Edit Shell

Each shell consists of 24 hours labeled in military time from 0 (midnight) to 23 (11PM).

There is also an indication of which tempo policy is active in each hour of the shell. 

Set the tempo number to 0 to exempt that shell hour from tempo policies.

For more on tempo policies click HERE

 

This Edit Shell window allows users to insert:

a) Specific Audio files by Cut number.

b) Audio files from the categories (usually Music files)

c) Commands (Stop Set Slot Commands, Music Slot Commands, or any other command cut including satellite commands and the end of hour sync.

d) MultiCut Carts (sometime called Carts or Rotators) allowing multiple cuts to play with a single item entry.

Adding events to this Edit Shell window is straightforward

Users need to think of the Line Items placed in a sequential order that would replicate the desired programming.

This Log List will, in essence, build and produce programming that generates the "Sound of the Radio Station". 

It will become the OnAir log when you create a schedule from the shell..

 

This Log List window is fully Drag & Drop.

If things aren't on the Log List as you want them, simply Drag an event / Line Item by clicking and holding down the left mouse button on a Line Item or event and moving it to where you want it.

This button pulls up the window below allowing you to select any audio file in the database.

You can also put a cut number in the search box and click Search.

Click the cut and click the select button to insert it in the shell.

 

One other feature to note here is Exact Time.

If you put a time (MMSS) in the box, the item will Cue To Be Next at that time in the hour.  This is good for an item before a StopSet to keep the playlist on track.

 

If you check the Enable box and put a time (MMSS) in the box, the item will play at EXACTLY that time in the hour and stop the currently playing item and skip any unplayed items between the current item and the Exact Time item.  This is useful for joining a sporting event or remote at the correct time.

 

This button pulls up the window below allowing you to select a category for the scheduler to fill.

 

This button pulls up the window below allowing you to select any Command Cut.

 

If you are using 3rd Party Music or Traffic you can insert the commands to "catch" the info from the MUS or TRAF file.

You can read more about Importing External Traffic HERE

You can read more about Importing External Music HERE

This button pulls up the window below allowing you to select any Multi Cut Cart to enter in the shell.

 

This button will copy the currently selected line item and place it in the clipboard.

 

This button will paste the contents of the clipboard at the selected point in the shell and it pushes the selected cut down. 

The button will be grayed out and inaccessible unless the copy button has been used.

 

This shows which line has been copied and will be pasted if you use the paste button or says "Nothing" if you haven't copied.

This button will delete the selected line item.

Each hour uses one of nine tempo policies.  For more about tempo policies click HERE

Clicking this button will cause the software to analyze the various categories scheduled in the current hour, the day from 6A  to 6P, and the entire day.

Once you have a working hour, you can copy the hour to the clipboard just like you can with a line item.

Clicking this button will paste the copied hour over the selected hour.

This makes it very fast to duplicate hours that repeat.

You can even copy an hour from one shell, close that shell and open another, and then paste it into the other shell.

 

This indicator shows which shell number and hour number has been copied for later pasting or says "Nothing" if you haven't copied yet.

Closes the current shell and exits back to the Hour Shell Editor.