DJ Garybaldy - The Only sound you need

A SAM Broacaster user is having issues with his SAM Broadcaster Pro activation. The user Tweeted that he was having issues with his SAM Broadcaster Pro Key @spacial explain to me why I emailed eight different people with an issue I have with SAM PRO They all keep telling me my product code key is invalid? I paid $300 for this P.O.S Spacial Audio have come back with this response. Did you purchase your product directly from our website? If not, then there is a possibility that this could be a crack license I can't wait to see what reply the user comes back with @spacial You don't accuse customers of running pirated copies of your software when they aren't. Its why I hate paid for software that has keys or activations the support for those products is DIRE! The Spacial Audio helpdesk aren't the only ones to accuse users you used to get accused by the SVS Volunteers on the Spacial Audio forums. The Spacial SAM Broadcaster Forums have been

SAM Broadcaster Pro comes with Five different options of database to install (MySQL and MariaDB are practically the same thing) Firebird - MariaDB - MySQL - PostgreSQL - MSSQL Firebird appears to be the most unstable database of the options you're given. SAM Broadcaster 2020.2 on Firebird has been crashing every 2-5 days I regularly see users having stability issues using SAM Broadcaster Pro with the Firebird database. I installed SAM Broadcaster with the help of a software engineer We used the Firebird server That worked well for a few days Then SAM wouldn't restart SAM fails more and more now to the point where it crashes at least once/twice a Week Its taking the fun out of my hobby We often see users complaining that Firebird in SAM Broadcaster Pro has crashed on them and that they've lost all their data. I tried installing Firebird for SAM Broadcaster Pro but it didn't work Firebird only allows you to load a maximu

Recently saw someone search for The Best Free Radio DJ Software when I looked at the stats on Google Analytics. By now they'll hopefully be using the best free music automation program of them all. RadioDJ is the best radio playout software IMHO Built around the .NET framework (at least 3.5 & 4.6.1) and a MySQL database its pretty reliable and stable. Q: Is RadioDJ really free? A: Yes its 100% free for use by any DJ or radio station, anywhere in the world. Despite claims by other software developers RadioDJ is a great starting point to start your own Internet radio station. RadioDJ doesn't rely on massive amounts of CPU it can run on a system with as little as 1GB RAM and least 1000 MHz CPU. Your system should have more power and processing, You can pick up computers with decent specifications cheaply these days. A new user of the software recently said this about RadioDJ. I'm new to RadioDJ it is bett

A user on the RadioDJ forums was asking for help setting up his encoder. Most encoding software tends to be similar to setup and run. Whether that be a stand alone encoder or a built in one. Its not difficult setting up an encoder. Most of the encoding programs rely on several bits of information in order for you to connect to Shoutcast or Icecast. Server or IP address : Tends to be the address your streaming provider emailed you it will look something like this. e.g: 184.154.145.114 or fred.myshoutcastprovider.com (Without the http:// part) Server Port : This will be the port number you or your provider set for you when you setup or signed up for the server. e.g: 8015 Server Type : You have different options when it comes to streaming this will usually be Shoutcast, Shoutcast v2 or Icecastv2 If you need to stream to another service such as Live365 You may want to ask their support team to help you with any connection issues Encoder Password : This will be

So you think its going to be scary installing a MySQL database alongside RadioDJ ( Hint: It isn't difficult) What are you scared of? Running a MySQL database server need not be scary and it needn't be a hassle. With MariaDB its easy to Install It should also install a tool called HeidiSQL which is where you do your basic maintenance on your MySQL server. The last time I rebuilt my RadioDJ song database from scratch was June 2014. I take daily backups of the database so I don't lose all my hard work or changes to my song database! How To Install MariaDB TIP: If you've previously tried to install MySQL server you will need to follow This Post about removing the service first. If you followed the simple tutorial you should have MariaDB setup and running within 5/10 minutes. Right click on the taskbar and select task manager & look for the service mysqld.exe or MariaDB in task manager. Once you have MariaDB working I'm going to su

