On Air 2.2 VRS
On Air
2.2 VRS is a virtual radio studio (or a virtual DJ mixer).
Its new features are:
• On Air 2.2 runs in the Classic environment of Mac OS X.
• new volume adjustment functions
• a new iTunes importer allows to import playlists exported from iTunes
• a new drag-and-drop function that allows to easily drag (or copy) a track
into another stock.
• a great new search engine (similar to Sherlock from Apple) that looks
through ID3 data of all tracks in all stocks and displays a clean list
• improved AutoPlay functions with a cleaner BPMedit window and smarter
playlist editing
• AutoPlay works now internally with ID3 data
• AutoPlay now works with the playing track information system
• improved PFL functions; new option to have PFL always turned on
• improved sliders: keep the command key pressed to ignore automatic
start/stop features
• AutoSave function for BPM counters makes BPM-tapping even easier
• Flags have been improved
• improved Media functions
• Pitch control has been extended to 1/10 percentage display and smaller
steps
• new Actions menu extends On Air's functions even more
• improved AutoCrossfader
• and much more – a good share of the changes have been made under
the hood
to make On Air better, faster and to pave the way to Classic and Mac OS X
Here are some features already known from On Air 2.1 VRS:
• two virtual CD players (with support MP3 files)
• a Jingles player (with support MP3 files)
• an AutoPlay function (even with BPM sync mixing!)
• a realtime sequencer
• officially unsupported networking functions (with remote controlling)
• virtual stereophonic Pre-Fade-Listening (PFL via network; officially
unsupported)
• ID3 Tags display (ID3v1, ID3v2 and ID3v2.3)
• ID3 Tags editing (ID3v1; officially unsupported)
• BPM counters
• Pitch Control
• Auto Pitch Function (sets the pitch automatically to match a master BPM
value)
• a crossfader
• AutoCrossfade function (fades automatically from one player to the other)
• Talkover button (with a soft talkover feature)
• Jog Shuttles (for each of the main players)
• Mute buttons
• Punch Out buttons
• Solo buttons
• Freeze function
• Graphic display of the tracks
• Start- and endbeat settings
• Flag settings (make sampling effects a snap!)
• Intro time display (shows you the remaining time for a speech, advertisements
etc.)
• Intro skipping
• Airplay Lock function (ensures that a title can be played only once in
a certain period of time)
• Lock Out Terms function (warns you before you play two similar tracks
right one after the other)
• Memo for each title
• Directory for all your music tracks (called Stock)
• MultiStock (lets you have several directories at a time)
• Mirroring (lets you assign alternative paths for each track)
• assign pictures or even movies to each track
• Airplay Log• compatibility with Apple's iTunes software with better
and faster ID3v2 and ID3v2.3 support
• pre-fade-listening (PFL) using a channel splitting technique that requires
only one computer
• a crossfade start function automatically starts a player when you drag
the crossfade slider towards it (you can set the threshold in the preferences)
• a crossfade stop function that automatically stops a player when you
drag the crossfade slider to the very opposite of it
• a stunning playing track information system that puts information about
the currently playing track into a textfile or into a complete webpage (in
HTML code)
• expanded internal drag- and drop capabilities – drag tracks easily
to the AutoPlay list, to the Jingles player or onto the «Delete» icon
in order to remove them from the stock
• a more responsive and more comfortable sequencer playback function
• and much, much more!
Get On Air 2.2 today... It will be worth it!
