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5.0sr5 is now Available posted on November 21st, 2012

A new service release is available for MusicMaster, 5.0sr5. If you are doing a new installation on a Win7 or Win8 machine, we would encourage you to go to our support center to download the full installer file of this version. That file will also now let you choose where to install your MusicMaster database and definition files: in the Windows shared documents folder, the Windows Current User Documents folder or the MusicMaster Application path. These additional options can be helpful to avoid data access permission errors. We’ve also included a new Hourly Summary Special History report that shows the total count and time of song elements in each hour of the report, along with other updates and revisions.

New in MusicMaster 5.0 – Printing Options posted on November 19th, 2012

By Aaron Taylor

Here are a couple of new printing design options that are now available to users in MusicMaster 5.0 that may be helpful to you.

Under DATASET-SCHEDULE-PRINT THE LOGS, you now have the option to create separate files and filenames for each day of logs you wish to print. This could be very helpful if you are generating these logs as a .pdf (get in touch with your MSC if you’d like to learn more about how this is done…) For example, perhaps you’re tasked with sending emails daily to an off-site voice tracker. You’ll want to select the check box for “Print each day as a separate print job”.

You will be prompted to create a filename for each date you wish to create a separate file for.

Another new functionality in this same area of the application is the option to save up to ten sets of hour groupings.

You can access this by clicking the “included hours” box in Schedule Print:

You have the option to save hour print groupings with a title that you specify. As shown in the example below, perhaps you’d desire to create a print grouping for paper logs to be printed for in studio usage, as well as a grouping for the hours that your talent will be voice tracking in a production studio.

As always, if you have any questions on this, or any other feature in MusicMaster please reach out to your MusicMaster Scheduling Consultant!

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Blog Articles in Spanish posted on November 16th, 2012

If you use the ES button in the upper right corner of our website to view the site in Spanish, you’ll now find that Blog articles are also translated. These articles cover a wide-range of topics to give you more insights into how you can best utilize MusicMaster. We’ll continue to work our way through the archive to bring more Blog content to you in Spanish, so check in regularly to see what’s new.

2fer Tuesdays posted on November 5th, 2012

by Paul Ziino

Lots of stations do a 2fer Tuesday feature or other artist double-shots. Here’s how to do this in MusicMaster.

Start by going to Dataset/Library/Keywords/Artist Keywords, click Tools/Kickoff Category Wizard and follow the prompts. Check the categories you want MusicMaster to consult when determining which artists have enough music for a 2fer. Generally this would be your entire active music library, though some stations have a large Hold category with songs that could be used for 2fers as well.

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MusicMaster Support/Sales Consultants Wanted! posted on October 31st, 2012

MusicMaster is expanding rapidly and in need of individuals who can provide sales and technical assistance to MusicMaster customers. Work from home, no relocation required! Previous music programming experience with scheduling and automation software preferred. Advanced computer aptitude helpful but not required. Cover letter, resume (including references), and salary requirements should be forwarded to Mark Bolke.

Visiting U Radio posted on October 30th, 2012


In October Rainer Eichhorn from ON AIR DIGITAL visited one of our new clients in Hong Kong, U Radio, a new station of the Phoenix Corporation.

The whole team had fun looking at the new features of Version 5 and discussing with Rainer some of the methods to make the best use of their new MusicMaster.

We all wish them a lot of success with their brand new station.

Medientage Munich posted on October 29th, 2012

The Medientage in Munich is one of the biggest media fairs in Germany. Justus Fischer from On Air Digital met a lot of successful Music Masters there.

Valerie Weber, PD of Antenne Bayern, is one of them. Antenne Bayern made it back to the most-listened radio station in Germany this year. The German all-time record of 1,324 Million people listen to the station per average hour according to the last media analysis.

In the photo from left to right: Christoph Pöschl, owner and consultant from Brand Support; Valerie Weber; and Justus Fischer.

Tracking User Profiles in the Schedule Editor posted on October 29th, 2012

We get a lot of calls regarding the schedule editor and if there is a way to track who did what when scheduling a log.

We offer a field called Schedule: Manual that places the letter, “M,” in the field if a particular element was manually scheduled. You can always add that field to your layout to keep track of songs that were not placed by the auto-scheduler but were manually placed by someone working in the log.

MusicMaster Version 5 introduced two additional fields to give you a better idea of who did what and when in the Schedule Editor. First, though, let’s discuss Dataset Security and how it relates to our new fields.

The Dataset Security section of MusicMaster can be located by choosing Tool, Options, Dataset Security. This is where you can enable and disable Dataset Security. Just below this section is a sub-section called Users and Rights. This is where you can create new user profiles and assign permissions to the profiles, allowing or disallowing access to certain sections of the software or even certain tasks. However, Dataset Security can just be a way of tracking who logs in and out of the database, when they do that and the kinds of things they do when they’re in a section of the software like the Schedule Editor. For more information on setting up Dataset Security see our article on Database Security and User Rights.

Once you have built your user profiles and assigned your staff usernames and passwords for logging in to your data, you are ready to track those profiles in the Schedule Editor.

Open the Schedule Editor and choose the Modify Editor Layout icon. In the screen that appears, find the list of fields in the left side of the screen and look for Schedule: Last Change and Schedule: Changed By. Bring these two fields into the Selected Fields list in the middle of the screen by dragging and dropping them or using the single arrow icon pointing to the right. Drag and drop these fields to position them in the layout in the order you desire. Hit OK and choose the Save Editor Layout icon to save the layout.

Now, when a song is changed in the log or an unscheduled position is filled two pieces of information will display in these fields. Schedule: Last Changed will display the date and time of the change and Schedule: Changed By will record the profile used when the change was made.

This is a great way to keep track of changes in the log so you will know who does what and when! If you have any questions on this or any MusicMaster related topic, please contact your assigned Music Scheduling Consultant. Happy Scheduling!

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Holiday Prep Time posted on October 15th, 2012

By Marianne Burkett

Why wait until the last minute to be ready?

It’s never too early to prepare for Winter Holiday scheduling!

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