A long time user of SAM Broadcaster is complaining about really bad distortion on his stream. I get a distorted audio stream with SAM Broadcaster Pro I searched the forum and couldn't find any conclusive troubleshooting on the topic I have to think whether SAM Broadcaster is right for our station anymore I was NEVER able to get a decent quality professional sound in SAM Broadcaster When will you exchange that lousy and terrible sound output with professional Audio as used on regular Radio (Web) Stations? Even using DSP plugins such as Stereo tool I would always end up with distorted audio. This is not the first time I've done a post about the terrible audio quality in SAM Broadcaster I tested a recent version of SAM Broadcaster and thought the audio quality was poor compared to RadioDJ. Baffled, I have been using Sam Broadcaster for many years There is a Click or Clunk sound when I start a track playing In the years I&#

I've been into Internet radio for a long time now (Over 20 Years) In all those years I've learnt a lot of things about streaming on the Internet. It's been a fun thing to learn about although at times it's been hard work because software wasn't up to the job. The biggest problem I've encountered when it came to Internet radio automation offerings was always been the lack of Reliability & Stability I couldn't get a stream to hold up for longer than a few hours let alone days with certain software. I don't appear to have that problem with RadioDJ FREE radio automation software. I began using RadioDJ v1.3.7.0 back in 2010 and that worked great running the music for the radio stream I had going. A few months later v1.6.0 came out and that was even better and served me well until we started testing the 1.6.x.x Beta versions. Even in Beta RadioDJ performed better than other well known radio playout software. The newer vers

I visited the SAM Broadcaster page on Facebook recently and saw this post. We are dumping SAM Broadcaster in favour of RadioDJ 1) We have numerous remote DJs who want to do shows on our station and to purchase DJ Seats from Spacial Audio for them would work out very very expensive, whereas RadioDJ is FREE 2) We have had numerous problems with SAM that do not seem exclusive to us: Remote show script keeps dropping out Audio crackling when using SAM On reboot SAM will not connect to the database whether it's Firebird or MySQL After a system restart SAM won't start requiring a complete re-install of SAM Encoders stopping for no reason at all, plus various other issues. I could cope if SAM Broadcaster was free but we paid for this software Which is flaky to say the least 3) SAM keeps freezing when searching for tracks 4) RadioDJ is much more pleasing to the eye 5) RadioDJ looks & sounds much more professional

Someone tweeted me recently to say they were going to try RadioDJ free radio play out software. Later on I received this Post: @DJGaryBaldy After spending time with RadioDJ it isn't looking good It Can't seem to handle loading a large playlist without freezing Marius the author of the software stated this before on the forums about playlists: I don't recommend you to load a single large playlist Otherwise it will slow the program down The user went on to mention the number 25,000 in a later Tweet regarding loading the playlist into Winamp. Our key library is a randomized playlist of over 25,000 tracks If that's the size playlist he was trying to load into RadioDJ then there's no wonder RadioDJ froze. Its down to the processing power of your PC & the amount of connections MySQL can handle It's NOT a limitation of RadioDJ! We'd imagine other radio automation software would lock up, crash and freeze if you tried loading a 25,000 tra

Recently saw someone post this statement on Social Media: I genuinely wish there was an alternative to SAM Broadcaster on the market They can't have searched otherwise they would know there is a 100% FREE alternative that works better than SAM Broadcaster I cannot stress enough just how Amazing, Reliable and Stable RadioDJ Free Radio Automation is. I've thrown everything at RadioDJ since 2010 and it's worked everytime I've gone to play music. Even the BETA versions 1.6.x.x performed as they should with very few issues. RadioDJ loads rotations/events/playlists and It works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it. I just wish SAM Broadcaster Pro in all it's various guises had been this reliable but alas it never was. SAM would crash/freeze when you least expected it or wanted it to. Radio DJ has NEVER let ME down since I started using the software way back in 2010. I've been able to do live shows and record stuff without

I absolutely love it when I see someone new to the RadioDJ forums praising the program. I'm starting to set this nifty piece of software called RadioDJ completely to my hand and make it work for me like no other broadcasting software RadioDJ is Lean, Fast and NEVER fails! Indeed RadioDJ free radio automation software is such a stable and reliable program I can safely say hand on heart that since I started using RadioDJ software in 2010 that it hasn't failed on me while using it. Where there has been an issue Its been hardware related Disc drives or computer hardware failing has been the main culprit of any downtime Hard drives and computer peripherals don't last forever I wish they did because buying new Hard Drives and Computers are the ONLY EXPENSES I've had with RadioDJ since 2010 I've now switched over to SSD & hopefully (fingers crossed) they should last a lot longer than traditional spindle hard drives RadioDJ has handled

