Backbone Radio System Requirements

Apple Macintosh (Backbone Radio Pro Studio Client):

  • Hardware: Intel Mac (iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mini)
  • OS X 10.5 and above
  • QuickTime 7.x
  • Audio input for live sessions, or low latency USB audio converter
  • Memory: 1GB minimum
  • Hard disk: 100MB available minimum, 150MB per 100 songs or audio clips (estimated)

Technical Product Features:

  • QuickTime compression using MPEG-4
  • 3g phone codecs supported
  • Live streaming
  • Music database with custom type names and color codes
  • Text and/or image annotation with individual clickable links
  • Standard Rotation for Unattended operation
    • Randomization according to common broadcast rules
    • Limits repeat of individual clips or artists
    • Standard rotation applicable to all database types, including commercials
  • Scheduling
    • Fixed time schedule items can repeat at specific intervals
    • Granularity to seconds
  • Intuitive user interfaces for production and operation
    • Production ('OnAirStudio') database and scheduling interface
    • Operation ('OnAirDisplay') DJ interface
  • SQL database logging of program log, listener connections, all media, schedules, etc.
  • Remote broadcasts with portable computer, broacast from anywhere back to centralized server