On 07/11/13 23:06, Peter van Embden wrote:
Hello,
* Is it possible to time an event backwards?
yes
* Is it possible to not start a new record when the clock is about
to end within a minute? Instead of a song, I'd rather have drone
and/or station promo.
yes
* It is possible to download the news automatically, but is it
also possible to let a bed play "under" the news? And that the
newsfile is leading, so the bed will stop playing as soon as the
news is over and it's time for the next event.
yes yes
* Does Rivendell have a commercialplanner? Or is there another way
to deal with commercials in a clock?
no, yes
* We work with volunteers only, who will not always be able to
broadcast live (mainly shows in the evening). Those people
record their shows in advance. Sometimes at home, sometimes in
the studio. This question has some points:
o Is Rivendell able to record the mixer in studio while it
is off air?
yes
o If someone records his/her show at home (or at the studio
without using Rivendell) with Audacity or so, and saves
the file to a certain location, can I program Rivendell to
automatically start that file?
in a word yes
o Is it possible to use Rivendell to voicetrack a show with
own musicfiles? E.g. user inserts USB-drive into
Rivendell-machine and inserts his music into a playlist or
a certain time in the playlist (where his show will be
broadcasted).
own music files get loaded in to system, but yes
* Does Rivendell use the original audio files, or puts them in a
database of its own?
files are saved as wav [or mpeg2] Data is saved in database.
* As I told in the introduction, the studio already runs Linux and
everyone had his/her own login. Where does Rivendell get/store
the login-data? Or, as I was told to ask, is Rivendell PAM? What
does it use for user-database/authenitifcation method?
linux login can give access to 1 or more rivendell users depending on
your needs; each user can have more or less access
* We do not want everybody to f*ck up the whole schedule (we work
with volunteers, some are just plain stupid or really like to
mess around, because they don't care). How do I prevent my users
from being able to edit the main playlist or other scheduled
events? In the system we use now, everyone is able to "skip the
news" (most people don't know this, or don't know how to this,
but it is possible for every user). I don't want this to be able
to happen anymore.
you can control who has access to everything. total absolute.
* We have 3 (in the future 4) types of programmes: Non-stop,
live-assist and pre-recorded (voicetracking will be added as
soon as we are able to do so). Nobody (except admin, of course)
will be able to mess with non-stop. Is it possible to let
non-stop play from a server and switch to live-assist when
programmed? I mean, it is possible to switch the mixer on-air
and off-air, isn't it? Let's say it's saturdaymorning and
non-stop will be playing untill 8.00. After that, we have the
news, traffic, commercials, promo's and Top of the Hour, and
then a live-assist show starts. From that moment on, the mixer
will have to be On-Air, but the host will need a log to be
loaded with the music and item jingles he needs. In which he
will have to be able to skip and add certain audio. But at
around 9.00 the news will have to overrule whatever is
happening, without the host being able to interfere.
you can arrange this: Taking the mixer out of circuit will involve an
external switch which takes the audio card output and routes it to the
stage after the mixer in the programme chain.
* Does Rivendell have a silence-detector? If it's silent for more
than a certain time, something should start playing! Can
Rivendell automatically build an "emergency playlist" to fill a gap?
NO
* Can a macro-command als load a certain soundboard? So at the
start of every hour (of at the start of an event) the specific
soundboard for that show will be loaded.
yes
* I haven't been able to figure out how voicetracking works, due
to I have tested it on a laptop (installed Linux onto a
USB-drive, works fine and Windows still works on the internal
HDD) with a very simple soundcard, but I figure it has the
possibility to adjust segue-points for that one time?
yes
* When a show is using live-assist, is it possible to "group"
audio? So that after a talk, the host can just start a jingle
and walk away, because Rivendell "non-stops" a song (or 2)
afterwards until the next talk?
no you need to go to auto for that
* If this is possible, is it then possible to manually fine-tune
the mixing of the group? If you have ever worked with Dalet or
PC-Radio, you'll know what i mean.
the question excludes the answer you need which is yes you can fine tune
the final mix
Allright, it were quite some more questions than I predicted, but if
all of these are answered positively, I can start installing Rivendell
in the studio, start building a playlist (gotta love that part, NOT)
and let the radiostation switch to Rivendell before 2014. Thank you
for your time!
Kind regards,
Peter van Embden
Radio Capelle, The Netherlands
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