NEWS 6/10/2015

RadioBOSS 5.3

• Sidechain compressor for microphones: voice activated microphone and automatic music ducking while speaking
• Virtual audio sound cards included with the RadioBOSS package (thanks to VB-Audio, https://www.vb-cable.com)
• Automatic weather announcements
• Startup options: start minimized, delay startup
• New File Type option: "Do not play two or more tracks consecutively"
• Stream recording shows recorded duration in the status bar
• A setting added to select the source for the Stream Recording feature
• Remote Control API: insert after the scheduled events command
• Remote Control API: "playbackinfo" command also includes overlay events
• Reconnect time can be specified for every broadcasting encoder
• "Move to" right click command added to move tracks between playlist tabs
• Ctrl+Up arrow, Ctrl+Down arrow to move tracks in the playlist
• Drag-n-drop tracks between the playlist tabs and the cart wall
• When playing a Shoutcast stream an artwork is shown
• When relaying a Shoutcast stream an artwork is forwarded to broadcasting encoders
• More events are added to the event log
• Hot key management improved (the window is made accessible for screen reader software)
• Improved library search feature (in some cases speed should vastly increase)
• Track List feature selects tracks in the background: it should eliminate long track startup when using this feature
• Next and current track information is properly displayed when using the Track List feature
• Toolbar buttons added to show and hide work zones
• Level meter improvements: maximum level can be set to +3dB; RMS level display
• Cart wall: switch between tracks (right-click option on a cart wall tab)
• Volume control for cart wall tracks
• "Start playback after having connected to a server" option added for encoders
• "Open containing folder" playlist right-click command
• If a file doesn't have cover art, an attempt is made to load it from a folder where the track is located
• Presets for compressor (includes two predefined presets: Raido and Limiter)
• A setting added to change highlight color for the playlist
• Improved UI style saving
• Music Library search sorting improved
• Windows Mixer Control feature *REMOVED*
• Lots of minor improvements and optimizations

• Scheduler wizard reworked
• Additional syntax to perform calculations in filename templates
• A command added to load text or text file into notepad tab
• "download" command can download a podcast
• "download" command now works with HTTPS protocol
• %showname variable for HTTP request and "set %showname=" command
• Deafult option set for new scheduled events ("Set default" button)
• "getfile" command to select one track or playlist from a folder; optionally delete after playback
• Purely technical events like create a backup run automatically even in Manual mode
• "set autoamp on|off" command to control AutoAmp state
• "set http_request on|off" command to turn on and off the HTTP request feature

• Genre, Gender, Language, Year no-repeat rules
• Calculate the estimated duration for rotation
• "On error, create an empty playlist" option added
• Ability to save and load priority rules
• "Outro" category: add only at the end of the playlist
• Take into account the "Last played" tag
• Shows the generation progress in the Windows task bar
• No-repeat feature improved

• "Maximum time wait" options for generated events
• Fixed space bar selection bug
• Fixed a rarely occurring bug when scheduled events times were wrong

• Level slider
• Normalization
• Undo changes

• Count the number of tracks for each artist (Statistics)
• "Check music library" feature shows tracks without a tag
• Minor UI improvements
• Track number column

• Track playback duration can be added to the report
• Drag-n-drop report fields
• Separate fields for date and time
• Time constraints (in addition to date) for report period
• Fixed sorting bug that occurred sometimes

• Lots of minor UI improvements
• "Disable song" option that prevents Playlist Generator Pro to use this track
• Previous and Next track buttons in Track Tool
• Set track playback volume

• Set playback volume for all tracks
• Zoom using mouse wheel
• "Remove custom crossfade" right-click command in the playlist

• The update is free for existing users who purchased RadioBOSS or RadioBOSS Update after
  May 01, 2014. Otherwise, update price is $69.95, please visit this page to purchase.
• License prices for new users start from $119.95; please visit this page for further details.

• Updating your RadioBOSS installation