Three types of messages can be added to the music. ‘Play in Sequence’. ‘Pause song, Play message, Resume playing’. ‘Lower volume, Play message, Raise volume’. They are not processed the same way as songs. Can be any audio file supported by the player. Currently, extensions are ‘.mp3‘, ‘.wav‘ and ‘.wma‘ and more are being added as development continues.
Identify Messages In Display Grid
![]() These images identify the type and are displayed in the ‘Fade-In‘ ( Use them to open the messages
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Differences with songs
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Messages Editor
![]() Each type has required parameters that must be set. Consequently, how this window appears depends on the type selected. The first panel shows the Name Of The Message being attached to the preceding song in the display grid
Use the APPLY control to complete the process once the required parameters are set. |
Types of Messages
Use the second panel to select the message type. Panels showing required parameters appear according to the selected type. All parameters must be set before a message can be attached to a song.
Play In Sequence Fades
applied to songs before and after this message type are processed before and after it is played.
- This message type has no parameters to set.
Pause Song, Play Message, Resume Playing The song fades down & pauses, the message plays and then the song resumes playing while fading up.
- Start position of the message in the song.
Lower Volume, Play Message, Raise Volume The song fades down to the selected volume level, the message plays over the song at the selected volume level and then the song resumes playing while fading up.
- Start position of the message in the song.
- Set the volume level the song will be lowered to.
- Set the volume level the message will play at.
Editor Play Position Controls
Use the controls on the third panel to select the position in the song where the message is to start playing.
The name of the song the message is being attached to.
Temporarily override the output device assigned to this deck. Only available when multiple output
devices are detected on your system.
Only Play and Stop controls on this playback deck.
Left-click on this control to select the current play position in the song. Right-click on it to clear the selected start position.
Use these controls to position play in the song. The mouse changes to a left/right arrow and a yellow box when you move over these controls. (Move over this image for a demonstration) A tool-tip showing the relative position of the mouse in relation to play-time also appears. (
). Click anytime to move play to that position. Click, hold and drag for an interesting effect. Progress controls display the following information:
- Manual Cues
(Start of a song)
- Manual End-Cuts
(End of a song)
- Loops A & B
(Start & End of a loop)
- Messages
(Start position)
NOTE: The player displays manual settings in both modes. Global settings are only reflected in these controls when the player is in Automatic mode. - Manual Cues
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Editor Volume Controls
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- Left-click either side of this
to increase / decrease the volume by 10 each time.
- Right-click to increase / decrease the volume by 1 each time.
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