USER MANUAL - PlayoutONE
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1. 21 Prede nned CO AIAG S assistere necis E SNMP DIUI NN M M UMS 22 GON VAIN RE tO tO Eo t 23 AOD M T 24 PANE EINE cR TEE T TE m 25 Geieratmg d PIaVIISE a ates bxc As uS Rea eee Oe eee UC SUE e IM UU LOL DUAE 26 Playout NE edd ee 27 binipolq 28 GT R 28 TC HO ECRIRE OE RTT 29 VUE AY Cl mte 30 Cl ONIN mH 30 VEN Eoo NR T m cm 31 BELE oi MERE ENKTT H 31 FMI APO DRE T 32 Processing and EC AIS AIONA MEI ORO TM 33 d M 34 Ke RUINS POYI NE TR 34 Clear and boad Current no UNE Tm 35 TEASE E I a E A A 35 WEP a E E E A 36 COR AVE PIVS erenn E E 36 Save Playlist AP RN ET eem 36 SAEI E m 36 Activating the AULOD E 37 PW ESE CC CON NOR A E nesses 37 PREC OF GING VOC ACK dc NT TNT TET 38 SS Fe UO RR REN cs ov geen sotto paca aeetann eee eee eee oe 39 PEV TIS O RETE m TTE 40 CV OPI eese Prin e izle m 40 BlreWiszisprooig a m 41 lese dg WO 42 Xi jore fuo B2. Normalise Audio WARNING Can take a while Make Changes Cancel From here you can perform changes like Title Artist Category Type Year and other field changes You can also choose to regenerate any waveforms should you need to locate the fade points and normalise audio to 100 NOTE If you choose to regenerate waveforms find fades or normalising please bear in mind that this can take some time Finding fades is dependent on the thresholds you set in the Settings 14 PlayouteNE Removing Audio To get rid of items on the Audio list that you no longer need all you need to do it to select the items you want to delete To do this you select the items you want on the Audio list This is done in using the standard Windows CTRL or SHIFT while clicking to multi select items 2 FS OPARB PG When you have selected all the items you want then click the Remove button on the toolbar You will be prompted if you want to do this with the No button highlighted by default Remove Audio Ea o Are you sure you want to remove the selected audio vw ji If you are sure you wish to remove the selected audio items then simply click Yes Removing Unused Audio Over a period of time there will be a build up of audio files that are no longer attributed to items in the Audio list Removing these is easy simply right click on the Audio list and from the popup menu select the Remove Unused Audio option
3. Simply click on the Remove Unused button when you re ready You will be prompted if you wish to continue as this procedure can take some time if you have a lot of files to check Are you sure you wish to purge unused files from the audio folder NOTE This might take some time depending on the amount of files in the audio folder Yes No NOTE Whilst the purge is happening you can still use PlayoutONE as normal 15 Playout NE Searching Audio To find an audio item you can easily search the Audio list by entering a search term and either pressing Return or clicking the magnifying glass icon The X icon can be used to clear any current search Filtering Audio In addition to searching you can also filter results or the entire Audio list by clicking the header of each column to sort ascending or descending You can also drag column headers to the group box which will create grouped sections based on the column you have chosen You can add more columns to the group too to further refine your filter Category s and Types You can choose which Categories and Types you want to return in the Audio list by clicking either the Category or Type buttons and choosing the items you want by ticking the check boxes Right clicking on the list will toggle between all items checked or un checked All selections affect the Audio list immediately Jumping to UIDs If you need to jump quickly
4. Stop Import Close When you add a folder it will automatically scan that folder for valid audio items and add them to the lower file list If you choose the Add all subfolders check box when adding a folder it will not only add the folder you choose but also search it recursively for sub folders and their files too If you want to remove any files or folders just select the ones you wish to remove and click the corresponding Remove button When you re ready to import your audio click Do Import You will be asked to choose the category and type for this import batch During the import files will be analysed for silence at the beginning and end trim in and out point and also the fade extro points This way after a mass import your audio is ready to use in a playlist situation Once the import is running you will see two progress bars running The larger of the two showing where it s up to and the lower the progress of the file analysis Playout NE You can stop the import at any time by clicking Stop Import or closing the window You will be prompted before an import is cancelled NOTE Whilst PlayoutONE can still be used when the import is running if you re doing a large import it s always advised to let it complete before continuing to prevent degraded system performance Editing Audio To edit an audio item on the log either double click the item or click once and click the Edit button on the main Audio to
5. E CTRL SHIFT F CTRL SHIFT G CTRL SHIFT H CTRL SHIFT CTRL SHIFT J CTRL SHIFT K CTRL SHIFT L CTRL SHIFT M CTRL SHIFT N CTRL SHIFT O CTRL SHIFT P CTRL SHIFT Q CTRL SHIFT R CTRL SHIFT S CTRL SHIFT T CTRL SHIFT U CTRL SHIFT V CTRL SHIFT W CTRL SHIFT X CTRL SHIFT Y Other Functions Keys Action CTRL F1 Play next item in playlist Equivalent of pressing the Play button on the playlist NOTE The only difference with this function is it will also load the next item if not already cued so pressing this will always play the next item regardless CTRL F2 Toggle chain status of the current playing item if the item is from a playlist CTRL F3 Make the chain status of the current playing item STOPPED if the item is from a playlist CTRL F4 Make the chain status of the current playing item GO if the item is from a playlist 43