How to Uninstall/Clean MySQL from Windows completely? Q: How to completely uninstall MariaDB to enable a clean re-install? A: The way you uninstall MySQL get rid of the MariaDB service & program folders Remember to Backup your databases before you uninstall. 1) Run Command Prompt (Type cmd into the search menu in Windows 8/10) and run it as Administrator and execute the following commands to stop and remove MySQL service. Step 1: Net stop MySQL Step 2: SC delete MySQL Or if the service was called MariaDB Step 1: Net stop MariaDB Step 2: SC delete MariaDB The service should now be gone 2) Go to Control Panel>Programs and Features>select MySQL Server and click Uninstall. After that's uninstalled you then need to do the following 3) Delete the MySQL program folders.You will need to enable Hidden items in file manager in order to get to the hidden program data files C:\Program Files\MySQL C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL C:\ProgramData\

Sections of the Internet radio crowd do their best to knock me because I happen to promote free software. There's a reason I'm so passionate about RadioDJ free radio automation software. No other piece of radio playout software comes close to RadioDJ The performance, reliability and stability of Radio DJ is amazing I've used RadioDJ since 2010 and I haven't had a major issue while using it Even in BETA RadioDJ performs better than other radio playout software. If there has been any downtime or an issue its usually been computer hardware playing up. Hard drives & motherboards failing have been the main culprit in any downtime on my computers. Thankfully I use Solid state drives now I should get more life out of one of those. RadioDJ does everything I ask of it without crashing or hogging resources I don't even have to interfere with RadioDJ we can just leave it alone to AUTOMATE RadioDJ has also allowed me to have

Just when I thought I'd read every piece of drivel moaning about what I get up to along comes another post about my blog. The post claimed the posts I've made on my blog promoting FREE software are just one HUGE marketing gimmick I'm furious about those claims! I started my blog in 2011 to get things off my chest about software that didn't work as ADVERTISED. I didn't quite realise that I'd been employing marketing gimmicks this whole time. The exact origin of the word ‘gimmick’ is unknown There's one theory that it comes from ‘gimac’ an anagram of ‘magic’ RadioDJ doesn't need Marketing Gimmicks it speaks loud enough for itself by the amount of downloads it recieves. Reasons to Use RadioDJ: Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it Great Music library support add as many categories & subcategories you requir

VoiceMeeter The Essential Audio Superfood Voicemeeter is a virtual audio mixer which will make your audio sound Professional Voicemeeter is great for channeling audio through Voicemeeter can capture audio from your Microphone which makes the VoiceFX, Microphone or Input button in certain pieces of radio software redundant Here's another video on using 2 Microphones with VoiceMeeter You Can find out more and by downloading Voicemeeter HERE I'd be lost without Voicemeter I use it daily to route audio

There have been THOUSANDS of downloads of RadioDJ which must make it the number one radio playout solution. There's been a huge rise in the numbers of RadioDJ being downloaded it grows month by month year by year RadioDJ v1.8.2 has had over 230,000 downloads & v2.0.0.6 has also had over 260,000 downloads The majority of new users of RadioDJ are usually coming from paid for programs such as SAM Broadcaster Pro RadioDJ is more advanced and reliable than other radio playout software solutions on the market. I've used RadioDJ in all its incarnations since 2010 and it has NEVER let me down Give RadioDJ a try today and you will be pleasantly surprised how stable it is against other automation solutions that cost $$$ The new versions are far more robust and feature packed despite what some the naysayers may say How many times must we say this? RadioDJ is the radio automation software EVERYONE should be using

Saw a topic a topic on the Winamp forums where someone said they were using Winamp to DJ at parties. OMG! Are you seriously attempting to use Winamp To DJ with? Man I bet your DJ sets suck the life and soul out of a party! Another user replied to the post with this: Real DJs don't use Winamp to DJ it doesn't crossfade properly Indeed DJ's don't use Winamp to produce mixes or radio shows. We use other software that is built for the job. I attempted to use Winamp over 20 years ago There wasn't much choice of radio playout software and it just didn't do the job I wanted it to do. I would regularly hear it repeating artists & songs, The crossfading between tracks in Winamp was just awful. I'd end up with dead air of around 3-5 seconds between tracks. SAM Broadcaster didn't fare much better... But that's another story. Winamp is only any good as a media player for listening to Shoutcast streams. While Winamp m