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Categories

Categories 101 - The Need To Know Basics
Rotation Prediction - Average Turnover Chart
Category Rules 101
Category - Rank Order Fix
Category View Design
Selection Categories
Selection Category - Removing
Shuffling Categories
Shuffle the HOT category weekly? Is that good to do?
Shuffle and Shuffling Categories
Shuffling Categories - Update
A Question About The Average Turnover Number
Allow Repeat Play After x-% of Tracks Have Played
Can I Search For Songs From A Specific Year?
Category Rotation Changes With Clocks
Controlling the Tempo Mix
Customizing the Start/End Date Columns
Packets - When To Packet
Packets? How Do I Use Them?
Packets - How do I create a packet?
Packet Removal
Packets - No Rotation Prediction
Play Number
Play Number Explained In Detail
Play Number Option
Play Number, Total Plays and Category Spins
Help Me With My Rotations
How can I change the way the 'date added' field is displayed?
How Can I Make Some Songs By An Artist Play More Than Other Songs By The Artist?
How can I set it so a song doesn't repeat for 14 days?
How Do I Change The Fonts In My Categories?
How Do I Change the Scheduling Order Of My Categories?
How do I make a simple report that will show me the percentage of plays by Category? I want to see if my formatting is delivering 15% Hot Current, 20% Medium Current and so on.
How does Title Separation work within the categories?
I'm not seeing the rotation grid..says "category not included in any clock" or something like that for each category??
On one of my rotation prediction charts, I've got some Orange squares mixed in with the normal Blue squares. What's up with that?
On the Category Rules screen, I see: Maximum Number of Choices and an option to "set automatically." What exactly is that feature?
Play By Percentage
Power Oldie Rotation Evaluation - What To Look For
Recycle Categories
Removing Duplicates
The Flip/Don't Flip Category Rule

Song Cards

Song Cards 101
Converting Tracks to the Other Card Type
Non-Music Cards
Importing and Merging New Song Data
Merging Song Data onto MusicONE Song Cards
Importing Audio Tag Data - Unique Titles
Removing Duplicates
Mass Change Sound Codes
Mass Change Tempo
Play Number Option
Player Controller
Change the Drive Letter and Path on Song Cards
Scheduling Daily Voice Tracks and Rotators
Total Plays Re-Set
Can I Search For Songs From A Specific Year?
Is there a way to go into a single Log after I've scheduled and check song roations?
I'm playing two versions of the same song, a 'live' and a 'studio' recording. How can I make sure those two get separated and don't schedule too close together?

Clocks

Format Clocks 101
Scheduling Rules - Basic Settings
Over Ruled
Adding Spot Break Units
How do I add Spot Break Markers to my clocks?
New Clock to Dayformat (Hour Clock Lineup)
Clock Items - How To Mass Change
Category Rotation Changes With Clocks
Clock Rules - Female Separation
Clock Rules: Separation vs Run
Clock Rules - Mass Change Sound Code Rules
Clock Rules Time/Content
Controlling the Tempo Mix
Format Clock - Clusters
How To Delete A Format Clock
Formatting Christmas with Music 1
How can I put some empty space onto the clocks to make room for announcer talk?
How can I schedule programs that are more than an Hour in length?
Can I Schedule Some Hours With No Slow Songs At All?
I'm not seeing the rotation grid..says "category not included in any clock" or something like that for each category??
Linked Tracks - Advanced
Linked Tracks - Hit Year
Linked Tracks - Linking To Songs
Linked Tracks - Video
Managing Female Content
Tempo / Transition Jingles
TrafficONE Spot Breaks - Fixed Start Time Enabled
How do I merge my commercials into M1?
Importing Traffic Log Files
Can I set it so the hour will never end with a song that has a “cold” ending?
Importing Natural Log advertising logs.
How Do I Tell M1 To Schedule An Item At A Specific Time?

