A lot of microphones have a phones output for monitoring. The issue this causes us as Voiceover users, is we lose speech, without having a pare of headphones.
This little speaker is just a bit bigger than a golf ball, and has a built-in eighth inch plug on the side. I am using it with the Rode Video Mic Plus, and it works perfectly. It’s light weight, so as not to put to much extra force on the USB C plug going into my phone. It’s just around 15 bucks US, and charges via USB, not, USB c. Check it out here.
Listen to VT’s recorded on the IPhone as they play out on air:
The first VT uses the internal mics of IPhone 16 Pro, the second uses the Rode Video Mic.
How it works: Listen to a demo running through the VT iOS setup.
This guide will assist in setting up StationPlaylist creator, StationPlaylist Studio, along with iOS Shortcuts and apps to Voicetrack from an iOS device. At the time of writing, the StationPlaylist team have not rleased a VTRemote client app for the iOS platform, as they have for Windows, Mac and Android, allowing you to track in. This method assumes that your song intros have been previously set so that the automatic setting will allow your voicetracks to automatically ramp..
What you will need:
A copy of StationPlaylist Creator, and Studio pro.
An active subscription to Dropbox, (can be free or paid).
An iOS device, preferrably an IPhone.
A copy of recorder HQ, (Paid app). (Appstore link below)
Lets first setup Stationplaylist:
Creator:
Open StationPlaylist Creator, you will land on the list of tabs that you may down arrow through.
Down arrow to, “HTML / VT Button”
Press space to verify this is selected.
Tab to: “Enable HTML Playlist check box not checked” and press space to check this.
You will then be prompted, “Enter the name of your station Edit”
This will be prefilled with the information you used when purchasing your StationPlaylist product. If you need to, change the information, and tab to and press space on the OK button.
You will then be prompted: “Enter the URL of your Homepage Edit”
This will be for your stations website. Fill this in with the appropriate info, tab to ok, and press space.
You will then fall back to the HTML VT page.
Press tab to reach: “HTML Playlist Include All Playlist Details check box not checked”
press space to check.
Tab until you reach: “Voice Track Options Generate VT Filenames check box not checked”
Space to check.
Tab once to reach: “Voice Track Options seconds Edit”
This is the title of an edit box. It’s default information is below: mmmdd-hhnn”-%u””.WAV”
Because we are using the M4A format we want to change this too:
mmmdd-hhnn”-%u””.M4A”
We are just changing the info within the last pare of quotes.
Tab down until you reach:
Voicetrack Folder Edit:
You want the VT’s folder you have created in Dropbox to be the path here:
Example:
C:\Users\Radio\Dropbox\StationPlaylistVT’s
Tab down until you reach: “Voice Track Recording Application VT Recorder radio button checked”
Up arrow to reach: “Voice Track Recording Application 3rd party radio button checked”
This is the last thing you will need to change on this page of Creator. Don’t worry about the “Third party app” edit box, and button.
Tabbing until you reach the list of pages again, up arrow until you reach: “Rotations Button”
and press space to verify it’s selected.
We now want to add Voicetrack markers where we want DJ’s to be able to voicetrack. There is no right or wrong method to this. If you don’t have a set spot, you may add a marker wherever you see two songs in a row, (not where you find imaging/sweeps.)
Tab over to the list of rotations and start from the top down as we will need to add markers in each rotation we want DJ’s to track.
Pressing enter on the chosen rotation, tab, or shift+tab to reach the list containing it’s elements, (Rotation). This is where you see the entire hour scheduled out.
Press home to reach the top, start arrowing down until you find two songs in a row.With your cursor on the second, Tab until you reach:
“Insert VT Marker Button”
Press space. You will land in a dialogue, in an, “Estimated Duration 00:00 (mm:ss)” edit field. You may or may not change this. Just remember not to put VT Markers to close to the bottom of the hour as those tracks may not play if you leave this at 0.
Tab to ok, and press space. You will land back in the list view, on the VT marker. You may control+C to copy this to your clipboard, and arrow down the playlist pasting this, Control+V, where you want DJ’s to VT.
