ControlReady FAQs

• Where do I find the voice tracker in ControlReady?  01/13/2009

• Does ControlReady support voice tracking and music on HD?  10/15/2007

• Why can't I voice track more than 60 seconds?  10/18/2007

• How can I make voice tracks playback on a dedicated sound card (regardless of where it is recorded)?  10/18/2007

• What type of sound card do you recommend for voice tracking so I can listen to the end/beginning of a song that my voice goes over?  10/18/2007

• How to use the TalkOver Volume setting for your voice tracking  10/18/2007

• How to keep your voicetrack separate from the music you are listening to for recording purposes while still being able to hear the mix in your headphones  10/19/2007

• VOICE TRACKING 101: Always preview in cue and record off audition  10/19/2007

• How to speed up the refreshing of the folders  02/01/2013

• How can I pulse relays or switch audio channels from the live-assist screen?  10/15/2007

• How can I remotely switch between sources when I'm live on the air?  10/18/2007

• Can ControlReady prevent users from messing with the Windows mixer (volume setting) with most audio cards?  10/18/2007

• Does WireReady have an INTRO timer in the Live Assist screen?  10/18/2007

• How do I change the default paths that are set up for the Songs - Spots and News buttons in the Live Assist2 screen?  10/18/2007

• Using the new JUMP feature (v11)  07/01/2013

• Automation deck information columns are not displaying like they should be  06/18/2013

• Can playlists be edited/managed from multiple machines at the station over a LAN?  02/01/2013

• Does it matter if the Play Wave command has only the filename or does it also require the file extension?  10/24/2012

• Is it possible to use WireReady to automatically pull a file from an FTP site and play it during a break?   10/17/2012

• Is there any way to make the naming convention in the record by name/code command longer than eight characters  08/15/2012

• Restoring Custom.dat file (custom commands have disappeared)  08/13/2012

• How can I download daily and weekly programs and play them automatically on the air?  04/13/2011

• How to setup an automation deck as an audio logger  04/13/2011

• How to insert audio outside of scheduled breaks  04/13/2011

• How can I setup playlists that constantly are watching multiple logic conditions at the same time?  01/13/2009

• Are there ways to create internal variable IF/THEN conditions besides IF CHANNEL and IF TIME / IF DAY / IF DATE simple condition branches?  01/13/2009

• What are the best strategies for creating game playlists?  01/13/2009

• What is the difference between "wait for channel" and "wait for closure"?  01/13/2009

• Are custom commands LAN/Multi-user compatible?  01/13/2009

• Does ControlReady support Rotations within Rotations?  01/13/2009

• Why does my GOTO line not auto offset when I copy/paste a block of lines and why does a GOTO in the original range being copied suddenly point to the wrong line after I do my paste?  01/21/2008

• How can I export data from the Medialog (audio files)?  12/03/2007

• Can I print a list of media/audio files from the Medialog?  12/03/2007

• How can I number and name spots and music in ControlReady?  11/15/2007

• How can I make automation deck 1 be on top when the program starts?  11/13/2007

• What is the difference between Super rotation file and a Rotation file?  11/02/2007

• What is the custom.dat file?  11/02/2007

• How can I Change the colors of commands in the automation decks?  10/26/2007

• Can I setup WireReady to let me save and load files from anywhere?  10/15/2007

• How do I change my custom folder list in WireReady?  10/18/2007

• Why does copy and paste in a playlist set the IF commands to Hour Independent?  10/18/2007

• Why does the END TIME for my Scheduled Break or Scheduled Music Sweep commands not take into account the end time of the song or file immediately before that break?  10/18/2007

• Why is the END Time in my automation deck not showing the right time each audio file will end?  10/18/2007

• How to configure RDS data out a serial port with ControlReady  10/19/2007

• Can ControlReady audit playlist changes anytime they are run or changed or automatically backup my playlists?  10/19/2007

• Does ControlReady support a Random Play function?  10/19/2007

• Is there a command or a parameter we can set to delay the liner playback while a commercial set is running?  10/19/2007

• How to change the order of the custom folder list  10/19/2007

• Troubleshooting SYNC - files not always copying as they should  10/19/2007

• Some of the cuts in a rotation are no playing - while others are?  10/19/2007

• Examples of IF DAY uses and properly ending each day's playlist  10/19/2007

• Spots are continuing to play beyond kill dates - what should we do to activate kill date recognition?  10/19/2007

• How do I adjust for Daylight Savings Time in the ControlReady playlists?  10/19/2007

• What is the easiest way to substitute a jock's files in the automation playlist when a jock goes on vacation or calls in sick?  10/19/2007

• MP3 Playback in Version 11.5 (beta)  07/01/2013

• Are M-Audio Delta 66 cards compatible with WireReady?  10/22/2012

• How does WireReady work with streaming services  08/16/2012

• How does WireReady buffer audio playback?  01/14/2009

• How do I send performance/artist event information to Abacast when I stream my station on the Internet?  01/17/2008

