PlaylistaddBroadcast comes with a intuitive cartwall. Keep you effects or jingles close for quickstart. Drag and drop files into the cartwall, Loop files (useful for music beds), give each cart a different color, etc. This free program was originally created by PlayIt Software. The CartPlayer software application displays an easy-to-use graphic cartwall environment. The CartPlayer window is composed of several numbered sections called modules in which you can drag & drop one or multiple audio titles or groups from the Database Explorer.
Support for Windows 10 (64-bit)
ProppFrexx ONAIR runs on any modern Microsoft Windows® operating system supporting the .Net Framework 4.7.2. Starting with Windows 7 up to Server 2015 or above, including either the 32-bit or the 64-bit versions.
Designed to operate 24 by 7
ProppFrexx ONAIR is designed to operate 24 by 7. Stability was one of the major design goals to ensure glitch free daily operations.
High Quality Audio Processing
ProppFrexx ONAIR is based on the best audio engine available on the market, which is BASS (see www.un4seen.com for details). Internal processing is performed in 32-bit floating point precision. The audio processing chain can be fully controlled by numerous options to guarantee an optimum in sound quality from input to output.
Full ASIO and WASAPI Support
ProppFrexx ONAIR supports any modern single or multi-channel soundcard with either a WDM, WASAPI or ASIO 2.0 driver. Therefore you might use almost any professional soundcard (digital or analog) with ProppFrexx ONAIR. Even AoIP, AES67 is fully supported.
Support for almost any Audio Format
ProppFrexx ONAIR supports playback of almost any audio format (stereo or multi-channel, file based or internet streaming), this includes for example WAV, BWF/RF64, AIFF, MP1/2/3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE, OPUS, AAC, M4A etc.
Full TAG Reading and Writing Support
ProppFrexx ONAIR supports almost any meta data format (TAGs), including RIFF, ID3v1, ID3v2, APE, OGG Vorbis, WMA, M4A (iTunes), BWF/RF64 etc. In addition any track meta data (like cue- and hook points, options, events etc.) can be written directly to the audio file TAGs or to a separate meta data file. An external meta data database table can also be integrated allowing you to leverage your existing library management tool.
Support for almost any Recording Format
ProppFrexx ONAIR supports encoding or transcoding from and to almost any audio format via freely configurable command-line encoders. This also includes on-the-fly recording of any mixer channel, e.g. for immediate voice tracking, on-air checks or archival purposes.
Full Replay Gain Support
ProppFrexx ONAIR fully supports automatic replay gain adjustments (either peak level normalization only and/or adjustment of the perceived psychoacoustic loudness).
Full VST and DSP Support
ProppFrexx ONAIR fully supports almost any VST 2.0/2.4 DSP plug-ins (e.g. StereoTool is even natively supported incl. full RDS integration). Besides that, ProppFrexx ONAIR comes with an integrated 10-band EQ, Dynamic Amplifier and a Compressor/Limiter per single mixer channel.
Automatic BPM Detection
ProppFrexx ONAIR comes with an integrated BPM detection allowing you to synchronize and mix tracks with a perfect beat match.
Modern, Skinnable User Interface
The ProppFrexx ONAIR user interface comes as a modern ribbon control with a multiple document interface and a flexible docking manager. This allows you to arrange any window to any location and of course also supports any multi monitor environment. Over 30 skins allow you to customize the look and feel to your needs. This also includes a high contrast skin and full high DPI support for color blind people. In addition TouchUI is fully supported!
Integrated Chat for Talkback
The integrated chat function allows you to communicate with other ProppFrexx Users (even located outside your LAN somewhere remote on the internet). This might for example be useful to synchronize or handover concurrent broadcasting tasks in a remote networking or multi-studio environment.
Integrated User Access Control
ProppFrexx ONAIR comes with an integrated user access control management, allowing you to define any number of users and assign them to a user profile. To each user profile you can assign roles, rights and settings. This allows you tailor what a user can do with ProppFrexx ONAIR during his daily operations while still using a single windows operating user account.
External Device Monitoring
ProppFrexx ONAIR allows you to monitor your external devices (soundcards), preventing unwanted changes (e.g. muting a device or changing the device volume) by other applications or manual user changes. An integrated silence detection allows you to automatically perform certain tasks if your station unexpectedly goes offline or is silent.
3rd Party Sychronization
ProppFrexx ONAIR allows you to define control commands and synchronize events with played out streams or to other events happening in the system. This ensures full control not only over ProppFrexx ONAIR but also over any other application. Even any number of track events can be defined which might be triggered, if a specific position is reached (e.g. to insert tracks within tracks etc.).
