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Sam DJ Product Key - No Need!

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Some of the searches I used to see on Google analytics really did make me scratch my head at times. SAM DJ product key was a recent search made by 24 people in the same day. There's NO END to the problem of people wanting to Pirate software such as SAM DJ & SAM Broadcaster Pro Yet again I'm being forced into telling people that is absolutely NO NEED for them to pirate Spacial Audio software. There are other DJ programs out there and some like Mixxx, Virtual DJ, Trakktor & RadioDJ. Mixx and RadioDJ are both FREE programs. Virtual DJ and Trakktor are both paid for pieces of software but they're miles better than any of Spacial Audio's software offerings. RadioDJ is a free studio automation program for use by any DJ or radio station anywhere in the world Reasons to Use RadioDJ: Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an e

How To: Enable History In RadioDJ

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This is another search term that came through from a user visiting my old website.  Q: How do you enable history in RadioDJ? A: You need to go to Options>Options>Stream Titles. You just need to change the number from 0 to however many days you want your history to be saved for, We have it at 365 days. Please Note: You cannot currently set it at more than 365 days

I Wish There Was An Alternative To Sam Broadcaster

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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

Smart Alternative To: A Sam Broadcaster Pro Crack?

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Q: Are you looking for Pirated copies of SAM Broadcaster Pro? A: Why are you bothering? Cracked/Pirated versions of SAM Broadcaster The Spacial Audio user zone is the ONLY place where you can download a FULL version of SAM Broadcaster that can be unlocked via a registration key DEMO versions of the software downloaded from the website cannot be unlocked Even if you have a valid registation key How many more times do we need to say this?? Don't ever install cracked or pirated software! The last thing you want is viruses/malware/trojans stealing your personal information or possibly even holding your PC to Ransom! Most of the crack patches I've tested contained some really nasty surprises for the unwary. Pirated versions of software could seriously HARM your Computer! YOU DO NOT need pirated copies of radio automation software When you have RadioDJ FREE radio playout software RadioDJ is a 100% FREE alte

Anxious It makes me Anxious

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As the title would suggest I am a sufferer of really bad Anxiety & stops me from doing things in life. My Anxiety got the better of me at Junior school after the loss of my mother when I was 7. I'd finish my work ahead of everyone else and the more the teachers ignored me the more Anxious I would get. Which would then culminate in a Panic attack (Which people always put down as me being Disruptive) I wasn't being disruptive or violent it was my Anxiety rearing its ugly head. I was shipped out to a Special School in the end for emotional difficulties. Even when I started out as DJ in 1987 my Anxiety was still bad. Someone arranged for me to DJ at a party before the gig I got stage fright I later ended up curled up in a ball on my bed. On another occasion I was called over to the DJ booth in a nightclub and they wanted me to spin a few tunes, second I got behind the decks my mouth went dry and

SAM Broadcaster Problems Unique?

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Spacial Audio don’t like users asking on social media if anyone else is suffering with stability issues with SAM Broadcaster Pro If you could let us handle customer queries as customer problems are unique Yes that’s what we’ll call the problems with Spacial Audio software Unique Unique because no one else codes radio playout software that crashes like SAM Broadcaster I can understand how easy it is to get frustrated with SAM Broadcaster as a program. I spent years trying to get it to hold up for longer than 3 days at a time. It has NEVER worked as it was designed. SAM Broadcaster started life in 1999 as a badly designed hobby broadcaster application. The software still contains the same bugs that were in the program way back in 2002. All the while Spacial still took money from customers without doing much to fix the glaring BUGS in the software. Seriously though IF Spacial Audio don’t start sorting the stability issues with SAM th

Importing Shoutcast Icecast Streams In RadioDJ

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How do you import a Shoutcast or Icecast stream into RadioDJ? 1) Open Track import from the options menu; 2) Select track category as "Radio Shows" set a genre and subcategory; 3) Select track type as "Internet Stream"; 4) Paste the address of the server (into the path/URL box) you want to relay such as this; (e.g 184.164.135.114:8085) 5) Give it a Name from the details tab & then click import; 6) Then set an event up to load it as a track at the time you want to start relaying the stream; 7) After you have finished relaying the stream just set another event up to start playing the next track; Make sure you TICK the box Use original stream title if you want to relay the song information from the stream you are importing. It really is that simple! Importing Shoutcast/Icecast streams in RadioDJ shouldn't be difficult. How To Install RadioDJ

Nifty Piece Of Software Called RadioDJ

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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 MySQL From Windows

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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\

There's A Reason Why I'm So Passionate About RadioDJ

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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

I've Tried Lots of Radio Software

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In my 20+ years of being into Internetradio I have tried all sorts of different radio automation software packages. I wish I could remember the name of half of the different pieces of software but here's a few... DRS 2006, SAM Broadcaster, Jazler, Raduga, Zararadio, Winamp (Plus Others) When my interest piqued for Internet radio in 1999 I tested software that was available at the time. I started out as listener at first and discovered Winamp for listening to Shoutcast stations. It was 2001 before I bought my first PC and I set out to discover what Internet radio was all about. One of the Oldies stations I'd discovered was asking for DJ's so I applied and got a weekly 3 hour show. The software I had to use was SAM Broadcaster and that went wrong so often I lost my position on the station. Wether that be encoders buffering or the program freezing the software never worked as it should. I was lucky to get any uptime with SAM Broadcaster

How To Crack Sam Broadcaster Pro?

