[BC] NexGen

[WBRadiolists at aol.com]

In a message dated 04/08/2008 12:43:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
shnewman at alaweb.com writes:

>  Oh I'm sure Audio Vault will do 
>  multiple background records and join 50 networks at once. Great. Who needs 
>  it?

LOL! I had to flip my 2c in here... Having run AV since the late 1990's at 
WFIF, I knew what the system was capable of... and we pretty much scratched the 
suface in some areas, and pushed it to the limits in other areas. :) We 
started with only 3 sound cards. That was when we had it almost up to the redline, 
and we were limited. When we got the new system in '04, it was amazing... a 
total of 8 sound cards! (4 distinct I/O's in each card. Two machines, 1 card 
each.) THEN we had more system than we actually needed! ;) Still, there were times 
when even with *that*, we had some limits due to feed scheduling conflicts. 
(I had most programs scheduled to record twice. Backups, baby. Backups.)

After Aug 31'st, I was tasked with "splitting" the system... removing one of 
the machines to put it at WARV, reconfiguring everything at WFIF's end to run 
on just one machine. Since 90% of the programming was going to be originating 
from RI, there was less need of double-backups at WFIF. It was a pretty major 
project, but we were all pleased with the way it worked when it was all said 
and done. 

Yep, I actually worked myself out of a job. ;) ...but man, do I miss it...

The GOOD part: It allows the station to continue and the Company to continue. 
It was worth it.

Willie...



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