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Topic: Countdown time display to vocals on music tracks
Please can anyone help? I'm wondering if there is a way to have a timer showing, counting down in seconds to the vocals on loaded tracks. As they have on radio playout systems. Your help would be greatly appreciated. This is to avoid talking over the vocals when producing my radio show.
 

Posted Wed 28 Jan 26 @ 8:53 pm
Any suggestions would be very welcome!
 

Most radio outfits I've worked with use a specific cue for lyric start, then cue display time give the info they want.
Could placing that cue be automated? probably but I'm not sure how yet.
[well, could always play and check against stem vu, not the most efficient way but a way, (but all the work done will be turned into heat and one cue point) ]

get_song_event, doesn't currently have 'hasLyrics' as a param 2 [well I don't think it does] but if any verb it would be this one the devs tweak, hmmm might need more tweaking than first thought, you only have current & next event, to work reliably it would have to be get_song_event INDEX 'hasLyrics', and probably paired with a new verb that doesn't exist yet get_song_events_remaining or something like that.
 

There are some problems yet.

Some songs with lyrcis wont check correctly.

I have some songs they have lyrics, but the ai dont fond anythin,
sometimes there are missing lyrics and sometimes the lyrics is at the wrong point.
Some lyrics are wrong.

Is nice to have, but a real radio have cue Points for the beginn of the vocals.
So u have to do your homework.
U can do it on thy fly, while playing the song before.

I prepare all my favorit songs for all things i need.
Start Point, Mixpoint, EQ Point, Action Point for DasLight or some times the vocal Points.
 

ukrfm wrote :
Please can anyone help? I'm wondering if there is a way to have a timer showing, counting down in seconds to the vocals on loaded tracks. As they have on radio playout systems. Your help would be greatly appreciated. This is to avoid talking over the vocals when producing my radio show.

good idea. next version will have a
get time to_lyrics
action.
 

I Check the Lyrics function at a Lot of Tracks and i ist Not perfect.
I think before this Future IS ready to use, the engine have to be better.

I Like IT, IT save much time, but i have to hear all Tracks wehre IS the First or the last vocals and Set an Cue Point If the Lyrics engine dont work right.