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How to Crack SAM Broadcaster Pro? This search query popped up recently on my dashboard under user searches. How to Crack SAM Broadcaster Pro? Between 2014-2019 there were approx 211,080 hits on the SAM Broadcaster Pro cracks posts on my old blog. Those figures would suggest its a really bad problem If all those hits had been potential customers of Spacial Audio that would mean at least $63,112,920 in lost software sales! You will NEVER be able to fully crack or alter a DEMO version of SAM Broadcaster Pro or Studio. The Spacial Audio Wiki says this: The Spacial Audio user zone is the ONLY place where you can download a FULL version that can be unlocked via a registration key DEMO versions Cannot be unlocked even if you have a valid key A former Spacial employee posted this: I helped build the security defenses that SAM Broadcaster has and I will say that the authentication will be very hard to defeat. Sorry hackers A cracked/patched

Free Alternative To: Sam Broadcaster Pro

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Q: Is there an alternative to SAM Broadcaster Pro? A: Yes Radio DJ is the best alternative to SAM Broadcaster RadioDJ is suitable for DJs of all ages and abilities and makes for a perfect Auto DJ system. Based around an easy to install MySQL Database the software can integrate with your website with various PHP scripts. Special Features: Compatible audio formats: mp3, wav, wma, flac, etc; Now playing artist-title exported to file, web or serial (by plugin); Custom number of auxiliary players (by plugin); Audio Processor plugin (with AGC, Compressor, Stereo widening and 10 band Equalizer) for a great sound; System Requirements: Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10; Works on systems with as little as 1GB of RAM and 1GHz processor; Multiple sound card outputs; Works with any sound-card supported by Windows; Database back-end for fast and safe operation;

No Hidden Costs = No Hidden Costs (Radio DJ free radio playout software)

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I've had people trying to argue with me on social media that RadioDJ still comes with hidden costs... Newsflash: It doesn’t… RadioDJ is 100% FREE = No Hidden costs You download the software for FREE, You are FREE to use the software When you want, Where you want, How you want. The author even says as much in the Licence for the program. This program is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. There are ZERO risks with RadioDJ the only risk you face is installing it. The program is 100% free from spyware and viruses and is also pretty damn stable once setup and working. The software does not collect or send any information from your computer. I wouldn't let the software near my computers if I thought for one minute there was something remotely dodgy about it. When I say FREE radio software with NO hidden costs I really do mean it… No Bullshit! Running a radio station is going to incur some form of cost somewhere a

RadioDJ Track Rotations (AutoDJ Selector)

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So you've installed RadioDJ and imported your music and you're stuck as to what track rotations are let me try and explain a little. Track Rotations in RadioDJ selects the music only from the categories you tell it to choose from, You can have multiple rotations for different moods, just don't forget to save the rotation once you've created it. Also make sure when creating a rotation item that the repeat rules boxes are checked so you don't have any repetition in songs. Important: Try not to apply repeat rules to Sweepers, Jingles or Station ID's You need them to be available for the rotation to load into the queue. I loaded my jingles by Least recently played and sometimes Random when I ran a backup stream for another radio station about 10 years ago. Example: You pick your rotation items by clicking on + button you can choose from four different options. You can duplicate an item in your rotation by using the duplicate button.

How to Record Stuff: Audacity (FREE Audio Editor)

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Audacity is a free to use audio editor most DJ’s use it along side other software to produce radio shows. I discovered Audacity a long time ago and use it nearly everyday it performs really well and beats some of the paid for audio editing programs. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer or digitise recordings from other media. Audacity can also capture streaming audio directly from your computer. (Windows sound settings permitting) You can download Audacity Here It also has a plethora of plugins available for audio editing. Like all software it may take you time to learn how it works but the learning curve will all be worth it. It should help make your recordings streamlined and professional. Beware people are trying to sell copies of Audacity on @ebay Audacity is a FREE audio editing tool If you've been asked to pay money for Audacity then more FOOL YOU! You should use Google before you buy things! I'm amazed these

RadioDJ Version History (Changelog)

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History of the RadioDJ versions: 2.0.4.5 - Fixed Sound Processing plugin error on Stereo Enhancer; - Enabled again the restart required warning when modifying audio settings; 2.0.4.4 - Fixed encoding bug when restoring older backups on newer versions of MariaDB/MySQL; - Implemented manual override title saving to history table in plugin metadata export [NEW]; - Fixed manual title override in metadata export plugin;; - Updated bass engine and its plugins to their latest version; - Various bug-fixes reported in forums; 2.0.4.3 - Fixed "autotitle" metadata variable; - Fixed events context menu; - Minor bug fixes; 2.0.4.2 - Changed database connector component for all executables to improve MySQL/MariaDB compatibility[NEW]; - Minor bug fixes. 2.0.4.1 - Fixed Tracks Manager when importing files to refresh the results; - Main application now is displaying sound devices alphabetically [NEW]; - Fixed importing embedded images from .m4a files;