TuneStacker™ contains a powerful set of tools for generating vibrant, dynamic radio formats. Be certain to look carefully at this page, because the simple "commands" listed here give you a lot of creative power. If you have TuneTracker Command Center™, please also click on the "Read More" button for additional codes that give you huge additional fapabilities. More than ever before, "If you can dream it, you can do it!"
Before reading this section, please familiarize yourself with the overview information on the "How it Works" page.
As described elsewhere in this manual, the most basic element of a TuneTracker™ program log is the format clock file, which contains some very simple lines of instruction. Lines of instruction intended for TuneTracker™ are TuneTracker™ commands. They start with a pound sign (#) and are completely ignored by TuneStacker™. The entire list of all the TuneTracker automation commands is found on this page. Lines of instruction that don't start with a pound sign are TuneStacker™ commands, and that's what we cover in this section. TuneStacker™ commands tell the TuneStacker™ program what files it should retrieve and add to your program logs as it generates them for you.
TuneStacker™'s syntax includes some modifications since version one, so if you are upgrading from the original TuneTracker system, simply run your existing master log through the TSConvert program (located in your TuneStacker™ folder) and it will change all the syntax for you in the time it takes to take your finger off the mouse button.
Use these codes to tell TuneStacker™ how to select the audio files that will be included in your program logs. You may use upper or lower case wherever you like. All TuneStacker™ commands are "case insensitive."
You're going to love "PlayFolder." It lets you add the contents of an entire folder to your program log using a single line in your MasterLog. Let's say you have a weekly news program which you presently go to the trouble to produce from a bunch of individual elements whose contents change from week to week. "PlayFolder" will build the whole thing for you. Just place all the files into the folder, and add numbers to the front of all the filenames so TuneStacker™ knows the order you want them in. Then just add the following single line to your MasterLog.
Example 1:
PlayFolder /boot/News/NewsWeekly
Since, in our imaginary example, the program's open, first segment, first commercial, second segment, second commercial, third segment, and close are all sitting in the NewsWeekly folder, with numbered filenames, the "PlayFolder" command will grab them all and build the whole show for you, production-free.
One useful note is that, when numbering the filenames, it is wise to start with the number "01" rather than "1," especially if you have more than nine files in the folder. If not, the natural method of alphanumeric sorting we use will be confounded when you get to the number "10," and things will get out of order. If you have more than 99 files in the folder, then start your numbering with "001."
Example 2:
PlayFolder /boot/Programs/WeeklyCountdown
Suppose you have a whole countdown show ready to go for the weekend, and you want to assure that none of the songs in the countdown are played anytime near the show. Since PlayFolder offers the option, it will automatically protect all the cuts in the folder by as many adjacent cuts as you have specified in your TuneStacker™ Preferences.
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