This upgrade could implement important changes that could like or not to existing users.
Installing this upgrade you accept all the changes.
You're not forced to upgrade, if you remark important technical troubles or simply you don't like the new version, simply restore the previous version and still with it.
Here a short list of new features/changes: (Some change could not be listed)
Audio:
New audio engine, better quality and speed
Some proprerty has been renamed like "Mix Standard" and "Overlap mix",
Play modes now are the following:
Standard Mix - item play until the END cue point then fade out
Overlap Mix - item play until the END cue point then continue to play in the background while the following item start to play and both play overlapped
Background - item start play at the same time with the following item
Voice Outro - item play from the OUTRO cue point and END cue point of the previous item
Voice Track - item play from OUTRO cue point of the previosu item and INTRO cue point of the following item
Voice Intro - item play from START cue point and INTRO cue point of the following item
No Mix - item play from START to END, every cue point is ignored (usually needed to play files that are currently downloading from itnernet or recording at same time)
The old Property "Stop Background" is now moved in the Property/Flags window
You can now start playing every item from: START, INTRO, START REFRAIN, END REFRAIN, OUTRO
You can now end playing every item to: INTRO, START REFRAIN, END REFRAIN, OUTRO, END
Built-in audio recorder. (usefull for rebroadcast)
The prelisten now feature hundreth of a second. To backward/forward 1 hundreth of a second left click the smallest arrows, to backward/forward 1 tenth of a second keep pressed
No gap start from URL and/or MB LIVE connections
Songs:
New internal system of musci rotation, with automatic recovery of late songs
The rate of a song now has effect on his rotation, ex one song with rate 10 will probably be broadcasted 10 times more frequently than a song with rate 0 or 1 (hitlist songs are not affected by this behaviour)
Improved calendar
Auto download covers from our server (you have to switch on this option in Configuration/Publishing
Breaks:
Option to use multiple groups of liners
You can now load all the commercails of the same customer into one unique customer window
Property':
Now you can use input BIT5 of Velleman USB interface
EXT
You can now use 4 different methods to play inputs of an audio card: Windows Mixer, WDM Record From, ASIO Record from, ASIO Mirror. IF an audio card support ASIO, the new method ASIO Mirror has a very low latency.
USB WAVE GPRS DIGICOM
Fixed some bugs
OTHER
"External Titles" service to send/receive song titles to/from another MB STUDIO
In Agenda and Download windows you can filter view by dayname or custom text
New internal commands added to Agenda
Random files now feature time ranges inclusion/exclusion
A new log file is now written: it display all the broadcasted items
To upgrade from MB STUDIO 8.33 to MB STUDIO 8.36 login to [ftp=ftp://MBSOFT.NET]ftp://MBSOFT.NET[/ftp] and download the file MBStudioUpdate836.exe
MB STUDIO is a radio automation software that will allow you to create and manage your own radio station playing all your media files: jingles, commercials, news, songs, Files from internet, live streams, live inputs from your sound card, satellite feeds. Automatically download news and shows from Internet. Multiple overlapping files and/or live sources (mic, line, aux). Voice tracking. Integrated CD Ripper. Integrated jukebox to play songs requested via sms / email messages. Display current playlist on your web site.
MB RECASTER PRO
MB RECASTER features an audio recorder with scheduler, a webcast module to send streams to any Shoutcast, Icecast or Windows Media server, AutoDJ function to play randomly your own audio files from up to 4 folders, a stream receiver allowing to record or recast to your server (transcoder), an audio converter from/to any format.
MB LIVE
MB LIVE is a software that stream a live audio\video feed from any place to an MB STUDIO PRO automation in the main radio studio. MB LIVE make use of a TCPIP connection. This program is free for MB STUDIO PRO users