Formatting

A Primer On Three Formatting Basics
Linked Tracks - Linking To Songs
Over Ruled
Daylight Saving Time Shift
Formatting Syndicated Shows - Wolfman Jack
Voice Track - Auto Numbering
Formatting Tempo'd Jingles
Formatting Hit Year Stagers
Formatting Hit Year Stagers - Second Option
Format An Open Slot for DJ Choice
Formatting No Repeat Workdays
Linking Hit Year Intros and Stagers
Linked Tracks - Video
Announcers - Naming & Dayparting
Adding Spot Break Units
Adding Song Notes to the Log
How to Schedule A Promo 3x's More Than the Others
Platooning for Tempo Control
Packets to Limit or Increase Airplay of Songs
Play By Percentage
I'm not seeing the rotation grid..says "category not included in any clock" or something like that for each category??
Importing Traffic Log Files
How Do I Schedule Day-Specific Jingles?
How Do I Tell M1 To Schedule An Item At A Specific Time?
How do I prevent a jingle which fades out slowly from being followed by a song where the artist starts singing immediately?
We’re going to be running a 70s and 80’s Gold Program on weekends and I need to have a lot of songs from those years to schedule on Saturday night but I don’t want to have to move them out of their regular categories that are used during the week. Is there a way to have songs in TWO categories at the same time?
Why would I want to merge the commercials into M1 when my automation system has its own merge function that does the same thing?
How do I merge my commercials into M1?

Artists

Artist Separation - History, Theory and Music Radio Today
Artist Separation Setting
Artist Grouping - Link One Artist to Another
Artist Separation - During Scheduling
Artist Separation From Previous Day
Artist Separation Not Working
Artist Separation Problem - Special Case
Artist Separation Problem Investigation
Artist Separation - Problem Investigation 2
Artist Separation - Problem, But Not Every Day
Mass Change Artist Genders
Setting Default Genders
Sorting "The" Artist
What Are Double-Shots?

Scheduling

Scheduling Basics
Scheduling Rules - Basic Settings
Scheduling - Automatic Scheduling
Scheduling in Automatic vs. Interactive
Hybrid Scheduling System
Scheduling In Automatic Mode
Logs - Delete and Reschedule
Re-Schedule Hours or Delete a Log
How To Search and Schedule a Song
Importing Traffic Log Files
Over Ruled
Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling - 2
Alternative Categories
Artist Separation - During Scheduling
Can I get M1 to schedule one song every hour?
Can I make M1 schedule exactly 60 minutes' content in the hour?
Can I set it so the hour will never end with a song that has a “cold” ending?
Artist Separation Problem Investigation
Changing Font Preferences In Scheduling View
Changing the Columns and Colors in the Scheduling View
Counting "Song From Search" Plays
Designing Templates for Printing Logs / Playlists
Drag, Drop and Swap During Scheduling
Editing Tip: De-glitching An Artist Separation Anomaly
Flip Function - Category Refresher
How can I change the Song Rotation Chart Settings?
How can I get M1 to schedule the whole day without stopping for rule violations?
How can I put some empty space onto the clocks to make room for announcer talk?
How can I schedule programs that are more than an Hour in length?
How Do I Change the Scheduling Order Of My Categories?
How do I insert a specific non-music thing?
How Do I Make Sure GOLD songs don't play within the same day part of the previous day?
How do I prevent a jingle which fades out slowly from being followed by a song where the artist starts singing immediately?
I had a song schedule today much sooner than it should. It is in a category with a 5 day turnover. What happened?
I have a problem scheduling Female songs...
I haven't made a log for today (I used an older one), now I need to schedule a playlist for tomorrow, but M1 will only do one for today's date...
I'm scheduling a full day's worth of music, but my playout system always comes up short.
I've got a category that has a 3 day turnover, but one song got scheduled twice within three hours. How did that happen?
Artist Separation - Problem, But Not Every Day
Linked Tracks - Advanced
Log Dating Trick
M1 keeps stopping as it schedules with the rule violation "Same Song Previous Day". What can I do to fix that?
My "Dig" Button Is Not Working
My "Last Played" Data Isn't The Same As the Song Rotation Chart
Play Number Explained In Detail
Playlist Hack - Use A Past Schedule on a New Date
Quick Scheduling Pop Up Promos
Rule Violation: Time
Running Radio Remotely
Scheduling A Non-Audio Unit
Scheduling A Specific Track
Scheduling Countdown Shows
Scheduling End-Dated Units
Scheduling Stop With No Choices Showing
Scheduling Two-For Tuesdays
Scheduling With A "Search"
See The Timing Boxes - Make The Taskbar Go Away
Setting The Player Behavior
Song Rotation Grid During Scheduling
Song Search
Song Swap and Move
Tell me how the Title Separation rule works.
The Updated QuickStart Manual
View Only and the .ML File
Viewing The Song Rotation Chart During Scheduling
We’re going to be running a 70s and 80’s Gold Program on weekends and I need to have a lot of songs from those years to schedule on Saturday night but I don’t want to have to move them out of their regular categories that are used during the week. Is there a way to have songs in TWO categories at the same time?
What does "Overplay" Mean?
What's the Easiest Way to Manually schedule some Artist "Drops"?
Artist Time Violation: What does that mean?
Reconcile - Why I Don't
Why Does M1 Stop As It Schedules?
Why Doesn't M1 Search the Entire Category to Find A Song That Won't Violate One of My Formatting Rules?
Stuck In View-Only And Recovering From It
Including Spots in the Playout Schedule
Errors Found During Load Message
Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling -1-

