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1. Public URL http www pulseEDM com Genre Electronic Dance T Description The BEST MIX of EDM F Auto reconnect Streaming Audio Format and Bitrate MP3 Connected Mount Point saDanceRadio Port Number 8172 Port Number 8172 XXXXXXX i I I Password Make Name Pulse EDM Radio Public URL http www pulseEDM com Genre Electronic Dance T Make Name Test Radio Station Public URL http www StationURL com Genre Genre Description Description F Auto reconnect Streaming Audio Format and Bitrate MP3 Description The BEST MIX of EDM Auto reconnect Streaming Audio Format and Bitrate MP3 O aacPlus Select Bitrate 128 aacPlus D aacPlus Select Bitrate Select Bitrate 128 128 Sa Custom Stats Call Advanced User lal lal Saton o Saono Panero Parner key Speakers High Definition Audio Device Speakers High Definition Audio Device 2 al Custom Stats Call Advanced User Custom Stats Call Advanced User Saono ParneriD Pier key a Speakers High Definition Audio Device Because Nextkast is specifically designed for internet radio it has built in encoders that will push your stream to shoucast1 and 2 IceCast 1 and 2 and Live 365 There is also a built in www tunein com section that allow
2. You can refresh list if you are un pluggin and re pluging the device Sound Processing Delay 0 01 80Hz 2 Gain 0 19 M0Hz 2 Update Rate 0 01 160Hz 1 Target 0 69 25GHz 0 Quiet 0 03 SAIS 0 Gain 0 96 1024Hz 0 Attack 0 1 7048Hz 0 Release 300 4096Hz 0 Threshold 8 8192Hz 2 preDelay 0 Ratio 6 12000Hz 2 expander The Sound Precessing window allows you to change settings for the Auto Gain Sound Compression and a 10 Band Audio Equalizer This allows you to customize the sound of your station as per your preference The Expander Button enables a special set of processing to expand and enhance audio this can be enabled or disabled per your preference Extrenal Winamp DSP Stereo Tools Breakaway etc istere 0O Breakaway Broadcast LiveLin Radiol MP f Breakaway Broadcast LiveLin i Line IH Microp Help i 0O Breakaway Broadcast LiveLin Ort Crt Update S4 Stereo Tool 7 73 by Hans va hic setti FA SA Stereo Tool 7 73 b Traer ae gt rox Configuration RESET LOAD SAVE Constant volume increased sterea ABOUT HELP BYPASS License CPU and latenc CPU amp Latenc 096 samples o ai NEA SER Plug in Web interface JUE TPO lady FM sound card FM Transmitter AM Transmitter Repair 2nd is actual Processing cma We have implemented a way for NextKast to use external DSP software to run inline instead of using our internal Signal processi
3. edm1 edm2 imaging top40 2pick VoiceTracks 2pick all music 2pick top40 2pick all music 2pick 2pick all music commercials edm1 imaging LiveRecordings remix super power test 2pick 2pick IE VoiceTra B 2pick commercials top40 2pick power 2pick top40 2pick without fade 2pick imaging 2pick 2pick Rotation Name apick 2pick ARR wo sa OSS New Rotation power rot test rot newPlaylist pls 080915 HOME Once the list is complete press the Rotation rot or the new one you created icon and the automation will start Nextkast will now automatically pick music in the categories listed To broadcast go to the broadcast settings screen and input your server information Downloading The software is downloaded for free from www nextkast com The download is a fully functional version which has a built in time down count which will require registration and payment prior to the down counter reaching zero The free trial is for 2000 minutes for full featured operation Registration is accomplished through the website www nextkast com Even through this is a fully functional trial version updates to the software are available via a button in the user interface screen and via the same process after registration Updates will not affect the trial down counter see section UPDATES The software can be installed on any Windows platform by executing the downloaded file and following the prompts The installation must alwa
4. K edmMinute edmMinute atv ork1 test Bootmasters ft Trevor Jackson This Day Wisioneight Remix The Remix wrayitq Beyonce 7 11 Tracy Youngs Smack It In The Air Radio Edit Avicii Lewels Radio Edit The Remix wrayitq Ludovika ft Lyck Firefly Radio Edit The Remix wr 3yty saDanceRadio 15 Business Sponsor The Remix wr 3yty JK Hick Nichols I Am Music The Remix wr yty edmMinute edmMinute HolhAVvood EDM Minute B1 00 01 06 8 00 00 05 7 00 00 05 9 00 04 50 0 00 00 02 5 00 03 20 5 00 03 15 6 00 00 02 5 00 03 30 7 00 00 02 5 00 01 13 9 00 00 02 5 00 03 30 0 00 00 02 5 00 00 05 7 00 00 57 1 00 04 26 6 click ToRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick ClicktoRepick Schedule Hew Rotation Record Voice Track RADIO CMP This button toggles on off and when orange color is on which engages the built in limiter compressor expander To change the compressor settings simply right click this orange button to access the settings of the sounds The button is off and the audio processor bypassed when it is white in color The settings of the compressor are defaulted and are also user adjustable HELP Left clicking this button will display options to Send a bug report or open some help videos re
5. NextKast plays all selections directly from the file in the library location as specified in NextKast under the settings tab ALSO If you use a library location other than the default then once you set that location folder in settings then re start NextKast it will automatically generate the subfolders Music Playlist Rotations and Sweeps under that new Libray Folder that you specified in settings thus making it easy to set your music files into catagorties under the music subfolder either via Nextkast or by using Windows to copy your mp3 files into the Music subfolder Typical categories might be Male Female Instrumental Country etc The number of catagories is almost limitless so you can have whatever you wish for better program control especially in automation mode See Part II Note One of the Category folders must be called advertiser if an external log traffic software such as Natural Log is used A Word About Audio Files NextKast supports the playing of wav files as well is ideally suited to play mp3 files As music files are brought into the NextKast Library if they are mp3 files then NextKast will use the information artist and title as found in the mp3 file tag IF there is no file tag on the mp3 file many sometimes do not have tags then NextKast will use the artist and title information from the Windows filename For example most libraries of audio files use the ARTIST space space TITLE nami
6. Process Report Right Clicking on a track or tracks moves the tracks from category to category This report is useful to move music for online stations because it gives you the tune in out popularity of each track sorted in a list Calvin Harris ft Ellie Goulding o Edit iza Sunset Radio Edit oter DatPiff Exclusive d to this catagory into the box above Remote Voice Tracking and Management 1 Create a nextKastRemote name is up to you directory on your C Drive of your Broadcast machine 2 If you have already been running NextKast then copy these Folders from broadcast machines c nextkast directory to the newly created nextKastRemote Folder Music Playlist Rotations Samples Station Drops Sweepers 3 Once all folders have been copied Load a drive sharing app like oneDrive Google Drive Dropbox or the one WE RECOMMEND Mega Sync 4 Change folder location of your drive sync app to the nextKastRemote directory you created and coped folders to and start the sync process 5 Once your Sync is complete you will set the broadcast machines system drive in the settings window of nextkast to the nextKastRemote folder You will have to restart NextKast for this to take effect 6 On the Voice Track Machine then create the nextKastRemote folder on the c drive as was done on the broadcast machine 7 Install your Folder Sync App as before on Voice Track Machine Change fol
7. Settings In Select eona Microphone or Sound Input Card Digital Audio Interface 2 EDIROL US4 14 Master Volume Refresh Available Inputs Finally loop the output of the second sound card into the input of the second card To broadcast a skype call both the mic button and Line in should be on You will have to adjust the volume of both Shortcut Keys Main Page Kl NextKast Pro Internet Radio Automation Software Registered 3 9 626 8 C Ro PM d Settings Mocata aA Caint ia wi yU 00 00 00 0 toh top40 VoiceTracks without fade Playlist Rotation Screen Dash Berlin ft Roxanne Emery Shelter Marlo Radio Edit 5 Seconds of Summer New Flame Dave Aude Remix Radio Edit Allure ft Christian Burns On The Wire Radio Edit Andain Beautiful Things Arty Kate Radio Edit Arty Twilight Tonight Radio Edit Arty Zara Original Mix ATB ft Stanfour Face To Face Rudee Remix Clean Avicii All You Need Is Love Maestro Harrell Remix Avicii Fade Into Darkness Club Avicii The Nights Felix Jaehn Extended Remix Axwell Center Of the Universe ReMike Intro Main Basto Gregory s Theme BT and Aqualung Surrounded Radio Edit Cahill feat Joel Edwards In Case Fall Club Mix Cahill and Kimberley Locke Feel The Love Cahill Club Edit Calvin Harris ft John Newman Blame Clean Capital Cities One Minute More Cary Brothers Ride Cascade Glorious Radio Edit Cassie Kin
