Meridian
Audio Library and Scheduler
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Updated Wednesday February 01, 2012


Welcome to Meridian, the successor to MyLibrary... Meridian functions as an audio database and also offers scheduling functions for music enthusiasts and radio broadcasters.  Many of the familiar features of MyLibrary are present in Meridian and much more...

One of Meridian's advantages is separation of the Audio+Station Databases - This allows you to have a dedicated Station Database for each station/service (Clocks, Rules etc) but also a central audio storage common to all stations allowing changes to be reflected on your sister stations instantly.  For instance, a song on your Hits station could be in a Gold Category.  On your Oldies sister station it may be in the A-List.  Somebody sets the Intro point while performing admin on the Hits database - that information is immediately visible on the Oldies database due to them using the same storage.

Meridian Downloads

Licensing Meridian : Until registered, Meridian will run for 30 minutes and then close - it is fully functional apart from this limitation.  You may re-start the program as many times as you like.

To purchase, please visit the Shop page...

Meridian will cost £150 for a Full Licence, and £25 for an Admin Licence (no scheduling functions).  Licence codes are date-based, so special deals can be worked out for short-term licences (eg: RSL broadcasts).


Downloads as of February 01, 2012 :

Meridian Setup v1.0.103   [24th Jan]
Full installation for first-time users...

Meridian v1.0.103 Update   [24th Jan]
The latest update for existing users - you MUST have used the Setup installer (above) to use this update.

  • Added : Daypart Restrictions to SongCard and Mass Changer

  • Clock window offers basic functionality

  • Changed database structure to work with new Meridian scheduler - New sample DB provided

  • Added Script Loading

Meridian CHM Help File   [24th Jan]
This is included with the program but is offered here for quick reading.

Meridian Skin Files   [30th Dec]
A collection of MSStyles that can be used with most of my applications.  These are freely available online and this ZIP file contains some of the ones that look good.
 

 

Library Features

Scheduling Features

In comparison to MyLibrary, Meridian does NOT have these features:

Admin Licence
If you regularly work from home or like to manage/prepare your station's clocks away from the studio, then the "Admin" licence is also available for a low price - This has all the normal database functions but does not allow any schedules to be generated.  You can, however, add audio, set attributes/cue points and manage clocks/rules etc providing you have the database/station file and access to the audio.

More Information
Meridian handles the placement of adverts, jingles and songs within a set of rules.  These rules can be enforced on a daily/hourly basis - essential for setting-up "no repeat daytimes", love-song shows - even a quick change of programming to reflect the weather!  Rules can be made "hard" or "soft" - this allows you to define how strict the rules and policies are.  By softening some rules, the amount of possible un-scheduled positions decreases.  In short, a "soft" rule can be broken but a "hard" one would leave an un-scheduled position if a suitable song could not be chosen.

A major concern for those who like to "tinker", especially home-users, bedroom DJs or small-scale stations is one of being able to import/export the data using Access/Excel or similar.  Unlike some playout/schedulers, all of the data you enter will be able to export to plain text files for manipulation in other programs.

 

The Small Print
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