete Code Name Greenpeace Customer Category Public Pu bl ic good Tax ID Address Phone Contact e mail Comments Remmember The category defines the PRIORITY of all Customer A Y ads for that customer see Commercial settings gt Customer categories The priority will take effect when several ads of a same item compete for the same commercial break witch reject to share ads with equal commercial items or ads that compete for the same position 7 3 2 Ad Ad Campaigns gt Ad Here you define the schedule for each ad Page 156 www solidynePro com ADMICOM Traffic and ads Business Unit Customer Search New Edit Delete Spot Copy Cancel And Replace Station Radio Radio DEMO 88 1
268. the system was designed so that it never skip a commercial break Summarizing If there are programmed 90 commercial blocks and by mistake of programming on the Master station or because the satellite lost a pulse only 89 pulses arrived the announce N290 will be put on the air after the 00 00 hours After this the following announces correspond to the following day programming In the other case if there are more pulses than requested the first announce of that day will be played and so one until the 00 00 hours The last SYNCRO of a satelital slave program doesn t require of a control pulse It will appear programmed as Syncro but if the corresponding pulse not arriving the commutation will made according to the schedule so that the next program begins o clock When the SatSlave block ends the control of commercial break from LPT is disabled and closes the console s fader of the satellite soending to the following block Example Block 10 00 12 30 Satslave The satellite is played from 10 00 Hs to 12 30 Hs The advertising coming from the satellite is replaced by the local advertising 3 2 Automated scheduling Auto DJ EDITOR 3 2 1 Overview Create an automatic music selection is simple The user only defines an automatic block AutoDj with a specific format These blocks creates using CyberPlay Editor and are played on air by AutoDj an advanced musical selection which operates selecting titles in real time based o
269. time with audios categorized as Class PROMOS One or more promos will be added depending on the time that has to be completed If the remaining time of the batch is too small to place an additional artistic file usually last more than 2 or 3 seconds switches to Level 3 Level 3 When remaining few seconds to fill and no music or promos are short then the filling is made with audios Class Fill These audios are usually small arpeggios sounds effects duration between O and 5 seconds The advantage of being sound effects is that it allows AUDICOM cut in case of need although it is rarely necessary If the header break is shorter than regional break Link plays the whole regional break and returns to the streaming It is desirable that this situation does not occur since it happens the programming from header starts truncated 6 2 3 1 Using iLink with standard streaming You can download a classic streaming Such is the case of a header that does not have the AUDICOM system or retransmission of a radio broadcast via the Internet For programming block Link proceeds as explained above with the following exceptions Instead of acronym iLink will be used mms Being a conventional streaming no remote control commercial breaks Will air on exact time as scheduled LOG files 6 2 4 Replacement of promotional cuts You can define certain promotional cuts played by header station to be replaced by regional ones at the local
270. ting and ending time This information is stored for the current selected Station To enable the edition press the Edit button Pressing New or Change button the following window will appears Show NOTI Noticiero Central Time Start 19 00 Time End 20 00 E Cancel E Show ID code and name of the radio show You can type it or load it from a list that shows all radio shows entered from Station settings Shows Start End time All commercials assigned to this radio show will be included in this schedule segment Press Save to confirm the changes 7 1 3 Announcer Station Settings gt Announcer Here you enter the name of announcers locutors This information facilitates the data load in the This speeds up the loading of information in the files of advertisements www solidynePro com Page 151 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Station Config Commercial Config Spot Programming Reports Help Exit Staton Commertial Break Speaker 4 Search d New jEdit d Delete Code Rossy Name Rosa Elena Rodriguez Code Identification code or abreviation for the announcer Supports up to 10 alphanumeric characters Name Full name Press Save to confirm the changes 7 1 4 Shows Stations Settings gt Shows Enter in generic terms names of radio shows or segments which are stored in the database Admicom In this window you loads only the names of the shows regardless of the time and station in which they