6. quick key in question to another quick key position To delete a quick key again press CTRL and drag the audio to the trash can icon If you want to delete the currently selected quick key set then click the X button You won t be prompted on this deletion either so be careful 2f Playout NE SETTINGS PlayoutONE can be configured in many different ways and nearly all of the settings can be found in the settings window You get to the settings by clicking the cog on the main PlayoutONE toolbar General Data This is the data folder where the PlayoutONE database resides If you wish to run your system over a network you will need to copy the database to your server and then set this to point at the data folder Audio This is the folder that will store any audio that PlayoutONE uses Consolidated audio is placed here and so are files which have been normalised or anything recorded directly into PlayoutONE like voice tracks and audio recorded via the edit audio screen Playlists This folder is a central repository for all your playlists You can save and load playlists from wherever you want but this is the standard folder where pre built playlists can be stored and loaded to the system Import Audio to the Audio Folder This instructs PlayoutONE to store all audio in the audio folder If you decide to set this after importing files then you can always get existing audio copied to the audio folder by clicking th
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8. 2058 Song Promises Take That 0027 032 3058 Song Drama recie DODO 040 00 25 58 Who Needs Love Like That Ha Erasure 060 Song Blue Savannah Eripe 0020 Oi OOS Cross That Line Howard horis 2061 Song Take 4 Chance On Me Erasure 00 00 0333 2062 Song Star Erasure 00 00 l 03 2 2063 Song Heavenly Action Erasure 00 00 030 2064 Song Oh L amour Erasure 0000 024 2092 Song _Spells the Rainbow FOGprojed 0000 032 Playlist Total Time 00 11 53 COLD RADIO HOT MUSIC FULL Down In The Park SWEEPER Gary Human PlayoutQNE IHE MAIN TOOLBAR The overall main systems for PlayoutONE can be accessed from the main toolbar which will be positioned at the top of your screen IEND eY PlayoutQNE ah i5 In the middle of the toolbar is the current time and date and timing information pertaining to the current playing playlist Icons T Audio List Playlist AutoDJ Categories Types ERENTO 5 yP Commands EQ and Quick Keys Processio Settings Timers Time Remaining is how long there is left on the current playlist Gap Time is how long there is left until the next time marker in the playlist if one exists If a time marker doesn t exist then Gap Time shows how long there is until the end of the playlist If it s red then the playlist is under time and if it s green then it s over time PlayoutQNE AUDIO PlayoutONE takes pretty much all types of audio file including MP3 and MP2 sounds mp3 mp
9. in the playlist folder and have set PlayoutONE to automatically open the next hour playlist when the items on the playlist reach a certain threshold then it will obey this when you start PlayoutONE What this means is when you open PlayoutONE it will load the next hours playlist because it s being triggered to do so by the settings you have set If you want to load the current hour playlist then right click the playlist and from the popup menu select Clear amp Load Current Hour This will clear the current playlist and then load the current hour if it can find it New Playlist To totally blank the current playlist and start a new one from scratch then right click the playlist and from the popup menu choose New Playlist You will be prompted if you want to save the current playlist before clearing it o Do you want to save your current playlist before starting a new one Ce Cancel This of course is up to you but if you want to cancel the procedure just click Cancel and you will be returned to the current playlist 35 PlayouteNE Save Playlist To save a playlist you click on the Save Playlist button DENIEE I You will be prompted for a name and folder to save the playlist You can load this playlist back in at any time you want Quick Save Playlist If you have a playlist already loaded and you want to save any changes then simply clicking the Save Playlist button will save the playlis
10. the Remove button on the playlist toolbar Once you have done this you can start the playlist simply by clicking the Play button on the playlist window or pressing the Play button on a free player Pressing Play on the playlist will find the first free player whereas pressing it on the player will load the item into that player Clicking either of these buttons again will start that item playing From this point pressing the Play button will advance the playlist and cue and play items Loading Playlists There are a few ways to load a playlist The first is the standard way browsing for a file To do this click the Open button You then just need to find the playlist you re looking for NOTE If you already have items in the playlist you will be prompted if you wish to save the current playlist 34 PlayouteNE The second way of opening a playlist is to click on the Find a Playlist button This opens a calendar which you can choose the date and hour of a playlist For this to work the playlist you re looking for has to be available in the playlists folder see settings The third way of opening a playlist is to click the Load Next Playlist button This scans the playlist folder for the next playlist available to the current day and hour and will load it This requires the playlists to be present in the playlist folder see settings Clear and Load Current Hour If you are using prebuilt playlists
11. the X button You will be prompted if you want to delete it 25 PlayoutQNE Generating a Playlist To generate a playlist from the AutoD profile you currently have selected then click the Generate Playlist button NOTE You will be prompted if you want to clear the playlist cache This is the data that determines the title and artist rotation Generally you would not want to do this but in the initial stages of setting up the AutoD system you may want to do this if you run out of available audio items to select When a playlist has been put together you will see the Playlist Creator window pop up This allows you to rearrange or drag and drop new audio items to the generated playlist Chain Length Intro Year Category wl Howard Jones ADVERT 1 ADVERT MEAM DANI in F mrm 5 iy amp SAT FL MV E R 2022 n The Name Of Love Thompson Twins 2035 King s Cross 7 Pet Shop Boys 2011 Who Needs Love Like That Ha Erasure 340 We Take Mystery To Bed Gary Numan HITMARKER 59 50 STREAM LOAD http video news sk ADVERT 5 ADVERT STREAM PLAY WAIT 120 K iJ K K A RAR R 9 KK H6 88 When you are happy with the playlist you can save it or add it to the current active playlist by pressing the Play button 26 QUICK KEYS Quick Keys are sets of 25 buttons that can be used to instantly access and play audio that you choose 03 25 Ima
