Coda Radio Software

Features

Coda provides a suite of multi-user applications across a shared network. It is used to create radio programme schedules and control broadcast output. Windows-based software built around a powerful MySQL database to maintain audio libraries, programme formats, playlists and schedules, and to create a fresh mix of songs, jingles, news, voice-breaks for every day. Coda offers precision scheduling of on-air events, immediate control of the broadcast as it plays, and instant access to all audio from any workstation. It has easy voice-tracking, fixed-time or run-of-play scheduling, harmonic and artist clash avoidance, and everything you would expect in a professional programme scheduling system. Coda makes radio easy.

On-Air Studio

Controls the current on-air programme. Operates in live-assist or walk-away automation mode. Displays schedule of all programme events. Easy to stop/start or modify. Easy to Add Songs/Items/Voices to the playing schedule. Instant play from Speedbar/Hotkey buttons. Extra window for DJ Liner notes. Customise screen colours, column or text sizes. Operates from any workstation. Easy voice tracking.

Library Manager

Maintains the music/item/artist database. Stores General, Copyright, Daypart, AudioFile and LinerNotes details. Includes a CD-Ripper with 'trim', 'normalise' and CDDB link, plus and Import Song function for existing audio files. Stores over a million songs. Includes sophisticated Search functions to Find songs anywhere in the system.

Format Manager

Maintains Hour and Day Format clocks. Uses standard templates or design/copy/create your own. Schedule rotates or fixed events with clockwork precision. Position Exact Time or Flexible Fixed markers. Set policies, priorities, and clash tables. Analyse formats and playlists using a customisable Rotate Dayplan matrix. For Programme Directors, this is the ultimate tool to create your own special formats.

Rotate Manager

Maintains rotate playlists for songs, items, sub-rotates and categories. Controls cycle times and clash rules. Sorts by filter, search depth, set sequence or shuffle. Calculates and analyses rotation cycles. Easy transfer of songs between playlists. Easy audition for any song. Works from any workstation. Change the playlist for your perfect format mix

Schedule Manager

Creates daily schedules automatically using playlists and format clocks, up to 14 days at a time. Includes Dayparting, Artist, Style, Tempo and Harmonic checking. Open any schedule from any workstation, and modify, voice track or reschedule as desired. Checks total audio content in each hour/day. Merges Traffic schedules. Stores schedules for production, review or reconciliation.

Report Manager

Prints playlist, schedule and database reports. Analyses rotates, calculates most played songs, shows local content percentages and generates copyright audit logs. Sort the database into any order, display on screen, and print selection. Includes Rotate or History Enquiries. Creates APRA copyright logs as a file for printing or export. Prints Traffic schedule reconciliations.

additional features

News Scheduler

News scheduler and News Monitor will handle your programme Links or insert your News bulletins as they arrive.

Web-player

Coda exports 'playing details', 'artist notes' and 'album art' to your website or smartphone using custom-made Coda Webplayer software.

Affordable Hardware

Windows-based software runs on standard 'off-the-shelf' PC's. Best with one network Server-PC and as many Workstation-PC's as you want.

Customer Support

Software support is available on-line, by remote or by phone, 24/7.