IMO, this reaches a point where human intervention becomes necessary; to look at the log, "hum" the transitions to yourself, and iron out the ones you don't think are going to work.
Having said that, are you already doing this: code your uptempo and ballad songs as such, create events such as "UP TUNE" (or similar) that points to the desired category, put the UP event first in the hour and the slow sweeper and the Ballad event together every time in the hourly clock and go. This is how, on a broader level, a lot of us do "All '80s" or "Beatle Brunch" hours, by surgically selecting the music using the codes. If you want to back-announce tunes by certain artists, I'd use the voicetracker and just do it fresh on a daily or weekly basis (if the tunes are scheduled that far in advance). There's "studio presence", and then there's "artistic presentation". Since a VxTrack session can take only about 20 minutes, my vote would be for the latter. Anything much more than this - again IMO - you'd need an external scheduler. Several buyout ones that are out there are a decent value. AP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Atkins" <[email protected]> To: "Mail List Rivendell" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:41:57 AM Subject: [RDD] Scheduler Codes Hello all, First off, thanks for the education received while sampling your wisdom on all things Rivendell and radio. In terms of programming flow, I appreciate the scheduler for it's ability to protect elements of each event on a clock (such as tempo, gender, current hits, etc.) I'm curious though about an important rules setting. If I can tell the system "Do Not Schedule After", I'd also like to be able to have a setting on the order of " Always Schedule After". For example, I'd like to begin the hour with an uptempo song. Or, better yet, I'd like to make sure a down-tempo sweeper is followed by a calm ballad. This could also apply to key matching jingles leading into the next song. Oh, here's another idea: If I create an artist code, could I then follow it with a back announce cart for that artist? It could fill in between presenters to at least suggest a studio presence. Just wondering if someone's come up with a work around (without importing from another scheduler). As always, many thanks for your insight! Steve _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
