Commercials are inserted independently from your program. However we see to it that this is well done ; we will never interrupt a track, podcast episode , announcement or campaign to air commercials. Commercials are inserted at the end of another element. Moreover, we only air commercials in the station’s language.

To guarantee listener’s comfort, and a professional on air sound, radio creators should choose their commercial intro and extro jingles They create a sonic transition between your program and the commercial.

> To select your commercial jingles go to the File menu in Radio Manager, “Select My Ad’s Jingles”

> You will find 12 neutral commercial jingles created by Radionomy and some 30 jingles created by Radio Creators in the community , like Music Plus, Radio2R, Radio Urban Kiff, RadioSphere, Radio Universe, Trop Beautiful and White Fox Radio. Thanks guys !

Radionomy won’t insert more than 4 minutes of audio commercials per hour, as you have read in our FAQ. Commercials will be spread across the hour in 3 blocks, on 10’, 30’ and 50’

An announcement is an audio element like the voice of a dj announcing a track, inserting an urgent bit of information, or a spoken message of any type.

The big difference with podcasts, is that announcements aren’t limited by their expiration time adn that they are programmed in a different way. Like you will learn further on, announcements are dropped into a playlist or into a planning ( using the planning editor).

Creating and editing an announcement.

Announcements work like any other element you can add in your Radio Manager. They sit in boxes, To import an announcement, you have to create an announcements box.

> To create an intervention box, go to the “Audio Library” tab, select the “My Announcements” box and click “Add”. A small window will appear, so enter the box’s name and press enter.

> Now to import an intervention into the box, select the subbox in the navigator and right-click “Add A Personal Element”.

> You will now get to the announcement import window. Locate the corresponding mp3 file on your hard disk, name it and add complementary information if needed. Then click “Finish”.

> A new window will offer you to follow the announcement’s import process in the import process window, or offer you a chance to upload another element.

> Once the announcement has been uploaded to your box you can edit its meta-data (name and info) right-clicking the announcement in the main window, then selecting “Edit”.

Programming an announcement on your Radio

Announcements can be inserted into the program in 2 ways :

1. In a playlist

2. Manual insert in the planning using the planning editor

Programming an announcement in a playlist

The best possible example is a music program. You want to feature an album discovery or focus on a particular artist. The perfect way would be to make a playlist, insert the tracks you wish to introduce and mix it with your prerecorded spoken interventions. This allows you to add the next track or to give extra information about the artist.

To create and edit your Playlist, refer to ‘Playlist’ chapter

To add an announcement to your Playlist, simply select the subbox containing your Announcements in the Navigator within the Playlist Editor, then drag and drop the announcement to the desired spot in the Playlist.

Programming an announcement in the Planning Editor

A second way to drop an announcement is to insert it directly into your planning after it has been generated.

To learn how to insert a new element in the planning after it has been generated (an announcement in this case) read the ‘Planning’ chapter.

]]> http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/announcements/feed/ 0 http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/day-templates/ http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/day-templates/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:49:18 +0000 Valerian http://help.radionomy.com/?p=1329 Day-Templates allow you to produce different of day programmes, integrating your clocks and the program elements you want to include, defining the broadcast timing for each single element.

A typical use would be to create a day-template for weekdays and for the weekend. But don’t forget that you can create as many day-templates as you wish. A model for every single day of the week, one for Bank Holidays, or Seasonal playlists, Summer Holiday Playlists, Spring Playlists,…The limit is only in your imagination. The amount of variety will reflect the life rhythm of your Radio.

To start programming your day-templates, click the corresponding tab in your Radio Manager. The default setting will lead you towards an empty template in your Navigator.

1.The Day-Templates Navigator

This is where you will find your created day-templates. You can add one, duplicate them or remove them thanks to the functions of this panel.

2.The Day Programme Window

The day programming window has two sections, The left section is where your Clocks and Playlists sit (as the header tells you) and the right section is where you insert the Podcasts you wish to program. A Radio programming day has 24 hours. It starts at 5am and it stops at 5am the next morning.

