hour long DJ mixes advice?
Posted: 23 Aug 2020 15:19
Hello all
Hope you are all coping through these crazy times and i will say a big thank you in advance if you can assist in the below
I have tried to search and read through the forum to find the correct answers however, im stuck and i couldnt find anything relevant to my situation.
When i started my radio station, I went the winamp route. Easy to use, free and i was up and running in 1 day and it was great.
The station progressed and its far more advanced hence, I needed a better solution then Winamp's basic offering so i read some reviews and ProppFrexx seemed to be the best. So i bit the bullet and jumped in.
Its clearly a lot to take in however, i love the advanced features and i think that having your system will let me grow even bigger and better and i am grateful to be onboard.
The biggest issue i had with winamp was the fact that playlist function was really basic. I was never in complete control around scheduling DJ Mixes and let me choose when the correct start and end times were. I was playing guessing games around start and stop times and well, it ended up taking up way to much of my time as i can only do 24 hours in advance.
Your Scheduling function its clearly a winner and im just trying to get my head around this. i watched your tutorial on the subject and i have a few questions specific to my set up.
1. DJ mixes are sent to me in random time frames, usually 30m, 60m, 90m slots. From my understanding, if i use the "fixed" function and set the start and stop times for a specific "show name" then this will override what ever the DJ mix is correct? (so for example a DJ mix is 67 minutes long but i only want it to run for 57 minutes and leave 3 minutes for ads then the system will automatically cut this off) am i on the right track here?
2. I have more mixes for some DJS then others, and thus, some DJS get more airtime. Some DJs will get a reoccurring show daily and others weekly. I want to create a weekly time slot for all DJS and then have these reoccurring, is there a way for the program to play the DJ mixes that are in file explorer from say oldest to newest (via date and time) and then continue to play a new DJ mix each occurrence automatically as i add more DJ mixes organically (as they send these to me) ? is this possible or do i have to change the DJ mix manually?
Sorry if these questions have already been asked/answered - i did try and search but i couldnt find anything specific to pre-loaded DJ mixes, everything seemed to point to single MP3s
The Aim of my station now is to offer stable, hourly shows starting on the hour, every hour and play a simple break add the end before the new mix plays. This way i can grow an audience base that understand that the show will always be playing at the correct time each and every week or day or month. at the moment its a mess and i know that my investment into this program can fix it!!
thank you again
Tony
Hope you are all coping through these crazy times and i will say a big thank you in advance if you can assist in the below
I have tried to search and read through the forum to find the correct answers however, im stuck and i couldnt find anything relevant to my situation.
When i started my radio station, I went the winamp route. Easy to use, free and i was up and running in 1 day and it was great.
The station progressed and its far more advanced hence, I needed a better solution then Winamp's basic offering so i read some reviews and ProppFrexx seemed to be the best. So i bit the bullet and jumped in.
Its clearly a lot to take in however, i love the advanced features and i think that having your system will let me grow even bigger and better and i am grateful to be onboard.
The biggest issue i had with winamp was the fact that playlist function was really basic. I was never in complete control around scheduling DJ Mixes and let me choose when the correct start and end times were. I was playing guessing games around start and stop times and well, it ended up taking up way to much of my time as i can only do 24 hours in advance.
Your Scheduling function its clearly a winner and im just trying to get my head around this. i watched your tutorial on the subject and i have a few questions specific to my set up.
1. DJ mixes are sent to me in random time frames, usually 30m, 60m, 90m slots. From my understanding, if i use the "fixed" function and set the start and stop times for a specific "show name" then this will override what ever the DJ mix is correct? (so for example a DJ mix is 67 minutes long but i only want it to run for 57 minutes and leave 3 minutes for ads then the system will automatically cut this off) am i on the right track here?
2. I have more mixes for some DJS then others, and thus, some DJS get more airtime. Some DJs will get a reoccurring show daily and others weekly. I want to create a weekly time slot for all DJS and then have these reoccurring, is there a way for the program to play the DJ mixes that are in file explorer from say oldest to newest (via date and time) and then continue to play a new DJ mix each occurrence automatically as i add more DJ mixes organically (as they send these to me) ? is this possible or do i have to change the DJ mix manually?
Sorry if these questions have already been asked/answered - i did try and search but i couldnt find anything specific to pre-loaded DJ mixes, everything seemed to point to single MP3s
The Aim of my station now is to offer stable, hourly shows starting on the hour, every hour and play a simple break add the end before the new mix plays. This way i can grow an audience base that understand that the show will always be playing at the correct time each and every week or day or month. at the moment its a mess and i know that my investment into this program can fix it!!
thank you again
Tony