8. also ketp in the nextkast Directory to log all commercials played files located in category folders that are of the Commercial Type Set Remote Drive permits Library to be on a different drive and folder This is a very important consideration as many times the full library will not want to be on a C drive default but may be on another drive or on an accessible network drive and may be also under a windows folder such as Master Library as set using settings button in Nextkast usually at install setup time but can be changed as required This drive must be available as Nextkast starts up Library Location Software Updates NOTE The named drive file location for the library MUST be available to Nextkast when NextKast is started opened or else that library cannot be found by NextKast and will come up blank Also on initial installation NextKast will default the library automatically to C NextKast music but you can change this using settings button to point to any available drive and folder and a restart of NextKast will recognize the revised location and build NextKast s subfolders there INSTALLATION after download or update is best accomplished using the default values including start NextKast after finish UPDATES SOFTWARE UPDATES are triggered by the white HELP button sub menu check for update and will install the new version if required right over the old version with all settings intac
9. and running fast and sounding professional in the least amount of time Although it is possible to manually create play lists it mainly offers a system of setting up a rotation and then allowing the software to automatically create play lists from that rotation Here are the steps to get started 1 Create music category folders and import your music 2 Check mp3 tags of each track to make sure it is accurate 3 Create a new rotation 4 Drag and drop the categories in the order you would like and create a rotation 5 Let the software do all the work and continuously create the play lists and play them 6 Connect to your Icecast Shoutcast or Live 365 server to transmit your station to the world Here is the main screen and what each section is named ka NextKast Internet Radio Automation Software 3 0 0 qx Enter Text Here To Send 12 00 PM l aa i a le Message To Players emanate za mrep aa Ero o 7 Playback a AoreDancel p Settings Web Help Sound f Automated Settings T Bi Mic Deadmau5 saDanceRadio13 Raise Your Weapon Broadcasting unnassiged Gate a Station id s I i unnassiged Track List Add Music Live Playlist Builder unnassiged Track Name Station Id s 12 46 56 PM saDanceRadio13 Broadcasting 00 00 17 2 ClickToRepick _ unnassige Power Tracks 01 53 34 PM iXyau Albert UWlade Of Sun Stoneface Terminal Remix 00 07 15 2 clickToRepick Top 40 12 58 21 PM Orkidea Unity Solarstone s Pure Mix 00 09 24 1
10. available from http www nextkast com help html NextKast Internet Radio Automation is a Trademark of Axis Entertainment Inc Winston Potgieter This manual covers help associated With NextKast Pro Version Some of the features mentioned here are NOT available in our Standard version NextKast Internet Radio Automation Software Axis Entertainment Inc All Rights Reserved 2015
11. click and select delete To make the process quicker there are keyboard shortcuts defined at the end of this manual that will help soeed up the process Playlist Rotation Screen Track List Add Music Praylist BuilderVoice Tracking Bootmasters ft lrevor Jackson This Day Visioneight Remix Track Name Length Time To Cabin Harris and Alesso ft Hurts Under Control Holhood EDM Minute6 G 00 01 0 O0 01 0 pai ce ia ae SAAR SRE The Remix wr3ytq 00 00 0 00 01 0 unior Jack eeling Sa a TS eerie anaes Lilkavood and Robin Schulz Prayer In Remix Radio Edit Sono j SEIN u E a B Ji L LTH and Kokai Present Omickron Lazy Sunday and Ibiza Sunset a Heli SUSE 5 ae ce 5 z a Hk Ludovika ft Lyck Firefly Lillywood and Robin Sch ulz P rayer In C Remix Ra 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 04 ise Unique Groove ft Meshach Broderick Right On Time Radio Edit aey une R aalkaa ue eee ae uz Various Artists Muphucka ft Mexico Rann Young Scooter DatPiff Exclusive Tiesto and Wolfgang Gartner ftLuciana WeoOwnT 00 03 3 00 07 4 VoiceTrack 2015010723255533 Wolfgang Gartner Unholy Junior Jack My Feeling OO 03 3 O01 4 4 XY constant Siverlined The Remix wr3ytq OO 00 0 OO 4 4 Years amp Years King saDanceRadio Dave A 00 00 32 00 15 14 Zac Waters No Quarter nik 00 00 0 00 15 14 Zedd ft Hayley Williams Stay The Night Munroe My Melody R 00 03 3 00 18 4 The Remix wrayty 00 0
12. of it s location and that it contains audio files likely mp3 that are organized into some or many categories Nextkast works on PLAYLISTS and is fully compatible with play list files from Winamp pls as well as allows users to generate their own play lists preferred within Nextkast Automation is turned ON by clicking the Manual Automation button on the top left of the screen IF you are operating in Live Assist mode you may operate semi automation under the Tracklist Add Music green mode whereby the players will fade one to the other providing you manually drag and drop and eject the selections from the track list BUT real Automation mode occurs when you are in the Playlist Rotation Screen with the Automation button green To do this you must prepare the music library to generate Rotations or Playlists which we shall now cover ROTATION is a listing of categories within the software that is built once by the user and instructs the automation playout what music categories to pick each selection for one or more hours of unattended automated playout Voice tracks are covered later may be optionally part of any rotation Many refer to rotation as a clock that keeps the automation playout picking music voice tracks advertisements station breaks etc on it s own but following the user rules of the rotation A rotation can be many hours long or just one hour To supply the automation with guidance you must set up the rotations ahe
13. of mp3 music files and also supports wave file format There is a software adjustable crossfade time whereby the music will crossfade upon detection of Nextstart marker or a preset adjustable by the user auto Trim so that there is no dead air Sweeps can be tagged to particular files if desired or played sequentially through a third sweep only player in the software There are controllable inputs for line and microphone Streaming to any one or more stream provider like Shoutcast IceCast Live365 etc is configurable from within the program broadcast settings quickly and easily There is a search for items in library and drag and drop is supported on selections as well as a manual individual repick on rotation and play list selections Last date and time played for any selection is displayed Top of hour id or break can be configured to occur exactly at top of hour if required and additionally the software has a skimmer recorder that allows recording a show or segment of any item at the discretion of the operator This automation software is by far the simplest to install and operate as well as easy learn with most every user up and running in less than an hour The key to this is that almost every part of the software is present on the one HOME screen display so the user does not need to hunt for screens and modules to accomplish most of their desired items Installation Considerations Installation of the program soft
14. playlist between any all or no selections Make sure your MIC intput is selected in the Mic Settings on the main page and you have set your MicFX Attenuation etc before starting to voice track Clicking any selection in the playlist just built or loaded and the Voicetrack dialog appears at the bottom of the screen You will see the outgoing songs end and the incoming song beginning and a space between where your voice recording will be recorded Press the LEFT PLAY button to hear the last few seconds of the ending song and when ready to talk open the Mic with the Press here to Record in red in the center talk when ready to start your next song hit the middle white bar titled Mark Next Start this will start the new selection and you recording will continue which will go over the new song beginning as an intro when done hit the now green center bar to stop the recording and press the far right now STOP button to end the session Note You can play sample FX buttons when voicetracking this will record a background to your voicetrack if needed As soon as the VoiceTrack recording is stopped Nextkast will re load the tracks and playback the voicetrack with the cue point as recorded with the outgoing and incoming tracks Keep in mind you can re mark the voictrack start and next start if you press the R button before you preview To Delete the voicetrack highlight it in the playlist and press the delete key or right