3.The Clocks and Podcasts Navigator

The window contains all your Clocks (created manually, imported or obtained through a subscription), available to fill your Day-Template.

4.Your Day-Template’s Zoom Function

This cursor allows you to zoom in the selected day-template, to set an exact timing for the start and the end of your Clock.

Like we told you earlier, the music programme is defined by 2 ingredients : Clocks and Playlists.

To make your day-template’s music selectionm, first select the day-template you’ll be working in. This happens in the Day-Templates-Navigator. The name of the Day-Template will now appear above the Day Programme Window.

Inserting a Clock in a Day-Template

Drag and Drop the desired clock into the left section of the day programming window. Drag it to the exact moment in time you wish the Clock to take control of your station.

Once it’s dropped on the day schedule, you will see the Clock’s position : it’s defined by its own color, its name and the start and end times.

You can move the Clock upwards or downwards to change the start time for your Clock.

Adjusting the timing for your clock is something you can do in 2 ways :

- Clicking on the top or bottom border of the Clock, and dragging the border to the desired start or finish time.

- Clicking inside the watch you will find inside the day-template. There you will see a series of time fields at the bottom of the main window. Enter the start and end times you want and click ‘ok’.

Important: when dropping a Clock on the Day-Template you are filling a one hour default time span, starting at the exact top of the hour of the selected time span. So when you drop a Clock right after another Clock that doesn’t finish at the top of the hour, the next Clock will position itself on the hour, behind the previous Clock.

Inserting a Playlist

Just like you insert a Clock into the day-template, drag and drop the Playlist(s) into the left section and position it at the desired starting point.

Once it’s dropped on the template you can modify the start time for your Playlist in 2 ways :

- drag it upwards or downwards to change the starting point, in case there’s no other element obstructing you.

- define the time fields manually. Bear in mind that for a playlist only the start time is editable, (read the remark)

Remark : a Playlist has a fixed timing, so you can’t extend a Playlist on the Day-Template like you would do with a Clock. But on the other side you can repeat a Playlist or you can put one Playlist right behind another one.

Mixing Clocks and Playlists, and functions of the Day Template

Starting with a Clock you dropped in the 5am timespan. It’s positioning itself on the timespan 05:00 > 06:00 by default Right behind you will add a playlist that lasts 24 minutes. This one will stop at 06:24. When you put another Clock behind, it will position itself on the timespan 06:24 > 07:24. Should you wish to extend this clock until 12:30, extend it using your mouse or configure the start/end time fields below the day programming window.. If you drop a playlist behind that lasts 47 minutes, it will end at 13:17.

Important:

- when you drop a new element (a Clock or a Playlist) on a Day-Template right after a previous element (on the hour bar below the element), it will snap to the previous element automatically, which avoids gaps in your Day-Template (see next point).

- to snap an element in your Day-Template to another one (before or after it) use this function : right-click the Clock/Playlist/Attach to previous element/next The action will extend a Clock until it snaps to the previous or following element. In case of a Playlist, the Playlist will be moved so it starts right after the previous element / stops right before the next element.

- Don’t forget to use the zoom function situated below the Day Template’s grid, to adjust the view on your program.

- If the day-programming window cannot display all the planned elements scheduled for a timespan, it will juxtapose the 2 elements on the grid,, and you will notice that the colored bars display the exact moment of mix between clocks and playlists, when they are being juxtaposed.

> Condition that needs to be met to fill a Day Template

NO GAPS !!

Explanation : A condition to use a Day-Template in your day is that it needs to be complete. It simply means that the combination of music Clocks and Playlists has to fill the Day-Template between 5am and the next 5am ( filling the 24 hours displayed on screen) without INTERRUPTIONS, WITHOUT GAPS, filled to the minute.

To make sure your Day Template has been filled correctly, you can use the “Attach to previous/ next element” function. Right click a Clock or a Playlist to use it. nt’ (click droit sur une clock/ playlist).

There are 2 different kinds of podcasts that you can insert into your radio:

1. Podcasts supplied by Radionomy

2. Your personal podcasts (uploaded in the Radio Manager).

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1. Podcasts supplied by Radionomy

The right section of your Day-Template has a “Podcasts” column, and this is where you can program your podcasts, features and information flashes.