12. 2 AAC and MP4 sounds aac mp4 WAV sounds wav OGG Vorbis sounds ogg AIFF sounds aiff Windows Media sounds wma wmv asx asf AC3 sounds ac3 ALAC sounds m4a FLAC sounds flac WavPack sounds wv MOD music it xm s3m mod mtm mo3 CD tracks cda Adding audio is simple to do You can add audio individually by either importing it or recording in directly from your configured input device or you can mass import music easily PlayoutONE also protects against duplicated audio to prevent many of the same item in your library To do this is checks the filename and also the artist and title data You add audio in all cases from the Audio window The Audio Window Artist intro Length Year Category i JEEDEE ADVERT 1 ADVER ADVERT 2 ADVERT ADVERT 3 ADVERT ADVERT 4 ADVERT ADVERT 5 ADVERT ADVERT 6 ADVERT When the Going Gets Tough Billy Ocean Song You Aint Seen Nothing Yet Bachman Turner Overdrive Song Leave a Light on for Me Belinda Carlisle Living on the Ceiling Blacmange Song Life in a Northern Town Dream Academy Song Oliver s Army Elvis Costello amp the Attractions 231 Song Unbelievable EMF 1220 audio items Playout NE Individual Import At the top of the Audio window you will see the first icon which opens the New Audio window Once in there you click the Import icon which
13. PlayoutQNE Type Manager You can create as many Types as you want There is no limit You can get to the Type Manager by clicking on the icon on the main toolbar J B ND The Type Manager is easy to use E Type Manager mem Type Name Title Rot Artist Rot Volume 56 10 10 H 100 H ada minutes minutes Type Name Title Rot mins Artist Rot mins Vol Billboard Advert 10 0 100 oO 10 100 10 100 a 10 100 L 60 50 LJ c n 100 m Types have a little more detail than Categories and allow you to determine the colours of each type the title and artist rotations in minutes the playback volume in percent and if the type should output to the billboard file To create a new type enter its name in the Type Name box set the Title Artist and Volume values plus the colour the type should be then click Add To edit an existing type double click it in the list and change its name there To remove types select them in the list and click the trash can icon Once you re happy with your changes then click Save If you want to cancel your changes then click Cancel NOTE Types assigned to audio items cannot be removed but their names can be changed You will be notified if you try to remove a type that is assigned 21 PlayoutQNE Predefined Commands The idea behind defining your own commands is to make including specific commands in the AutoD J B ND So fo
14. SS DATE HH MM SS SOFTMARKER MM SS HH MM SS DATE HH MM SS GAPMARKER MM SS HH MM SS DATE HH MM SS NOTE TEXT LOAD PLAYLIST Playlist Name AUTOD CHANGE Profile Name AUTODJ ON AUTOD OFF Description Load a stream or file from the internet e g http video news sky com snr news snrnews mp3 Play the loaded stream NOTE There is no indication the stream has loaded SO always allow a connection time of a few seconds Stop the playing stream Hold the playlist for a set amount of seconds Force fade the current playing playlist item Dump everything in the playlist before and including the time specified in the hit marker and immediately fade the current playing item Dump everything in the playlist before and including the time specified in the soft marker but allow the current playing item to finish Puts a gap time calculation point in the playlist that is non destructive and acts purely to assist back timing to the time set in the gap marker Add a simple note to the playlist Load another playlist from the playlist folder Loaded playlists are added to the end of the current playlist Change the AutoD profile being used Useful for switching from one profile to another Turn the AutoD on Turn the AutoD off NOTE You can have commands on the Audio list simply by adding new audio but instead of importing audio you just enter the command and its parameters in the Title field and select the
15. ack You can start talking at any time There are 3 waveforms visible whilst voicetracking is taking place The top scrolling waveform is the audio preceding your voicetrack The middle waveform is your voicetrack and the bottom one is your audio following your voicetrack When you are ready for the next item to start you need to click the Record Voicetrack icon again This will start the next item on the playlist following your voicetrack When you have completed recording then just click the icon once more and it will stop and commit your voicetrack to the playlist NOTE If you don t see the voicetracking module at the foot of the playlist window you may need to enable it You can do this by right clicking the playlist and from the popup menu making sure the option Voicetracking is ticked 38 Playout NeE Segue Editor The Segue Editor is for adjusting the start and end points of items on the playlist to make things tighter To activate the Segue Editor you need to click the Segue button on the playlist toolbar This will open the Adjust Segue window which will have the selected item in the middle and the previous and next items either side Adjust Segue xw Oliver s Army Elvis Costello amp the Attractions 2 53 43 PET IN A BAND FULL SWEEPER 099 37 Unbelievable EMF 3 27 76 pata gt ss To move the waveforms around you just left click on them and whilst keeping th
16. ack07 What Is Love 04 28 Track S A Good Heart 03 21 TrackO9 Walk Like An Egyptian 04 13 Track10 White Wedding 04 09 Track11 The Best A Apply Normalisation Normalise to g9 um only if Peak Level is below orabove oh Stop Ripping Using the ripper is simplicity itself Just pop a CD into your drive and it will automatically read the data and find the associated track information from the internet if it s available NOTE When putting a CD in you may need to wait a few seconds whilst it attempts to get any data You then need to select the tracks you want to rip Use CTRL whilst clicking tracks in the list to choose more than one Once you re ready to rip choose if you want to apply normalisation to ripped audio and click Start Ripping Once all audio has been ripped you will be asked to set some import options like the category and types etc 11 Playout NE Mass Importer Importing masses of audio is probably the first thing you will want to do and to help with this PlayoutONE has a wonderful importer On the Audio window you will need to click the second icon which will open the Mass Importer window From here you can add files in the lower window or add folders on the upper window Folders Directories C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music HOLICE CAUsersVchris aakley MusicjiTunesyiTunes Media Music Unknown Artist C Users chris oakley Music iTune