271. tion must be running for the RDS hardware keeps the updated information The program runs automatically when you declare a serial port start when you start AUDICOM The iLogon module monitors the RDS application and relaunched if it was closed By maximizing the application you will see this window Flash Meg Fl Send as traffic announce 12 31 48 Serial port 1 not available Exit www solidynePro com Page 31 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 1 12 2 Use As AUDICOM played titles notifies the RDS The RDS software accesses the database to obtain the necessary information You can send messages in real time filling the Flash Msg field and pressing the Flash button The field Send as traffic announce in the main window allows you to use the Traffic announce of RDS receivers Ad Traffic is a field for extra information Some receivers have two fields and can display both texts at a time while others only have one line RDS and switches between Traffic announce and the main RDS information 1 12 3 Settings To configure the RDS soft press the button Config Config RDS Radio Mame Short name ROS Caps Lock Use to separate fields ROS info for OB tithes AOS info for on commercial break FADS info for on others Radio name Radio name Radio name Title s Title 2 Title x Performer Performer Performer Author Author x Author Meteor TIME Meteor TIME Meteor TIME Meteor TEMP 4 Meteor TEMP Mete
272. tion press Delete In order to delete a station frist delete all ads programmed to this station and the hole commercial break layout from Station settings gt Station Remember that all commercial breaks for certain day can be deleted and then use the function Copy day to copy this empty day to the others days 7 1 2 Schedules Station setting gt Schedules Here you define the schedules layout the on air time assigned to each commercial break for each day of the week Station Config Commercial Config SpotProgramming Reports Help Exit Station Commertia l Break x Radio Radio DEMO 88 1 Station Copy Monday Fo P Day Copy Batches Schedule Shows Schedule Cg New 3 Edit 4 Delete Cg New 3 Edit Cd Delete Time Time Ref Tolerance min i in Show Time E 00 00 Start Time 3 Noticiero Central a 08 00 01 00 Start Time 02 00 Start Time Start Time Start Time Start Time Start Time Start Time Start Time Start Time Primera Ma ana E 10 00 Programa de Tarde y 20 00 Programa de la noche r 22 00 wwwwwwww y Station Selects a radio station from a list only available at Multicast version Weekday Selects a day of the week to create or edit commercial breaks at differents hours of this day To change the existent breaks press Edit Copy Station Copies the scheduling of commercial breaks from a station to another station only available at Multicast version Copy day Copies the sc
273. tle Assign a code to all titles without one This is used to synchronize the codes AUDICOM with PowerGold systems Create soporte txt for support request Generates a report in TXT format and attached to an email using your default mail program eg Thunderbird A copy of the report is on the hard drive C soporte txt This option can be executed with AUDICOM running but you must disable any other options that may require exclusive use of the database reindexing Additionally the technical department May request the XPLAYER_LOG TXT file which keeps track of software behavior This file is located in the AUDICOM folder Synchronize info in files with DB info Save the information for each title of the database into the media files audio and video Thus it is possible to recover the main information database from media files Procced Starts the restoration process Quit Closes the application 8 1 1 Self diagnostics AUDICOM possesses a security system that acts when the program closes in an inadequate way This system verifies the state of the Database and in case of find errors it automatcally repairs them The self diagnosis can be activated in systems where the Database is located in a network server but it will be canceled if another user is accessing to the data base from another terminal To activate or to disable the Self diagnosis modify the following line in AUDICOM ini Settings Autoreindex 1 If Auto
274. tle doesn t correspond to any file it appears in RED On the on air screen this files are showed with the legend ERROR and the play will jump to the next title AutoDj It check the formats of AutoDj blocks If they are nonexistent formats a warning will appear on the status window This condition must be fix in the window PGM entering a valid format When an AutoDj block has defined a nonexistent format the music selection will be made using a Default format that includes all the available styles on data base Remember Always check visually the schedule Keep in mind that any error on the schedule overlapping among blocks schedule holes unknown titles etc must be fixed otherwise the schedule on air will be erroneous You can listen the audio files from the preview window Obviously you need a sound card on these workstation for make this To listen a title just select it on the CyberPlay Test window and press PLAY Edit the schedule from TEST windows Many aspects of the schedule can be changed directly from the preview window Right clicking an item a drop down menu will show the following options PLAY STOP Play controls INSERT METEOR Inserts a METEOR command above selected point yellow cursor INSERT PAUSE Inserts a PAUSE above selected point REMOVE Delete the selected item In case of a commercial spots ONLY THAT OCCURRENCE of the spot is deleted In order to delete all the occurrence of a spot use