In the series of podcasts you will find a number of sequences that can be consulted as different editions of the same series.

PODCAST 1

• Sequence for 13/03
• Sequence for 14/03
• Sequence for 15/03 …

Every sequence has meta-data (region, language, topic) and it has an expiration date.

What’s with the expiration date ?

Every podcast presented by Radionomy has a start date and an expiration date. The timespan between those dates represents the period the podcast is valid. This depends on the type of series. Every sequence in a series of news flashes for example will have a very short validity. But for timeless Reports can have a validity period of several months. Sequences can only be planned by Radio Creators in between the podcast’s start date and the expiration date .

Click “Audio Library”. Right below your Radio’s name, you will find the box “My Content”. It’s empty by default. To add a new series to your programme, select the file “My Content”, click “Add”, or right-click to select “New”.

The podcast subscription window will now open. You will see a list of available content for the validity period displayed.

Beside every podcast you will see various types of information displayed (the information is available on Radionomy’s website, click on the corresponding “More Info” link) – The podcast’s name – The country of origin and the region it’s been produced in

- The topic (the category that the podcast belongs to) > tick the corresponding box in the “Subscribe” column You can subscribe to sevarl podcasts at once, ticking the corresponding boxes.

Once you have made your choice, click “Next”. The system will now transfer all the data corresponding to your choice. A confirmation message will follow. Click “Finish”. You have now subscribed to one or more podcasts.

2. Programming personal podcasts

Importing personal podcasts

In case you wish to import personal features or podcasts (in fact any radiophonic expression like a report, a special feature, …) there are 2 possibilities : – right-click the box called “My Content” in the Navigator, then “Add a personal element”.. – click the “Manage Files” tab. Then select “Add A Personal Element” and select the “Podcast” element type in the scroll-down menu.

Remark : whatever might be the personal element type you wish to import, there’s always 2 ways to go ahead. You can use the Navigator and right-click the corresponding box (My Music, My Jingles, My Content, My Announcements, My Campaigns) then you choose “Add a Personal element”. Second choice : use the “Manage Files” tab, then “Add A Personal Element”.

This will trigger an import window to appear in the Radio Manager’s main window. If this is your first podcast import, the scroll-down menu is empty. If not, it will use the names of the Podcasts that are already in your boxes (My Content).

You should start by creating a Personal Podcast, Click “Add A Podcast”. You are prompted to enter the meta-data regarding your Podcast now.

Name : The name you will give to your podcast Topic : Pick the theme (info, report, dj,…) Intro : the intro jingle for your podcast (select one from your imported/uploaded jingles) Extro : the podcast extro jingle (select from your imported/uploaded jingles) Country Region Language Tags like keywords allowing to identify and find your podcast easily.

Next click OK. Your new podcast has been created. Actually, it’s a series of elements you will have to upload afterwards. At this stage, the Podcast is nothing more but the equivalent of a music box, but not for music tracks. The Podcast is empty. To import your elements/features into the Podcast, select it in the scroll-down menu of your podcast import window.

Then fill out the fields “Title” and”Author” for your feature or episode you wish to import. Define the validity period or the expiration date. Locate the file on your hard disk. Click “ Browse” and select the appropriate element ( a 128kbps mp3 file)

Once you have selected the element, click “Finish”

A window will tell you that the upload is processing. To visualize the waiting list, click “Waiting List”.

This brings you back to the main page in the “Manage File” tab and that’s where you can follow the file import. Once the import is finished, the element will disappear from the waiting list.

Your new element has now been imported into your Podcast and it’s ready to be programmed

on your Radio. Check it out in the “My Content” box in your Audio Library.

To import a new edition in the same podcast start the process from the start and select the same podcast series in the scroll-down menu when you’re in the podcast import window. If not , select “New” and start the entire process from scratch.

Programming a personal podcast

To program a feature in a day-template, you have to subscribe to it or import it. Refer to the previous points to learn how to import a podcast or how to subscribe to a Radionomy podcast.

