Heres what we have:

1 of our shows is pprerecordedas a 58 minute long show, I programme via autotrak Myriad to do nothing except the news either side of this show, then when the show arrives I import it and drop it into the schedule, if the show isn't exactly the right time, the absolute time goes out the window and the news comes on at the wrong time.



I think I need to A: get the show trimmed to exactly the right time or B: reschedule with this 1 hour show, then this may autofade at the correct time or C: cut the show in 2 halves so myriad has more than 1 item to autofade ??



or D: drop the prerecorded show !!



Any ideas?

Regards,
Paul Moore

HitMix Radio
0792 858 1075

You need to add the show to autotrack and mark it as a fadeable end.  Myriad will then fade it to fit the hour.  It sounds like you are possibly inserting it as a cart so Myriad is treating it as a jingle?

Neil

a fadeable end ? never seen that option before and i did presume I'd have to actually schedule the cart in the hour.



Think its easier to get the show to the exact time ! Or drop the show.

I always presumed that your absolute time marker would kick off any audio at that time, obviuosly not.!



Thanks for your advice, I'll look for the fadeable end option now.

Regards,
Paul Moore

HitMix Radio
0792 858 1075

Neils got it spot on - you ideally need to add the program in as a Song and set it's End Type (on the Song Card and also on the Cart itself) as "Fade" end type.

By default Myriad will only fade Songs when running to time - you can set it to also fade Links/Carts etc. but be carefull of doing this as it will then start fading Jingles early to run to time!

Best option is to schedule it as a "song" as above

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Yes, it's not that difficult, we have numerous shows on autotrack as single cart shows and Myriad just fades them at the end to fit the time.  You can make it sound even better by getting the presenter to record a short generic "goodbye and here's the news" and add that to the running order to play after the main show.  As long as the show itself has a song that is fadeable as the final song, then it all sounds fine. 

Neil

Thanks for the replies, I think it should work this week;-)

Regards,
Paul Moore

HitMix Radio
0792 858 1075

We too have several programmes that are pre-recorded but are manaully schedule (tweaked), one is recorded as three 18min blocks to allow for ads, the others are 58min shows with ads included (one's recorded 7 days before TX, while the others during the day of play). Each programme has a fadable track at the end and using absolute time markers to control the log it appears in it fades to time perfectly.

Here's a sample log:

ABTime 21:02:02:50

Newslink Ad (15sec)

Station ID (5 sec)

The Wayland Jazz Hour (58:00 (setup as a 'song' and fadable))

ABTime 21:59:40:00 (This fades the previous item to start the news jingle on time at this time).

Station New Run Up Jinlge (20sec)

HWD Command 17 (IRN/Sky)

The templates for these shows are schedule in autotracks and the team record using the log for the time of transmission and drop the programme into the space in the log ready for TX.

Hope this helps.

Roger.

Roger Woods
Producer/Presenter/Engineer

Just so it is in isolation from the abouve post...

The key is when droping audio into the log from the audiowall it will always show as a cart, by right clicking on the far left handside of the item in the log to change the audio to 'song', Myraid will then treat this audio, what ever it is, as a 'song' and therefore fade it to time with absolute time markers.

Roger.

Roger Woods
Producer/Presenter/Engineer

geat tip Roger thanks!!

Regards,
Paul Moore

HitMix Radio
0792 858 1075

Something to add quickly. If you have the show is more than two parts, say for example for an advert break(s). Make sure only the last part that is to run into the news is set as song. If you set the other parts as song then it is likely to try and evenly chop the parts so if your recorded presenter does a link into the adverts, it may get faded.



We found this with some of our prerecorded content.