• Why are mix downs from Adobe Audition not playable in WireReady?  01/17/2008

• Where does WireReady store its audio meta data?  11/02/2007

• Suggested audio editors for use with WireReady products  10/15/2007

• Will my audio cards work with Windows Vista?  10/18/2007

• How many sound cards do I need and is there such thing as too many?  10/18/2007

• Why isn't Fading working with my M-Audio brand sound card?  10/18/2007

• How do I generate automatic naming with RECORD BY NAME for stamping dates and times in names?  10/18/2007

• Why does SYNC cause long pauses?  10/19/2007

• Why does my sound play in slo-mo or too fast? I'm using an Echo Gina G3 sound card on a new computer.  10/19/2007

• I lose my WireReady audio INFO whenever I save/edit with Adobe Audition. Why must I have "save additional non-audio information" checked in Adobe Audtition settings?  10/19/2007

• How do I splice multiple segment files into one WAV file for playback?  10/26/2007

• Setting and/or adjusting playback volume with Windows mixer  10/26/2007

• How do I time shift a station 24/7/365 continuously with ControlReady if I'm simulcasting a station in a different time zone or across continents over the Internet?  10/26/2007

• How do I rename an audio file from the MediaLog?  10/26/2007

• How do I permanently trim off the beginning and end of a file without having to use a program like Cooledit or Goldwave?  10/26/2007

• Sometimes audio playing on a Lynx Two card is silent  10/26/2007

• Overlapping with auto-recorded programs  10/26/2007

• I recorded a file and cannot find it?  10/26/2007

• The six laws of overlap  10/26/2007

• Can I embed audio from or save files to path that are not set up as custom folders?  10/26/2007

• WAV file guidelines - specific compatibility rules with WAV files  10/26/2007

• Nothing happens when one of our on-air personalities tries to play sound files?  10/26/2007

• How can I record programs when the program start time may vary?  10/26/2007

• Cool Edit 2000 came up with an error that says I need to run Setup again  10/26/2007

• Does WireReady work with AudioScience sound cards?  10/26/2007

• Reading the Traffic and Music Log Import Report  08/15/2013

• For importing older DOS RDS traffic, use AudioVault format  09/12/2012

• Using ControlReady with CBSI DeltaFlex, VT (Visual Traffic) and Marketron Traffic Systems  08/13/2012

• How can I have my traffic system generate the ENTIRE WireReady playlist with all the logic and comments so I don't have to maintain any templates in WireReady?  05/02/2012

• Generating a daily playlist printout  01/13/2009

• What does the Time/Date grid in the MediaLog INFO screen do?  11/02/2007

• Importing Music and Traffic doesn't find all my cuts  10/15/2007

• Music Library: Exporting info to a music scheduler  10/18/2007

• Can audio files that are out of date or not recorded yet be scheduled during an import?  10/18/2007

• How does WireReady import logs when using the FILL BY AIR TIME mode (and traffic systems like CounterPoint)?  10/18/2007

• Supporting multiple folders for importing music and schedules with ControlReady  10/18/2007

• Can ControlReady read descriptive or serialized data fields from Traffic systems for autoreconciliation?  10/19/2007

• How to import traffic and music logs to avoid manually scheduling audio
  How to set up confirmation or "as run" logs  10/19/2007

• The last cut in my breaks isn't being imported - why?  10/19/2007

• Can WireReady Automation import the schedule from VT?  10/19/2007

• Where do I find the confirmation logs to show what files played from the Automate decks?  10/19/2007

• Can I be warned if regularly auto-recordings don't occur or are the wrong length?  10/26/2007

• How do I configure custom serial commands to generate logic states with a device other than a Broadcast Tools switcher or AT1616L - for example taking serial strings from my digital audio console?  10/15/2007

• What kinds of devices can I configure to detect GPI/input triggers/closures and logic levels in WireReady?  10/18/2007

• My computer(s) time/clock drifts too much. How can I make my computer keep accurate time?  10/18/2007

• How to make your on-air computers have a mirrored or a backup drive  10/18/2007

• How can I delay the startup of WireReady to give Windows a chance to finish booting/loading all drivers and to wait until the drive letter I use with WireReady has a chance to appear?   10/18/2007

• DBcapture is giving the message "Cannot create lock file..." for the folder I am sending to?  10/19/2007

• The audio files that we are trying to transfer between locations are either not arriving or they are not the whole file when they do arrive?  10/19/2007

• How to convert old DOS rotation files (ROT) to Windows format (RPL)?  04/13/2011

• Converting from the old DOS WireReady audio library to WAV files and/or for ControlReady for Windows  10/15/2007

• Running DOSWAVFILE FIX utility if converting from the WireReady DOS to WIN system or to fix bad WAV files  10/18/2007

• Converting Rotations from the DOS ControlReady to ControlReady for Windows - ROTs to RPLs  10/18/2007

• After exporting carts as WAV files from DOS ControlReady - some files do not have the INFO fields filled in  10/18/2007

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