17. d from here you can remove commands and move them around using the position column 40 Playout NE TROUBLESHOOTING PlayoutONE audio appears to disappear after leaving unassisted for a number of hours Check your USB Root Hub devices in Windows Device Manager are not set to power Save eee I 5 USB Root Hub Properties em General Power Advanced Driver Details Power Management USB Root Hub J Allow the computer to tum off this device to save power Make sure the tick box Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power is un ticked You need to do this on each USB device 41 Playout NE APPENDIX A Keyboard Shortcuts When you activate the Check for Special Keypresses option PlayoutONE will look for a combination of key strokes which will trigger various functions This will allow you to program an external keyboard to perform common actions Players Keys Action SHIFT F1 Play Player 1 SHIFT F2 Pause Player 1 SHIFT F3 Recue Player 1 SHIFT F4 Eject Player 1 SHIFT F5 Play Player 2 SHIFT F6 Pause Player 2 SHIFT F7 Recue Player 2 SHIFT F8 Eject Player 2 SHIFT F9 Play Player 3 SHIFT F10 Pause Player 3 SHIFT F11 Recue Player 3 SHIFT F12 Eject Player 3 CTRL F9 Play Player 4 CTRL F10 Pause Player 4 CTRL F11 Recue Player 4 CTRL F12 Eject Player 4 42 PlayouteNE Quick Keys CTRL SHIFT A CTRL SHIFT B CTRL SHIFT C CTRL SHIFT D CTRL SHIFT
18. e Consolidate Audio Now button Cue Time This is the time in seconds that the players use to cue up the next item So if you set this to 10 and the current item is 10 seconds or less away from the extro fade point then the next item will be loaded cued up Items to Keep on the Playlist When using the AutoD this setting is used to tell PlayoutONE how many items to always have in the playlist Show larger grid to Audio and Playlists Shows larger text and bigger rows 20 Playout NE Check for Special Keypresses This tells PlayoutONE to monitor for special key combinations which activate various functions in the software This is especially useful for using configurable external keyboards See Appendix A for a list of key combinations Activate AutoDJ Automatically If your playlist is empty then turning this option on will make sure that in an emergency the AutoD will be activated to prevent any silence Auto load the next Playlist when items left reaches This is the number of items on the playlist when reached will trigger the loading of the next playlist from the playlist folder based on the date and time Files in the playlist folder will be found if they have the filename that follows the pattern YYYYMMDDHH dpl so YYYY is the year MM is the month DD is the day and HH is the hour Thresholds amp Timings Trim In Trim Out and Fade Out These are the thresholds in decibels that PlayoutONE observes when de
19. e devices All available audio devices and outputs are shown in the drop down boxes Monitor This is the device used for cueing pre fading or editing audio There is no visible player for this device which means players 1 to 4 are free for your output Record Device This is the device PlayoutONE uses to record live audio into the system like voicetracks and in the Edit Audio window Input Channel When you choose the Record Device this drop down is a list of available channels supported on the selected device inStream When you connect to an external stream on the internet this is the device that will be used to play out the audio being streamed Use ASIO as well as DirectSound Requires Restart of PlayoutONE When this is ticked it will tell PlayoutONE to interrogate ASIO enabled devices installed on your system NOTE If you do want to use ASIO enabled devices then make sure you restart PlayoutONE when you set this option 22 PlayoutQNE PROCESSING AND EQUALISATION f PlayoutONE has a basic inbuilt compressor and equaliser for your convenience i This can be accessed from the main toolbar by clicking the Processing icon Processing and equalisation is applied to each individual player rather than the overall mixed stream otherwise you wouldn t be able to separate your players through their own devices soundcards Changes made to the compression section and the Processing 3 equalise
20. e left mouse button clicked you drag then drop by releasing the mouse button 39 PlayoutONE Play History Items on the playlist are removed from the playlist when they are cued up PlayoutONE doesn t operate a living log so if you want to see anything that has previously played you will need to open the Play History window ayo EventTime _ uD mie 16 01 2015 10 11 03 i amm m Y FL T fL 15 P1 aS i JL host sre Silk Pyjamas Fi ua m ETa Ew J A Ba irruere ufu ees ai a m ec cr P IECT CARI RICO ALL e el zu u ed WE d Mur WE dm 15 01 2015 18 248 313 Carribean 15 01 2015 17 59 50 21 ADVERT 4 E PH Lm f iu aie dime T Lt d 3 75 4 To open the Play History simply right click on the playlist and from the popup menu choose Open Play History As items are played they are automatically refreshed on the Play History and stamped with the date and time they were played The Command Sequencer When commands are ran from the playlist you will notice they immediately disappear They haven t been executed they ve been moved to the command sequencer Position Chain Command vi STREAM LOAD http video news sky com snr news snrnews mp3 v STREAM PLAY v WAIT 120 The command sequencer looks after commands from the playlist and is almost like a playlist in itself Any commands on this list will be executed one by one an
