## ## Format Clock Sample Hour ## ## First, read this top section! ## ## Don't be frightened by what you see here! It's all very straightforward ## and clearly explained in our documentation, and we're glad to help if you ## have questions. See our documentation for the complete list of "Control ## Codes" you can use in your format clocks, and descriptions of how ## to use each. ## ## Lines like this one, starting with two pound signs, are comment lines. ## They are for your reference and can contain whatever wording ## is helpful. We will use them in this sample format clock to explain ## various elements to you. ## ## This sample hour is kind of a hodgepodge, because we wanted to include as ## many different examples for you as we could. Obviously you don't need to ## use all of these different examples in your format clock, and most of your ## format clock hours will probably be WAY simpler than this. ## ## In this format clock sample, lines that are specific to the Command Center version of ## TuneTracker aremarked in blue. ## ## Ok! ## ## Start by looking below this top notation section at the start of the actual ## programming, beginning with the important line, "# Hour 7" ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## In this example hour, we start with five minutes of live network news, ## then a break, a forecast, a time announcement, a jingle, then music. ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Hour 7 ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## The method of "going live" varies slightly, depending on whether you ## use TuneTracker Basic or Command Center. This first example ## is for the TT Basic. ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Live on # Pause-For 00:05:00 # Live off ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## And this is the method for Command Center... ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Live-For 00:05:00 Break 07:05:00 Play /boot/Station/Weather/morningwx_01.wav # TimeAnnounce Rotate Comment MorningJingle Random Tempo Fast Random Comment MorningsOnly Rotate Comment Sweeper Random Genre Oldies ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## You can use blank lines in your logs. Don't overdo it though, ## because they slow down program log generation in TuneStacker ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Time-Correct@:11:00 Play /boot/Station/VoiceTracks/VT_0701.wav Break 07:14:00 PlayFolder /boot/Station/Misc/CommunityCalendar Rotate Comment Sweeper Random Genre Jazz Random Comment Song Play /boot/Station/VoiceTracks/VT_0702.wav Play /boot/Station/News/NewsTease_01.wav Random Comment Jingle Random Comment MorningShowOnly ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## You can keep things really simple too, just marking all your songs ## the way you see them called for in the remainder of this sample hour ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song # Time-Correct@:20:00 Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song ## ## BOTTOM OF HOUR ## # interrupt@:30:00 5 # TimeAnnounce Play /boot/Station/Jingles/Sounder.mp3 Play /boot/Station/VoiceTracks/VT_0703.wav Play /boot/Station/News/AMLocalNews_1.wav Break 07:32:00 Play /boot/Station/News/AMLocalNews_2.wav Break 07:35:00 Play /boot/Station/Sports/AMLocalSports_1.wav Break 07:39:00 Play /boot/Station/Weather/AMWeather_1.wav Play /boot/Station/VoiceTracks/VT_0704.mp3 ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## We recommend you schedule a bit more music than you need, and then ## skip any unneeded tracks using a Time-Correct. This gives you some ## safety in case a cluster of randomly-selected songs is too short or ## too long. An example is below. ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song # Time-Correct@:48:00 Play /boot/Station/VoiceTrackers/VT_0705.wav break 07:50:00 Play /boot/Station/News/NewsTease_02.wav Rotate Comment Sweeper Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song Random Comment Song ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## As we near the top of the hour, we're using an interrupt to fade the ## music for ten seconds, then play a station ID and a time announcement. ## Because the ID is 8 seconds long and the time announcements are one ## second long, this will take us right to the top of the hour. ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # interrupt@:59:51 10 play /boot/Station/IDS/StationID.wav # TimeAnnounce /boot/Station/SpecialTimeAnnounceFiles/ ## ## End of Hour ## ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## NOTE: If you use BeOS to edit your logs, you can color-code the lines! ## This can be useful for visual clarity. ## StyledEdit works well for this ## Colors you add to format clocks will NOT show up on the program logs you generate. ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ##