Once you have audio ready to tag a song go to the library screen (if you are using Quick Record naturally you will already be on the Library screen).

APPLYING GENERAL TAGS (TAGGF & TAGGB)

General Tags are added on the Destination (right) side of the library screen.

If you are going to import the audio (from the left side of the library screen) make sure the file you have recorded is highlighted in the normal way: Importing audio for a tag works the same as any normal library audio import EXCEPT instead of using "Add" or "Add All" you are using the tag menu to do the importing. Similarly if you have used Quick Record to prepare the audio, instead of clicking the "Import" button you will be using the Tag menu to move/import the Quick Record audio buffer directly to an audio tag.

Select the robot song group from the library (right) and highlight the song file (left click) in the list. Now Right-Click anywhere in the box to open the right-click options menu (this left and right clicking two-step procedure is designed to ensure you always apply the right tag to the right song):

You will see in the drop down menu corresponding selections for the two types of general tags and the source from which the audio is to be obtained. Select the appropriate one. So for example if you have Quick recorded a TAGGF tag, select "Add general SONG TAG--Forward Announce (Quick Record)", if you are importing a back announcement tag you have recorded with your favourite editor, select "Add general SONG TAG--Back Announce (Import)". Upon selection you will see the progress bar at the left move along normally as the audio is imported.

The tag is renamed automatically by the library when you add it. If you have a look in the robot library now under "TAGS--GENERAL FORWARD" (or "TAGS--GENERAL BACK" depending upon the type of tag you have added) you will see that Robot names the tag files with exactly the same filename as the song file itself. If however you select and play these files you will hear they are the tags you have added.

APPLYING ANNOUNCER TAGS (TAGAF)

You can also use announcer tags, although they are not quite as easy to apply. Because recording tags for every song, by multiple announcers is a very labour intensive process we recommend that you use your favourite editor to record the audio (if you have 6 virtual announcers recording tags for every song in your library this would be a lot of work using the same techniques as those used for General tags).

The best way to undertake the recording is to use the "Print" button on the library screen and print out a paper copy of the songs and their exact filenames from each song group you want to tag (it may be that certain song groups are only for certain virtual announcers so this may reduce the work load a little). Have your virtual announcer record the tags in one go, read down the list e.g. "This is meatloaf with Bat out of Hell, This is Madonna with American Pie, This is jimmy Barnes and he's a working Class man" etc. as one long recording. Then extract or save each separate part of the audio to a new tag audio file in a temporary folder using PRECISELY the filename as it appears on the sheet. If you name it differently robot will not recognise it as the tag for the song, also remember if the original song file ends with ".mp3" that your virtual announcer song tags must also.