When you’re subscribed to a Podcast, it will be displayed in the Clocks navigator and in the Podcasts pane inside the “My Content” box. You will notice that content delivered by the Radionomy databases appears in blue, while your own imported podcasts have an orange icon.

To add a Podcast to your programm, you will drag and drop it in the Day-Template at the desired timing. Like with Clocks and Podcasts you can use the zoom function to drop it at the exact spot in the time grid when you want the edition to launch.

Once the podcast are dropped in the time grid, you will see the start time and the Podcast’s name displayed on the grid’s time line. As opposed to Clocks, which can be extended as long as you want over a whole day, Podcasts sit in an exact spot on your time schedule and they cannot be extended.

You can programme a Series of Sequences several times in one day.

To switch from one podcast to another, use the maximized zoom level and drop podcasts one after another, minute after minute.

Remark : the content (podcasts) is managed independently from the music flow. This means that Radio Manager will insert a programmed podcast in between two music tracks or announcements or campaign clips, in a way it ‘s as close as possible to the defined broadcast timing. Radio Manager will never interrupt a music track while it’s on air, to switch to podcast content. The timing precision reached by Radio Manager for content is +/- 1 minute. A programmed news bulletin programmed for 12:00 can pass between 11:59 et 12:01.

Example:

We are scheduling top-of-the-hours (content that we want aired at the exact top of the hour, like for example a radio news bulletin), at 7, 8, 9, 10,11, and 12 o’clock, This means that the programme will come out like this :

At each of the defined hours, Radio Manager will launch the news broadcast procedure. It will wait for the current track to finish, then it will look in your podcast series “Radio news” to grab a sequence that hasn’t gone beyond it’s expiration time.

Within this scenario there’s a couple of options :

1. The news bulletin has an expiration time smaller than 1h, and a new edition is added every hour. Radio Manager will program a different edition at each top of the hour, since a search for a news bulletin in the podcast “Radio news” will only deliver one valid element.

2. The Radio news can have an expiration time larger than 1h (it could be 5h) and still a new edition can be added every hour. In this case, Radio Manager can select a random available edition inside your “Radio News” podcast. At 8 it will have 2 bulletins to select from, the ones produced for 7 and 8. At 12 it can select the 7,8,9,10,11 or 12 o’clock bulletin. Since each element has a 5 hours expiration time, the 7 o’clock will no longer be an available option if the series is programmed again at 13h.

To avoid element repetition, in case several valid elements are available in a podcast, Radio Manager will take into account the already aired sequences . It will make sure all the available elements have been broadcast once before airing the same element again.

Once all the available elements have been aired once, Radio Manager will start again using the first sequence again, respecting the same order, just to make sure a maximum of time has passed before a podcast edition returns on air.

Remark on Podcast programming :

When planning (see next point) Radio Manager keeps a space for the podcasts. If for any reason there’s no available element at the scheduled broadcast moment ( that is, if no news edition is valid at this time ) it will continue to play the music flow.

Remark : when subscribing to Radionomy podcasts, the expiration times are programmed automatically and the new elements are imported automatically into your Radio Manager, Radionomy has over 30 content types in French to build a station with belgian news content, french news content, sports news, culture news, but includes fiction series as well.

For quite a number of music styles, the DJs and programmers at Radionomy have selected artists, tracks, and even the frequency to return on your station. They have mixed and shuffled new discoveries to offer you a high quality music flux.

These fluxes are updated regularly and automatically. You can use the fluxes in 2 different ways : importing them, or subscribing to them.

The fluxes contain 2 types of elements :

- Boxes Each Radionomy flux contains several clocks and music boxes, selection for one particular music style.

- Clocks containing a coherent track

There are basically 2 ways to work with the Radionomy fluxes. You can subscribe for once and for all to one of the fluxes. This means you won’t have to worry about your music selection. Or you can import a flux and modify it so it becomes a personalized selection.

Subscribing to a Radionomy Flux

In case you choose to subscribe to a Radionomy Flux, you won’t have to worry about your music selection anymore. The updates are automatic : new tracks are added and old ones are removed. This gives you the best of this particular music style at all times. This allows you to fully focus on other aspects of your radio .

