Hello,
Thank you to
@TBN Radio and
@nelson c for their opinions and feedback on the functionality of this groundbreaking new feature :
TIME STRETCH.
Question:
Is it possible to add the following option?
Right-click on the music track in the playlist: Add “Enable Time Stretch” when it is not activated. This makes it faster to access. However, it does display “Disable Time Stretch” when Time Stretch is activated.
And a remark:
The proposed Time Stretch focuses on an overall treatment of the hour. It’s useful when you want to finish the current hour at the next hour. However, there are other imperatives within an hour depending on the radio station, which can be equally important: news flashes at h+30, chronicles at h+15 or h+45, advertisements...
It seems important to release a final version 7.1 with a treatment for each segment of the hour to satisfy the largest number of users. Because, for me, it is almost unusable: news flashes start earlier or later outside of the hour marker. This undermines the credibility of a radio station that broadcasts its top-of-the-hour marker accurately but fails to respect the timing of the news flash at h+30.
I propose three types of Time Stretch:
- The current Time Stretch for when the radio station broadcasts mostly musical content during the hour—for example, at night or when the station does not broadcast other important information besides the hour marker.
- A Time Stretch with variable speeds according to the segments within the hour. Building upon the current Time Stretch, add options for segments (h+15, h+30, h+45... Basically, every minute of the hour, and seconds too) and according to hours of the day, days of the week... Essentially, according to a calendar because there are holidays, celebrations, and everything in daily life to consider. It would be presented as a planner. There would also be an option to enable/disable according to the segments.
- And a customizable Time Stretch that would be configured differently and applied only to a music track or any element in the playlist:
- Right-click on a music track => Value for the Time Stretch for the track => Customizable speed.
- Or even simpler, more reliable, and more accurate: Click on the element that should start at the desired time. This configuration must take into account all file types because it can be a news flash, a chronicle...
This Time Stretch is important when hosting a live show. Live implies unpredictability, making it difficult to respect precise timing when a listener speaks more or less than expected. It involves “catching up” time using a selection of music tracks. For example, between the on-air game at h+15 and the news flash at h+30.
Instead of three types of Time Stretch, only include the last two types I’ve proposed. This is clearer and more comprehensible.
Congratulations on implementing the Time Stretch that was missing from RadioBOSS.
In my comment, I take into account that there was no Time Stretch before, and alternative solutions, much less convenient and not very elegant, had to be found to achieve a satisfactory result (using sweepers, among other things).
But now that such a solution exists, it’s important to offer a basic Time Stretch with minimal performance from the start to avoid creating disappointment among some users—potentially a large number of users who include varied content in their programs.
I don’t know if my comment will be considered, as I’m surprised to see no feedback on this part of the Time Stretch regarding diverse functionality. This seems important to me. It’s a significant and very interesting new feature, and it seems necessary to showcase its value from the outset in the new version to not undermine its power and the improvement it brings to on-air quality.
I even think some RadioBOSS users have not yet realized its potential.
I repeat: I cannot use Time Stretch for all hours of my radio program currently, and for the reasons mentioned above. Yet, I would greatly need it if it had the minimum necessary settings.
I emphasize my comment because I have worked at a major national French radio station that had this function with parameters developed via a provider that offered customized solutions.
Obviously, the budget is not the same at all. RadioBOSS is already competitive in terms of quality/price ratio. But consider my comment as encouragement to start this new feature well, as it will bring added value to the final RadioBOSS product.
For me, you’ve already reached version 8.0 with the incorporation of Time Stretch.
And congratulations to all users who actively contribute to the development of this new version. It’s a pleasure to read your thoughts and see interesting exchanges and comments.