21. e waveform Set Trim In Set Intro Set Hook In Set Hook Out Set Extro Set Trim Out End Gilence 00 00 00 641 00 00 24 30 00 00 00 651 00 04 08 857 00 03 49 83 00 04 08 87 Cue Cue Cue Cue Cue Cue Find Fade When this marker is where you would like it to be you then click the Set button for each marker So if you wanted to set the intro marker you would click the Set Intro button You can then tweak these values by clicking the up and down arrows on each marker Trim In and Trim Out These tell PlayoutONE where to start the audio from when loading it up ready for play and also when to eject the audio at the Trim Out point This enables you to avoid any silence either side of the audio You can click the Find Silence button to automatically find these points If you wish to change the threshold that this setting works at then you can find more in the Settings section Intro This is an indicator of where the intro ends on a piece of audio So for a song you would set this at the point where the vocals start This allows you to see how long you have to talk for if you want to introduce the song over the beginning of it and it also lets PlayoutONE know how to calculate its Oversweeps You can find out more about the Oversweeps in the Playlist section Hook In and Hook Out These are for playing just the hook of the audio So for a song the catchy bit like the chorus or something similar Extro The p
22. eige CCS EET 42 PlayoutQNE INTRODUCTION PlayoutONE is a new generation of audio playout systems for Window Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and 8 1 and Windows 10 It has been developed by the people responsible for DARP and DARP NG and borrows a lot from those systems but it has been programmed from the ground up PlayoutONE is ideal for those who want the power of a professional system but at a fraction of the price It S aimed at everyone from the enthusiast to the seasoned professional and offers a wealth of functions and features to provide a stable and fluid system that you can manually work with easily or leave unattended as a sustaining system With its superb mass importer and 4 virtual audio players you can be up and running in 10 minutes and with PlayoutONE LiveStream which comes free with the install you can be streaming your station to the world in no time at all PlayoutONE is constantly being developed and we offer upgrades to all customers free of charge If you would like to know more about PlayoutONE then please visit the website www playoutone com or follow us on Twitter playoutone a layout IHE wit AuTima it Chain length 00 31 14 REQUEST SONG NOW 2 emm A o D03t 14 Love Comes Quickly Pet Shop Bays w exsa 003307 ADVERT 5 ADVERT 5 19 ADVERT 5 VD fe we jatit intro teng 2054 Song 1 can Make n Take That goas 035 2055 Song Do What You Like Take That goad 025
23. er you have access to on your FTP server where the billboard txt file is to be put Use Passive Mode In case your FTP server requires passive PASV mode To check that your credentials work press the Test FTP button Colours Set the colours for various elements of the PlayoutONE interface This allows you to personalise your PlayoutONE system if you wish to 30 Playout NE VT amp Commands Voicetrack ID Prefix Prefix voicetracks with up to 3 characters when recording and committing them to the system Voicetrack Type Allows you to set the specific type you would like to use for voicetracks Command Type Allows you to set the specific type you would like to use for commands Backup Folder The folder where you would like automatic backups of the database to be stored Backups are stored using the date as the filename in backwards format YYYYMMDD Backup Every How many days between backups and at which time you would like this backup to be performed NOTE Backups are created when PlayoutONE is started but if PlayoutONE is left running then these settings will be observed If you would like to create a backup then just click the Create Backup Now button You are notified of the most recent backup at the bottom 31 Playout NE Hardware Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 amp Player 4 PlayoutONE has a flexible audio system and allows you to set each player to its own sound device or have players on the sam
24. gination Belouis Some 03 58 When the Going Gets Tough Billy Ocean 03 24 You Aint Seen Nothing Yet Bachman Turner 04 06 Leave a Light on for Me Belinda Carlisle 05 21 Living onthe Ceiling Blacmange 04 08 Life in a Northern Town Dream Academy 02 19 Play Your Cards Right Alyn Ainsworth 04 08 Keeping the Dream Alwe Freiheit 04 04 Jack and Diane John Mellencamp 02 53 Oliver s Army Elvis Costello amp the Attractions 03 28 Unbelievable EMF a Sis mien re gee ees n Og TE L P P AE Li e 02 15 Happy Hour Housemartins 03 43 Rain or Shine Five Star 03 36 We Close Our Eyes Go West l J Re DIO PlayouteNE 03 18 A Little Respect Erasure Simply drag and drop audio from the Audio List to a quick key and it will be placed To play the audio just click the quick key once and it will cue and play instantly into the player determined by the player drop down Quick Set The player drop down has players 1 to 4 or Any Free Player as an option Change this at any time PlayoutONE remembers the previous choice To save a quick key set you need to give it a name and then click the Save button This will save the quick set with that name If the set already exists then it will overwrite that quick key set You will not be prompted so be careful To move audio from one quick key to another you need to press the CTRL key and then drag the
25. line to AutoDJ you just need to click on the button This will add a blank line to the end of the list You can move lines around easily by clicking dragging and dropping the grey row header in the Position column so don t worry about lines being added to the end of the list Position Category Type Command Chain a Sweeper 4 v 0 s 131 Song 212 vi LL Sweeper 4 w A LIST 24 Song 212 vi Advert 6 v To set a line you can either choose a Category and or Type or a Command These are presented in drop down boxes to make selection easier This is where you would need to define any pre set commands that you want to use Position Category Type Command Chain a Sweeper 4 80 s 131 Song 212 v pP N Sweeper v 4 Y LIST 24 a Song A LIST 24 ALBUM 17 per 4 B LIST 0 J 212 S C LIST 1 CHRISTMAS SONGS 2 DANCE 2 MOVIE 7 EI b NEXT HOUR 0 SPICE 19 To H M Sis Sis S SS RS HITMARKER 59 50 STREAM LOAD http A iK Once you re happy with what you ve set you need to give the AutoD profile a name You do this by entering the name into the name drop down box and clicking Save If a profile of that name already exists then the profile will be updated with your changes If it doesn t already exist then it will be created To delete a profile you need to select it from the drop down box and click on