Subscription Procedure

To subscribe to a new flux, go to the File menu, Music Fluxes and Podcasts. A window will appear offering you a choice : Music Elements , and Podcasts.

> tick ‘Music Elements’

Next you’ll see a new window containing the various music fluxes that are available. They are labelled by name, and the containing music style. You can filter the displayed results entering a name or a style in the filter fields above the window.

Select the flux you want to subscribe to, ticking the appropriate box in the “Subscribe” column.

Click “Next” to launch the subscription procedure. When it’s finished you’ll see a confirmation message . Then, simply click “Finish”.

You have now subscribed to one or more Radionomy fluxes. They appear in your navigator as complete new libraries, as blue icons. This means you can’t modify them, and that they are updated automatically inside your Radio ( unlike the ones represented by orange icons, that can be modified, these are manually created boxes or imported fluxes . More on that later ).

Importing a Radionomy Flux

Importing a Radionomy flux into your Radio, you’re integrating a music database that has been composed meticulously by the Radionomy DJS and programmers. But you’re still free to personalize it. Once the flux is imported, you can modify it, manipulate it or tweak it depending on your ambitions and taste.

The import procedure

To import a new flux, go to the File menu, and select “Music Fluxes and Podcasts”. A new window will appear, inviting you to choose “Music Elements” or “Podcasts”.

> tick ‘Music Elements’

Remark: Importing a music flux means you’re not only importing the music boxes (the boxes will have different rotations. For example in the Electro Flux the “Hot1” box has a power rotation containing the 20 most recent tracks in this music style ), but also the associated Clocks for this Flux. The Clocks are specific to the day part they are meant for, or to a certain mood. You will discover a “Latino-Morning” Clock and a “Pop Rock-Party “ Clock.

Once you have ticked all the boxes of the elements you wish to import, click “Next”. The software will now connect to our servers in order to import the package of selected elements into your Audio Library.

> To check the imported boxes click the “Audio Library” tab in your Radio Manager, then go to “My Radio/My Library/My Music”.

You can rename the boxes by double-clicking them, or right-clicking them and choosing “Rename”. You can duplicate or remove any of the imported boxes or clocks.

the mix using the various boxes, with the planning generator picking random tracks from the boxes you define ( respecting the minimum repetition constraints that you have ordered)

Another way to define your music programme is to create playlists. They allow you to broadcast specific lists of music tracks, elements, announcements and campaign clips ( read on to learn more about announcements and campaigns). A typical tool to use for an album introduction, an artist profile, or a music special.

Creating a playlist

To create a new playlist, go to the “Clocks and Playlist” tab in your Radio Manager. Top left of your Radio Manager, in the Navigator, you will see a list of boxes containing “My Clocks” and “My Playlists”. Click the “My Playlists” list . There are 2 ways to create a new playlist :

Click the “Add” button below the navigation panel. Right-click the Sub-box “My Playlist” and select “New”. Enter the desired name and color for your new playlist and press enter.

Editing a playlist

Once your playlist has been created, you will discover it in the Sub-box “My Playlists”. Clicking the playlist in the list, you’ll see its name appearing in the top section of your Radio Manager. At the right, button will appear that says “Edit Playlist”.

The editing window for the playlist will appear, and it has a very basic set of operations: In the upper part of the window you will find your station’s navigator displaying your library, your announcements and campaigns. Select one of the music boxes, jingle boxes or other content boxes. At the right you’ll now see the contained elements of that box displayed.

To add an element to your playlist, drag and drop it in the upper part of the window. Next, you can change its exact position in the play order in the same upper part of the window.

Remark : The total playlist length is displayed above your playlist’s “Duration” column .

Another remark : of course this modified playlist might not respect the repetition constraints you programmed for each of the music boxes.

To submit and close the playlist editor, click “Close”. Afterwards, you can modify your playlist as often as you want simply by clicking “Edit This Playlist”.

Further on you’re free to create, duplicate, or remove playlists . (also read 2.4.1 on creating new playlists)

Programming a playlist on your radio Read topic “Programming the day’s music programme”.

