NAUTILUS DJ – The powerful, easy to use music scheduler

NAUTILUS DJ is a complex music scheduling system for radio stations; capable of handling not only your musics, but also your Jingle sets, IDs, and even your NEWS and commercial inserts. Your songs can be assigned into categories, your categories can be sorted into groups of songs called folders. Each song can be assigned to as many folders as necessary.Since 1994 we have developed the music scheduler with close connection of many different radio stations. To suit the needs our rule system contains rotational, and rule based scheduling, and not only for the musics, but for the jingles too. The songs, and jingles can be organized into folders, list, and you can apply rules within these folders. The freely definable packet sizes amongst the categories can help the entry level music director, and could be a very powerful tool in the hands of a pro.  You can define as many clocks, and weekly grids as required for your day by day scheduling. The software works perfectly with its radio automation part called NAUTILUS JUKEBOX.

SONG DATABASE

Music Scheduling Software Song database

The basis of our music scheduling system is the easy to use, soundfile database, which has:

  • More than 50 common data field
  • almost limitless user data fields
  • Songs can be freely assigned to categories, and folders
  • Each category, and folder has it’s rules, which also will apply to the songs in them.
  • each song can be assigned to several groups
  • automatic resting for each songs are available
  • powerful statistics, like category turnover analysis, and last play matrix is included
  • different rotation values can be assigned to any song even in the same categories!
  • equal distribution of artist, or any groups of songs

Key Features:

  • import of music test data
  • import of other station’s rotation values
  • music lists for licensing companies

CLOCK SETUPS

Music Scheduling Software Clock setup

Different clocks for music, for rules, and for non music elements.Music, rule, and non music elements clocks can be combined in weekly grids.The number of clocks and weekly grids, depends on your needs.Musical clocks can contain:

  • categories
  • folders (which is a proportional set of categories defined by you)
  • list element – this is a list of categories, or even folders scheduled sequentially by the list positions
  • using song filters same clock positions can be filled from different categories on consecutive days
  • powerful statistics, like category turnover analysis, and last play matrix is included
  • different rotation values can be assigned to any song even in the same categories!
  • equal distribution of artist, or any groups of songs

Key benefits:

  • easier creation of music clocks
  • more versatile handling of ID / jingle sets
  • more varied playlists
  • music research can be better used

SCHEDULING

Music Scheduling Software weekly grid

Scheduling can be done

  • Automatically: all elements are placed by your rules.
  • Semi-automatically: when the system schedules automatically, but stops at every position, where a certain level of error occurs
  • Manually: you can place the elements, and the program tells you if that position fits your rules
  • automatic resting for each songs are available
  • using song filters same clock positions can be filled from different categories on consecutive days
  • traffic blocks are imported automatically to the playlist
  • music lists for licensing companies

Rule system:

  • Multiple level of rules: same rule can be breakable, and unbreakable during the multiple scheduling rounds
  • Comprehensive turnover analysis, even between different categories
  • Statistical analysis between different keywords
  • Arithmetical and Rule based scheduling can be used seamlessly together
  • Automatic resting

Rotation setup

NAUTILUS DJ Music Scheduler Software Rotation Analyzer

For setting up the proper rules you always need to analyse the current rotation. Our music scheduler system will show you your rotational patterns. You can vary the number of songs in each category, and watch the effect the modification makes.

  • rotation of a single song, or all the song of a category
  • clashes between songs in different categories can be analised (Current, Recurrent, and New song from the same artist)
  • kicks can be added, and tested to get the best distribution
  • you can split positions among multiple categories to get a more even rotation

Cue Point Setup

Music Scheduler Song Cue Points Editing

Each sound file can have different cue points attached to them, which helps to work of the presenter.

  • Start
  • Cue 1, Cue2 are points to note where music changes and could be used for shortening the song.
  • Cue3 is usually used to mark the end of the intro.
  • loop – you can define a loop anywhere in the song, and the annoncer can use it as a bed
  • hook – you can mark the refrain, or the most characteristic part of the song to make the creating of teasers easier
  • Next Song – where the next song/jingle should be inserted by the automatic crossfade.
  • End -where the last usable bit of  the sound file

You can set crossfading parameters for your liners, sweepers, or jingles too, to make better segues.