The d'accord On Air Assist displays the remaining time of the title as 2 minutes and 25 seconds. The presenter is watching the monitor and talking to a listener phoning in. He spontaneously decides to put part of the conversation on air. A couple of mouse clicks later he created a broadcastable recording with the d'accord Cut Assist. The recording is entered into the playlist by Drag & Drop and put on air shortly thereafter.

The multifunctional tool On Air Assist of course works with analog systems as well. However, its true strengths show in the digital environment. The broadcasting material - texts, music, jingles, commercial spots etc. - is stored on the local hard drive. Up to four stereo channels are available for play-outs via a professional audio card.

The Daily Schedule provides the programme planning with a clearly structured display. In addition d'accord On Air Assist shows the surface of the mixing console on the monitor. The current status of the individual faders are marked by symbols and are dynamically assigned to the active elements of the playlist.

All important information like title, starting time, duration and remaining time are visually well organised. Individual elements can be moved or deleted as needed. All in all the presenter has more time for the creative organisation of the programme. A fully automatic operation is also possible. All audio elements are played out according to fixed fadeout and crossout values.

A professional documentation is becoming increasingly important as a service to listeners, for the accounting of royalty-fees or as information supplied to the customers whose commercials are put on air. The module protocols all relevant broadcasting events and reports them to d'accord Daily Schedule. This way the complete history display of all archive elements is available at any given time.

Generating XML-documents from current sections of the playlist makes transfer to other systems like RDS or DAB possible as well as automatic publication of the broadcast titles in the internet. This way listeners can follow the programme online live outside of the actual broadcasting area.

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