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RADIO42 Bernd Niedergesäß Gryphiusstrasse 9 22299 Hamburg Germany Revision Date: July 2019 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 11 INSTALLATION .................................................................................. 12 Hardware and Software Requirements ..................................................................................... 12 Supported Operating Systems .............................................................................................. 12 Supported Audio Interfaces ................................................................................................. 12 Hardware Requirements ....................................................................................................... 12 3rd Party Software Requirements ........................................................................................ 13 Installing ProppFrexx ONAIR .................................................................................................. 16 Directory Structure ................................................................................................................ 16 Start Menu Structure .............................................................................................................. 17 Desktop Icons ........................................................................................................................ 17 Uninstalling ProppFrexx ONAIR ............................................................................................. 18 Updating ProppFrexx ONAIR .................................................................................................. 18 Windows Optimizations for ProppFrexx ................................................................................ 19 ABOUT ProppFrexx ONAIR ................................................................ 23 Features.......................................................................................................................................... 24 Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 30 ProppFrexx Tagger (Meta Data Editor) ......................................................................................................... 30 ProppFrexx Media Library Server ................................................................................................................... 30 ProppFrexx Advertising & News .................................................................................................................... 30 ProppFrexx GPIO Client .................................................................................................................................. 30 ProppFrexx Statistics .......................................................................................................................................... 30 ProppFrexx Remote Viewer ............................................................................................................................. 31 ProppFrexx ONAIR Watcher .......................................................................................................................... 31 ProppFrexx Time ................................................................................................................................................ 31 pfremcmd .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 pfpconv ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Supported Media Formats .......................................................................................................... 31 Playback (decoding): .............................................................................................................. 31 Recording (encoding): ........................................................................................................... 32 Playlists .................................................................................................................................... 32 Starting ProppFrexx ONAIR..................................................................................................... 33 Registering ProppFrexx ONAIR .............................................................................................. 39 Command-Line Options ............................................................................................................. 42 WORKING WITH ProppFrexx ONAIR .............................................. 45 The Main Window ....................................................................................................................... 46 The Main Menu ...................................................................................................................... 48 The Ribbon Bar ...................................................................................................................... 48 The Header Bar ...................................................................................................................... 51 The Status Bar ........................................................................................................................ 52 Internal Players ............................................................................................................................. 53 Mixer Setup ................................................................................................................................... 57 Adding/Removing new Mixer Channels ........................................................................... 64 Configuring an Output Mixer Channel .............................................................................. 65 RADIO42 Confidential 3 Table of Contents Configuring an Input Mixer Channel ................................................................................. 70 The Main Channel Strip ........................................................................................................ 72 Saving and Loading a Mixer Setup .................................................................................................................. 73 Using Mixer Presets ............................................................................................................................................ 74 Using the External Mixer Control ................................................................................................................... 74 Using TalkOver/TalkUser ................................................................................................................................ 75 Using the Remote Control Monitor ................................................................................................................ 78 The Mixer Channel Strip ....................................................................................................... 81 Using the Fader.................................................................................................................................................... 81 Using the Peak Level Meter .............................................................................................................................. 82 Using Pan and Gain ............................................................................................................................................ 82 Activating/Deactivating the mixer channel (ON) ........................................................................................ 83 Muting/Unmuting the mixer channel (M) ..................................................................................................... 83 Using the Dynamic Amplifier (AGC) ............................................................................................................. 84 Using the EQ ....................................................................................................................................................... 84 Using the Compressor (COMP) ....................................................................................................................... 84 Using individual DSPs ........................................................................................................................................ 85 Using the Send To Function (SND)................................................................................................................ 86 Using the Recording Function (REC) ............................................................................................................. 87 Additional Output Mixer Channel Functionality .......................................................................................... 89 Additional Input Mixer