Description

D&R AIRCAST play-out radio software

 

AIRCAST-STD Package:

– This is the license for 1 user.

– The user can locally (on his own PC) create a music database.

– The user can log-on a PC that has an Aircast STD-DB license and use the music that is stored on

  that PC.

 

Aircast 7.0 (newest version) is built around a reliable, fully customizable playout engine, with automation and live assist mode, skinnable user interface, a built-in, touch-screen friendly, multi-tab cartwall, and Voice-Tracking support.

It features a Playlist, Cartwall, Cue Editor, Mix editor, events, screen objects and file logging. Voice Tracking, mixdown and scripting are standard.

D&R Aircast 7.0 is a light-weight, full-featured radio automation system for Microsoft Windows.

It is targeted at small and medium-sized stations and for both terrestrial and Internet-based broadcast. It offers features often only found in some high priced, high-end professional packages.

Aircast 7.0 was designed to be as flexible and customizable as possible.

It works with standard PC hardware, supports virtually any soundcard and offers an unbelieveable smooth integration with our Webstation, Airlite, Airence , Airlab-DT, AXITE and AXUM mixers.

 

Features

– Playlist, Cartwall, Cue Editor, Mix Editor, events, screen

  objects, file logging

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– Stream/line-in playback, special playlist items,

  layout/skin, HTTP/SQL logging

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– Voice tracking, mixdown, scripting

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– Built-in Shoutcast/Icecast compatible streaming encoder

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– VST, Winamp DSP

– Database and Scheduling (standalone/local mode),

  music scheduling

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– Ad scheduler, log import from 3rd party music/traffic

  schedulers, voice tracking.

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– Use one STD-DB license as the “server” (and playout)

  and multiple STD (non-DB) or VT license as the clients.

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– Hotkeys, gamepad/joystick, IO-Warrior, MIDI, Velleman.

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– Remote Control  for digital Broadcast Mixers  –

MambaNet only​

 

new features within the new version 7.0

– Redesigned playlist GUI.

– WASAPI is now the default audio output method.

– DirectSound is still supported but only in “application level mixing” mode with higher latency.

– Layout Designer: Screen Objects are now using IDs that indicate their type.

– DB: Scheduler: Attribute filters starting with ~ will now be regarded  as regular expressions.

– Built-in Dark Mode.

– Live skin editing.

– Redesigned Audio Routing configuration with improved identification/testing and built-in

  repair function when device IDs change after Windows updates.

– Built-in sine wave and pink noise generator; use Stream playlist items, enter URL as “sine:

  <freq>[,level[,samplerate]]” or “pink:[level]”.

– Redesigned System Log with automatic archiving function and built-in viewer.

– DB: Unified configuration interface for all network/SQL databases.

– DB: Built-in user and group management for local and SQL databases; no longer uses SQL

roles for user management. Default login is the “admin” user with password “admin” which

  can be changed in the database connection  properties. Additional users/groups are managed

  from the DB app Administration menu. DBServer application does not have a user database of

  its own anymore but uses the one from the database.

– DB: New “Inbox” button in DB app, will check a configurable folder for new audio files, then

import and delete them.

– DB: Advertising: Ability to specify manual blocks (by date/hour/block) for campaigns, in

  addition to the weekly schedule WASAPI: New “Windows Default Device” setting; will

  automatically follow when you switch to a different device in Windows sound settings.

– WASAPI: Automatic recovery when devices are disconnected and reconnected.

– WASAPI: Newly connected devices can be used without restarting the software.

– DB: New “Auto-Repair” function in storage sync dialog.

– DB: Transitions: “Artist must match” option (used to schedule Station IDs).

– DB: Optimized SQL queries [*]

– DB: Database schema updated to 25.

– New item type: Automatic File Container.

– New screen object: Web Browser (requires Edge and WebView2 runtimes).

– Sound processing can now be used on soundcard output/input level.

– Redesigned progress dialogs – Various GUI fixups and improvements.

– ASIO: Simplified input/output channel configuration.

– Updated BASSmix to 2.4.11.1

– Updated Virtual Treeview to 7.6.1

– Re-implemented IOWarrior remote control based on hidapi.dll

– Re-implemented Ember+ Consumer remote control.

 

Why would you choose Aircast….? Here are som really good reasons!

Playout

Aircast 7.0 is built around a reliable, fully customizable playout engine, with automation and live assist mode, skinnable user interface, a built-in, touch-screen friendly, multi-tab cartwall, and Voice-Tracking support.

It features a Playlist, Cartwall, Cue Editor, Mix editor, events, screen objects and file logging. Voice Tracking, mixdown and scripting are standard.

 

​Database and Scheduling

Manage your audio files and playlist logs through Aircast Data Base, the built-in, network-enabled audio library (in version STD-DB).

It has built-in music scheduling, and can also import playlists from various 3rd-party scheduling software.

 

Studio Integration

With its various built-in remote control options such as hotkeys, gamepad/joystick, I/O warrior, Midi, Velleman, Aircast integrates perfectly with your professional studio equipment.