15. ret N i rota inute s rota ota fr power power bet he Ni rot bee Do htti atio atio nae ean T w E E E E power Nigh Saturday oc Za _ al Click Shift on hour above will Display Minute Schedule below This will allow scheduling of playlists or rotations by the atio atio atio minute The Scheduler screen allows the scheduling of rotations Playlist Or Lineln events by the Hour or by the Minute Keep in Mind if you are generating playlist from NextKast with the Playlist Generator they will be automatically scheduled by Nextkast All changes will occur as close to the top of the hour when Top of the hour is checked in settings screen If you need the change to fade out current programing and occur immediately please check the Force Schedule changes in the settings screen The most common task using the scheduler is to schedule different rotations for different days and hours For instance your daytime rotation may be different than your nighttime rotation and you would want to schedule them accordingly Note The playlist generator will use the schedule of rotations to generate playlist from rotations that are scheduled if no rotations are schedule it will always pick the first one in the list To schedule a rotationor custom playlist simply pick the rotation on the top list view and click on the hours you would like this rotation to be active If minute changes are required first select the hour then click on t
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17. A ja ii ai Line Voce Mic Vol l te IH Pit i iph Oat Ont wid TL Harie Vas Lary he Highl EU i a E i ETH PUp pE Mion Aug 10 45 SET PM a ll Playlist Builder Voice Tracking ol Sound FX Hot Buttons On the right vertical side of the screen are 10 Pages of 10 100 Hot Buttons for instant play These also can be loaded with jingles ids advertisements etc for use in live assist manual by simply finding the audio item you wish to load either within the Nextkast program screen OR directly from any Windows displayed folder and using drag and drop to place the audio in the Hot Button position These Hot Buttons are available for playing instantly and do not fade or overlap but are a very convenient source for Live assist Manual effects The Hot buttons can also be activated from the keyboard buttons f1 to f10 The hot buttons also will be recorded into the voice tracks if triggred during a voice track recording The three option buttons above the FX buttons determine how the samples get played back There are three options Live this will play the FX on the air as it is pressed Preview This will allow you to hear the sample fx but it will not go on air Drag to Player This will allow you to drag the FX button onto the next available Player to play on air Automation Operation Automated playout of the software requires at this point that a music library exists that Nextkast knows
18. ClicktoRepick unnassiged Station id s 01 07 45 PM saDanceRadio12 Become A Sponsor 00 00 35 2 ClicktoRepick Re Current 01 08 20 PM DJ Freefall ft Lina Marie Fly Away Original m i ee Power Tracks 01 13 13 PM iXyau Albert UWiade Of Sun Stoneface Termin i Top 40 01 20 28 PM Ken Loi Ken Loi Electric Neon 00 06 05 3 ClicktoRepick Re Current ie gee ee Cammel Red Poison 00 07 17 0 ClicktoRepick unnassiged Slow Krewella Alive Extended Mix 00 04 51 0 ClicktoRepick Station Id s 01 38 41 PM saDanceRadio13 Broadcasting 00 00 17 2 ClicktoRepick aeey Power Tracks 01 38 58 PM iXyau Albert UWlade Of Sun Stoneface Terminal Remix 00 07 15 2 ClicktoRepick Top 40 C 01 46 13 PM We Are Presidents Hello World Avino Remix 00 07 03 8 clickToRepick i unnassiged unnassiged unnassiged a Enable Schedule eN r Schedule a newPlaylist pls p Hew Rotation Quick Start Create Categories The first step is to create a category for all the different types of music content you want to use An example for a top40 station would be categories like this New Latest song releases Re Current Songs that were hits but still popular Slow Slow Songs Power Tracks Very popular Songs that Play More Often Sation Id s Your station Id s Commercials Advertisements As you will see breaking up your music content into categories will help create a sound for your station Create each category by pressing t
19. Imaging can have it s own Auto Trim Low Volume Detection will ensure that no silence between MifeelthePulse Sweep mp e 0 li 5 1 1 3 8 A M Fulse ED l dot Com Mi Settings Mecrea te A iati selections will occur by starting the next selection if low or no volume is detected for a set number of seconds or fractions of seconds Artist Separation Will enforce same artist play separation by hours and fractions of hours Artist separation is ignored for the category types Commercials and Imaging Multiple artist can be checked by the system if they are separated by the word feat or entered into the mp3 tag as multiples Audience Pleaser streaming only Default is Off and is only used if tune out specs are known from your streaming provider which will only pick songs with set audience tune out levels Enable Top of Hour Rotations This when checked will force a new rotation in Automated at approximately the top of the hour when the next available track ends Force Schedule at Top of Hour This when checked will force any existing schedule for the next hour to start at exactly top of hour Autostart when Nextkast starts If checked then Nextkast will start up running the scheduled rotation or play list Reset play times will reset all stored last played history and song order View App Log will show the program start and stop dates and times View Played Log will show the log of songs played and when A separate log is
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21. Maestro Avicii Fade Into Darkness Club Avicii The Nights Felix Jaehn Extended Remix Axwell Center Of the Universe ReMike Intro Main Basto Gregory s Theme BT and Aqualung Surrounded Radio Edit Cahill feat Joel Edwards In Case Fall Club Mix Cahill and Kimberley Locke Feel The Love Cahill Club Edit Calvin Harris ft John Newman Blame Clean Capital Cities One Minute More Cary Brothers Ride Cascade Glorious Radio Edit Cassie King Of Hearts Cedric Gervais Molly Laurent Simeca Rmx Lal Schedule Hew Rotation Record Woice Track Playlist Generation and Playing There is a second way recommended method to build multiple playlists here by using the Generate button which will allow you to make separate playlists playing random selections For specific hours up to 24 for specific days Press the Generate button and select start date start hour and how many hours to create NextKast will generate the hours in the form of Date Folders date for the playlist to play and hours 1 24 pls that indicate what hour the playlist should play These generated playlist will start automatically when the Enable Schedule check box is checked on the Playlist Rotation Screen Nextkast will use the rotation schedule to determine which rotations are used to create the playlist More will be said about this in the Scheduler Section later Advertising Traffic logs can be merged but requires the logs t
22. TIME ON column The squares in that time on column do not have any function IF the rotation is Manually paused then the time column waits until the rotation is put back in automated before it updates the time to air of all selections except the one currently playing Individual selections can be added by dropping them into a player from the Tracklist screen while the rotation continues to play its selection IF the mode is switched to Manual Then that selection can be started with the player play button While that manual selection is playing then at any point the mouse can be put back to Automate and the rotation will start up again when the manual selection finishes playing the next rotation selection will be dropped from playing to compensate for the manual track that played gt gt lf a rotation is playing to air you can still use the Tracklist Add Music mode and or the Playlist Voicetrack mode without interrupting the on air Rotation in Automate EA NextKast Pro Internet Radio pn Software Registered 3 9 626 f _ x baa om i Line Vot 33 Mic Vot 30 Mon Aug 10 2015 08 39 50 PM Une N Microphone pw 0 Sound Avicii Arty Daun M oo a edm2 imaging LiveRecordings power remix super power _ Track ListAdd Music Playlist Builder Voice Tracking 09 36 29 PM HolbAood EDM Minutes G 00 01 02 2 clickToRepick C 08 29 45 P The Remix ver3ytq 00 00 02 5 ClicktoRepick 08 29 47 PM edmMinute edmMinute 00 00 08 7 Clickt
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25. ad of time BUT once set up the same rotations can be used over and over indefinitely so they are usually just set up initially but can be modified or replaced if desired So assuming that you have a Library of songs etc set up in Categories within Nextkast a let us now look at defining the Rotation s that automation will use to select a variety of songs to playout each time it is invoked Setting Up A Rotation Rotation generation and playout is done in the PLAYLIST ROTATION SCREEN which is the leftmost of the three Mode Buttons just below the Catagories Window about a third of the way down the screen See screen capture below Now pay particular attention to the new area of icons at the bottom of the Nextkast screen you will only have a home icon starting out These icons each represent a single Rotation for now and later we will also get into playlist icons which are also here but starting out now just pay attention to the Rotations To begin to define a rotation there is a button at the lower right of the screen titled New Rotation that starts a generation of a fixed rotation Upon starting with this button a screen will display showing ALL your current categories right and a blank rotation list left You need to Name the rotation by placing the cursor in the name area and typing a suitable name such as morning only or overnight or lunch hour or whatever fits that your automation play
