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Members Photos => BriansBrain's Photos => Topic started by: BriansBrain on November 30, 2020, 11:49:54 AM
My Radio Brian is a Fully Automated Radio Station
(https://i.ibb.co/CQ8vxd9/Radio-Brian-s-Card.jpg) (https://ibb.co/x6LGVvg)
I use a program called Auto-Jock, I wrote it myself in Microsoft VB6,
it's the main program on the left, the ones on the right are Broadcast Breakaway
and PPM meters are free from https://darkwooddesigns.co.uk/
(https://i.ibb.co/ZJ77HPR/A-J-Breakaway-Screen.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fSLL85V)
Brian currently he has 32,806 music files in the system.
However, he can only use 6,733 of them, chosen by myself.
The system automatically makes a continuous random playlists.
Restrictions are currently set at...
No Repeat Track within 18 days.
No Repeat Title in playlist within +/- 80 tracks.
No Repeat Artiste in playlist within +/- 40 tracks.
(https://i.ibb.co/7XZZbWL/Brian-s-6733-Tracks-19-11-202.jpg) (https://ibb.co/56SS28w)
Each of the music tracks are imported into the Audio Data Editor one by one.
This will calculate its exact playing time plus it's -db (Volume) reduction playback level.
Then you can manually Set the Intro and Outro times plus any other data you want.
(https://i.ibb.co/VjNZp99/Auto-Jock-ADE.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
Voice Tracking in Auto-Jock is called 'Overlays'
Audio files are made using Speech Synthesizers
Number of 'Overlays' in the bank @ Nov 2020
Artiste general Intros = 15,254
Individual song Intros = 21,200
Tracks Year Intro's = 2,865
Individual song Outros = 6,944
General Intros / Outros = 18,966
Categories: Idents, Xmas, Chuck Norris, Spanish,
Facts, 18+, Lyrics etc, plus plenty of humorous ones.
Selection is fully automatic controlled by the Overlay Bank
which also provides playing track(s) Volume Ducking.
*NOTE* Overlays have a setting of 28 days No Repeat
(https://i.ibb.co/nBGVC02/Overlay-Bank.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f9gKvSR)
There are seven possible voice tracking variants of the ''Overlay Bank'' system in my Auto-Jock.
Using the same Song 1 and seven different ones for Song 2.
The 'Cue Tone' and 'Vocals Start' (Intro) signals come in from the main Left / Right Players.
*Settings Note* ... ''Delay Play'' = ON
Ducking... Attack: 0.4s - Release: 0.4s
Minimum Outro -to- Intro Time: 1.5s
Including Ducking Attack & Release
The ducking -db is added to the -db of the playing songs (Players top right hand corner)
Voice tracking files are selected fully automatically.
Example from yesterdays 16hr play log...
Intros
Artist+Title Set: 20% - Count: 089 = Per Hour: 5.47
Artist Set: 20% - Count: 081 = Per Hour: 4.98
Year Set: 30% - Count: 008 = Per Hour: 0.49
Random Set: 100% - Count: 034 = Per Hour: 2.09
Outros
Track Set: 12% - Count: 025 = Per Hour: 1.54
Random Set: 90% - Count: 153 = Per Hour: 9.41
Total : 390
(https://i.ibb.co/BCz1HwV/Brian-s-Voice-Tracking.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sVmBptv)
This is the Scheduler, used it insert time checks, adverts, on the half hour jokes etc:
Note Xmas track get inserted automatically over the season either one or two per hour.
(https://i.ibb.co/c2ZVyQB/Interjector-Xmas-Started.jpg) (https://ibb.co/h24wgV6)
This is Samatha's (Speech Synthesizer) automatic weather condition reader system.
(https://i.ibb.co/PDjMpbs/Weather-System.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
This is the main Text-to-Speech program.
(https://i.ibb.co/xGBQdCD/Brian-s-TTS.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XpKTM2b)
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I get up in the morning at 7:45am and turn on the Transmitter.
Turn ''Brian ON'' and start him running on Autorun, then turn his monitor OFF.
He runs automatically without any input for 16hrs :whistle
The next time I turn on Brian's ''Monitor'' ON is 23:55
I then select a nice slow track to play after his ''Midnight Speech''
And then turn the Autorun OFF
I then go up on the big flat roof were the transmitter room is located and the antenna mast.
Have a walk around with my radio looking out over the listener area all lit up, it looks beautiful.
Go inside when the song has finished and there is Dead Air.
I then turn the transmitter OFF and go down and turn ''Brian OFF''.
He has been running 16hrs a day every day for the last year and a half :)
wow...that is very impressive John. Especially the writing your own Auto-Jock program.
So now you've done that what's next :scratchhead
Quote from: Dave on December 01, 2020, 03:17:27 PM
wow...that is very impressive John. Especially the writing your own Auto-Jock program.
So now you've done that what's next :scratchhead
All the pictures are of programs I made myself not just AJ :yes
What's next :scratchhead
Mmmmmmm don't know... ::)
I think this could be my last challenge in life ;)
I'm 70 next year :lol
Quote from: BriansBrain on December 02, 2020, 10:59:34 AM
All the pictures are of programs I made myself not just AJ :yes
That's very impressive John
Quote from: BriansBrain on December 02, 2020, 10:59:34 AM
What's next :scratchhead
Mmmmmmm don't know... ::)
I think this could be my last challenge in life ;)
I'm 70 next year :lol
Your only a couple of years in front of me and I'm not giving up anytime soon :jumpy :lol