MOD Stream Watcher
ProppFrexx ONAIR allows you to monitor external streaming sources (Audio-URLs) in the background, and if alive any current program might be suspended/paused or overlaid. This allows you to easily integrate external live, moderator broadcasts into your standard program.
And many More...
An ONAIR Time control informs you about the current time (incl. a quarter and hour countdown, an analog and digital clock). A customizable Station-Visual control (incl. your station logo as well as DJ pictures or live FFT visuals). A printing system to print your playlists or scheduler setup (incl. PDF, XML or HTML export). A weather control shows the current weather and a forcast for the next days. Full CD-Buring and -Ripping...
D&R Aircast Radio Automation Software.
Aircast is a light-weight, full-featured radio automation system for Microsoft Windows. It is targeted at small and medium-sized stations and for both terrestrial and Internet-based broadcast. It offers features often only found in some high priced, high-end professional packages. AIRCAST was designed to be as flexible and customizable as possible. It works with standard PC hardware, supports virtually any soundcard and offers an unbelieveable smooth integration with our AIRENCE mixers. You could see it as the ideal solution if you're looking into upgrading your studio with a decent digital radio automation system perfectly matched with D&R's AIRENCE broadcast mixers. Integration with other D&R mixers is of course possible and we are working to get this as easy as with the AIRENCE mixers with its integrated AIRCAST control section. AIRCAST is also very scalable - it can be embedded into a complex networked studio environment (optional net work upgrade is necessary) or even run from a USB stick on your laptop when you're on the road.
PLAYOUT SYSTEM
Playlist with Live Assist and Automation mode. The playlist contains all audio files that are going to be broadcasted during your show. The files can be played manually (live assist mode) or automatically (automation mode). You can toggle between these modes at any time.
SPECIAL PLAYLIST ITEMS
In addition to ordinary audio files, AIRCAST supports a number of special items that can be added to the playlist, e.g. Internet streams (for re-broadcasting), dummy items (non-playable items that can contain texts, notes etc.) and containers (virtual items that contain an arbitrary number of other items useful for advertisement breaks that consist of multiple spots).
LIVE FEEDS
Rebroadcast any line-in audio signal using the virtual Live Feed playlist elements.
CARTWALL WITH UNLIMITED SLOTS
The Cartwall can be used to play short jingles or other audio elements. The number of players/slots is technically unlimited. Cart sets/pages can be saved as favorites for quick access.
CONVENIENT PLAY-OUT AUTOMATION
AIRCAST offers numerous features that makes the presenters life easy, helping him or her to produce a perfect show. For example, fixed times are supported in Automation mode, so items can be started automatically at given times. The anticipated starting times of all items are calculated and displayed continuously for perfect back-timing. During the intro/ramp of a song, a large countdown is displayed.
EVENTS
Using the Event Scheduler, you can execute ary actions at scheduled times, e.g. insert news items or load the playlist for the next hour from an AIRCAST data base (DB). This makes it very easy to set up a 24/7 automated program.
VOICE TRACKING
Use the integrated Voice Track Recorder to record new voice tracks directly from the playout GUI and add them to the current playlist.
AUDIO ENGINE
AIRCAST utilizes the BASS Audio Library for playback, which is known for its stability and flexibility and its excellent support for inexpensive standard PC hardware.
SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
MP3, MP2, MP1, OGG, WAV, and AIFF file formats. Additional formats can be added through free BASS add-ons.
DIRECT SOUND OUTPUT
AIRCAST works with any DirectSound compatible sound card.
REMOTE CONTROL
When integrating an automation software into a studio environment, you often want the software to communicate with your existing hardware, e.g. for fader-start/hot-start on your broadcast mixer, so the audio starts playing as you move a fader or press a button on your console. AIRCAST offers a number of remote control interfaces that make this possible.
ANALOG BROADCAST MIXERS
Analog broadcast mixers often feature faderstart/hot-start contact closures. AIRCAST offers support for two different kinds of hardware IOWarrior and joysticks/gamepads that can be used to build custom interfaces that connect to these remote start ports.The IOWarrior device can also be used to control external hardware from the software.
MIDI
AIRCAST can also be remote-controlled by MIDI devices. You can assign arbitrary actions to any MIDI IN message, and also send MIDI OUT messages from a script.
OTHER REMOTE CONTROL MECHANISMS
Beside the interfaces mentioned above,AIRCAST supports remote control through customizable hotkeys and Window Messages from a third-party software. Of course, you can also use the mouse most GUI objects are even optimized for touchscreen use.
WASAPI and ASIO SUPPORT
In addition to DirectSound, WASAPI or ASIO can be used for low-latency audio playback and recording.