26. ate a playlist that contains the URL of the tested stream Name the playlist and then Schedule the playlist stream to Plat when needed Microphone and Line Input Line Vol 33 Mic Vol 30 Sun Aug 16 2015 08 41 33 AM Line IN Microphone 0 off off ettings Mic Input Settings Mic Attenuation FX Microphone HD Webcam C310 Master Volume Refresh Available Inputs Audio Attenuation when Mic is active Microphone FX Mute Mic Monitor Line In Settings Select Second Microphone or Sound Input Card fea Microphone HD Webcam C310 Master Volume Refresh Available Inputs The Mic and Lineln settings buttons can be viewed by clicking the LI settings or Mic Settings buttons as illustrated to the left The Volume levels above each controls the Windows Level for the active device Select the Microphone from the available list and the select Master Volume You can refresh list if you are un pluggin and re pluging the device The audio Attenuation Level can be adjusted this will lower whatever element is playing when the mic is active When checked the Microphone FX enhances the audio coming from the microphone to sound fuller When the Mute Mic Monitor checkbox is checked the audio from the Mic will go directly to the encoder and not feedback to the audio output in studio Select the Microphone or Line IN from the available list and the select Master Volume
27. ching the lengths as shown on the right time columns in the Playlist display pane say a one hour or half hour approximate list length the you may save it by clicking the save button below the playlist pane Once saved the playlist will appear as a single pls icon on the lower area of the screen with the Rotation icons Remember that rotations are templates where the music files are picked differently each time the rotation is run BUT a Playlist is always going to play the exact music as it was built to play always Kl NextKast Pro Internet Radio Automation Software Registered 3 9 626 x Line Vol 33 Mic Vol 30 Wed Aug 12 2015 09 02 03 PM 4 Mute 09 02 03 PM jr IH iii ii BFoadcast 0 Playback Settings S A ettings Socant aetema n clus ial Li settings settings The Remix acao wro Outside 00 00 00 0 00 00 42 3 toh top40 VoiceTracks without fade empty Playlist Rotation Screen Track List Add Music a Dash Berlin ft Roxanne Emery Shelter Marlo Radio Edit Track Name 5 Seconds of Summer New Flame Dawe fide Remixi Radin Friiti seanne Emery Shelter Marlo Radi 00 03 2 00 03 pelea eae sells On The Wir Kate Radio Edit 00 03 2 00 06 fl FE dwards In Case Fall Club Mix 0 0 04 14 so MR EA AnA E Edit John Newman Blame Clean 00 03 2 00 14 2 Arty Zara Original Mix Cities One Minute More 00 03 2 00 17 4 ATB ft Stanfour Face To Face Rude Avicii All You Need Is Love
28. d into the default location specified under settings inside Nextkast Initial installation will default to C Nextkast Music and create those folders as part of the install BUT upon opening the Nextkast you can change that default to any existing drive and EMPTY folder by selecting settings where you will browse to the folder you wish to place the Nextkast music library under THIS folder is NOT the folder and catagories where your music files are now it is instead a top folder where Nextkast will build its own copies of each of your music files using categories that you will build designate from within Nextkast NOTE Although Nextkast does not use a database to find it s your music what it does is make its own copy of your music file and place that copy in its own Nextkast s music library folder the location of which is set out in the settings tab of NextKast To recap Make a Windows folder name such as NextKast Master Libray on an accessable drive and aim Nextkast at that folder using the settings tab in Nextkast default browse in Nextkast now you are ready to introduce your music files wherever they may be into Nextkast Tae EEE EEEREREREEEEE F a SEETF EZ EFF RES SE The Nextkast screen is divided into six horizontal sections basically The top of the screen has the major program setup and control buttons Under that are the two virtual CD players that handle playing the files The third down hor
29. d Music OO ar aAa Backup and Restore Utility Video Tutorials ME Pro User Manuallrequires pdf reader installed Web Help send Comment Bug Report Check For Update EE Purchase Full version The Backup and Restore Utility provides a trouble free way to back up and restore your software and state including music rotations play list and settings This will ensure that if you need to move to another PC because of hardware failure your system will be back up like it was in no time The backup utility can be activate from the Help Menu as shown above ooo OOO OOOO O l Select Drive Below and Choose Backup or Restore this will create a copy of your NextKast Setup for backup Purposes d Working Start Backup otat Restore Backup Process Select the Drive to Backup to make sure there is enough space on that drive This will create a NKBackup folder on that drive and make a copy of your current NextKast Setup Restore Process Select the Drive where you saved the backup Press the start restore button you will get a warning that your current state will be overwritten Once the restore is complete it may be necessary to restart Nextkast EULA End User License Agreement EULA End User License Agreement COPYRIGHTS Copyright 2015 Axis Entertainment Inc All Rights Reserved The NextKast Radio Automation Software Standard and NextKast Radio Automation Software Pro soft
30. d load the selections into the players but automation Man Auto button green will fade one to the other and play ka NextKast Pro Internet Radio Automation Software Re gistered 3 9 626 qx Line Vol 33 Mic Vol 30 Mon Aug 10 2015 08 32 44 PM 08 os a i froadcast 0 Mute a Sal line IN Microphone 5 5 Playback in in sweeper list Checke list Checked sweepers will rotate through Mei Settings Sound Settings Nestas i ae enc Record Avicii ara d ae Fade Into Darkness Club F Live Sa Se em C E A pty all music commercials edm1 edm2 imaging LiveRecordings power remix super power empty S Rotation Screen Screen ERTIES Playlist Buitdertvoice Tracking Playlist Builder Voice Tracking Type Search Here Search Dash Berlin ft Roxanne Emery Shelter Marlo Radio Edit EE 5 Seconds of Summer New Flame Dave Aude Remix Radio Edit Allure ft Christian Burns On The Wire Radio Edit Andain Beautiful Things Arty Kate Radio Edit Arty Twilight Tonight Radio Edit Arty Zara Original Mix ATB ft Stanfour Face To Face Rudee Remix Clean Fade Into Darkness Avicii All You Need Is Love Maestro Harrell Remix Avicii The Nights Felix Jaehn Extended Remix 2011 Axwell Center Of the Universe ReMike Intro Main Basto Gregory s Theme BT and Aqualung Surrounded Radio Edit Buddygirrl and Chris James One Moment Radio Edit Cahill feat Joel Edwards In Case I Fall Club Mix
31. der location of your drive sync app to the nextKastRemote directory you created and coped folders to and start the sync process 8 On Voice Track machine set the remote drive to nextKastRemote in the Settings Window of Nextkast 9 Anytime you work on the VT machine make sure to pause sync Software when done resume Syncing 10 All actions like generating playlists Recording Voicetracks Moving Tracks etc will be reflected on both Broadcast and VT Machine Taking Skype VOIP calls You will need two sound cards and a patch cable In Nextkast set your mic input to the primary skype microphone Make sure nextkast and skype are using the same mic Input This will be using your first Sound card 2 E Skype Options i as ne Mic Input Setti q Mic Input Settings N Volume i Pris Tressececeegeeeceeescecccceeceecescesseeoseces R Ringing Use sselected spear x Notifications OOO y y a aaa OO Show advanced options amp cal Q m Ad Other ti 9 learn more about setting up your audio equipment Save l Cancel Next you will need to set the skype output sound card speaker to the second sound card Use selected speaker Show advanced options ake a free test cal Q Learn more about setting up your audio equipment In NextKast Line In Setting Select The same Soundcard as picked in Skype under Speaker Line In
32. e are small square boxes to the left of each category after it is dragged into the rotation list These boxes if checked will call the top center auxiliary player to play whatever is loaded into it dragged and selected It will play simultaneous with the next selection on the rotation list This feature is not particularly used in automation and is more suited as a third player for live assist mode These boxes can be checked and unchecked manually as the rotation is playing to air by an operator if desired When a rotation is saved it can be played by picking its icon at bottom or Scheduling then a blue bar will show indicate the next selection that has been picked by the software using the rotation rules laid down earlier The selection just above the blue bar will show where the current playing selection was and since it has moved out to the player that is playing a next substitute selection will be showing from the same category because the rotation is just that a list that when the bottom is reached will cycle around to its top and continue over again with different selections from the same categories specified this will not occur if rotation is scheduled via scheduler covered later Sweeper check boxes can be changed checked or unchecked at any spot below or above the blue bar but not at the blue bar as it will not be recognized too late While the rotation is playing the expected time to air for each selection is shown in the