Direct control of many functions by D&R’s own remote control protocol is also built in.

 

Streaming

The built-in streaming encoder feeds Shoutcast and Icecast servers, even from server hardware with no physical audio devices.

Winamp and VST plugins can be used for sound processing. With the Multi Instance option, you can run dozens of playouts from the same machine.

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Playlist with Live Assist and Automation mode

The playlist contains all audio files that are going to be broadcasted during your show.

These audio items are handled by the main players – either

started manually (live assist mode) or automatically (automation mode).

You can toggle between these modes at any time.

The number of main players is configurable. In a live studio, you will usually want to have at least two players – each assigned to a separate sound card output connected to a separate fader strip on your mixing console.

Aircast offers numerous features that makes the presenters’ lives easier, helping them to produce a perfect show.

For example, fix times are supported in Automation mode, so items can be started automatically at given times.

The anticipated starting times of all items are calculated and displayed continuously for perfect backtiming.

During the intro/ramp of a song, a large countdown is displayed.

 

 

Main Screen

Advanced Playout – Level 1

 

Stream and Line-In Rebroadcast

Using the “Stream” and “Live Feed” playlist items, you can rebroadcast Shoutcast/Icecast streams, or any audio signal coming in via the line input of your sound card.

Special playlist items

In addition to ordinary audio files, Aircast supports a number of special items that can be added to the playlist, e.g. dummy items (non-playable items that can contain texts, notes etc.) and containers (virtual items that contain an arbitrary number of other items – useful for ad breaks that consist of multiple spots).

HTTP and SQL logging

In addition to log files on disk, information about played items can also be sent to an HTTP or SQL server in realtime, for example to display the recently played songs on your website. If you’re running a Shoucast or Icecast server, Aircast can update the title on the server, even if you do not use mAirList’s internal encoder.

Skinning and Custom Layout

The appearance of all elements in the playout window, and also their size and position in the main window, can be customized through skin and layout files. The integrated Layout Designer helps you to move the objects around.

 

Cartwall

The Cartwall can be used to play short jingles or other audio elements.

The number of players/slots is Technically unlimited.

Cart pages can be saved as favorites and reopened as new tabs quickly.

Inside the tabs, you can use the Design Mode to rearrange and resize the items freely, and also work with custom colors for easier access.

The cartwall is designed to be touchscreen-friendly.

It can be displayed as part of the main window, or as a separate window, possibly on another monitor.

 

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cue editor

The graphical Cue Editor allows you to edit the cue markers (ramp, fade out, etc.) of any item quickly based on a waveform image of the audio.

Cue markers can be saved to file tags (selected file formats only) or metadata XML files for later use.

DirectSound, WASAPI, ASIO

D&R Aircast works with any DirectSound, WASAPI or ASIO compatible sound card (incuding virtual sound cards like Axia Livewire or Dante Virtual Soundcard).

No need to spend hundreds of Euros for expensive pro audio hardware, even most budget cards will work out of the box.

All audio connections (player outputs etc.) can be routed freely to the available soundcard inputs/outputs.

The stereo outputs of most multichannel sound cards (even cheap onboard 5.1 cards) can be used separately for the player output. Playback of multi-channel audio (4.0, 5.1 and 7.1) is supported as well.

Powerful audio engine

Aircast’s audio engine is built around the well-known and reliable BASS audio library.

The most common audio formats, including MP3, MP2, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, AAC and WMA, are supported out of the box. Additional formats (e.g. FLAC or Opus) can be added through free BASS add-ons.

Aircast will work with your existing audio library and does not require you to recode any audio files.

You can even mix different file types when required.

 

 

mix editor

Using the Mix Editor, you can easily set up segues between audio items using a multichannel waveform view.

The Mix Editor supports volume envelopes for voice tracking, and is available in both the play-out module and the Aircast-DB Management application.

 

Events

Using the Event Scheduler, you can execute arbitrary actions at scheduled times, e.g. insert news items or load the playlist for the next hour from an Aircast-DB.

 

This makes it very easy to set up a fully automated program.

 

Custom screen objects

Extended the main window by a variety of customizable screen objects, e.g. date/time display, countdowns, buttons that trigger commands or actions etc.

Log file output

You can create log files of all played items in any customizable format.

Multi-language GUI

Aircast comes with an English GUI, and an official German language file is included in the setup; other translations, e.g. French, are contributed and maintained by the community.

 

voice tracking

The Voice Track Recorder is also available in the database playlist editor, so you can record and insert voice tracks into any future playlist.

Advanced Playout – Level 2

Voice Tracking

Use the integrated Voice Track Recorder to record new voice tracks directly from the playout GUI and add them to the current playlist.

 

Mixdown

The mixdown function allows you to create a single audio file of a sequence of audio files, including tracks recorded in the Voice Track Recorder, based the segues defined in the Mix Editor or Cue Editor, accurate to the sample.