HOW TO DISTRIBUTE AUDIO FILES

It defaults to look at audio in the Distribute Audio folder,  but you may Browse to select any directory of your choice.

1. Process All Files ~ This assigns a default cart number beginning with 90000. These cart numbers must be changed. 

2. Edit audio file information.

3. Select whether you want to Archive (create a copy and send to the Archive folder), No Change (copied file remains in directory), Delete (default if Archive location not saved).

4. Select which Network Studios you will distribute to.

5. Select audio files to distribute.

6. Click on the Green Copy button to copy the audio files to the selected Network Studios. 

When sent, the selected files in the Originating directory will be copied to the selected On Air studio directories named 'C:\DHD\Import Audio'.

IMPORTANT NOTE: CART NUMBER CONFLICTS. The most important data associated with an audio file is its Cart Number. That is the single thing that is used to identify an audio file for playback. 

 If the cart number of the files imported exist, then the old file will be deleted and the newly imported file will replace it. 

TO CHECK FOR CONFLICTS:

1. Select a Network Studio.

2. Click on the View button. 

3. A window will open displaying the selected library. 

4. If there is a cart number conflict, a message will be displayed

You are required to rename the carts with unique cart numbers before the copy process can be actuated.

When using the Archive feature, the original audio files are automatically moved to the selected Audio Archive directory. This process will write over any file with an identical filename in the archive directory. There can however be multiple files with the same cart number if other data is different.

USING THE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY

It is possible to Archive audio to any directory on the network by:

1. Setup

2. Setup Archive

3. Set Archive Location

4. Browse to the desired folder that you want to set as the Archive folder. To select the folder, there must already be an audio file in the folder. 

5. Reset Tools for the Archive location change to take effect.

REMOVING SILENCE AND LEVEL ADJUSTING AUDIO FILES

The 'Auto-Edit' button in will automatically trim silence from the front and back of an audio file, adjust the audio level to maximum, and compress the audio file to a standard compression format. This makes the audio files in your libraries uniform. The process takes about one minute per 5 minute song.