33. e player The End Type is displayed on the player when a track Is loaded 01 20 6 Gender this will indicate the gender of the track Only mark gender for O Mae tracks you do not want to play concurrently for instance if you do not Male Slow want two female tracks to play after one another then mark all female Female Medium tracks Do not Mark the Male Tracks Group Upbeat Tempo this also works just like the gender only mark tracks you do not want to concurrently play like two slow songs in a row The Composer More Info Tab contains other information about this track like Composer Publisher and record label The Time tab allows the restriction of either daily and hourly time for the sean system to play the track or a date range that the track will be allowed to HE Olay The illustration shows a track that is allowed to play all days of the IE Week all hours but will only play August 13th 2015 to August 14th 2015 21 21 21 13 Aug 2015 h4 Aug 2015 Overlay Sweepers NOTE At the top center of the screen there is a third sweeper player The sweeper player is intended for playing overlay sweepers over song transitions or to play dry sweepers over songs at marked times The Sweep Start shown on the previous page can be marked at a point in the track to trigger either the active sweeper highlighted blue or a specific sweeper as assigned The check marks to the left of the tracks listed in the to
34. emove it from the Nextkast music library folder it will still exist in your own original music folder on your drive Marking Your Tracks for Sweepers Intro Outro Next Start Search Remix Calvin Harris ft Ellie Goulding o Edit 1iza Sunset Radio Edit Hardwell Remix oter DatPiff Exclusive m o2 1 04 09 3 00 03 7 Tag Library d to this catagory into the box above IMPORTANT Please note that there is a BLUE Progress Bar at the bottom left of the screen and it shows that Nextkast is busy updating or importing files so do not proceed with further operations until the blue bar disappears showing the program is available to edit further files etc There is a line of four buttons allowing you to add additional artist cue and more comment information to the tag info to the highlighted song in the song list totally optional The fourth time button option allows you to prevent the song from playing at certain hours and days if you wish The next line of four buttons allows you to specify sweep in intro time to post the outro begin time fade and the start point of the next item IF in automation These can be left blank in all but the most demanding situations as the program has default settings for this under the settings heading at top of screen and that generally handles most situations The bottom three buttons are important Preview Song allows the selected song to be played in the prev
35. g Of Hearts Cedric Gervais Molly Laurent Simeca Rmx Ctrl amp D Disable Tool Tips End Mute Playback in Studio Home Manual or Automatic Mode F11 Start next track Page Up Down Toggle Operation Screen F12 Microphone on off F1 F10 Hot Button FX Samples Wed Aug 12 2015 09 02 03 PM Line Vol 33 Mic Vol 30 Microphone Gfbadcast 0 off Settings Line IH bidha ni Record i llie Goulding Live Outside 00 00 42 3 Track Name Dash Berlin t Roxanne Emery Shelter Marlo Radi Arty ate Radio Edit 0 oe TEE eee Cahill feat Joel Edw In Case Fall Club Mix 00 04 1 00 11 0 Calvin Harris ft John Newman Blame Clean 2 00 14 2 Capital Cities One Minute More 00 1 7 4 Schedule l Hew Rotation Record Wice Track Shortcut Keys Voice Tracking Track Name Hollyv ood EDM Minute B1b o LUNI The Remix wr3ytq 00 01 0 edmMMinute edmMinute OMON nn 1 1 atvVork1 test Bootmasters ft Trevor Ja This Day The Remix wr3ytq Armin van Buuren ft Lauren Evans Alone lt Lillywood and Robin Schulz FP The Remix GD Final fsf The Remix wr3ytq Dash Berlin On the Run er In C Ret The Remix wr3ytq edmMinute edmMinute HollyvvVood EDM Minute J John de Sohn Dance Our Tears vay Radio Edit The Remix wr3ytq Saxtone ft The lt Press Play Button To Start Time To 00 01 0 00 01 0 rack Playlist Rotation Screen Track List Ad
36. garding nextkast or check for availability of a version upgrade If an upgrade is available it is strongly recommended to download it execute it using all defaults including restarting of nextkast at the end on an update do not check make a desktop icon because there already is a desktop icon from the original install MUTE PLAYBACK SOUND This toggle button when white is not muted and when red in color the system sound card is muted Careful as this might be the on air sound when using your pc to feed a transmitter MANUAL AUTOMATED This button is toggled between fully manual red programmer at console mode to fully automated green software play out unattended operation These two modes will be covered individually in detail further on here Settings Window Music Commercials Imaging 4 Enable Top Of Hour Rule For Rotations Force Schedule Changes and Top Of Hour AutoStart Rotation When NextKast is Started Next Button Switches to Automated Mode Reset Play Times view App Log View Played Log F I D isaDanceRadio cominexthastSource Default This is a Registered Copy Of NextKast Pro Crossfade time will set the time for crossfades in Automated mode Each type of Category Music Commercials Imaging can have it s own fade time Auto Trim functions to end or start a selection when it s audio decays to the level set Each type of Category Music Commercials
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38. he add category button Power Tracks Re Current Station id s Top 40 Playlist Rotation Screen Track List Add MusiciLive Playlist Builder Name the category from the dialog iz Enter New Playlist Name Repeat for each category you would like to create Add music by Dragging song files into the Track list Add Music Screen or using the Dialog The Music Will Be added to the active Category Playlist Rotation Screen Track List Add Music Live Playlist Builder Beethoven TBS vs Jurgen Cecconi Beethoven TBS vs Jurgen Cecconi Da Deepa Hole Skoopman Remix Bellatrax ft Sophia May Falling For You Original Radio Edit Benny Benassi feat Gary Go Cinema Laidback Luke Remix Da Deepa Hole Skoopman Remix Benny Benassi ft John Legend Dance The Pain Away UK Mixes Basic Extended Benny Benassi vs Marshall Jefferson Move Your Body 2012 Version Body Rockers vs Peter Brown amp Jerry Ropero Like The Way DJ Renat Bootleg djxizmusic blogspo Boon Dang Yukon Blend Original Mix wwew myfZinch com Cammel Red Poison Capitial Cities Safe And Sound Dance Remixes Dzeko And Torres Digital Dreamin Remix Carlo Giannini Need You Original Mix 2012 Caroline Lund Co Cascada The Wotee eienQeinet Sieabehieh ee Cash Cash Take Me Home Remixes Eddie Thoneick Mix Cash Cash ft Bebe Rexha Take Me Home Jordy Dazz Remix Cassie King Of Hearts Sam Young Remix Cazzette Wea
39. he minute a clock icon will appear in any hour that has a minute schedule assigned To delete an assignment simply right click on the hour or minute This schedule can also be put in Audience pleaser mode by clicking the Schedule Mode Button to allow the scheduling of different audience pleaser amounts per day week hour See settings page for more information on Audience pleaser Broadcast Settings Line Vol 33 Mic Vol 30 Sun Aug 16 2015 08 41 33 AM frbadcast 0 Settings Line IH Microphone Off Off Li settings J Mic settings a ee a eel Shoutcast Icecast Server Settings Broadcast Sound ttinas Broadca Shoutcast Icecast Server Settings Broadcast SoundCard Encoder 2 Encoder 3 Encoder 4 Encoder 5 Encoder 6 meoder 3 Encoder 4 Encode 5 Encoder 6 coder Encoder Encoder 9 Encoder 10 Encoder 11 Encoder 12 Encoder 7 Encoder 8 Encoder 9 Encoder 10 Encoder 11 Encoder 12 Encoder Enmcoder 8 Encoder 3 Encoder 10 Encoder 11 Encoder 12 Shoutcast Icecast Server Details Shoutcast Icecast Server Details Shoutcast Icecast Server Details Enable Encoder Type ELgellr sadam __ Enable Encoder Type igelllcessiaa ies sane v _ Enable Encoder Type PERER Rene iia bani http 2 66 55 88 65 o ih ba eee eee ee Not Server Path http 66 55 88 65 Connected Connected Port Number 8172 SID Kick and Connect Password Make Name Pulse EDM Radio F l