Imagine you would have to program manually, to have 24h of music played every day, every week, 365 days a year. The amount of work would be huge. Clocks allow you to build programming models that, regarding the content of your boxes, will result in a personalized and adjustable music flow, integrating your jingles at a moment of your choice.

Clocks allow you to manage your Radio’s structure. They manage how tracks from different boxes are following one another, but they also define the proportions of every box that is used in your musical programme.

Click the ‘Clocks’ tab and you will get to this screen :

1. The Clock Navigator.

All the Clocks you have created already. within this menu.

2. The graphic view on the Clock

You can add clocks, duplicate them or remove them

It sits in the Radio Manager’s main window. The default starting point is a mono-color circle,

3. The ‘play order’ column, empty by default, lists the boxes that are defining this Clock. The “Type” label shows you if the used box contains Music or Jingles, and the ‘Name’ Label has the box’s Name.

4. The Box Navigator, refers to the tree structure of your Library, containing your Jingle and Music Boxes.

How to create a new Clock?

By default, an empty Clock sits in your ‘My Clocks’ box. To create a new clock, click ‘Add‘ at the bottom of your navigation panel, or right-click the existing Clock and choose ‘Parameters’.

These are the parameters you can select : The Clock’s Name: The name you have chosen for your Clock

Its color : Modify the Clock’s name so you will easily find it later composing your Day Templates (read more on that in 2.6)

Once your clock has defined parameters, you can start programming it using your boxes.

Composing a Clock

Adding a track from a box to your Clock is simple. Select the box in the navigation panel at the right (‘My Library’) and drag it into the ‘Play Order’ column.

After you have dragged 3 different boxes into your Clock, this is what you get :

You will notice that the graphic image has changed. It’s now showing in a very visual way that one third of the music will be coming from the ‘My Hard Rock’ box, another third from “My Classic Rock” and a third from “My Classic Rock 2”.

If you’re satisfied by the order like it’s presented here, you can go to the next step. If you want it more subtle, read how to define the flow of your boxes.

Flow between boxes

Once you have dragged all the boxes you need into the Clock, you can define the play order that will be used inside your Clock. In practice, how your tracks will follow and mix in the playlist.

To do this,, select a box in the ‘Play Order’ column and simply move it inside the list doing a simple drag-and-drop.

In the example above, after having modified the play order, the music programme will be built like this :

1. A track from ‘My Hard Rock’

2. A track from ‘My Classic Rock’,

3. A track from ‘My Classic Rock 2’.

Adding a jingle

To make your Radio sound professional and to add your personal sonic touch, we advise you to insert Jingles. You can either insert self produced jingles or you can use the ones provided by Radionomy.

How to add a Jingle ?

In the example, we want to add a jingle in the clock in between “My Hard Rock” and “My Classic Rock 2”. To do so, go to the Box navigator on your right, pick the box from which you want to insert an element and drag it to the place where you want to add the jingle,

This is what it will look like in your play order :

Your programme is now being produced using this model and play order :

1. A track from ‘My Hard Rock’ 2. A jingle from ‘My Jingles1’ 3. A track from ‘My Classic Rock’, 4. A track from ‘My Classic Rock 2’.

It’s possible to insert 2 (or 3, or 10) tracks from one box on consecutive places in your playlist.

To do this, simply drag the box into your play order list several times. example play order :

1. A track from ‘My Hard Rock’, 2. A Jingle from the jingles box ‘My Jingles 1’, 3 & 4 Two tracks from the box ‘My Classic Rock 2’ 5.A track from ‘My Hard Rock’ 6, 7 & 8 are titles from ‘My Classic Rock 3’.

Let’s take a look at this

The Playlist Order column shows you the sequence or tracks that will occur in the programme. It’s not possible to define the exact list of tracks that wil be played . it’s a matter of defining the order of boxes that will be addressed in the programme. But later on we’ll see there’s always a way to replace a specific track in the programme if you desire so. (more in 2.9.)

