TUNETRACKER SYSTEM IN ACTION - TUNETRACKER commands


# Interrupt

The "# interrupt" command is a powerful command that's extremely useful in joining (or breaking away from) programming at a specific time. A single "# interrupt" command fades the currently playing audio event for a specified length of time, then takes it off the air and starts the next event at an exact time. This is great for time sensitive events such as newscasts, whether pre-recorded or live. Here is an example, shown in-context with other programming.

NOTE in the examples below that there is a colon after the @ sign, and the time is expressed in minutes and seconds. Also NOTE that an interrupt which is intended to start an event at or after the top of the hour should be placed AFTER the # Hour marker.


# interrupt

IMPORTANT: Note in the examples below that there is a : (colon) just after the @ sign. Note also that the time shown after the colon is expressed in minutes and seconds. Do not express the hour here, just a colon, followed by minutes and seconds.

The "10" represents fade-length. If not specified, TuneTracker™ will assume a five second fade, which often sounds "just right". The default fade time is adjustable in Preferences. In the example above, TuneTracker™ will begin fading "song.mp3" at :29:50. At :30:00, it will take the song off the air and start "news.wav."

If you want to interrupt abruptly rather than fading, as you're likely to want to do if cutting away from a syndicated program, for instance, you can also do an interrupt with no fade, as follows:






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