40. iew player neither of the virtual CD players Update Tag Info would only be used if you entered additional information above using the artist cue more and time buttons above Refresh Library can be used anytime to update to right now the state of the audio files in all the categories Use it often Adding Additional Track Info Artist Info allows the editing of the Artist Song Name and Album Genre and Song Year can also be added The alternate send option when checked will send an alternate text to the encoder to what is currently playing This can be useful when certain strings need to be sent to ad insertions system Sweep Start is the point when the sweeper will play If a sweeper is not D E marked it will play right at the start of a track when enabled in a rotation Intro Until is a marker that indicates the start of the song body Outro Starts marks when the songs body has ended S Next Start is the mark that marks when the next track should start if this e ZI g is not marked and auto trim is enabled it will be set automatically Sweep Intro Outro Hext Start Until Starts Start A specific sweeper can be marked to the song by selecting it from the list and pressing update mp3 tag Sweepers get added to the available list by a dragging the file into the top center sweeper player Tag Library The Cue Info tab has other information from the track that will be displayed when the track is loaded into an activ
41. izontal area is black in color and has a large plus sign on it s right side This is the area where all of your categories will appear and there can be multiple lines so a scroll mouse bar will appear near the side if multiple lines of categories are generated see CATEGORIES Below the Category space is THREE VERY IMPORTANT MODE bars which select how the program will operate and with what features as you select one of the three modes The selected mode will be hi lighted in Green and each mode will be explained further down here For now select Play list Rotation on the left of the line to be green The screen below changes per which mode you have selected and you can do most operations in operating the software by using one of these three modes See MODES Below the mode button bars is a large black area where the music files will appear as you Operate and some other required controls are there as required for the three various modes more on that below m Wok Ts Mit Wot H Tici Aug Es 15 OSS AM JO ine Abaka O a ii E f LEIC AI Laph a rae Track Lief Add Music mir t inh al music ETE er bout Peck pee Pea al murit aut Diarra Eas THE en fe a ETE dii minnie bighi ie PSEri i DEALT Ak D73775 AM 0730757 Aki D774 Ak Dr 17I A Dr 12 Ae Dr T5 Akl DATST AM D1313 A Ur Adi Ahi Ur rdg Ahi F224 AH Ter Aki TETI Ah PATH Ak D777 AJ AH OF Ak Bonimeshas A Tma Jackson
42. ng This allows the inline use of Winamp compatible plug ins For Nextkast to recognize and the ability use a plugin that plug in dll file will need to placed into the plugins directory in the NextKast directory Some software also requires that it know where the dll is located meaning the software will need to be configured to work with nextkast Once the dll is in the plugins directory simply disable Radio CMP top left button shown above and right click on the Radio CMP button A list box will display all available plugins Check the plugin you would like to use and that is it View Statistics At the top of the music file box just below the three mode buttons is the Search line Enter any partial search criteria in the white area and click search A global search will be done through ALL categories and the results displayed This is used for requests as once the song is displayed after search the search result then it can be previewed or loaded to player for airing just by lighting it up with the mouse which displays an option menu of what to do with the song There is a View Statistics button which will bring up a different screen which allows you to check off one or more categories and display play history and listening stats of those tunes The View statistics screen will allow the user to move tracks and use the tune out ratio to order tracks by popularity Check the categories you would like to observe move tracks in then press the
43. ng convention for windows audio files That is how Nextkast will display that audio file as song title and artist However if that audio file contains an ID3 tag of whatever version then Nextkast will use the artist and title information in that tag to display artist and title Most stations copy the Windows mp3 filename information artist title into the ID3 tag for standardization This can be done in mass using the free utility mp3tag software which can be downloaded free at http www mp3tag de en download html However Nextkast will operate with or without tags but tag use is recommended Main User Interface Buttons Described lt lt Po Mute O7 06 32 AM Playback Settings Reais alse E aa aa mz M Line Volk33 Mic Vok30 Wed Aug 05 2015 07 06 32 AM Line IH Microphone Groadcast Oo Settings The Remix wr Syta 00 00 00 0 commercials edm2 imagin LiveRecordings all music power edmi toh all music remix without fade power remix all music remix commercials remix without fade remix edmi edm2 top40 powerrot SWeeper Catagory Track List Add Music 08 24 42 AM 07 07 28 AM Of 07 37 AM O7 07 43 AM 07 12 33 AM 07 12 35 AM 07 15 55 AM 07 19 11 AM 07 19 13 AM 07 22 44 AM 07 22 46 AM 07 24 00 AM 07 24 02 AM 07 27 32 AM 07 27 34 AM 07 27 43 AM 07 28 40 AM John O Callaghan feat Audrey Gallagher Big Sky Original Mix 030515 Track Name HolhAVvood EDM Minute
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45. o be saved in a category name Advertising with the files as dates We currently accept files from Natural Log Please contact us if you need to merge other formats Once Genrated these hours will appear on the icon bar at bottom as SUB ICONS of a single icon with the day month year digits ID These SUB ICONS can be used in Scheduler which will be covered at the end of this manual If Sub icons are being displayed you can get back to the top icons by clicking HOME icon Generate Playlist from rotations in Schedule for selected amount of days Select Start Date Below 05 Aug 20260 Hl Start Hour KA Hour Count a 12 00 AM to 12 00 AM F To play the playlist to air go to Playlist Rotation Mode click the Icon at bottom that represents your playlist it will appear in the playbox with a playlist sign to indicates that it is a playlist that is playing and not a rotation If in AUTO then the playlist plays When enable Schdule is checked the generated playlist will start automatically on the date and hour they were created for EY 081315 a Schedule Hew Rotation VoiceTracking The value of voice tracking is in being able to insert your voice clips into a Playlist and thus announce the music selections and make it appear the the program is live This is done as an option in the Playlist Builder Voicetrack Mode After building your play list as shown on previous page you can then voicetrack your generated
46. oRepick 08 29 56 PM atWork1 test 00 00 05 9 ClicktoRepick 08 30 02 PM Various Artists Muphucka ft Mexico Rann Young Scooter Dat 00 02 55 6 ClicktoRepick remi x 08 32 58 PM The Remix wr3ytq 00 00 02 5 ClicktoRepick 08 33 00 PM Lost Frequencies Are You With Me 00 03 07 2 ClicktoRepick k k 08 36 07 PM Bad Boy Bill DJ Bam Bam ft Miss Palmer Looking for Somethin 00 03 00 1 ClicktoRepic remix 08 39 07 PM The Remix wr3yiq 00 00 02 5 ClicktoRepic sic 08 39 09 PM XYconstant Silverlined remix 08 42 04 PM The Remix wer3ytq arcials 08 42 06 PM bbeFitness org bbeFitness org remix 08 42 43 PM The Remix wr3ytq 08 42 45 PM Dash Berlin Go t Alone Radio 08 45 59 PM 08 46 01 PM 08 46 10 PM HolhWVood EDM Minute7 H x 08 47 12 Pt Kylie Minogue Put Your Hands Up Basto remix 00 02 58 2 ss newPlaytist pis 080915 Creating and Saving a Playlist To generate make a Playlist to be followed by the automation software to play specifically and exactly the named files in order then you use the Playlist Voicetrack mode The audio file contents of the hilighted Category will be shown on the left of the screen while the right side will show the Playlist contents Files are added from any selected Category by dragging the file or files from the left side to the right side You will be prompted for a Playlist name as you drag the first item over The name will end with m3u Winamp compatable lf the playlist is completed by wat
47. out will use this as a template for picking it s selections during that time Now using the displayed Categories DRAG and DROP category icons onto the Rotation List and each drag and drop represents one selection in the rotation you are building AND the bottom of the Rotation List displays the amount of time approximately for that rotation as you build it You can continue until you have MORE than one hour or go on as long as you wish Double Clicking on a rotation will add it to the bottom of the list for faster rotation creation a M Rotation List Category List _ toh i C I all music commercials imaging power super power top40 all music power commercials edm1 edm2 imaging top40 2pick VoiceTracks all music top40 2pick all music 2pick commercials 2pick top40 2pick power 2pick top40 2pick without fade 2pick imaging 2pick 2pick z a a Rotation Name 5 ave Rotatic lear Rotatic apick apick S amp S S amp S Ey Schedule ae i power rot test rot newPlaylist plis 080915 Hew Rotation all music commercials imaging LiveRecordings a_i Category k A 2pick 2pick 2pick IE VoiceTracks 2pick 2pick Save The Rotation IF YOU ARE BUILDING A ONE HOUR ROTATION THEN GO OVER BY A MINUTE OR TWO BECAUSE NEXTKAST WILL FADE THE LAST SELECTION AT TOP OF HOUR IF SET TO DO THAT IN settings Force Schedules at Top Of Hour checked AND Enable Top Of Hour for Rotations lf you are
