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Three Days after my Last post Spacial Audio  finally saw Sense and removed the “Free” bit from the Title of the downloads page. Got an offer to try the SAM Lite package free for 30 days But Politely declined as there is only 1 pece of software for me these days and that is RadioDJ. This is the main part of that email.

Dear. Gary

Thank you very much for sharing your comments and suggestions with us.

Your feedbacks are more then welcome and are very valuable for us.

Since the last 15 months, Spacial Audio LLC. Has  invested a lot of efforts to improve the business in all of his aspects starting with a new management team,

New customer Service Department, New Marketing Department, Sales Department and Software Development as well.

We absolutely thrive for positive changes and optimizing our offers to better please our clients.

The Title Page as been changed this morning and we are sorry for the inconvenience.

I’m just Glad that Spacial  saw sense in the end.

Looking at the SAM broadcaster downloads page on the Spacial Site The title Bar quite Clearly says

“Free radio Automation Software”

AHEM! The Software is Free to try but Costs $299 so Not FREE.

May i remind Spacial that is is NOT only misleading But also illegal. Already reported to the FTC Americas answer  to trading standards.

There is only one True FREE Radio automation package and that is RadioDJ, Due a new Release sometime soon and it will have Request capabilities. Which i Hope will mean No one will want to Pay the $299 Price tag for A Buggy Piece of software such as SAM.

SPACIAL STOP GETTING DESPERATE YOU WILL NOT WIN!

This was a question Posed on The Forum at Broadcasting world by DJSoft the Maker of Radio Boss which i have tried and didn’t enjoy using. It also has a Fairly hefty price tag of $199.95 and only gets Updates for 1 year. (A Case of I’ve had your money Now go away)

The Question was brought about by the Mere mention of RadioDJ. Possibly the Best ever piece of FREE software that i have ever downloaded. Developed by the wonderful Marius. Who gives up his Spare time to develop it.

Simple answer: Sometimes Developers aren’t interested in Charging the Earth for something they have created.

Why People feel the need to pay for Software such as RadioBoss and SAM Broadcaster (i’ve said in a previous post SAM isn’t worth the $299 Price tag) When there is a More reliable FREE alternative is Quite frankly Beyond me.

RadioDJ is Soon to be updated with a New Version. With the features Promised It will be Bye bye SAM and RadioBoss.

Its Obvious to me that DJSoft is worried that no one will want to Buy his Software. 

We all Remember A Tribe of Toffs for their Song “John Kettley is a Weatherman” which was a Minor hit in the UK Charts. 

The Follow up “Terry Wogan is on TV ( Again ! )” Never really Got anywhere and is Rare as Hens teeth. I’m Fortunate enough to have Found it in the Bargain Bin at Record Village in Scunthorpe I think i paid 50p for the 7″ single. Finally having got my Vinyl Collection unpacked i thought i would Record it and Share it with you here.

Just Click Play!

However Cheesy the song may be …. It is still a Damn Fine Tune!! Pity it wasn’t a bigger hit than John kettley.

After a few months of Waiting we have now Finally moved into our new flat.

Now i have somewhere to build my studio. When its complete it will look great. However this is the state it is in at the moment. Hoping to have everything moved over including Turntables as soon as possible. Which means i will be able to indulge in my Vinyl collection and there is some rare stuff in my collection. Watch this Space for Updates!

Just moved the Studio over to Windows 7 from Home Server owing to a virus attack.

Windows how ever good its supposed to be Fails the Internet Broadcaster in more ways than one. The Soundcard drivers for Most programs that ran well on XP  just seems to be Spat out by the Version 7.

6 Days later After Much soul searching and reading,  i hope and pray that I now have the system where i need it to be. Failing that Ill give it a sledgehammer.

If all else Fails im gonna end up spending Megabucks next year on a New Tower!

For the 15th time since i was 21 i will soon be on the move and that Also means so will My Vinyl and more importantly my turntables.

Once im nicely settled i will be playing more stuff direct From records when doing my Radio shows …… So Keep your Ears Peeled!!

Im sure it will be worth the wait!!

Born in 1972 with Little Jimmy Osmond – Long haired lover from Liverpool as no1 was never going to be a good start.

I grew up with a Strange mix of music in the council house i grew up in.

My Dad would play a mix of Country and Oldies.

Where as my Brothers were at the Stage where they were Influenced by Glam rock and then Punk ….

Sham 69 – Joy division – Sex pistols – The Clash  – The Lurkers …….. So on and so forth (Too Many artists for me to list)

My first awakening of Popular Music i guess was the launch of Viking FM on the 17th April 1984, i was there tuned in ready for the 12pm launch! on my little Tranny (No Not Transvestite …… transistor radio)

Ended up being a regular listener to Viking then it became part of the Yorkshire radio network. Hallam Aire Viking and Pennine all joined together with Networked programs … Diana Luke god bless her she talked some tripe but then again she was Canadian …. I digress!

In March 1987 i was sent along to Bottesford Youth Centre in Scunthorpe, it was a case of getting me involved with people my own age (Yes i was SHY) …..

That evening i helped the DJ out and had a great night.

Unfortunately later that evening the DJ got into a Fight inside the Youth centre ….

Week later i showed up at the youth centre to be told i was doing the Disco! Heres the keys “OK don’t panic…..” I Instantly hit it off with the crowd!

In 1988 i won the “Humberside Youth Association DJ Competition”.

The future looked Bright ….

Beaten into 2nd place a Year later ….

That was the beginning of what has turned out to a Long journey as a DJ. I’ve done Disco’s in some strange venues since, i wont mention them they would only get embarrassed!

I now Prefer DJ work on Internet radio than being in some Pub/club where trouble might kick off or no one comes in …. them days are behind me.

As for the Internet work ATM!

I can be found 2 times a week on EMR East Manchester radio

I Love Being a DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Came across this little gem earlier today.

Radio Experience.

Fun little site playing non stop radio Jingles !

I started out on Internet radio in  2002 Doing a regular Radio show for Goldradio (goldoldies.com) Using a piece of Software Called SAM (Streaming Audio Manager)

After Testing and using several releases of SAM , To have it constantly crashing  and throwing its Dummy out at regular intervals was Frustrating to say the least. On New Years Day 2011 when It Screwed up my New Year Rotation, Wasn’t playing any songs just Station ID’s  Over and over, Yet it had 3 days worth of Playlists to choose from.

I gave up!! It Just wouldn’t do the job it was designed for!

Back when SAM was on version 1.3 it looked like it was put together from Old Winamp Plug-ins, How Spacial have the cheek to charge $299 for a Program with lots of bugs that haven’t been sorted for at least 8 years is Beyond me!

Then i started hearing about a new piece of software called RadioDJ which is FREE  and Developed by the Wonderful Marius.

I Instantly liked it found it easy to use and also found it Held up for a Lot longer than SAM ever did,  3/4 weeks with No hassle.

I now Swear by this Piece of software and Cannot wait for the new version with lots more things being added. I understand RadioDJ will have the capability of Handling Requests with the next release. (Something SAM has had for a while)

I Doubt anyone will want SAM broadcaster for the $299 price tag, When the New version of RadioDJ is released as it will be able to do the same job as SAM.

Next time you want software Have a look at FREE options

**UPDATE** 13/9/2011

Looking on the Spacial forums and came across a post from somebody who Claimed they’d never had problems with SAM…. Looks like they just shot themselves in the foot!

“For the most part, I am disappointed that a product that ended up paying more than $300 for has so many bugs in the most obvious places. I hope that they can fix these issues in newer releases.”

Goes to show You Pay for Crap you get Crap!