26. o for simplicity if an Oversweep item of 10 seconds in length is followed by an item with an intro of 5 seconds then the Oversweep will play for 5 seconds and then the following item will play as the Oversweep Fade PlayoutONE uses this to know how to end the item If Fade is ticked then the item will be faded to the fade settings If un ticked then it will not fade at the cross fade point and will play till its end AutoDJ Let the AutoDJ know that it can choose this item Playout NE The UID The UID stands for Unique Index and every audio item needs this to be populated If you don t enter one then it will automatically be filled in for you when you click Save You can also click the AutolD button and this will again be automatically filled in based on the very last UID currently in the system NOTE The UID can be a combination of letters numbers and characters up to 10 characters in length However when an AutolD is calculated it bases the next UID on numerical value only and it will see UID s like VT2000 as just 2000 10 Playout NE Ripping CDs PlayoutONE has a built in CD ripper to make getting CD audio into the system easier CD DVD Drive HL DT ST DVDRAM GT51N 1 00 03 47 TrackO1 Take On Me 03 36 TrackO2 Venus 04 25 TrackO3 Don t Leave Me This Way 03 38 TrackO4 Tell It To My Heart 03 32 TrackO5 Never Gonna Give You Up 03 41 Track06 We Close Our Eyes 03 40 Tr
27. oading and playing of the audio When audio reaches the trim out point it will eject automatically freeing up that player 1 7 Playout NE Player Controls gt Play loaded audio or if player is empty cue the next item on the playlist into this player il Pause the player I4 Recue the player to the Trim In point 4 Dump Fade the current playing item The fade time will be the time set in the PlayoutONE Settings Eject the player immediately Stops the playing audio straight away with no fade Players and the Playlist When the playlist is running it operates by finding the next free player when it needs to load items for playing Additional icons are available to you when a player is being used by the playlist 00 00 12 00 09 08 The Chain icon when yellow indicates that the audio on this player is marked by the playlist to play the following item when it reaches its end extro marker At any point you can change this by clicking on the icon to toggle its status The Fading icon when white indicates that the audio on this player is marked by the playlist to fade when it reaches its end extro marker or when the next item is triggered played At any point you can change this by clicking on the icon to toggle its status 18 Playout NE The Player Timers When audio plays the player timers have a few states and different colours The first timer is how much time has passed on the audio It also s
28. oint where the song has finished but is not fully complete It s from this point that the next item in the playlist would be started Also known as a crossfade point You can set this easily by clicking the Find Fade button to automatically find this point If you wish to change the threshold that this setting works at then you can find more in the Settings section Playout NE Audio Details In most cases if there is any meta data available in a file then it will be read by PlayoutONE on import and the corresponding fields will be automatically filled in for you Of course you can change these details if you so wish UID Auto ID Length 00 03 08 Year 2013 Over Fade Auto DJ v Title We Are One Artist FOG project Category ALIST Alt Category Type Song Filename DAMy Music In the End We Are One mp3 NOTE Each audio item can have two categories a main Category and an Alt Category and a Type These are available in dropdowns but if you want to add a new category or type then simply type the name of it into the box and it will automatically be added if it doesn t already exist Over Fade AutoD The tick boxes Over Fade and AutoD all help PlayoutONE determine certain actions when running a playlist Over The item will be treated as an Oversweep An Oversweep is audio that is played and the item following it is also played but the precise second the following item is played is calculated based on its Intro marker S
29. olbar This will open the Edit Audio window which will allow you make changes to the item you have selected Editing Audio 2050 Tired 2014 Radio Edit P cou lt a Hh a Save Set Trim In Set Intro Set Hook In Set Hook Out Set Extro Set Trim Qut Find Silence 00 00 00 29 zx 00 00 00 29 T 00 00 00 723 00 03 36 09 00 03 26 94 00 03 36 09 Cue Cue Cue Cue Cue Cue Find Fade UID 2050 Auto ID Length 0003 56 Year Over Fade Auto DJ Title Tired 2014 Radio Edit Artist FOG project Category A LIST Alt Category je Type Song 7 Filename DAMy Music Tired Tired 2014 Radio Edit FOG project mp3 Progress This window is exactly the same as when you re adding audio When you have made the changes and you re happy just click Save Playout NeE Bulk Audio Changes In addition to making individual changes you can also make bulk changes to audio items To do this you select the items you want on the Audio list This is done in using the standard Windows CTRL or SHIFT while clicking to multi select items When you have selected all the items you want then click the Bulk Changes button on the toolbar Bulk Changes Title Artist Category v Clear Category Alt Category Y Clear Alt Category Type i Clear Type Year Auto DJ Unchanged x Fade Unchanged v Regenerate Waveforms WARNING Can take a while Find Fade Point WARNING Can take a while
30. opens the file browser When you have found the piece of audio you want to import simply double click it PlayoutONE will now scan the file and build a waveform for it and if any meta data exists within the audio file it will be extracted and automatically put into the relevant fields for you to save you entering it You can normalise audio at any time by clicking the Normalise icon which will process the file resave it into the PlayoutONE audio folder and then rebuild the waveform This way your original files are left unchanged Navigating Audio To play the audio you need to click the button marked Play This will then play the audio from the desired point set using the white play position marker You can click on the big waveform at any time to alter the position in the audio There is also a scrolling waveform which you can click and drag to reposition the audio You can also jump to a markers position quickly by clicking the corresponding Cue button for that marker You can do this when the audio is stopped or playing To move to the previous or next audio item on the Audio List easily just use the corresponding arrow icons on the Edit Audio toolbar Playout NE Setting Markers You can set markers on a piece of audio which will tell PlayoutONE certain things about an item and how to behave when playing the item from a playlist Each marker is set by playing or positioning the white play position marker on th
