Returning to our Zetta “Back to Basics” Series, this week’s RCS Live was all about configuring, importing and exporting your audio. We broke down some of the important settings, all the ways users can import audio, and finally we demonstrated one of the hidden ways to export audio.

You may have heard the phrase, “Zetta is a modern piece of radio automation software in which users can add MP3, WAV, ACC files, automatically set the Trim In, Trim Out and Segue points, save them as a default audio format and then perform nondestructive normalization.” In this video, we broke down what that means. Under the Configuration | System, users can define their Marks Analysis from the Audio Processing tab, including the dB settings. Then, from the Audio Format tab, they can specify how they want Zetta to save or export each asset type.

Next, we discussed the four ways to import audio. Users can burn audio from a CD, use Windows Explorer, drag and drop an asset or create an Auto Import function. We also made a note regarding the Marks Analysis option within each defined Auto Import’s Advanced tab. Finally, we demonstrated how to export audio out of Zetta with a simple drag and drop to the desktop, defined folder or email.

RCS has some special guests and surprises lined up for upcoming RCS Lives, including Zetta 5.20.1 new features, GSelector 4.9.0’s new customized Clock structure and more. As always, reach out if you have any questions or looking for workflow solutions. Don’t forget to follow us on www.Facebook.com/RCSSoundSoftware for updates and we’ll see you every Thursday at 11am ET.

Desde que comenzamos nuestra transmisión en vivo (RCS Live), hablamos de todas las formas en que la línea de productos 2GO de RCS puede maximizar su eficiencia para trabajar en forma remota. Debido a que solo hemos organizado este tipo de sesiones en inglés, decidimos repasar en español: cómo programar, transmitir y otras cosas más, como parte de nuestra transmisión en vivo de esta semana (RCS Live): Preguntas y respuestas en tiempos de trabajo remoto desde casa.
Con relación a la programación de música, los usuarios pueden realizar cambios de categoría en Selector2GO, programar su guía y luego ajustarla dentro del Editor. No olvide que los usuarios también pueden habilitar la opción “Guardar en el servidor” para que cuando un usuario exporte una programación en Selector2GO, aún pueda enviar su archivo plano al sistema de automatización radial. Por supuesto, si tiene GSelector y Zetta, no es necesario exportar la guía porque GSelector y Zetta cuentan con integración 100% , en vivo. Consejo profesional: haga clic con el botón derecho y abra una nueva sección de Selector2GO como una “Nueva pestaña”, para que pueda trabajar en varias estaciones o áreas de Selector2GO navegando entre pestañas.

Pasando a Zetta2GO, los usuarios pueden agregar audio, editar metadatos, locución grabada y continuar transmitiendo en vivo; todo desde su navegador. Al igual que con todos los productos RCS 2GO, no hay que descargar ninguna aplicación, solo necesita que su dispositivo tenga acceso a Internet para utilizar RCS 2GO. Durante Facebook Live, también hablamos sobre la mejor práctica para agregar primero audio nuevo en Zetta2GO y luego cambiar a Selector2GO para agregar más metadatos de programación.
Luego vimos Revma, la red de entrega de contenido de RCS y su aplicación para conferencias. Piense en esta aplicación, como una sala digital en la que los anfitriones pueden invitar a los participantes, para transmitir todos desde una sola salida digital. Una vez configurada la sala y ya transmitiendo en vivo, los administradores pueden controlar esa transmisión en un teclado de acceso rápido para que los usuarios puedan manejar el secuenciador, a través del módulo en vivo de Zetta2GO, habilitar la tecla de acceso rápido de la aplicación y comenzar a transmitir en vivo; por ejemplo, un programa matutino con varias personalidades. Cuando termine la transmisión, simplemente apague la tecla de acceso rápido y/o apague la transmisión en vivo de la aplicación Conferencia.

Finalmente, hicimos un breve repaso de Zetta Cloud (desarrollado en Amazon Web Services) utilizando los mejores procedimientos de seguridad. Dado que Zetta Cloud no es una máquina virtual en una instancia de AWS, los usuarios pueden acceder a su Zetta Cloud desde cualquier dispositivo que tenga Internet y podrán iniciar sesión con Okta, un proceso de autenticación de dos pasos. Zetta Cloud tiene su propio codificador que se puede pre configurar en donde está ubicado su transmisor, para que en caso de que ocurra un desastre, iniciar una sesión y habilitar la transmisión, desde su teléfono. Zetta enviará todo el audio, metadatos, horarios, cambios en la guía de programación, copias de seguridad SQL para que una vez que haya pasado la emergencia, simplemente restaure los datos de Zetta Cloud o detenga el secuenciador y regrese a su Zetta local.

