MusicMaster Blog

by Jesus Rodriguez

MusicMaster is used in many classrooms around the world, ranging from high schools, college, universities, trade schools, and internal company training centers. While MusicMaster, regardless of which edition, can assist with many standard features from our legacy products, MusicMaster Client-Server (CS) can give a classroom a significant edge not only for competitive purposes but also for a professor and student workflow.

In this blog, I will explore the numerous advantages of using MusicMaster CS in an educational setting. This software is not just a tool for the classroom; it can also be a valuable resource during school holiday breaks, allowing students to continue their musical exploration even when they’re not on campus.

Shared Enterprise Library

The first advantage of MusicMaster CS is its Enterprise Library, a feature that simplifies the management of your students’ music collections. This tool allows you to effortlessly collect and maintain all of your students’ music over the years, making it readily available for future students. Say goodbye to the hassle of manually organizing and updating your music database.

Automated Tasks

With MusicMaster CS, scheduling music becomes a breeze. The software’s automated tasks feature is particularly beneficial during student and staff holiday breaks. Imagine the peace of mind of not having to work ahead or worry about the station being off the air. With MusicMaster CS, your automated tasks can handle these responsibilities daily, weekly, monthly, or any other period you select. There are also automated tasks for exporting the logs to automation in your absence, saving you valuable time and effort.

Easy Access

No more classroom labs! With MusicMaster CS, you no longer have to worry about having campus space available for a computer lab should you decide to use MusicMaster in the classroom for assignments or group projects as part of your teaching. With our previous version and other software, the station database is usually installed on a shared computer for all the students to access. The MusicMaster CS client application can be installed on any of your student’s computers using an IP directory to access the MusicMaster CS server.

User Roles and Security

With MusicMaster CS, a unique login can be created for each student, and roles assigned to only allowed to access specific stations, with permission to do specific tasks at any given station, like scheduling, adding music, and changing rules or clocks. The possibilities are endless. Once that student moves on and graduates, there is no longer a concern of retrieving a station database before they leave for the real world because it all lives in your MusicMaster CS server, and their access can be eliminated upon graduation.

More Collaboration

MusicMaster CS empowers students in group or individual projects. As the lead professor, you can create a super administrator role, giving yourself access to your students’ stations. This eliminates the need to hunt down assignments, as you can see their progress over time. You can even adjust students’ access to clocks if a clock assignment is due by Friday, ensuring timely submissions. Group projects are made easier as students can all work on the same station project simultaneously, fostering collaboration and engagement. This is especially convenient when using the MusicMaster CS client remotely. Students can share things like clocks, shows, music libraries, and much more between their station collaborations, just like in the real world.

Web Version

Our new Web Client, which was revealed at the 2024 NAB, will allow your students to access their stations from just about any web browser by pointing to your MusicMaster CS IP directory. The Web Client will allow users to complete any standard daily task from anywhere.

Instructor Notifications

As the instructor, you can also set up notifications to alert you when certain tasks have been completed by your students. This will free up your time for other things and eliminate the need to check to see if projects have been completed.

These are only some of the exciting advantages for your classrooms.

If you’d like to incorporate MusicMaster CS into your teaching environment, contact our sales department to request a demo.