RadioBOSS Help System

[Pages:193]RadioBOSS

Radio Automation Software

User Manual

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RadioBOSS

Radio Automation Software

by Team

If you need a simple, affordable, reliable solution to automating your broadcasting needs, RadioBOSS is the solution you've been looking for.

Whether it's building and scheduling crossfaded programming for your terrestrial or Internet radio station, creating the right audio atmosphere in your restaurant or store, or broadcasting from live events, RadioBOSS has been the choice of thousands of broadcasters just like you for the past five years.

RadioBOSS makes it easy and fast to convert and manage audio assets, build playlists with advertising support, hourly blocks, rotations, crossfading, automatic leveling and other professional-level features and play your playlists to your local, terrestrial or Internet broadcasting system.

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Contents

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Part I Introduction

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Part II How to register

8

Part III Quick start

11

1 Setting up PFL ................................................................................................................................... 16

Part IV Operation

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1 Broadcasting Inte..r.n...e..t..r..a..d..i.o.................................................................................................................. 18

Statistic relays .......................................................................................................................................................... 22

2 Scheduling playb.a..c..k.............................................................................................................................. 23

Event

.......................................................................................................................................................... 26

Event Options ......................................................................................................................................................... 29

Sweepers ......................................................................................................................................................... 31

Scheduler comma.n..d...s.................................................................................................................................................... 32

Starting events by..D...T..M....F...s..i.g...n..a..l.................................................................................................................................. 39

3 Generating a play.l..i.s..t............................................................................................................................. 39

Categories

.......................................................................................................................................................... 43

General

......................................................................................................................................................... 44

Track sources ......................................................................................................................................................... 45

Filters

......................................................................................................................................................... 46

Priority

......................................................................................................................................................... 47

No-repeat ......................................................................................................................................................... 49

Settings

.......................................................................................................................................................... 49

Automatic Playlist.G...e..n...e..r..a..t.i.o..n....................................................................................................................................... 52

Generating multipl.e...p...l.a..y..l.i.s..t..s........................................................................................................................................ 55

Command Line Int.e..r..f.a..c..e................................................................................................................................................ 57

4 Tools

................................................................................................................................... 59

Music Library .......................................................................................................................................................... 59

Report Generator .......................................................................................................................................................... 62

Advertisement Sch..e..d...u..l.e..r.............................................................................................................................................. 63

Automatically up...d..a..t.e...a..d..s...p..l.a..y..l.i.s..t.s...a..n..d...e..v..e..n..t.s........................................................................................................ 65

Remote ads ma..n..a..g..e...m...e..n..t....................................................................................................................................... 65

Advert paramet.e..r.s..................................................................................................................................................... 67

Settings

......................................................................................................................................................... 68

General

......................................................................................................................................... 69

Event properties ......................................................................................................................................... 69

Ad Blocks

......................................................................................................................................... 71

Misc

......................................................................................................................................... 73

Track Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 73

Segue Editor .......................................................................................................................................................... 75

5 Microphone ................................................................................................................................... 75

6 Linear input ................................................................................................................................... 76

7 File Types

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8 Crossfading ................................................................................................................................... 80

9 Normalizing track..s................................................................................................................................. 81

10 Stream and podca..s..t...p..l.a..y..b..a...c..k.............................................................................................................. 82

11 Cart wall

................................................................................................................................... 82

12 Using Track list ................................................................................................................................... 87

13 Using Tags

................................................................................................................................... 89

14 Voice Tracking ................................................................................................................................... 91

15 Voiceovers

................................................................................................................................... 93

16 Auto Intro

................................................................................................................................... 94

17 Teasers

................................................................................................................................... 96

18 Relaying

................................................................................................................................... 98

19 Record your broa.d..c..a..s...t......................................................................................................................... 98

20 Remote Control A..P..I............................................................................................................................... 99

21 User Account M.a..n..a...g..e..m...e..n...t............................................................................................................... 109

22 Additional featu.r.e...s.............................................................................................................................. 110

Editing tags .......................................................................................................................................................... 110 Playback queue .......................................................................................................................................................... 112 Automatic time an..n...o..u...n..c..e..m....e..n..t..s................................................................................................................................ 113 Automatic Weathe...r..A...n..n...o..u..n...c..e..m....e..n..t.s......................................................................................................................... 114 Song request sys..t.e..m..................................................................................................................................................... 116 Converting to oth..e..r..f..o..r..m...a..t.s........................................................................................................................................ 116 DSP manager .......................................................................................................................................................... 119 DTMF tone gener..a..t.o..r................................................................................................................................................... 121 Virtual Sound Ca.r.d...s..................................................................................................................................................... 121 Title format varia.b..l.e..s.................................................................................................................................................... 121 Additional inform.a..t.i.o...n...s..t..o..r..a..g..e................................................................................................................................... 122 Repeat protection...r..u..l.e..s................................................................................................................................................ 123

Part V Settings

126

1 General

................................................................................................................................... 127

2 File types

................................................................................................................................... 129

3 Playback

................................................................................................................................... 130

Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................................................................... 133

Fading

.......................................................................................................................................................... 134

4 Input

................................................................................................................................... 136

5 View

................................................................................................................................... 137

Style

.......................................................................................................................................................... 140

6 Silence detector................................................................................................................................... 141

7 Broadcast

................................................................................................................................... 143

Metadata

.......................................................................................................................................................... 144

Custom encoders.......................................................................................................................................................... 145

8 Reports

................................................................................................................................... 146

Nowplaying notifi.c..a...t.i.o..n...s............................................................................................................................................. 147

9 Video

................................................................................................................................... 149

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10 Controls 11 DTMF 12 API 13 Scheduler 14 Relay

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Part VI User interface

157

1 Top menus ................................................................................................................................... 161

File

.......................................................................................................................................................... 162

Edit

.......................................................................................................................................................... 162

View

.......................................................................................................................................................... 163

Playlist

.......................................................................................................................................................... 165

T ools

.......................................................................................................................................................... 168

Jingles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 169

Settings

.......................................................................................................................................................... 170

Help

.......................................................................................................................................................... 171

User

.......................................................................................................................................................... 172

2 Control panel ................................................................................................................................... 172

File explorer .......................................................................................................................................................... 173

Search

.......................................................................................................................................................... 173

Scheduler

.......................................................................................................................................................... 174

FX

.......................................................................................................................................................... 176

3 Work zones ................................................................................................................................... 177

AUX Players .......................................................................................................................................................... 177

Cart wall

.......................................................................................................................................................... 178

4 Toolbar

................................................................................................................................... 178

5 Playlist window ................................................................................................................................... 180

6 Playback contro.l.................................................................................................................................. 184

7 Hot Keys

................................................................................................................................... 185

Part VII License agreement

187

Part VIII Contacts

190

Index

192

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Introduction 7

1 Introduction

RadioBOSS is a professional radio automation software for terrestrial and Internet radio stations, DJ discos, clubs, bars, restaurants, casinos, health clubs and other venues. Once the playlist is set and settings are configured, the program allows broadcasting 24 hours a day in a fully unattended mode. RadioBOSS offers many tools and options to produce a professional music program, including playlist generator, playback scheduler, advertisement scheduler, voiceovers, teasers, internet radio broadcasting, music library and many other features. All features are delivered in an intuitive, userfriendly interface that allows you to learn the software quickly and use it with remarkable ease.

This help file is for RadioBOSS 6.0

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