48. p sweeper player indicate that the sweeper will be included in the rotation of sweepers played Each time a sweeper is played the next available sweeper in the list will rotate For a sweeper to play over a track or during the transition the Enable Sweeper transition must be checked next to the category in the rotation list This ensures that when that track is being played that either the next rotated sweeper will play when the Sweep start mark is reached or the assigned sweeper will play when the sweeper start mark is reached If no sweep start maker is set then nextkast will play the sweeper right at the start of the track ea E NextKast Pro Internet Radio Automation Software Registered 3 9 6 26 qx Line Vok33 Mic Vok30 Mon Aug 10 2015 08 33 50 PM TEE 08 39 50 PM LL J Ona Line IH rial Gfbadcast o Playback Off Settings Sound ee Li settings Mic settings i i on end Record sain i Like Fade into Darkness Chub all muse cominercials edmi Hi z Imaging L ee power remi er ponm Track ListAdd Music Time n Length Re Pick eim 09 36 29 PM HolyAvood EDM Minute G 00 01 02 2 clickToRepick PM edmMinute edimMinute 00 00 08 7 ClicktoRepick jE Pr aWork 1 test D059 ClickloRepick PR Various Artists Muphucka ll Mexico Rann Young Scooter Dat O00255 ClickloRepick PM The Remix var 3ytij 00 00 02 5 ClicktoRepick we vou PA Lost Frequencies Are Yo
49. pon EDX Rmx ReMike Intro Main M Cedric Gervais and Cid Playa Original Mix 00 00 9 Cesko Blanco Destroy Your Mind Skoopman Remix Ss E Charlie Spot Sweet Storm Original Mix inire ped Next Until Start Chicane Going Deep Steve Smart amp Wes Childish Gambino ft Tha Ski Boyz Hearthoat SR Romiv Fvtendod Vorcinon Intro Cloani Chocolate Puma 2000 People Origin Chris Arnott Little Black Book Mischic 6 IIR R RAA gt il Ww w2 Drop the mp3 files you would like to add to this catagory into the box above Preview Upd P3 Song Tag Library Quick Start Create Rotation Final Step is to check the mp3 tags by selecting each song update any in accurate information by re entering correct information and pressing the update mp3 tag button This step is not mandatory but will help make sure song separation works properly Only Song Name Artist name And Album are important Press the new rotation Button Enable Schedule i Schedule newPlaylist pls pe New Rotation In the Dialog name the rotation Enter New Playlist Name E create Rotation We now have a blank rotation Drag the categories from the top and create a rotation by placing the categories in a list of how the songs content need to be picked E Rotation Editor m v econ ee _ ss Rotation List Category List toh C j all music commercials imaging power super power top40 all music power commercials
50. rcials and for Drops and sweepers select Imaging If you do not require different cross fade times Music type can be selected for all The Remix wT Fyti Bt t iff Exclusive CATEGORIES As mentioned the next first step is to define your music categories that will be used inside Nextkast To do this hit the plus symbol to the right of the categories area and name your category repeatedly Select the type of Category this will be Music Commercials Imaging Then press create category Each Category so made will show up in the scrollable space to the left of the plus symbol And have a music note icon with it If using Natural Log traffic software with this program then one of your categories must be advertising otherwise you can name them as you choose lf you make a category that you want to delete simply right click it s icon and delete it and its contents which are at this point empty Clicking the Category Icons in Track list Mode or Play list BUILDER or Tracklist Add Music Mode will show the music file content of the Categories which are empty at this point but now lets add your music to each category Adding Music Files to The Categories my ry iP erat l E T gdn emye p To add music to any of the created Catagories you need to be in the TRACKLIST ADD MUSIC Mode There are several ways to add one or many music files to any Category note as previously mentioned
51. s you to push song title and artist to tunein com automatically It is crucial you set encoder type correctly when setting up an encoder Your stream provider will give you details about server path server type and password These details need to be entered in the appropriate boxes in the broadcast setting screen When done make sure the Enable Encoder checkbox is checked and the auto Re connect is enabled Select your bit rate and encode type With shoutcast2 make sure to enter the SID normally 1 In Ilcecast2 and shoutcast2 only modify the source and source password boxes if you are not connecting using the default account For stations broadcasting to a separate transmitter the Output to broadcast soundcard checkbox will send the same audio going to the encoder to a second sound card This will allow you to preview tracks and voicetrack in studio while not interrupting the audio feed to the transmitter lf you are using the Tuneln Api please contact tunein com for details make sure to enter the StationID PartnerlD and Partner Key Simulcasting Another Stream lal Schedule Hew Rotation Nextkast Makes it easy to set up playlist that contain URL s of streams to re broadcast Press the simulcast button the Simulcast window will appear as above Enter the stream URL to create Press the test Stream button to test the stream If correct press the Create Playlist Stream button Nextkast will then cre
52. search and pick his her music etc from ALL categories and load it into either player He will use the player play button to start the item Once a search phrase is entered and SEARCH is pressed then the results are displayed on a sub search screen Scrolling and hi lighting the desired line will give an option box to Load to Player or Preview or to display all the contents of just the category that that selection is in The usual action would be to Load Into Player The sub search screen stay open to allow multiple searches to continue or an X at right to close it and return to your category display In this TRACK LIST ADD MUSIC mode where your Category contents are displayed the Manual or Live Assist is accomplished by Searching for music or other audio files such as Jingles or whatever and via that search Loading To Player to be manually played so you can only get two items ahead because you have two players You will use the manual playback button to start the CD player and the song can be manually faded early using the right arrow fade button IMPORTANT This manual live assist has the Manual Automation in the Manual mode meaning the button is Orange in color If you wish to operate in a semi automation mode while in manual live assist then you can place the man auto button to green and the software will go from one player playing to the other player playing automatically BUT you must continue to search an
53. secondary audio output which can be used as an off air cue player preview set in options and the entire system is capable of being operated in the live assist mode which is referred to as manual to allow live air talent to operate during their program fully manually regarding the music players song selections commercials id s etc The software contains smooth fade transition settings available to the user to setup to their preference as well as post identification start of vocal part of the song by the user on a one time per song basis and also selectable fade and crossover points of the music on a one per song basis Many and most times the default settings of the software will crossfade more than adequately for most users There is NO database involved allowing for a much cleaner more reliable setup Instead music files will be brought into the software under various user defined categories and stored in category folders in the windows directory structure under multiple library folders whose drive and folder locations are determined by the user at the program initial setup time and can be modified or completely changed as required at any time All category folders will be built by the software on the drive and under the windows folder as directed by the user at setup time and can be modified added to or deleted or replaced as required later using the settings button The software uses data in the mp3 tag
54. t Again take the defaults on any update and the program will operate with the new version and all settings that the old version had This update operation can be done with Nextkast running and the installation update will close the program as part of that process and then optionally start it up again as the update completes with the original program settings all intact on an update do not check for a desktop icon because it already exists from the original install LIBRARY suggestions To make any radio automation playout system perform properly some advance thinking and decisions need to be taken in advance to layout the music files that the software will play either manually or in automation With Nextkast you can use any of your existing mp3 wav music files from their current locations on your hard drive BUT organizing the files in Windows folders based on your category preferences will allow Nextkast to play them in a more organized and controllable fashion For example having your library of music under a Windows folder called say Music Library on any accessible drive and all of your music and other audio files in Windows subfolders under Music Library folder will prove much easier to configure but is not a requirement of Nextkast Library Location Your music files when introduced to Nextkast see below will be copied into category within the Nextkast library which is located as earlier stated by the drive and folder location entere