275. tment the cost of this service with which it saves time and expensive phone calls 8 3 1 Updates Updates are free for one year from date of purchase These updates include all changes published in the same product line AUDICOM PRO AUDICOM Multicast AUDICOM Video HD For example if you have AUDICOM Multicast version 9 2 and publishes AUDICOM Multicast 10 0 you can download it if the license for downloading is valid Once the year of free updates you can renew your subscription www solidynePro com To AUDICOM Multicast license updates also involves services WEB TOOLS Acquiring AUDICOM Multicast provides one year free license of WEB tools The expiration date of the updates described in the module start l Logon and on the top bar of the software POWER cast E INNEIN ave E Radio BROADCASTDEPOT bdepot L o ZO i 21350 14620 Serv 2015 04 NE serie ilave USB caducidad de WebTools y actualizaciones F If you have problems and cannot solve with the information available on this assistance our technical support via email or telephone inquiries you may contact Solidyne to request a review of the system via the Internet Thus our technicians entering your computer to verify the configuration and troubleshoot software By this method technicians can run applications open edit transfer and delete files control programs You authorize us access to your computer and over coffee we solve the problem Pl
276. tomatic way using AutoDB folders In addition InfoMusic Production is the tool to manage the database See the chapter InfoMusic Production and see SCAN 1 7 4 Schedule logs 1 8 Page 26 AUDICOM offers several forms to generate the main schedule ADMICOM is in charge of the commercial scheduling and have its own customers Data Base independent of the musical data base In order to know the format and how to generate the schedule please refers the following chapters CyberPlay Editor Tr fico Administraci n y Estadisticas USB GPIO This interface is an accessory that is sold independently see your dealer Solidyne The O USB has 2 inputs and 2 outputs for control Using an input output USB can externally control the transport functions AUDICOM software It is also possible that AUDICOM control external devices This is the case of the line consoles Solidyne whose modules will transmit control signals to command AUDICOM playing with this control opening the fader and enable the Air button AUDICOM starts playing Turning off the channel or closing the fader AUDICOM stops www solidynePro com On air screen Then the control signals input output are described and the satellite control signals which are detailed in the chapter Remote Control and Satellites Remember Sending and receiving commands must be enabled from the Configuration Panel AUDICOM Control de Entrada para disparo de control
277. topped the START mark returns to zero To save the mark in database press the button SAVE From the keyboard press CTRL DOWN ARROW to set the mark Pressing CTRL LEFT RIGHT ARROW the title loops by 0 5 seconds to adjust the START END point 2 6 3 7 End Time Allows to set a END mark that is to say the point in where the title must ends To set the END mark CUEING the title and press SET just in the point when you wants that the title ends Pressing SET while CUE is stopped the END mark returns to zero To save the mark in database press the button SAVE From the keyboard press CTRL DOWN ARROW to set the mark Pressing CTRL LEFT RIGHT ARROW the title loops by 0 5 seconds to adjust the START END point www solidynePro com Page 51 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 2 REC Instant recorder 2 1 OPERATION Just clicking on the REC button the recording immediately starts The module REC will appear on the screen like it s shown next At the inferior part of the window a VUmeter indicates the level of the input signal Pay special attention so that the VUmeter don t light the last red lines to avoid clipping on the signal While is recording the spools of REC will be in movement for a clear visualization To stop the recording click on the image The animation will stop and the file will be saved as is explained later The recording can also conclude closing I REC for that you can press the rec button in the AUDICOM
278. tton according to the order of appearance Creating new sets Each set contains twelve tabs and each tab has buttons where the audio files are loaded To make a Live Assist set proceed as follows 1 Right clicking on the window of icons a menu will appear 2 Select the option Add a window appears Select an icon and enter a name for the set 3 If you wants that nobody have access to this set check the option Private This Live Assist set only will be accessible when you are registered with your user name Press OK The new Live Assist set will appear in the icons window 4 You can load files in the Live Assist buttons by drag amp drop from File Manager To change the set select it and make a right click Select the option to Edit You can change the name and the icon 2 5 5 SETTINGS 2 5 5 1 2 5 5 2 Page 48 SIZE OF BUTTONS The number of buttons that contains each tab can be modified from the Settings Panel The size of the buttons changes according to the quantity of visible buttons If you diminish the quantity of buttons they will appear biggest If you increase the quantity the buttons they will appears smaller The quantity of buttons is determined by the number of lines and columns that it contains the tab The size changes too according to windows size By default Live Assist presents 4 rows and 12 files that is to say 48 buttons per Tab From Settings Panel you can change the font size and font type DAT
