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Studio Features |
Standard & Pro Editions
are available |
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● Live Assist mode |
Play tracks individually, or
tick the checkbox beside the tracks to play consecutively before
stopping for a live announcement. |
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Microphone control |
The Mic button can either turn on a
soundcard mixer device of your choice, or record from a sound
input device.
The current playing song is optionally
faded automatically for
live voice overs. |
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Manual Line Input control |
The Line-in button can sample
audio from any sound input device. This may be used for external audio
such as tape decks, telephone integration or satellite feeds. |
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Single key keyboard controls |
Play, Stop, Automation toggle, Mic
toggle, and other controls have configurable single key shortcuts for simple
operation. |
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Insert, delete & move tracks in the live
playlist |
Use the insert dialog, or drag &
drop, to easily insert
additional
tracks into the Playlist Viewer.
Instant search results on criteria such as
artist, title, album,
duration range, year range, genre, mood, and many more. |
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| ● Track Preview |
With a second soundcard installed,
any track may be easily previewed by the DJ. |
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48 slot cart machine for instant jingles |
Up to 48 cart slots may be assigned to keyboard shortcuts/menu items for instant play of jingles or
sound effects, etc. |
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96 slot cart machine |
Studio Pro supports an
additional 48 cart slots. |
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Carts via push buttons |
A separate form
is available containing push buttons for all the cart slots.
Suitable for
high resolution or
dual monitors, including touch screens. |
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● 2 Users |
The Standard edition supports
2 users/DJ's. Each user can have a different cart bank
loaded with their own jingles. |
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● Unlimited Users |
The Pro edition supports an
unlimited number of users/DJ's. Each user can have all 4
cart banks loaded with their own jingles, or share common cart
banks. Individual time & temperature announcements for each
user is possible at different times of the day. |
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| ● Automation mode |
A click of the Automate button
and Studio will automatically load
playlists and play continuously. If playlists should run
out, or an hour is short for whatever reason, Studio can load
random Top Up tracks from a specific folder to ensure play does
not stop.
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Run unattended indefinitely |
Studio can automatically load
StationPlaylist Creator to generate playlists, and run
continuously without human intervention.
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Studio can be set to auto-start in automation mode after a power
failure, and start playing at the track scheduled to be playing at
the current time. |
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| ● Advanced automatic crossfading
using one soundcard |
Studio utilizes
file scanning techniques to automatically establish the best cue,
segue, and crossfade overlap positions based on the volume inside each
track. Tracks mix perfectly from one to the next as if a DJ
is doing it. Manual crossfade settings for individual tracks is
also available. |
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● Voice track /
song ramp overlapping |
Once the vocal start position of each song
has been established, Studio Pro can automatically overlap pre-recorded
voice tracks, song
introductions and other generic dry voice tracks with the instrumental
beginning of the
following song (song ramp). This makes your station sound 100% live when
unattended. A powerful yet easy to use feature.
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| ● Sound processing
- Compressor / Limiter |
Studio includes
a dual and multi-band compressor/limiter to alter the dynamics of
the audio and provide a more constant volume. Also comes
with a 250 band graphic equalizer.
3rd party Winamp DSP plugins are also supported. |
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● Internet streaming |
Stream on the Internet in
multiple audio codecs simultaneously, including
MP3, AAC+ (HE-AAC), Windows Media, and Ogg Vorbis.
Supports all Shoutcast compatible servers (eg. Peercast, Live365)
plus Icecast,
Streamer p2p,
and Windows Media servers. |
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● Stream Server
Metadata
Integration |
Send artist, title and other
information directly to your streaming server to update the
metadata. Your stream listeners will see what's playing in
their media player, plus any other information you wish to
include. |
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Additional metadata output |
Send song
playing metadata via a serial port,
text file, TCP, or HTTP request for such purposes as updating RDS
encoders,
StationPlaylist Streamer, or server side scripting, etc. |
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● Stream Listener Statistics |
For internet stations, displays and logs the current number of listeners for
all streams, plus total listener hours for the day and month.
Supports Shoutcast, Icecast2, and Windows Media servers.
Note: Stats for Windows Media streams requires
MPM installed at the server. |
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● Website Song Requester |
Integrate a song request system into your website, with
song search capability. Songs may be inserted manually or
automatically into Studio's playlist in allocated positions.
