01.12.2004 - some of u may have noticed a new link on my menu. yep, that's right, i've decided to start a new Search Queries for my site. funny and weird search queries which were directed to my site will be posted there. enjoy! (^_^x)
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ever wonder how radio station works? i mean if music is stored digitally on a computer, or if they have hundreds of cds and cassettes lying around? if digitally, what did they do before digital music was even popular? if still cds and cassettes, how many do they actually have lying around and how do they transition one song to another? welp, i was reading this intesting thread: How do radio stations store all their music? over @ anandtech off topic.
Children, children, children.
The answer is that some store their music only on CD, and some use CD and digital. That's what we do here.
We use scheduling software called AXS. Every song, commercial, liner, legal ID, etc has a cut number. What you hear is just a sequence of those cuts. Example:
9005/Legal ID/:08
6049/Funkadelic Psycho Chicken/4:24
7000/Bob's used cars/0:30
There are stops, continues, blanks, time syncs, skips, etc included in those numbers.
We also use CDs. Any decent studio will have at least 2 CD players to keep the music sounding fluid. We also have cart machines and even a reel. Music playlists are created using software that can seperate artists and make sure that the transitions are right (like not going from "Bark at the Moon" to "Yesterday").
Hope this helps, let me know if I can answer anything else.
Oh, we have about 1800-2000 CDs and probably on the order of 20,000 records.
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