Duplicating a Clock

Any Clock that you have created or imported can be duplicated. This can be a very useful technique if you want to increase the weight of a box slightly, within the Clock, or if you want to add a jingle, modify the play order or work on an imported Clock.

To duplicate, select the Clock in the Clock Navigator, and click the “Duplicate” button at the bottom of the Navigator.

An identical Clock will appear, called “Copy of Your Clock”. You can rename it right-clicking it and selecting “Rename”.

The new Clock is totally independent from the original one. You can move, copy, add or remove elements without affecting the original Clock.

This allows you to create as many Clocks as you like, to introduce as many programming types as you wish.

A typical application would be to create different Clocks for the various moments of the day, that you want to give a different sound. A morning Clock including Rock and Pop, an afternoon Clock that contains Hip-Hop and Soul/Funk, and a night Clock containing Ambient. Possibilities are endless and they will depend on the variety you want to bring to your station.

]]> http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/clocks/feed/ 0 http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/fill-your-music-boxes/ http://help.radionomy.com/en/14-12-2009/radio-manager-en/fill-your-music-boxes/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:46:41 +0000 Valerian http://help.radionomy.com/?p=1285 Let’s dive into the procedure now that will allow you to add music to your boxes. After you created the box, the main window is empty. In case you imported a box created by one of the Radionomy deejays (as seen in 2.1.4) you’ll find out that the selected tracks for this music flow are already there.

There are 2 ways to fill your boxes :

- Import tracks from your hard disk

- Select tracks from the Radionomy database

Importing music or a jingle from your hard disk

Radionomy gives you access to unlimited disk space so you can import part of, or even your entire music database which allows you to integrate it into your music programme. You can also import self produced jingles using the same procedure.

NOTE 1: space might be unlimited but storage server overflow may occur which may cause us to ask the creating community to clean their database.

!! NOTE 2: whatever type of element you introduce, it should be in the .mp3 format, preferably 128 kbps and 44.1 kHz. The used format supports ID3 tags.

To upload an element or a jingle from your hard disk, select the ‘File Manager’ button then click

‘Add a personal element‘

You will now be shown a window that invites you to select the file type you want to upload (a music track, a jingle, podcast, campaign clip or a voicetrack) and you’ll be asked to locate the file on your system’s hard disk. Once you have selected the file, please make sure you entered all the meta data applying to your file (in this case the title, the artist, the year,…) In case your mp3 file has ID3 tags, some of the fields will already be filled out. If not, entering at least the artist name and title are mandatory.

NOTE: in case of a jingle upload, you will notice a checkbox called ‘Transition’. When this box is checked, the uploaded jingle will be used in your music programme to make a transition between two tracks that have a very different BPM rate (beats per minute, so we’re talking about the tempo). Radio Manager classifies the tracks according to their tempo and puts them in 3 major categories: ‘Slow’, ‘Medium‘ and ‘Fast’. So when a Fast song is preceded or followed by a Slow track, Radio Manager will insert a jingle in between automatically to smoothen the transition and it will use a jingle that has the Transition box checked. This avoids serious tempo breaks on air.

The other fields are meant to give you easy access to your tracks using the advanced search function (by tags, styles, year) or to allow Radio Manager to create your planning in a coherent way when it’s about the music tempo. You are also invited to select the music box you want the uploaded file to stay in.

After you filled out the fields, click ‘next’.

This page allows you to define how the ‘mixing points’ are going to behave.. These mixing points tell Radio Manager when to launch the next track and they define the flow in your playlist. You will notice several fields defined by their own color.

Allows you to downsize the track at the start.

Defines the key-point where track 1 will get to its nominal volume, knowing that it launches at 0 dB at the Fade In start.

Defines the key-point where track 1 will start to lower its nominal volume, knowing that it will get to 0dB at the extro point.

Allows you to downsize the track at the end.

Defines the point where track 2 will start to play.

The displayed values are :minutes,seconds,milliseconds.

The 4 values are displayed on the track’s duration axis, color. You can reposition the arrows manually, and doing so you will notice that the colored fields will modify their value automatically.

The cursor at the center of the main window shows the position of the track you’re currently hearing. Use the cursor to pre-listen to various positions of the track. Simply drag the cursor over the track’s axis.