MULTICHANNEL SOUND CARDS
The stereo outputs of multichannel sound cards (even cheap onboard 5.1 cards) can be used separately for the players.
MULTICHANNEL AUDIO FILES
Playback for multichannel (4.0, 5.7, 7.1 etc.) audio files is supported for DirectSound, WASAPI and ASIO.
INTERNET STREAMING
AIRCAST includes a built in streaming encoder that broadcasts the audio output of the players and/or a signal recorded from a soundcard input to any Shoutcast or Icecast compatible streaming server. Direct broadcast to the streaming server is supported even for PCs or servers that have no built-in audio hardware. You can broadcast the signal to multiple servers simultaneously, and use the Aircheck function to create audio files of the streamed signal (supported audio file formats subject to available codecs.)
EXTERNAL DSP PLUG IN
In addition to the built-in effects, external sound processing plugins (in VST or Winamp DSP format) can be used in the encoder.
DATABASE/SCHEDULING
AIRCAST is an SQL-based database backend for managing your audio library and music schedules. Setting up an AIRCAST database is optional you can just load your playlist from the file systems but AIRCAST is much less powerful without it.
LOCAL AIRCAST DATABASE INSTALLATIONS
For standalone installations on a single PC, the AIRCAST database can use SQLite as thebackend all data is stored in a single file on For example, you can click/touch a cart player in order to start or stop it. (This feature can be turned off if you do not use a touchscreen.)
GRAPHICAL CUE EDITOR
The graphical Cue Editor allows you to edit the cue markers (ramp, fade out, etc.) of any item quickly based on a waveform image of the audio. Cue markers can be saved to file tags (selected file formats only) or metadata XML files for later use.
MIX EDITOR
Using the Mix Editor, you can easily set up segues between audio items using a multichannel waveform view. The Mix Editor supports volume envelopes for voice tracking, and is available in both the play-out module and the AIRCAST DB management application.
MIXDOWN
The mix-down function allows you to create a single audio file of a sequence of audio files, including tracks recorded in the Voice Track Recorder, based the segues defined in the Mix Editor or Cue Editor, accurate to the sample.
LOGGING AND DOCUMENTATION
You can create log files of all played items in any customizable format. Logs can also be sent to an HTTP or SQL server in realtime. For example to display the last few songs on your website. If you re running a Shoutcast or Icecast server, AIRCAST can update the title on the server, even if you do not use AIRCASTs internal encoder.
FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE GUI
The appearance of all elements in the playout window, and also their size and position in the main window, can be customized through skin and layout files. The integrated Layout Designer helps you to move the objects around.
LICENSES
The software is licensed on a per-workstation basis. You need to buy a separate license on a dongle for each PC you wish to install the software on
SUMMARY
We hope this brief overview has given you a good insight into the potential of this new AIRCAST radio automation software. If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact us ,we will be pleased to assist you.
DEMO SOFTWARE
A trail version of the software can be found here
HIGHLIGHTS
Cartwall software, free downloads
- Powerful, rock-solid play-out system.
- Highly customized GUI with a clean and easy to use interface.
- Excellent support for standard PC and audio hardware, works over USB or with any DirectSound, WASAPI or ASIO compliant sound card.
- Various remote control mechanisms for fader start etc.,
- SQL-based audio database with built-in music scheduling optional.
- On-the-fly voice track recording.
- Built-in Internet streaming encoder with support for external sound processing plugins.
- And much more
DIRECT ACCESS AND INTEGRATION WITH OUR CONSOLES ARENCE
Cartwall software, free download
- 24 Control Switches encoder
- ON (USB channels only)
- CUE (USB channels only)
- FADERSTART (USB channels only)
AIRLAB-DT
- Faderstarts
- 24 Control Switches encoder (If Control module is present )
Cartwall Software Free Trial
AIRLITE
- 16 Control Switches
- ON
- CUE
- FADERSTART
- SOURCE SELECT
- ON-AIR1/2
- CUE RESET
- …. And much more…
Sales Options/Add Ons
1. AIRCAST-6-STD is the basic software for standalone applications including Voice Track for LAN. Only € 625,--
2. AIRCAST-6-STD-DB is the basic software for standalone applications, but now with an added Database server application, so the optional Management Voice Track option can now log on from another location (WAN).
Only € 775,--
3. AIRCAST-6-VT Management License Voice Track
For additional workstations that require AircastDB access, e.g. office or production PCs, we offer management VT licenses, with voice tracking support for a LAN. This works for AIRCAST-6-STD.
(If you want to use the Management VT from home (WAN) you need as basic package AIRCAST-6-STD-DB).
Only € 260,--