Rotations

A Question About The Average Turnover Number
Can I get M1 to schedule one song every hour?
Category Rotation Changes With Clocks
Counting "Song From Search" Plays
Daypart Rotation
Help Me With My Rotations
How can I change the Song Rotation Chart Settings?
How can I set it so a song doesn't repeat for 14 days?
How Do I Make Sure GOLD songs don't play within the same day part of the previous day?
I had a song schedule today much sooner than it should. It is in a category with a 5 day turnover. What happened?
I'm not seeing the rotation grid..says "category not included in any clock" or something like that for each category??
Is there a way that I can check the average turnover of a SINGLE track?
On one of my rotation prediction charts, I've got some Orange squares mixed in with the normal Blue squares. What's up with that?
Other than by category scheduling, how can I control spins of individual (current) songs within a category?
Play Number
Power Oldie Rotation Evaluation - What To Look For
Recycle Categories
Song Rotation Grid During Scheduling
Tell me how the Title Separation rule works.
Viewing The Song Rotation Chart During Scheduling

Rules

Over Ruled
Scheduling Rules - Basic Settings
Category Rules - Refresher
Clock Rules: Separation vs Run
Clock Rules Time/Content
Clock Rules - Female Separation
Tempo Flow Rules
Tempo / Transition Jingles
Title Separation Rule
The Flip/Don't Flip Category Rule
Common Rule Violation Notices
Rule Violation: Time
Allow Repeat Play After x-% of Tracks Have Played
Artist Separation - History, Theory and Music Radio Today
Artist Separation From Previous Day
Artist Separation - Problem Investigation 2
Artist Separation Not Working
Can I Schedule Some Hours With No Slow Songs At All?
Controlling the Tempo Mix
Daypart Rotation
How Do I Make Sure GOLD songs don't play within the same day part of the previous day?
How do I prevent Fast and Slow songs from scheduling next to each other?
How To Mass-Change / Mass-Apply Hour Restrictions
I'm a bit confused about Sound Codes. What should mine be?
M1 keeps stopping as it schedules with the rule violation "Same Song Previous Day". What can I do to fix that?
Managing Female Content
I have a problem scheduling Female songs...
On my finished schedule, every song is showing in red (violations) font. What does this mean?
On one of my rotation prediction charts, I've got some Orange squares mixed in with the normal Blue squares. What's up with that?
Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling -1-
Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling - 2
Artist Time Violation: What does that mean?
Tell me how the Title Separation rule works.
Tempo Rule Problem
Tempo'd Jingles
What does "Overplay" Mean?
Rule Violation: Artist Period. What does that mean?
Some Rules to Disengage in SE Version 7

Rule Violations

Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling -1-
Understanding Rule Violations When Scheduling - 2
Common Rule Violation Notices
Rule Violation: Time
On my finished schedule, every song is showing in red (violations) font. What does this mean?
Artist Separation - During Scheduling
Rule Violations - Artist Separation
Artist Separation Not Working
My "Last Played" Data Isn't The Same As the Song Rotation Chart
Products and Product Rules
Rule Violation: Song Prev Day
Tempo Rule Problem

TrafficONE

A TrafficONE Demo Video
Convert a Non-Music Card To a Spot Card
Importing Advert Schedule From TrafficONE
TrafficONE - Agency Billing
TrafficONE - Entering Complicated Ad Orders
TrafficONE - Formatting a News Sponsorship Order
TrafficONE - Mass Delete Old Orders
TrafficONE - Order With Different Rates
TrafficONE - Product Separation
TrafficONE - Scheduling Spots 2 to 1
TrafficONE - Scheduling Spots for Specific Hours
TrafficONE - Splits
TrafficONE - Spot Break Insert/Fill Function
TrafficONE and Avail Types
TrafficONE Spot Breaks - Fixed Start Time Enabled
TrafficONE User Manual Being Updated
TrafficONE User Manual Update
TrafficONE- Auto Fill With Only One Spot
TrafficONE- Break Balancing
TrafficONE- Convert Tracks
TrafficONE- Packets

