You'd have to mark hooks on each track, just like the intro and crossfade on each song. That cannot be automated and you'd have to do that for each song (unless there was a complicated algorithm which would send he prices soaring too high). The Teaser feature could randomly pick a certain number of songs or have an option to configure it to pick a user-defined number of songs. It could be configured to choose one song from each quarter hour, one song following a certain element in the clock (user defined as a hard break, soft break, remote URL, voice-track, etc), the ___ item following the clock element (hard break, soft break, remote URL, voice-track, etc), or one song from each song category or from three random song categories. Then follow it up by scheduling it to segue into a jingle file.

This would be a great feature to add. I am currently using two automated playout systems with teasers feature that works effortlessly. One system does not rely on setting the "Hooks points" but does its best to anticipate them. I use this feature on TOTH. COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR... - SONG ONE 3 secs - TRANSITION SWEEPER (Record Spin) - SONG TWO 3 secs TRANSITION SWEEPER (Record Spin) - SONG three 3 secs - STAY TUNED, COMING UP, Etc

Hi Michael What systems have you used that have this feature?

Myriad has this feature, basically there you mark the start of the preview and the end of a preview. And user a command say from the next x number of track pick 3 and play preview normally with something in between not something used as much in Uk now a days sadly

I prefer to do this kinda thing manually using Adobe Audition, takes a bit of time, then just put it into your cartwall as a coming up cart.

The feature in Myriad is called a Hook. You set up hooks in every song and the system will automaticly cue a Hook. Ours is "All These, and more still to come.." Its great feature, PlayIt not having it is the only reason we use Myriad full time and not PlayIt

sound a lot like the Auto-hook used in Myiad. with myriad you can set it to play the next 3 hooks in order, next 3 reversed or 3 random from the same hour. The downside is though each audio track has to have a hook set though (a few selected seconds from the track). Still, it's a great feature to have & gets a vote from me.

Simply put, we call them 'hooks'. And I've been asking for this for ages.. Keep voting folks!!! :)

this would be a great feature to have

Good idea ! A lot of system have this feature like Radio DJ or Mairlist, it play "HOOKS" only and insert fx or sweeper

very good idea

That's properly called a 'hook'; but yes please.