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Welcome to Robot!
SOME TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL
FAT A special file created by Robot during its operation, which stands loosely for File Attribute Table. These files contain lists of the resources available for Robot to schedule.
SNAP A setting by which you can make sound files in specific item groups play longer or shorter.
ITEM A sound file of some description (Examples below)
AD A sound file that is an advertisement for one of your clients.
ID A station Break or Announcement that quotes your station name, frequency etc.
COMEDY An item that is of special interest or a short break to grab your listeners attention.
LINER An item that is an artist making a statement (e.g. This is Dolly Parton and your listening to…)
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DAILY A regular item like pre-recorded news or contact details for the station.
SONG A song file. Songs can be selected from 1011 folders reflecting different styles or by using the codified system which allows you to shape the specific character of music played in each hour.
INTRO A unique announcement by the announcer rostered for the specific hour. It could be along the lines "Hi this is John Smith with you for the next hour". It allows you to give the impression that the next hours automation is the product of an individual presentation.
TALK A conversation file by the announcer rostered for the specific hour.
LIVE A formatted pause in the automation for an announcer in the studio to speak. The automation will be silent for a specified period, or in step mode, will wait for a button click to continue. This is the easiest form of radio there is! Everything is done for you, you simply have to speak.
TOP OF HOUR A list of items played directly at the start of each and every hour.
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RAW FILENAME Robot will often display the filename of an audio file playing. It will not however display the full pathname or suffix (like .MP3) to save space. Therefore the Raw filename of "C:\SONGS\Asong - aartist.wav" would be "Asong -aartist".
OVERLAY Robot is capable of mixing four stereo channels simultaneously into the left and right output of your soundcard. This consists of the Primary (or L & R channel 1) and channels 2,3 and 4. This is used mainly to place speech over a song that is playing, although is limited only to your creativity.
| L | R |
>> L & R Normal signal to air
| L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R |
>> L & R With overlay channel's)
FORMAT SPECIFIC TERMS:
FORMAT - The plan of how your hour will sound - where a song is played, where an ID is played etc.
PRO, STD - You can choose to use formatting with only one channel (L & R) which means only one item will play at once. This is STD or standard mode.
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