279. u move or delete files the content updates automatically 2 8 2 4 INSERT Enter Pressing this button the selected title is inserted in the program log CyberPlay window over the selected title yellow cursor If there is not any title selected in the Air Screen the insertion is canceled Remember that you can also insert titles into program log by Drag and Drop If several files are selected in File Manager all they can be inserted at the same time into program log pressing the button Insert or by Drag amp Drop 2 8 2 5 CUE START STOP Delete Starts the CUE play You can CUE a title by double click on it In the On Air desktop you can control the CUE play from OnAir InfoMusic module which include VU meters and seeking bar to listen the file at any point Pressing this button while Cue plays you listens the second five ends of the file This action is knowledge as Cue End The keyboard shortcut for this action is Delete key To Stop the CUE play right click on CUE button WARNING If the computer has only one audio device double click on a title will play using this device the same used for PLAY 2 8 2 6 PLAY Plays the selected title which is indicated by a RED cursor File Manager always uses the PROGRAM output that is to say the same one that the CyberPlay main window schedule player If the main scheduling is on air the file played from File Manager will mix with the program signal The mix leve
280. ual programming Remember that the news that were emitted to the air will be kept in the folder AUDI COM Audio OldNews with the name Week day_ Hour _Minute wav NOTE The module News supports the way Autorun If this way is activated AUDICOM ini Settings when pulling up News it will be activated if after one minute it is not carried out any operation Play If when the news is incomes the AUDICOM s On Air screen is not running NEWS will emerge on screen so that the operator plays the news manually by pressing the button Play Cancel closes the module NEWS Not to close the application while it is reproducing a news to the air 3 3 3 2 How it works The module NEWS is an application that it works consuming very few resources of CPU in the background It revises to intervals periodic two definable directories for the user in search of new news In the event of finding them it tries to locate to the Module of Air If this flaw will stop the reproduction of any application AUDI COM and it will emerge in first plane of the desk of Windows awaiting a manual starting On the other hand if the Module of Air is running News will insert in the same one a pause after the topic at the moment in reproduction The module NEWS verifies to intervals of 1 second if the Module of Air is in reproduction when detecting that Air is detained it assumes the control reproducing an opening file in the first place then the news and finally
281. uctions Studio Production 4 News News 5 Commercials Commercials 6 Media server ServerSolidyne The applications are installed on each terminal In this case there will be two databases one in each air terminal Ideally the files in the database are housed in the terminal and not the server to optimize access speed and so that in case of a network failure or server air terminals continue to operate autonomous In the proposed network architecture terminal applications Production are configured so that by default read and write one of the terminals in the studies such as FM Thus opening InfoMusic Prod which is the module that manages the database the information in the FM is displayed Obviously you can change the AM terminal to manage the terminal Each air terminal will be configured to access their local data bases The reference from Production will be using UNC AM ADBDir AM AUDICOM DB FM ADBDir FM AUDI COM DB Production ADBDir FM AUDICOM DB Cada terminal de aire opera con una Base de Datos local Desde la terminal de Producci n se administran las diferentes Bases de Datos Ver Operaci n de AUDICOM en Red Los diferentes m dulos de AUDICOM est n preparados para leer escribir en las distintas Bases de Datos seg n sea necesario Backups BackupDirectory C AUDI COMIDB AUDICOM make backup copies of the database daily By default this backups are made in the database folder but
282. ue can be changed from the AUDICOM Configuration Panel The user will need TO RELOAD the programming schedule when gt modifies the schedule of the current day gt modifies the schedule for tomorrow last the 18 00 Hs When programming logs are remotely changed RELOAD icon will blink indicating that log or pgm files was changed In order to reload the program logs the operator will have to press button RELOAD The programming will be re assembled considering the new Log Pgm files Also you can use the keyboard shortcut Alt R If the musical programming are modified PGM archives or modifies the commercial breaks after the hour of automatic loading 18 00 by default who makes changes MUST TO NOTIFY Page 42 www solidynePro com On air screen to the AIR OPERATOR so he press the RELOAD button in that case the Reload button does not give warning These operations can be made while AUDICOM is on the air or while stopped If you reload the program logs while AUDICOM is on the air is recommendable that a musical theme be playing and remains a minute or more so that the title ends While the programming is recalculated the played title stays on the air but disappears from the CyberPlay window When the new programming schedule is ready the green cursor next title will be positioned closest on the item to the present hour When the play of previous title ends the new programming starts to play You can finalize the play of the p
