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Running a small scale radio station is expensive, whether its a local commerical, community or even an internet based broadcast, to get things right and sounding great, broadcasters and radio makers must invest in their technology and infrastructure. Those that are serious about radio do not skimp on software and technology, prefering to choose professional applications over those designed for home, “bedroom DJ” use.

What broadcasters and radio station operators seem to often forget however is that great radio is not just about your software provision, its not just about your choice of playout software. Much of what you do is based in the back end of the broadcast and starts with scheduling.

We have discussed already the virtues of “shuffle scheduling” using packages such as Powergold but what if, the station you are operating can not afford the sky high prices of RCS Selector, or if you don’t need the features offered by Powergold? Well there are a couple of buy out options that “do the job” Natural Music is one option and Music1 is another, both are buy out, both will squirt logs into your playout system (well they will into ENCO at least) but they both have draw backs, the most noticeable is that they are not integrated.

Integrated scheduling is by far the most effective method of managing your on-air sound. Integrated scheulers build your music logs, based on exactly what is in your audio library. There is no need to add information into multiple locations, as with ENsemble from ENCO, what you add to your DAD or Prsenter system, is automatically added into ENsemble for immediate scheduling.

ENsemble scheduling doesn’t cost as much as you would think either, with all of the tools and power, right in your playout system, there is no need for the smaller broadcaster to waste inordinate amounts of money any longer on external scheduling packages such as Selector, which do no more than pick songs from a database anyway. ENsemble is packaged with DAD, ready to go. Its a buy-out application so you have no on-going costs. you can manage your budget and do what is important to keep you station alive… make money.

As with all ENCO software, we believe your package, playout and studio back end, should be an asset to your station, giving to you every day and NOT a drain on your resources, constantly draining your pockets.

ENsemble, is scheduling made easy.  Find out more by clicking here

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Have you ever felt constrained by where you can report from and how much gear you had to take with you? Have you ever wanted to control your DAD system from the road, literally? ENCO presents iDAD and interchange, a pair of tools that free those bonds and enable your system like never before. Now you can make the world your studio.

iDAD is a mobile application for the ENCO DAD and Presenter audio automation studio systems designed initially for the wildly popular iPhone, iPod Touch and brand new iPad tablet device from Apple. iDAD allows your news reporters and announcers to record, label and then send audio from the mobile device directly to their DAD or Presenter automation systems for timely playback using interchange.

iDAD also features a remote control function which allows easy control of a DAD or Presenter system from the mobile device using a simple array of buttons that represent various user definable DAD Command Language (DCL) based functions.

Most DAD networks are well isolated from the internet, and typically for good reason. That’s why we created interchange, the device that provides a safe and secure link from the outside world (iDevices, remote PC’s, etc.) to your DAD network. It is a simple 1RU rack mounted

network appliance with three connectors (power, two network ports). The browser based configurator allows you to easily configure your interchange.

interchange also provides the framework for a number of upcoming “remote oriented” features & products that we’re working on, plus you can run PADapult and a number of additional DAD utilities on the unit allowing you to have a powerful ‘utility players’ on your DAD team. Your investment in interchange will continue to pay divi

dends with new field upgradable optional features in interchange that can be easily added to your system as they become available.

You can have as many of the no charge iDAD apps as you wish (available now from the iTunes App Store), so you can outfit your entire staff if you’d like. You control the access and security though the interchange.

It’s the perfect combination of power, convenience, access and security that lets you take show on the road to anywhere. With iDAD and interchange, the World Is Your Studio.

In order to meet the needs of new and existing community radio stations, Special Media Projects are launching a new packaged range of broadcast software and hardware. Simple to use, easy to install and extremely powerful. The new packages, based on the award winning ENCO DAD and ENCO Presenter software are game changers for community radio – at a great price too!

Professional software for people serious about quality broadcasts.

The exclusive pricing is available to Community, Hospital, Education and small scale internet broadcasters.

See our community radio page at www.specialmediaprojects.co.uk for further information.

With 2012 in full swing, now is a great time to re evaluate your software provision, is it performing for you in the way it should? That is to say, is your current software giving you all of the features you need and want, while remaining cost effective? Is your software costing you a fortune each month?

If you, like we understand most of the broadcast industry to be, are paying an extortionate fee for playout software and scheduling each month, now is the time to look at your spending and whether it is a necessary expense you need in a recession.

2012 is set to be a year of recovery, so why not expedite that recovery more quickly, lining your pockets with silver, rather than your suppliers.

Our software solutions lead the world in terms of features and power, while remaining cost effective and affordable. We do not charge a mandatory monthly fee, or tax on playout, we keep our costs low and our features high, ensuring that you have the most powerful playout solution on the market today.

For a free evaluation on your broadcast playout, talk to us today. We are here for you, to save you money and help make your business the most successful it can be.

Cost effective yet powerful. Airscribe V2 has now been released. Designed with radio jounalists in mind, the software package does everything a modern radio and online newsroom requires and a whole bunch more.

publish your stuff to the web and let you read a bulletin off the screen with the audio all built in? Don’t want to pay every month for the rest of your life for it? Want dedicated support and development of the product, free updates with new features and the ability to file stuff from other sites, via email or on your mobile? You probably need AirScribe – and it’s available, right now.

Create local copy and attach audio to stories for your local site and other sites in your network. File in unlimited categories or genres

search back through your entire history with no need to worry about archiving

email stories in or from your mobile browser.

Get the latest from your IRN feed, with audio ready attached plus limitless RSS and other feeds.

A ‘live feed’ constantly updates with the latest copy filed, wherever it’s filed from.

Tag incoming stories to flag up locally relevant articles. Quickly include national stories in bulletins along with their audio.

When you’re ready, compile your bulletin and read it from the screen, or print it out if you want.

Reach out and publish bits of what you’ve done to Twitter & Audioboo. Publish your content to your website. Tag copy and keep a record of what’s broadcast and compile reports from tags – useful for pending periods. Easily get your content to air and the web.