31. r example PlayoutONE allows you to load a stream from the internet and play it out This can be used for syndicated news feeds or just to include an MP3 that may be hosted on the web If this URL never changes then in order to create a template AutoDJ profile that can be re used then a predefined command will aid this situation Predefined Commands EJ Command Parameters STREAM LOAD Add Command Parameters HITMARKER 05 00 HITMARKER 59 50 STREAM LOAD http video news sky com snr news snrnews mp3 STREAM PLAY WAIT 120 DD Save Cancel The predefined commands are based on PlayoutONE commands and to add one you simply choose a standard command from the dropdown enter the custom parameters like a URL from the STREAM LOAD command then click the Add button If you want to edit a command you ve already entered then just double click the command on the list and edit it You can remove predefined commands too by selecting the ones to remove and clicking the trash can button When you re happy with your changes then click Save and if you would like to cancel your changes then click Cancel 22 Commands Playout NE This is a list of playlist commands that PlayoutONE uses to aid the flow of your output Some commands take parameters but others just function straight Command Parameter STREAM LOAD URL STREAM PLAY STREAM STOP WAIT Number in seconds e g 120 DUMPFADE HITMARKER MM SS HH MM
32. r sections take place immediately so you GO ke wc ma wus can hear the changes as you make them zi 4 a LI Try playing some audio in a player whilst altering ux the settings and you will hear the effects omo s aJ 3 dh 10m 200 m 20 db Tol d rms When you re happy with the settings then simply v Enable Compressor Reset Compressor close the processing window BOH TH JIM 60QHz l1Khz Jkh Kha I2Khz 14 hh 16 Khz hig ele tle lt A che ct As we Say this is a basic compressor and equaliser Diii EE I If you need anything more comprehensive then you will need to add this into your audio chain further down the line 33 Playout NE PLAYLIST Playlists are the key to automation in PlayoutONE and can aid your programming in a really powerful way There are a few ways that PlayoutONE can work with playlists The quickest way to make a playlist is to drag and drop audio from the Audio window You can move items around on the playlist by clicking and dragging the row but on the UID column you want to move UID Airtime Title Artist Chain Length es 14 12 55 f You re in a Band e 0009 Qs Duos Take On Me A HA W 0329 192 There Must be an Angel Eurythmics v 04 16 237 14 20 49 Can You Hear Me Now M 00 07 316 14 20 56 Rhythm of the Night Corona v 03 22 Deleting items from the playlist is easy too You can multi select items on the playlist and click
33. s iTunes Media MusicColin Roy Unknown Album C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes MediaMusicF O G Project Bored E P C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes MediaMusicHOLICE So Beautiful EP CAUsers chris oakleyMusiciTunes iTunes Media Music HOLICE The Hoo EP C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music HOLICE Unknown Album CUsers schris oakleyMusiciTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album nm Add Folders Add all subfolders Tick this to search for audio in all sub folders of a folder you add Remove Audio Files CAUsersschris oakleyMusiciTunessiTunes MediaMusic Unknown Artist Unknown Album 5o Beautiful New Mix mp3 C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album So Beautiful 2011 mp3 Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album So Beautiful 2012 2 1 mp3 CAUserswchris oakley MusiciTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album Spells the Rainbow Reworked mp3 C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album Tired 2011 Uncut Edit mp3 C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown AlbumWe Are One FOG project mp3 CAUsersVchris oakleyMusiciTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artisti Unknown Album We Are One 12 inchj mp3 C Users chris oakley Music iTunes iTunes Media Music Unknown Artist Unknown Album Welcome to Earth mp3 Add Files Remove 48 Tired FOG project mp4
34. t with the current loaded playlists filename NOTE You won t be prompted if you want to overwrite the playlist Save Playlist as Date There s an alternate option to save the playlist easily as a date To do this you need to right click on the playlist and then from the popup menu choose Save Playlist as Date This will then give you a calendar where you can choose the date and hour you want the playlist to be saved as This playlist will be saved automatically in the playlist folder see settings Playlist Timing Whilst the playlist is running you will see the clocks on the main toolbar reflect the running time of the playlist Time Remaining is how long there is left on the current playlist Gap Time is how long there is left until the next time marker in the playlist if one exists If a time marker doesn t exist then Gap Time shows how long there is until the end of the playlist If it s red then the playlist is under time and if it s green then it s over time 36 PlayouteNE Activating the AutoD If you have created a previous AutoDJ template and you would like to use it to create your playlist then choose it from the drop down u amp 9 General E Once you have selected the AutoD profile you want then you need to click the slide button to switch it on ceneral Lex 9 P This will then populate your playlist with items picked by the AutoDJ See the AutoD section for more on setting
