Arrakis Automation Continues to Deliver Onsite and Remote for Broadcaster
The author is Managing Director of GMF-Christian Media, Buenas Nuevas Network.
I have been a customer of Arrakis Systems and automation stations using their software and hardware since 2005. Four years ago, when I heard about the new Apex automation system, my first impression was that it was there. automation that we expected.
When we launched our Buenas Nuevas network in 2018, our CEO, Dr Richard Hamlet, delivered a message of quality and excellence in everything we do. So I started by adding Apex automation. Its versatility, live functions and programming tools have placed this software at the top of its class. Apex is sophisticated but still the most user-friendly and intuitive automation program on the market.
Face-to-face interaction with staff is a thing of the past, making it more difficult to communicate complex and urgent tasks. Apex has minimized this gap between producers, programmers and DJs.
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We have a diverse team in multiple markets including San Juan, Monterrey, Boston, Albuquerque, Jacksonville, Memphis, and several markets in North Carolina. Apex allows my staff to navigate the system remotely as if they were in our studio headquarters. Having staff working on production and remote programming simultaneously is truly a blessing.
The Apex On Air module is flexible and easy to navigate. My DJs create their own user profiles, which allows them to quickly display their own custom window layout, which can be as simple or as complex as they want. Using multiple sound cards, they can manually crossfade or let Apex do it automatically.
Features include drag and drop, audio preview, and file info to share interesting facts about an upcoming song. You can start a game manually or let the system do it.
Apex On Air works with Apex Tools, the management software. Using Tools, we manage audio, create clocks, modify playout, import, track voice, record and edit new audio reports and snippets. Apex Tools is the fastest and easiest to learn programming tool of the many programming platforms we have used.
There is a lot to consider when purchasing an automation: features, installation, staff training, efficiency of day-to-day operations, and the ability to support technological growth. Apex has the bells and whistles. There is no need to purchase additional software as our stations evolve.
Thanks to Arrakis technical support, installation is quick and easy; they step in to train your staff and help you with anything that may arise later. I strongly recommend that decision-makers take advantage of the time Arrakis allows to test Apex before making a big automation purchase. It will be worth it.
Contact Arrakis at 1-970-461-0730 x2 or visit www.arrakis-systems.com.
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