Radio Brian's - Automation Software

[BriansBrain]

My Radio Brian is a Fully Automated Radio Station



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/



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.



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.



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



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



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.



This is Samatha's (Speech Synthesizer) automatic weather condition reader system.



This is the main Text-to-Speech program.


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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 

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 

[Dave]

wow...that is very impressive John. Especially the writing your own Auto-Jock program.

So now you've done that what's next 

[BriansBrain]

wow...that is very impressive John. Especially the writing your own Auto-Jock program.

So now you've done that what's next 

All the pictures are of programs I made myself not just AJ

What's next 

Mmmmmmm don't know... 

I think this could be my last challenge in life 

I'm 70 next year 

[Dave]

All the pictures are of programs I made myself not just AJ

That's very impressive John

What's next 

Mmmmmmm don't know... 

I think this could be my last challenge in life 

I'm 70 next year 

Your only a couple of years in front of me and I'm not giving up anytime soon