283. uickly the intro and outro silences WORKS DIRECTLY ON THE AUDIO FILES WITHOUT RE ENCODING THERE IS NOT LOST OF QUALITY The thresholds used for the detection of the silences are FIXED they were tested in factory with diverse types of musical material As the files go being edited they appear in the main window where is showed the suppressed times the total duration and the location of the edited file Pressing the button expand you can appreciate clearly the report 4 3 1 5 CONFIGURE Settings are Destination folder source folder The edited files will remain in the folder source Delete original files When this option is checked original files are deleted once edited Otherwise they stay both files If the previous option is enabled edited files stay in the source folder the original files will be renamed adding them the extension bak Ignore files previous to N days Checking this option AutoEdit works only with files recorded in the last days In the right checkbox you define the how much days to consider Eg If you activate the option and enter 2 autoEdit only processes the files recorded in the last two days 4 3 1 6 PLAY Plays the selected file If while reproduces a file you presses Play again the last TEN seconds will be listened in order to check the end of the edited file Files cannot be played while autoEdit is working 4 3 2 AutoEdit amp Data Base If registered files are processed for example the wh
284. unexpected silences at the beginning or the end since they can produce holes on the air AutoEdit automatically removes silences from beginning and ending working directly over the compressed audio without re encoding that is to say without altering the audio quality Remember that if you opens an MP3 file using an Page 112 www solidynePro com Ingest media standard audio editor and then save it as MP3 the information is compressed for a second time and as result takes place a new loss of quality AutoEdit supports WAV PCM not compressed MP3 MPEG II Layer 111 Wav mp3 files wav but that internally are MP3 rarely today and any other format whose CODEC is installed in the Windows OS The use of this powerful tool is described next AutoE dit W9 00 12 Abril 2013 Source directory LC Audicomsaudiow azz Select Filenames mp Gen name Select Destination directory Ext udicomaudios azz select Results Blade amp Masquenada F amily Bahia Acoustic Mis mp Chik Corea SALL LOWE MP3 Chik Corea SAMNESIA MP3 Chik Corea SCOOL WEASEL BODGIE MP3 Chik Corea SEYE OF THE BEHOLDER MP3 Chik Corea SFORGOTTEN PAST MPS Chik Corea SGOT A MATCH MPS Chik Corea SINDIA TOWRA MPG End 00 00 45 175 Crono 00 00 45 75 Total files 34 4 3 1 1 SOURCE FOLDER Is the folder that contains the files to process CD Ripper by default Op
285. using the PlayList Manager Basically a PlayList contains the names of the songs one below the other but can also include commands AUDICOM COMMENTS TIME Time and BREAKS Pause www solidynePro com Page 71 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM Page 72 CREATING A PLAYLIST The playlists are created in the CyberPlay Editor module in the PGM window There are two ways to create them a By drag amp drop from File Manager to PGM box or from InfoMusic Production b Using Magic Programming a Create the list manually Click on button NEW PGM to empty the PGM window and start a new schedule file The Magic Programming wizard opens Press Cancel we do not use this wizard Open File Manager or InfoMusic Production recommended and locate the title you want to add to the playlist Select it and drag it to the PGM field CyberPlay Editor The cursor will be positioned below the title inserted ready to continue adding other titles Add one by one the titles to complete the listing After completing the list press TEST to generate the preview and validation PlayList which appears CyberPlay shown in window b Create the list automatically In this case generates AUDICOM list which can be manually modified later Press NEW PGM Programming wizard opens Select Direct Sequence titles option Click Next Four options appear to create the list Ranking based on TOP HIT Generates a list based on the information contained in