Importing Data

Importing Library Data From Text Files
Click-and-Hear Auditioning
Converting Tracks to the Other Card Type
Edit mp3 Tags - How to
Importing and Merging New Song Data
Importing Audio Tag Data - Unique Titles
Importing Data from Mp3Tag software
Importing Song Data From Mp3 Tags
Meta-Data Editing with Mp3Tag
Re-Importing Library Data
Using MediaMonkey To Edit mp3 Tags
When I import from a .csv, not all of the records are imported.
Folders vs Categories
What's the best way to name my audio files?
Mp3 Tags - Explained
Importing Natural Log advertising logs.
Importing from Simian
AudioVault Flex - Exporting and Importing into M1

Automation Systems

PlayoutONE
AudioVault
- AudioVault Flex - Exporting and Importing into M1
StationPlaylist
SAM Broadcaster
Simian OptX
- Importing from Simian
- Simian Commands in Music 1/Professional
WideOrbit
Enco / DadPro
- Enco Digilink Output For Multiple Streams
- Dadpro Log File and Player Command Setup

PlayIt Live Library Import / Playlist Export
All Installed Automation System Outputs
Audio Folders
Audio folders for Internet Radio
Automation - Rivendell
Automation / Playout System Selection
Automation Format Selection
Automation General Tab
Cloud Storage - Log Folders
Date Fields In Automation Log Formats
Folders vs Categories
I'm Using the Jazler Automation System. How Do I Configure M1 To Work With it?
Jazler Commercial Breaks
Log Folder
M3U Playlists
Player Commands
Player Commands - Overview
Player Commands 2
Proppfrexx Event Type Customization
Radio DJ - Exporting and Importing Library Data
RadioDJ - Hourly Playlists
Re-Importing Library Data
Reconcile - Why I Don't
Rivendell Connection
Skylla Commands
System Settings - Automation Params
Using Player Commands
We're switching from our old automation system to SS32, what do we need to do with M1 to get it to work with the new system?

System Settings

How To Backup Your M1 Database
Automatic Shutdown
Automation Format Selection
Automation General Tab
Canadian Content
Lost Database Recovery
Multi-User Mode Passwords
Multi-User Update
System Settings - Automation Params
System Settings - Insert Tab
The Music 1 Player Isn't Working
Auto-Shut Down
Spam & Phishing
Click-and-Hear Auditioning
Using Dropbox with M1
Log Folder
I see I've got about five years worth of old log files in my M1 Logs folder. What's the best way to delete them?

Reports

Report Design
BMI, ASCAP and SoundExchange Reports
SoundExchange Reporting
NPR/SoundExchange Report
Category Statistics Report
Design a Weekly Spins Report
How Do I Create A "Spins" Report
Reports - Exporting to CSV
Print a Playlist
Printing to PDF
Printing PDF Playlists for Announcers
Can I Print a Playlist To PDF? And, Can I Make It In Color?
Printing List of Most Recent Adds
Artist Content Report
Song Plays Report
Track Plays Report
Make A Report Showing Average Tempo's, Genders, Sound Codes
Is there a way that I can go into a single LOG after I've scheduled it and check the rotations?
Merging Song Data onto MusicONE Song Cards
How do a get M1 to print the playlist in color?
Track Plays Report
How do I make a simple report that will show me the percentage of plays by Category? I want to see if my formatting is delivering 15% Hot Current, 20% Medium Current and so on.

Radio Stuff

Music Radio - The Early Years
Genesis of the Music Scheduler
What Is A Format?
Music Information Site
Production Service & Monitoring Service
The RodeCaster Pro
Products Old and New

Installation

Installing Music 1
How To Backup Your M1 Database
Moving Music 1 to Another Computer
Using Dropbox with M1
"error initializing audio reader"
Audio Folders
Automation Format Selection
Automation General Tab
I see I've got about five years worth of old log files in my M1 Logs folder. What's the best way to delete them?

Popular Articles

Log Dating Trick
Is there a way to go into a single Log after I've scheduled and check song roations?
Why would I want to merge the commercials into M1 when my automation system has its own merge function that does the same thing?
How do I merge my commercials into M1?
How can I set it so a song doesn't repeat for 14 days?

Newest Articles

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