Como siempre, si tiene alguna pregunta o busca soluciones para trabajar en forma remota, comuníquese con Horacio González, su representante de ventas para Latinoamérica

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We kicked off another RCS Live by discussing some GSelector scheduling tips and tricks. Specifically, how to utilize Clock Goals and Clock Constraints to better optimize your rotations. Then, we created a couple Link Affidavits and customized printed Logs in GSelector’s Reports tab.

Many users don’t realize that they can quickly and efficiently use GSelector’s Clocks to encourage or discourage GSelector from scheduling elements by position. For example, if we’re looking to achieve forward momentum with fun, upbeat music for a Top 40 or Classic Hits station, users can quickly create Clock Goals to Maximize or Minimize Scalar attributes, like Mood, Tempo, Energy, and Opener. Otherwise, if they’re looking for more control with any attribute, use Clock Constraints. Again, speaking Clock position by position, Clock Constraints will allow a user to choose any attribute and value(s) to ban or only schedule. In this video, we break down how to add the attribute: Long Song (Songs longer than 5 minutes) that will be banned from scheduling as the last song position in the hour, preventing the next hour from running late.

Next, we discussed how to customize individual reports. We broke down each GSelector Report tab. Filter will allow the user to include or exclude elements. View will view the report. Columns will include what metadata is included in the report. Groups will organize the Columns metadata and sort it A-Z or Z-A. And users can have more than one grouping. For example, Directory by Artists: Most users want the Groups to be Artist first and Title second. Appearances will allow the user to copy Global Attributes or create their own colors that are specific to that report. Finally, there’s the Editor tab, which allows the user to manually customize their report. For the Link Affidavit, use Play Stamps to include when the element played and organize the Groups by Title. If you’re creating a Printed Log, don’t forget you can customize and filter the report based on the desired information. For example, if you don’t want to include ETM metadata for voice trackers, simply use the Filter to remove any unwanted data.

RCS has some special guests and surprises lined up for upcoming RCS Lives, in which we’ll discuss some of the advanced features and configurations of the full line of RCS products. You won’t want to miss it! As always, reach out if you have any questions or looking for workflow solutions. Don’t forget to follow us on www.Facebook.com/RCSSoundSoftware for updates and we’ll see you every Thursday at 11am ET.

It’s been a couple weeks since we discussed all the ways RCS’ 2GO line of products can maximize your remote efficiency. So we decided to go over how to schedule, broadcast and more as part of this week’s RCS Live: Revisiting Questions and Answers in the Time of Remote Workflows.

Starting with your music schedule, users can make category changes in Selector2GO, schedule their log and then massage the log within the Editor. Don’t forget, users can also enable the “Save On Server” option so that when a user exports a schedule in Selector2GO, they can still send their flat file to automation. Of course, if you have GSelector and Zetta integration, there’s no need to export a log because GSelector and Zetta features 100% live integration. Pro Tip: Right Click and open a new section of Selector2GO as a “New Tab,” so that you can work on multiple stations or areas of Selector2GO by navigating between tabs.

Moving onto Zetta2GO, users can add audio, edit metadata, voice track and continue to broadcast live – all from their browser. As with all RCS 2GO products, there’s no app to download and as long as your device has access to the Internet, you can utilize RCS 2GO. During the Facebook Live, we also talked about how it’s best practice to add your new audio from Zetta2GO first and switch to Selector2GO to further add scheduling metadata.

Next, we went over Revma, RCS’ Content Delivery Network, and its Conference App. Think of Revma’s Conference App as a digital room that hosts can invite guests into the room for a single digital output. Once set up and broadcasting live, Administrators can configure that particular Conference App stream to a Hot Key so that users can control the on-air sequencer via Zetta2GO’s On-Air module, enable the Conference App Hot Key and begin to broadcast live, like a morning show with multiple talent. When the broadcast is done, simply turn off the Hot Key and/or turn off the Conference App live stream.

Finally, we took a brief dive into Zetta Cloud, which is written on Amazon Web Services, utilizing best practices and securities. Since Zetta Cloud is not a Virtual Machine on an AWS instance, users can access their Zetta Cloud from any device that has Internet and they’ll be able log in with their Okta Two-Step Authentication process. Zetta Cloud has its own encoder than can be pre-configured to your transmitter site so that when disaster does strike, one can open their phone, log in, and enable the stream. Zetta will send all audio, metadata, schedules, log changes, and SQL backups so that after your disaster is over. Simply restore the Zetta Cloud data or stop the sequencer and return back to your local Zetta.

As always, reach out if you have any questions or looking for workflow solutions. JUST ANNOUNCED: We will be hosting our first ever RCS Live: Questions & Answers in the Time of Remote Workflows (En Español) on Tuesday September 8^th at 10am ET. You can RSVP and submit your questions to be answered live in real time in advance on our Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/RCSSoundSoftware.