No problem, that's what we are here for. As a side note, considering you are wanting such finite control of your station might I suggest looking into the Music1 Scheduling system, works easily with SAM4 and allows a finite control of your station, down to the minute.
James Henline. Help Desk Manager Development Manager Spacial Audio Solutions LLC. 972-739-6420 ext: 110 www.audiorealm.com www.spacialnet.com www.spacialaudio.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, contains information from SpacialAudio Solutions LLC., which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including attachments. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Hughes Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [General-discussion] Playlist Rules Yes it does Jim, to the most part. There is just more to it - than throwing a bunch of songs in a category. You still need to weigh your song counts and consider your rotation rules. I just wish there was a formula somewhere to do that for you. If I spread the album rule to high, I may not get some of the other songs to play, that might normally come up in rotation. I appreciate the insight and explanation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spacial" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:31 PM Subject: RE: [General-discussion] Playlist Rules > Going to knock these out line by line here. > > " Sort of a dumb question... :) If you have 1000 songs in a category, does > SAM actually parse the entire category to find a song to play that fits > the > rules?" > > SAM will start at the top of the list and run through each song till it > finds one, if song number two fits the criteria, SAM stops looking. > > As for your example there, If you change the rules (via PAL), then those > rules are in place until changed again. Simple as that. Any song chosen > after those rules were changed will be based on those rules. > > " If I extend the rules (album or track) I may not have a song that > actually > ever will meet the criteria. " > > This is correct, this is why you need to make sure to keep a good healthy > selection. > > "Do I need to move some of these songs to a new category?" > > That won't help as it will simply thin the already thin heard. > > Hope this helps. > > > James Henline. > Help Desk Manager > Development Manager > Spacial Audio Solutions LLC. > www.audiorealm.com > www.spacialnet.com > www.spacialaudio.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, contains > information from SpacialAudio Solutions LLC., which may be confidential or > privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the > individual > or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware > that > any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this > information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, > please > notify the sender immediately by "reply to sender only" message and > destroy > all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including > attachments. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Hughes > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [General-discussion] Playlist Rules > > Sort of a dumb question... :) If you have 1000 songs in a category, does > SAM > actually parse the entire category to find a song to play that fits the > rules? > > Also, if you set rules (in a PAL) that has different rules for each > category, does that set of rules pertain to just that category, until the > rule is changed on another category? > > Example: > > If I have a rule for 90 minutes separation on tracks for the Power Hit > category, then have 120 minutes separation on the Heavy Rotation category > ... will SAM actually use the new (120 minutes) rule for that category? > > Am I correct in assuming that the 120 minute rule will stay in place until > it is actually changed again (as the PAL runs again and hits the Power > category? > > I am having difficulty with, what appears to be, SAM only going so far > into > a category to find a song. Now if you have so many songs in a category, > that > over a couple days, SAM only needs to go half way to find a song that fits > the rules, how do I get the rest to be played? > > If I extend the rules (album or track) I may not have a song that actually > ever will meet the criteria. > > Do I need to move some of these songs to a new category? > > Enough questions for this message. :) :) > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' > > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' > _______________________________________________ General-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to [email protected] with the subject 'unsubscribe'