Requires a
PHP
server script sold separately. |
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● Include "Now Playing" details on your website |
Generate a completely
customizable HTML web page, XML, or text file containing the current
song details, and up to 9 of the previous songs played. The file
may be automatically uploaded to a remote web server via FTP, or
accessed directly via a built-in web server. |
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● Earn money from CD sales |
The "Now Playing" facility
above supports automatic Amazon CD cover images and purchase links
advertised on your website for the song currently playing, and
previous songs played. |
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● Read existing file tags |
Studio can read existing file tags to establish artist,
title and other information, or it can use the filename where no tags
are present. Supported tags are ID3v2 & v1, Ogg
Vorbis, MP4/M4A, WMA, APE, and RIFF
LIST/INFO chunk and the broadcast industry Cart Chunk
for WAV files. |
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● Custom file tags |
Rather than using a cumbersome database which can
easily become corrupted or lost, Studio utilizes a file tagging
system to store information in each audio file, such as Artist, Title,
Album, Year, Genre,
Composer, Record Label, CD catalog
number, CD cover URL, CD purchase URL, last 18 times played, and much
more. |
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Failsafe redundancy using Studio Monitor |
Studio Monitor is a separate utility
program which connects to Studio via TCP/IP. It's main function
is to monitor the status of Studio and perform tasks based on any
problems that may arise. Studio Monitor also provides
very basic manual
remote control of Studio such as start & stop play, toggle automation
and the line-in port. This may be useful in a remote broadcast
situation.
Studio Monitor may be installed on the
Studio PC itself, but is often installed on a separate PC on a LAN, or a
remote PC connected to the internet. |
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● External
I/O device integration |
Two-way serial RS-232 communication is
supported, 2-way TCP communication, plus 2-way contact closures via the
parallel (LPT) port. External devices such
as consoles and satellite receivers may be used to control Studio
-- start and stop
play, toggle automation mode, toggle the line-in, play carts etc.
Studio may
control an external device such as a switch or mixer. Switch an "On-Air" studio light on when the mic is
on! |
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Note support |
Break Notes are non-audio items
scheduled in
the playlist, used to either
control various functions within Studio, or to display a message to the DJ,
such as an advertisement to read live.
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● Automated satellite feeds |
Audio
input from 1 of 4 different sound devices may be "played" for a specific time period
before moving on to the next track in the playlist. Useful
for 1 or more satellite feeds. Includes
silence detection for variable length feeds.
Tone detection is available using a plugin sold separately. |
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● Station networking |
Studio may be used at a network studio and at remote
stations to play local advertisements between network programming.
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Timed Events |
Spots, Break Notes, and
Hour Markers may be played/executed at a
precise time, or optionally after the current song has finished.
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Automated time-of-day announcement support |
Pre-recorded time announcements may be played
whenever a time announcement code appears in the playlist.
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A different set of files with different voices may be recorded for
different times of the day, simulating a DJ shift.
Time announcement files may be recorded
yourself, or you may
purchase a full set of 720 files in a male American voice. |
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Automated temperature announcement support |
Pre-recorded temperature announcements may be played.**
The temperature is read from either a weather station via the
Internet, or a USB digital thermometer plugged into the computer.
A different set of files with different voices may be recorded for
different times of the day, simulating a DJ shift.
Temperature announcement files may be recorded
yourself, or you may
purchase a set of files in a male American voice. |
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Detailed logging of songs played |
All songs played may be output to a
spreadsheet compatible log file in a user-definable format.
This may be used for song
royalty or SoundExchange reporting. Optional details output include
Artist, Title, Album, Composer, Record
Label, ISRC, stream listener count, and much more. |
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Detailed logging of spots played |
All spots
(advertisements etc) played may be output to a separate log file and filtered in a spreadsheet for advertisement billing purposes. |
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● Record audio to file |
All audio produced by Studio,
including microphone and line input to the soundcard, may be
recorded to file for archival purposes, repeat broadcasts, or
writing to CD, for example. |
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● Password protection |
A password may be applied to the
settings/options to protect against accidental changes or curious
DJ's.
A master password may also be applied to prevent access to Studio
while running unattended. |
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Plays all major audio file formats |
Supports MP2, MP3, MP4(AAC), M4A, OGG,
WAV (PCM/MP2/MP3),
WMA, FLAC, APE, and AIFF
audio file formats, plus CD tracks directly from a CD.
Note: DRM protected files are
not supported. |
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| ● Play Internet streams |
Play
audio internet streams or files for news feeds or relaying. |
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Plays several video formats |
Supports playing video files
to a window or fullscreen with support for multiple monitors.
Plays MPEG/MPG (MPEG-2), AVI, WMV, ASF
files. |
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API support for Developers |
Developers can extend
Studio's capabilities and gain
full control over Studio with DLL plugins. |
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| ● 12
months free updates and email support |
All new releases major and
minor, containing
new features and any bug fixes, will be provided free for 12 months
from the date of purchase. After this period, an additional
12 months may be optionally purchased for just $28 / €19
every year.
We reply to all emails received and will
promptly help with any problems, plus basic training if necessary. |
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● High Accessibility |
StationPlaylist strives to make our software as accessible as
possible. Visually impaired users will find all functions
accessible via the keyboard. Also, standard Windows controls
are used for compatibility with screen readers.
Studio also provides a font size adjustment to increase
visibility. |
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● Price in US$ and Euros |
Download the trial editions here. |
$109
€84 |
$239
€185 |
