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I am interested in streaming a web station. What do you guys recommend for an easy, inexpensive automation system for playback? I have access to MusicMaster to create logs.
 
I'm a big supporter of DRS 2006. I've been using v2.1 for some time now, and I wouldn't trade it for much of anything. Once v3 comes out in full... I'm jumpin' all over that!
 
or OtsDJ. it basically mixes perfectly without any futzing with each file's auto-generated mix-points at all, and doesn't chop off voices at the beginning & end. there's others... but not as easy.also check out Sam3, i can't personally vouch for it, but i'm told it mixes a lot better than Sam2.www.otsdj.comwww.spacialaudio.com
 
It looks decent, but he already has MusicMaster. I have yet to meet anyone who's used MusicMaster who claims anything else is better... in fact, most people I know using it don't even mention it's name in public cos it's almost like a trade secret. ;D
 
Jesse Graffam said:
It looks decent, but he already has MusicMaster. I have yet to meet anyone who's used MusicMaster who claims anything else is better... in fact, most people I know using it don't even mention it's name in public cos it's almost like a trade secret. ;D
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I've been wanting to get MusicMaster but the budget won't allow (did I say "budget"?). I got as far as the online demo with the sales person. I like! One CAN use third-party scheduling software with StationPlaylist (the "Studio" module), but you won't have access to advanced features like voicetracking (unless,like me, you dabble in computer programming and can convert the playlists ;)).
 
I have never seen any commerical broadcaster using MusicMaster (and I thought it was just a scheduler, like Selector). I've worked and consulted for both corporate owned and independent operations and I've never seen this in operation. I'm not kicking it down, it's just between having worked in the New York City market I would have thought I would have ran into it once.Bill
 
Bill DeFelice said:
I have never seen any commerical broadcaster using MusicMaster (and I thought it was just a scheduler, like Selector). I've worked and consulted for both corporate owned and independent operations and I've never seen this in operation. I'm not kicking it down, it's just between having worked in the New York City market I would have thought I would have ran into it once.Bill
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Yes, MusicMaster is just a scheduler. There are a several schedulers out there that I understand are comparable to Selector as far as feature set. Perhaps large stations are afraid to change. I know one PD that won't even try the Windows of version of Selector! He's happy with his DOS version. I suppose large stations can also afford the very steep monthly lease and may be skeptical of software that is less pricey. Before we get TOO off topic...Radio2100: The automation systems we have suggested (DRS2006, StationPlaylist, OTS, SAM) seem to be the primary ones used by the majority of web casters. Based on my observatons at least. Another one you might check out if you have $700-$1000 to spend is PSI101. That's Prophet Systems modular version of NexGen. http://www.psi101.com/
 
davect said:
I know one PD that won't even try the Windows of version of Selector! He's happy with his DOS version.
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I've seen that more than once! I know of a non-comm FM that's using a DOS version of a scheduler because of "comfort" for the staff. Hey, if it works, why not?Currently I'm using an older, DOS version of the Digital Jukebox broadcast automation system for my online station. It's not really suited for webcasters, though. One of my listeners volunteered to write the bridge software to extract the now playing information to port to Shoutcast and Live365. I tested the Windows version and unless you love bugs and lack of any support I would steer clear of that piece of garbage! It's too bad, because I loved the feature set of the DOS version.
 
I work with Selector (DOS) and MusicMaster for Windows and MMWIN is just so much easier to use and navigate. The reason people stick with Selector(DOS) is because they are used to it. They feel comfortable with it. It's hard to teach an old a new trick. ;) But then again, that seems to be the way radio works - let's not try anything new (but that is a post for another board.)Thanks for the advice on automation systems. I appreciate your responses. Now if I could just get the export to work for me, so I can export to one of these that you suggest.
 
Pretty much any one of these systems has a message board devoted to it... or more than one... somewhere around the Internet. My advice would be to look around and ask as many questions as possible. They'll be able to tell you how to export, import, make sure it's genuine, launder money......wait, what were we talking about? ;)
 
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