35. tarts by counting down to the intro mark if one is set Generally this timer is cyan but when counting down to the intro is it green Once this mark is passed it becomes cyan and starts counting up The second timer is how much time is remaining on the audio It counts down to the extro marker if one is set This timer is generally green but when it s the cue time see Settings away from the extro marker it will go red After the extro marker it will remain red and will then count down to the trim out point 19 PlayoutQNE CATEGORIES AND TYPES Category Manager You can create as many Categories as you want There is no limit You can get to the Category Manager by clicking on the icon on the main toolbar PP E MTE SAL The Category Manager is easy to use Category Manager mx Category Name Add Category Name CHRISTMAS SONGS DANCE MOVIE NEXT HOUR SPICE SWEEPER Save Cancel To create a new category enter its name in the Category Name box and click Add To edit an existing category double click it in the list and change its name there To remove categories select them in the list and click the trash can icon Once you re happy with your changes then click Save If you want to cancel your changes then click Cancel NOTE Categories assigned to audio items cannot be removed but their names can be changed You will be notified if you try to remove a category that is assigned 20
36. tecting silence and the extro fade point of audio Fade Time Pre Fade and Pre Fade to When a crossfade occurs between playlist audio PlayoutONE uses these settings to know how to affect the fading between audio Fade Time is the amount of time in milliseconds that it will take for an item to fade beyond its extro fade point Pre Fade is the time in milliseconds that it will take just prior to the extro fade point Pre Fade to is the volume percentage that PlayoutONE will fade to prior to starting from the extro fade point Determine that audio fades if difference between fade point and trim out are greater than This setting in milliseconds tells PlayoutONE how to determine if audio fades or has a cold short end to it This is used when importing via the mass importer or when the Find Fade button is clicked in the Edit Audio window 29 Playout NE Billooard Used if you want to output the current playing and coming next information to your hard drive network or FTP location Folder The folder where you want the billboard txt file to be created Send Billboard to server via FTP Instructs PlayoutONE to send the billboard txt to an FTP server using the following credentials FTP Host The host name e g ftp mydomain com FTP Port The port used by your FTP server Usually 27 FTP Username The username giving access to your FTP server FTP Password The password for the declared username FTP Folder The fold
37. to a UID all you need to do it click on the Audio list and then type in the UID on your keyboard If the UID exists it will jump to it as you type or to the nearest UID available Playout NE PLAYERS AND PLAYING AUDIO Central to the operation of PlayoutONE are the players There are 4 in total including a 5 stream playing device at the far end er d Is Love ADVERT 3 IN A BAND FULL Pale TAR Howard H ADVERT WEEPER Tears For Fears gt i ja l You can have these players set to individual audio sound devices or they can all go through the same device The players show details of the audio that is loaded into them and also a scrolling waveform and a full waveform You can use the waveforms to move through the audio Pale Shelter Tears For Fears i I4 t The scrolling waveform is like the one in the audio editor where you can click and drag it left and right The full waveform again like the audio editor responds to mouse clicks and repositions the playing position to where you have clicked Other information shown is the title of the item the artist the UID and the time played and time remaining Playing Audio Playing a piece of audio on a player is as simple as dragging and dropping from the Audio List the audio item you wish to play Audio is loaded instantly and if for some reason a waveform doesn t exist for that audio then it will be built then displayed with no delay to the l
38. type you have set as your command type These can then be dragged to the playlist or even fired from the Quick Keys 23 PlayouteNE AUTOD The AutoD in PlayoutONE is designed to help you build playlists and to take control of your output easily and with no fuss You can build as simply as you want or as comprehensively as you wish by choosing categories types and commands to structure the audio chosen by PlayoutONE You can build a playlist and save it or you can switch the AutoD on and leave it going Position Category 80 s 131 A LIST 24 MOVIE 7 ALBUM 17 80 s 131 90 s 21 80 s 131 Type Sweeper 4 Song 212 Sweeper 4 Song 212 Advert 6 Sweeper 4 Song 212 song 212 Sweeper 4 song 212 Song 212 Command vi vi vi vi v Vv iv vi amp Sweeper 4 HITMARKER 59 50 STREAM LOAD http A KI IS I lt Advert 6 You can choose a combination of categories and types on a line or a command Commands over ride categories and types so bear that in mind when building your templates In the above example you can see that we re specifying songs with specific category selections The number in the brackets lets you know how many items are attributed to that category or type To determine the rotation rules for items you need to set them on the Types See the Types section to find out how 24 PlayouteNE Adding Lines To add a
39. up a profile templates NOTE As items on the playlist diminish and reach the threshold set by the option Items to keep on the playlist in the Settings window it will trigger a refresh of the AutoDJ and further items will be added to the end of the playlist from the current AutoD profile selected Playlist Creator If you need to work on a playlist that isn t the current playlist then you can do so using the Playlist Creator You can open the Playlist Creator by right clicking on the playlist window and selecting Open Playlist Creator from the popup menu The Playlist Creator is just like the main playlist window You can load and save playlists and even record voicetracks and use the segue editor to tighten links You can t use the Playlist Creator as the main playlist as that s not its function In order to run playlists managed in the Playlist Creator you would need to save the playlist or press the Play button to transfer it to the main playlist window 37 Playout NE Recording Voicetracks To record a voicetrack into the playlist you need to click to select the item on the playlist which will follow your voicetrack in the flow of your programming When you ve chosen where the voicetrack should be positioned then click the Record Voicetrack icon at the foot of the playlist window This is the icon that takes the form of a microphone This begins playing the final 10 seconds of audio of the item before your voicetr
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