The ‘Position’ Counter indicates the exact current playback position in the track, expressed in minutes, seconds and milliseconds.

Below this counter you will find 4 buttons :

Mix: Mix Live Mix Acap Mix Soft

Once you have selected these buttons, they allow you to select the type of element to mix to, when you’re finishing the upload. This allows you to catch a glimpse of what the mix will sound like, and the example elements aren’t having any impact on your tracks or the mix. They are a tool to pre-listen to mixes and track transitions.

A checkbox called ‘Auto Mix’ allows you to set the default values for transitions.

Doing a search in the Radionomy database

Radio Manager has 2 search levels ready for you : a simple search and an advanced search.

In both cases, you can pre-fade listen to tracks that are being displayed during your search. Simply double-click them and playback in the Radio Manager player will launch. Don’t worry about the sound quality, for this is not the quality that you will hear on your Radio. To guarantee immediate playback in this pre-fade listen mode, we have used a heavy compression on the tracks (32kbps)

Do a simple search in the library

In the upper part of your main window, you will find a search field. Bring in the keyword you want to use for your search and click enter ( or select the search launch button at the right of the search field) Your keyword might be referring to a title track or to an artist.

Radio Manager will now display your search results in 3 tabs, inside the main window.

‘In my Library’ Tab: Shows the search results relating to tracks or elements in one of your boxes for this specific keyword.

‘Outside my library’: Shows the search results relating to tracks or elements in all of the Radionomy Libraries for this specific keyword, not including the tracks in your personal Library.

‘Mix’ Tab : The default results display. This tab displays the search results relating to tracks or elements in your own boxes and in the Radionomy Library for the used keyword.

Navigation in a long list of elements : like in most multimedia applications (WMP, Winamp, iTunes) you can group the selected elements by artist, name, year, … clicking on the name of the corresponding column. And you can jump directly to artists with a certain first letter, simply by typing this letter on your keyboard.

How to do an advanced search in the Music Libraries

You can refine your search clicking the a”Advanced Search” icon to the right of the search keyword field. A set of fields will appear where you can define the boundaries of your search.

Main search field : title, artist and the release year of the track you’re searching.

Secondary search fields.

- BPM: The temp of the track you’re looking for. Radio Manager will use this information to create a coherent flow of consecutive tracks in your music programme. ( not applicable for jingles) – Language: The main language your track or jingle uses.

Musical Style Field:

Pick the style you want to search your track in. In case you’re in doubt about the music style just leave this field empty, This search field is not applied for a search in the jingles.

Select where your search is going to take place.

- In my Library: the search is happening in all of the boxes you have already created, including jingles and podcasts that are in your Library. – Outside my Library: the search is being done in the entire Radionomy music and jingle database.

Defining tags and content types for the search.

-Tag: label containing supplementary information on the tracks or jingles you’re searching for – Box : You can limit the search to one of your boxes, that you will see listed in a scroll menu. – Type : You can limit your search to Music or Jingles.

Empty Fields:

Re-initialising fields that you had filled already, in order to launch a new search.

Adding the search results to a box

Once you have done a search for the tracks you wish to add, and having obtained the search results in your main window, you can add them to your boxes by a simple drag-and-drop into the desired box.

You can select several consecutive elements: click the first one in the list, then click the last one holding down the ‘Shift’ command. To select several tracks that are not enlisted in a consecutive way hold down ‘CTRL’ while selecting the tracks to import into your box.

To move several tracks at once, click them, make sure one remains selected, then drag and drop the tracks into the box of your choice. All of the selected tracks will follow.

You can verify if the tracks have been added clicking on the box in the navigation window at the Audio Library. The content will now display in the main window.

To go back to the most recent search results, and to add new tracks to your boxes, click on the icon (that represents a house with a magnifying glass) in the search bar. (cf 1.4.2, §4).

The main window will now display your latest search results, and you can go on adding tracks to your boxes.

To start a new search, simply introduce a new search keyword into the search field and press enter. At this stage, your previous search results will be lost.

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