55. u With Me 000307 2 ClicktoRepick power O82 56 07 PM Bad Boy Bill DJ Bam Bam ft Miss Palmer Looking for Somethin 00 03 00 1 ClicktoRepick remix 08 39 07 PM The Remix wrdytq 00075 ClicktoRepick all music 08 39 03 PM Kiconstant Sibverlined 00 07 55 2 ClicktoRepick remix 0h 4 2 04 PM The Reni var Jii MURIRIFA T commercials 0842 06 PR bhbeFiness ory bberiness ong D004 8 6ClickloRepick remix O44 PM The Remix var Jii Do CibckloRepick without fade UEa PM Dash Berlin Gott Alorne Rado DO0S13 6 ChcktoKepick remix 18 45 50 PM The Remix war Jyin 00 00 02 5 ClicktoRepick wimi 08 46 01 PM edimMinute edimMinute 000008 7 ClicktoRepick edimz 08 46 10 PM HolhAvood EDM Minute H 00 0102 0 ClicktoRepick top4o 0 47 12 PM Kylie Minogue Put Your Hands Up Basto remix 00 0758 0 ClicktoRepick a em fA ey ene ene eens A powerrot testrot new Playlist ple WELE BIE Hew Rotation Manual Live Assist Automated This TRACKLIST ADD MUSIC MODE mode can be used to easily move tracks single or multiple shift click from one category to another by right clicking the file or files We have stayed in the TRACKLIST ADD MUSIC MODE thus far because it is this mode that an operator will use to actually manually search select and play music and commercials and jingles on air and search for requests You could call this live assist The play icon on the top bar on screen must be set to RED MANUAL In this mode the operator will
56. unhappy with your drag and drops then the List under construction can be cleared with the Clear Rotation button DO NOT TRY TO MINIMIZE THIS ROTATION BUILDER SCREEN This screen can be accessed and modified simultaneously while Nextkast is playing live to air When you are satisfied with the rotation then do a Save Rotation and this rotation will show up as an icon at the bottom of Nextkast with the file extension rot and you can close X this screen You can call up this Rotation at anytime in Playlist Rotation screen mode from the main screen by clicking its icon on the bottom of screen and waiting for it to load up and it will start playing if in Automation or will be ready to play if in Manual scheduling will be covered at the end rd Rotation List Category List toh l all music commercials imaging power super power top40 all music power commercials edm1 edm2 imaging top40 VoiceTracks all music top40 all music commercials top40 power top40 without fade imaging all music commercials imaging LiveRecordings a_i Category 1 t remix super power k A 2pick 2pick 2pick IE 2pick 2pick VoiceTracks 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick 2pick Rotation Name Save Rotts Clear Rotat apick ina T ae 7y Ey Schedule z 8 power rot test rot newPlaylist plis 080915 Hew Rotation Activating the Rotation Note During rotation generation ther
57. using an outside program such as the free MP3TAG exe to make sure that all your music mp3 files have a valid mp3 tag is highly recommended prior to adding those files to Nextkast First select one any of the catagories that you made above in Nextkast by clicking it s icon to light it up blue will later appear as white hilite This is one of the categories that your music files will go into There is a large symbol to the lower right of the large black music file box in this mode Clicking this will open a Windows file browse window to allow you to select a folder on your disk where you keep your music files and open it to show those files By windows selecting hi lighting one some or all of those files shown and clicking open then those files will be added to the Nextcast music library in that category If preferred you can simply open a windows explore folder window and directly drop and drag left mouse music files from a Windows folder right into the black Nextkast Box and those file or files will be added to copied into the hilited category and displayed in the Nextkast box You can add the same audio file to as many catagories as you require AND if you try to add it to the same category more than once the program will know and will just overwrite the file so you will not get duplicates within a category Removing a song from a category you simply select the song in the Nextkast box and right click it and delete NOTE it will only r
58. ware is Copyright 2015 Axis Entertainment Inc All rights reserved This software may not in whole or in any part be copied reproduced transmitted translated into any language natural or computer stored in a retrieval system reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable format or by any other form or means without prior consent in writing from Axis Entertainment Inc You are granted a limited license to use this software The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license which is described in the following paragraphs TRADEMARKS NextKast Internet Radio Automation Software NextKast Internet Radio Automation Software Standard NextKast Internet Radio Automation Software Pro LICENSE THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE TAKEN TO MEAN THE SOFTWARE CONTAINED IN THIS PACKAGE AND ANY SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS OR UPGRADES RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF HAVING PURCHASED THIS PACKAGE BUYER SHALL BE TAKEN AS THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER OF THE SOFTWARE BUYER HAS THE NON EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE SOFTWARE ONLY ON A SINGLE COMPUTER BUYER MAY NOT ELECTRONICALLY TRANSFER THE PROGRAM FROM ONE COMPUTER TO ANOTHER OVER ANY TYPE OF NETWORK BUYER MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION TO OTHERS EITHER FORA FEE OR WITHOUT CHARGE BUYER MAY NOT MODIFY OR TRANSLATE THE PROGRAM OR DOCUMENTATION USER MAY NOT DISASSEMBLE THE PROGRAM OR ALLOW IT TO BE DISASSEMBLED INTO ITS CONSTITUENT SOURCE CODE BU
59. ware will by default take place in the C nextkast folder which will be generated if it does not already exist Initially the software install will make a few required folders under the Nextkast folder by default on installation The user can change these sub folders to reside on another drive or location by setting the location inside the program under SETTINGS at any point after the install is completed Wherever the music library and other files are placed is fine but the program itself must remain under C nextkast nextkast exe There are about 2 dozen internally required files there at that default location that are part of the software to operate Once the location of the audio files are determined then the folder layout would typically be as follows X My Nextkast Library where X is any drive and folder name is user chosen X My Nextkast Library Music Make many catagories to contain your music X My Nextkast Library Playlist Playlists are stored when generated by the user X My Nextkast Library Rotations Rotations are stored when user generates X My Nextkast Library Sweeps Sweeps are kept here for the software to use PLEASE NOTE The designated library location drive folder MUST be available to NextKast as NextKast is started or library will show as blank or default to the contents under C nextkast music Refreshing the library after NextKast is opened will not find a library that was unavailable at program start
60. ys be carried out on C local drive and the installer will put the program in a folder below the C drive program folder called nextkast The user can change slightly the folder name of where the program will reside during installation if desired but it is strongly recommended to install in the default folder C nextkast NOTE The music library that this program will use can be placed on any accessible drive by options available within the program once it is opened see section LIBRARY NOTE The actual program must remain on the C Drive Software Overview Nextkast internet radio operation software can be run as a fully automatic play out system Supporting pre determined rotations which are made up of music categories promos id s spots jingles etc at the design of the user at initial startup or later additions as individually required by the user Also the software supports the generation of predetermined play lists for various periods of time 1 hour to 30 days which during those play lists the user can do advance voice tracking within the software once a play list has been generated Standard pls play list files are available by import as well Rotations and play lists can be advance scheduled by through optional use of the scheduler within the software see SCHEDULER There are hot button carts on the right of the air screen as well as a quick voice recorder available at the bottom of the hot buttons There is a

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