286. ve explanation Used in radios left to transmit the night and basically is to schedule a block satellite Satfill during the night while the radio is off the air This procedure described in Autostarting at the morning 2 3 2 2 Pause Stop end Pressing this button the playing is paused and the Pause button becomes Stop Being paused you can press Play to continues the playing or you can press Stop to stop the playing completely Once stopped pressing Play the file plays from the beginning 2 3 2 3 Fade amp Stop ctrl end h E Pressing this button while a title is on the air the level gradually decreases until the playback stops The slope of attenuation is 20 dB per second 2 3 2 4 Fade Play ctrl home Pressing this button the present title ends with a fade out and the next title starts to play If the titles have defined times for crossfades pressing this button the crossfade will take place 2 3 2 9 Schedule stop point page up i It inserts a pause event in the schedule Pauses appears as a black bar with E the legend PAUSE When the play red cursor arrives at this point the playing STOPS and the title below the pause is marked as next title green cursor In order to insert a pause in the programming schedule select with a click yellow cursor the position in where you wants that the playing stops and press SCHEDULING PAUSE button A PAUSE event will be inserted BEFORE the s
287. x is blank the songs will be aired without presentations although the partners files exists To more details please refers to Partners files Insert Meteor It allows to insert a Weather report time temperature etc each n titles The option VOICE allows to define the voice used for the announce 1 Male 2 Female 3 Extra Page 94 www solidynePro com Schedule 3 2 3 How to create an AutoDJ template I 11 111 IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII NOTE An First you need to select the destiny workstation for which the template will be created This is necessary only for networks system with more than one on air terminal For a single on air workstation the template was always created in the correct location Press NEW to clean all fields Enter a name for the new template in the field Template Choose a music s style from combo box Styles A drop down menu will show all the styles from database Select a style and press Add The style will be added to the list To add more styles proceed in the same way If you wants that the template includes all the available styles check the option All To remove a style from the list select it and press Delete Induced Mode allows you to define how much titles AutoDj will schedule for each Style If this option is enabled pressing the button Add successively you adds a style to the list several times Remember Under induc
288. ynePro com Page 67 SOLIDYNE AUDICOM 3 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 Press the button select a date in the almanac and to confirm with OK CyberPlay Editor will load the LOG and PGM files corresponding to the selected date aS was explained previously LOG and PGM files can be edited and saved in independent form Save LOG PGM Press this button to save the changes made to a Log or Pgm file A windows will appear similar to the Load window To create a NEW FILE enter the file name using the menus and press OK If the entered name does not exist a new file for the indicated date is created In a file with equal name exists a message will appear to confirm the overwriting BS Notes AUDICOM includes demo programming files 7 log s and 7 pgm s which must be erased or edited so that they don t interfere with your programming Play Lists The window SAVE PGM includes the SAVE PLAYLISTS button Playlist are listed of titles in TXT format that can be inserted in the air programming schedule The use of the PlayLists is described next Pressing this button a dialog box appears to enter a name for the PlayList That name will be shown by the PlayList Manager PlayList manager is a tool that manages the PlayList on the air desktop The PlayList are saved into the PGM folder Mark the Show only PlayLists checkbox to see only the playlists 3 1 4 Creating Musical contents 3 1 4 1 Page 68 AUDICOM not only manages ads and music
289. ys Generates a list based how many times the title played last week The list starts with the titles with greatest amount of emissions Subordinated AutoDJ AutoD generates a list of selected titles according to the AutoD Format defined operating the same way as when working in real time but generating the full list Random music Generates a play list with random titles with no consideration the last time on air Choose an option and click Next A menu will appear to indicate the length of the PlayList Select the duracci n and press OK The list is generated and displayed in the preview window In the case of Subordinated AutoD an extra menu to indicate the musical format appears Remember A PlayList can include comments informative text pauses and Time command Time The latter two can be inserted directly from the CyberPlay window right clicking on the position where you want to insert the event Recuerde Un PlayList puede incluir Comentarios texto informativo Pausas y el comando Hora Time Estos dos ultimos pueden insertarse directamente desde la ventana CyberPlay haciendo click derecho en la posici n donde quiera insertar el evento 3 1 4 3 WORKING WITH PLAY LISTS This option is used to create playlists or to schedule a segment with a listing of titles including in the PGM file In the first case the title s list is saved as a PlayList file with TXT format For the second case the generated list is added

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