Anyone here work at a station that uses DAD(Digital Audio Delivery)? Mine uses what I guess could be called the basic version and it's okay, but I'd like to learn more about it from someone with hands on experience.

Thanks in advance. Oh, by the way fellow babies:

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This might be a good place to start: http://www.enco.com/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=36

No registration required. ENCO has a good user community and most are more than willing to answer questions or offer help.

I had a very frustrating time with the ENCO DAD system here at KBPS-AM. I am running the DAD system in two small studios for the students to learn the basics of the system...but the on-air portion of DAD imho is CRAP! They put out update after update with so many bugs that it drives you crazy trying to get the damn thing to work right. You shouldn't need to be a top level computer expert to get the thing running. I have scrapped ENCO in favor of iMediaTouch from OMT. It is easier to use, has a much friendlier interface and does everything I need an on-air system to do. If you have the ability to dump ENCO for another system, my advice is to DO IT!!!

Dad died in 1975...

Thanks for asking

We do have the manual, but reading it caused my eyes to bleed quite quickly. You really have to be a computer expert to understand what it says. Our DAD is ten years old (Don't say anything Roger!) and may be close to the end of it's usefulness. We'll either need to upgrade, or find another system altogether.

Worked with a DAD/Enco system back in 2000-01.
Worked fairly well if you rebooted 1x per week otherwise the system would really go crazy and make your station sound real embarrassing...like it did for me...

Worked with it at the former Gross Communications in Bend, now Bend Radio Group. Call the gang over there at KSJJ and ask for Michael Cook. He might still have some updates lying around.

The reason I mention that is because when I was working there, one day we started getting voice tracks jumping from all over the place and our different stations. After many weeks, we finally pinpointed many years earlier, someone had missed a proper complete update. After reinstalling everything and starting over, we were at full speed.

Good luck and tell him a "hello" from Todd Allen.

Working with DAD now, and while I miss AudioVault, it is one of the more stable systems I have worked with.

But then again, we were something like user #13, and they've made all kinds of custom updates for us. If you understand how to program it can be a real breeze. What the system lacks in "ease of use" it more than makes up for in power.

I'm told, although no one will confirm for me, we had it set-up to turn on the coffee maker when the first AM traffic rolled. Perfect!

For the record, I think AudioVault is still the best!

It is, by far, the worst editor I have ever worked with. They occasionally change the graphics, but the basic editor has not changed in a few years. Clunky is generous.

Enco rack room features, storage, etc., are pretty good. But their on-air and production room user interfaces are very weak.

I wish Steve Jobs would create industrial iPod software for radio.

There's still no automation system that can tough RDS Phantom. DOS rules!

Paulwarren:
You mean I am not the ONLY one with RDS Phantom in DOS?
Wow, we should trade secrets! Ho, this thing drives me nuts, maybe you can show me how to make it actually work correctly!