Audio Category Creation & Naming

Launch The DJB Zone PROD SUITE MENU by clicking on the DJB Zone Production icon.

DJB Zone PROD Menu [As seen on software start-up]

Step 1: To begin setting up the Audio Cuts Database in DJB Zone:

Access the Audio Categories by first selecting the [Scheduler] button from the Programming group as shown below.

The Scheduler Menu below provides a variety of Buttons - Select the [EDIT CATEGORIES] Button

Step 2: Audio Category Creation: Category naming is unique to each user as it's based on the format of the station.

Programmers can create a Category letter for all your audio items that you plan to store in your audio database such as:

a) Music - Power Cuts, Currents, Recurrent, Oldies, Classics, Christmas (for example)

b) Bumpers

c) Station IDs / Imaging

d) Promos

e) Commercials

f) Liners

g) and any other audio planned for the DJB Audio Cuts Database.

The [CATEGORY SETUP] window is illustrated below - showing some pre-made assignments by the manual author

The default [CATEGORY SETUP] window with new DJB Zone software will show Letters with NO ASSIGNMENTS

Category List

This is the user customizable list of categories.

Add Category Button

Click to create a new category.

Delete Category Button

Click this to delete an existing category.

Calculate Average Length Button

Click to calculate the average length of every cut in this category.

Calculate Average All Button

Click to calculate the average length of eall of the cuts in every category at once.

Category Name Field

This is where you will type names of new categories or edit existing names.

Change Button

Click to save changes you have made to a category name. If you don't click "Change" the category name will revert back to what is was before you edited it.

Step 3: Category Name Planning: Write out your Category "Letter" Assignment naming strategy.

It is a good idea for the Letters and names to make logical sense. I.e. C for country, N for news, etc.

Later, when you are building DJB Log Shells, selecting audio types for your daily schedules will be much easier.

The table below is an example Category naming scheme.

A	HOT AC Pop Currents	J	Jazz	S
AA	HOT AC Pop Currents Power	JJ	Jazz, Classic	SS
B	Bumpers Medium - Slow	K	Hot Current	T
BB	Bumpers Up tempo	KK		TT
C	Country	L	Liners	U
CC	Classic Country	LL		UU
D	Regular Recurrent	M		V	Voice Tracks
DD		MM		VV	Voice Tracks
E	Power Gold	N	News	W	Weather Reports
EE		NN	News Intro / Outro	WW	Weather Bumpers
F	Medium Gold	O	Oldies	X	Christmas Music
FF		OO		XX	Christmas Music Power
G	Gold	P	Patriotic	Y
GG		PP		YY
H	Hot Country	Q		Z	HOLD
HH		QQ		ZZ
I	Legal ID	R
II	Station IDs Power	RR	Recurrents Power

The Category names will be visible in the Audio Cuts Database and the Scheduler.

The image below is the main Production window with the Category column indicated in red.

As illustrated below, see Category Assignments in the DJB Zone Scheduler [Log Shell Editor]

See the next section that discusses the creation of audio cuts database using Importing, CD Ripping, and Recording.