When you are done, press home, and down arrow through your rotation verifying everything looks correct, then, tab to ok and press space. This is the last thing you need to do in creator. As you alt+F4 to exit, you will be asked if you want to save the changes, please choose, yes.
Please note that new playlists have not been created, including the HTML versions along with the VT markers. You may choose to create playlists for today, which will overwrite what is currently playing, or wait until the next scheduled time for creation, suggested.
StationPlaylist Studio:
We now want to verify that the mini web server is enabled, and you know it’s port base.
Within Studio press control+o, to reach it’s options.
Down arrow until you reach: “Communications Button”
Press space to verify this is selected.
Tab over to: “TCP Tab”, which should be already selected. Press space to verify.
Tab until you reach: “Mini Web Server Enabled check box not checked”
Press space to check this.
As you tab again, you will reach the port base. “80” is the default HTTP port, you will have to have this open on your router so that DJ’s from outside your network may access this server.
As you continue to tab you will see two edit boxes that state:
“Mini Web Server IP Restriction Edit”
One of these is for a password, one is actually for IP restriction. You don’t need to fill either of these out.
Tab to close and press space to exit the options.
You are now done with settings in StationPlaylist. After playlist creation, access HTML playlists by hitting:
You will need to download/add the following two shortcuts to your Phone/Home screen:
My Station’s Playlists: This will bring up your HTML playlist files in Safari. You will have to edit the shortcut to adjust the default IP Address, (Local Host) and port base, (Currently set to 80). https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5f132c883e374250bcf5ebb111037347
Miss the show? or just want to relive it? Check out the highlights below! what was Roosters crazyest Mail moment? What’s the topic for next week? What cool shiz is going down in April!
Really excited about my new show, The Variety Party! Playing a lot of the new, current stuff, in the Rock, pop, EDM, and country formats! Would love you to tune in and listen if you can!
One thing I’m lacking in the many imaging FX libraries I own is Vinyl scratch fx, not, scratching the needle across the disc so as to scratch and harm the vinyl, but, the ones you hear in 90s wrapcore, Linken park, and, in a lot of hot chr or hip-hop station imaging. So, I decided to buy a Vinyl practice scratch disc, hope it had the sample sounds I wanted put it on my record player, record it, then take the recording into DJ iOS, and scratch it, and cut the good stuff up into a small fx library! It sounds dope! Especially for my first time scratching ever.
I think of these as starters in imaging, using my other libraries to fill the imaging out with other needed fx, but I think this will add a lot.
Hey all, just a quick note to let you know that Notey-Project is going away in 6 days. Feel free to go download whatever you need from the site in the mean time!
I was expecting a Amazon delivery today so was going through all the boxes with Be My Eyes. Picked one up, and. my hopes or something, was shattered. Definitely too bad for the recipient! But, I had to grab a recording. Here is a broken vase in a box. happy Valentine’s Day.
I’ve always been, and still am, a believer in a music demo. I take Lyft, ride share, to and from work every day, and meet a lot of super interesting people. Some of them, I’d like to pass my music off too.
I have found that their’s something, enticing,and almost gift like, about phisycal media, a physical demo. The problem is, cd’s are now pretty much obsolete. This does leave a couple of options, we have, the QR code, which can lead to a website. That’s cool, and I’m not against it. The micro sd card, I’m not really for. The Usb flashdrive, I’m almost for, but, what about the, USB c, flash drive! Ah, that’s the one I want. Most phones, especially Droids, and newer Iphones sport USB c ports.
I found one, Sandisc, only sporting a USB c, plug, 32 gb, for just under 10 bucks! It fits into Iphones even with a otterbox like case attached.
‘Because these are still kind of in the, unknown, you get that extra element of surprise! wo! what the? cool! effect! It worked yesterday, as I shopped one to a friend I have made at our local UPS store.
I’d suggest mp3 or m4a files, but the format is up to you. I created a snazzy crossfaded demo with SPL Studio, and set it as 01 and then put the individual tracks as 02 through 11.
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