Arrakis ARC-WAVE-1-M2 Console

A Complete Station Package With Console Software And Music Included The Arrakis ARC-WAVE-1-M2 bundles the ARC-8 broadcast console, New~Wave automation software, and three complete music libraries into a single package, giving a new or growing station nearly everything needed to start broadcasting real programming right away. Rather than sourcing a console, automation software, and a music catalog separately from different vendors, this bundle brings the hardware, the software running it, and the actual content playing through it together in one purchase. The ARC-8 handles the physical studio side with mic, line, phone, and USB inputs, while New~Wave manages scheduling, playback, and voice tracking so the station can run unattended when needed. The included music libraries mean a station doesn't have to spend weeks or months building a catalog from scratch before it can start running a real broadcast day. For a startup station or an internet radio project trying to get on the air quickly, this bundle removes several of the biggest early hurdles in one package. The ARC-8 Console At The Core Of The Setup The ARC-8 is an 8 channel, 10 input broadcast console built for internet radio, broadcast radio, remote applications, production work, and station backup use. Two mic channels support a standard host and guest talk format, seven line level inputs handle other studio sources like CD players and media players, and a dedicated phone mix channel connects to an external hybrid for taking calls. Both balanced RJ45 and unbalanced RCA connections come standard, giving the console flexibility to work with professional or consumer-type source equipment. A built-in USB sound card on the console is what allows New~Wave to connect directly and use the console's own audio hardware rather than a computer's onboard sound card, which typically delivers noticeably worse audio quality for broadcast use. The console is built with the same durability standards found across the ARC line, using socketed ICs and switches rated for multi-million operations to handle daily studio use. New~Wave Automation For Scheduling And Unattended Playback New~Wave is built around a customizable automation schedule that plays music, spots, and other programming automatically while a studio is unattended, letting a station sound live around the clock without needing staff physically present at all hours. Its category based music scheduler organizes songs into groups and pulls from those categories automatically as the schedule plays, with a refined shuffle that prevents the same artist or title from repeating back to back. Cart rotations handle commercial scheduling, while start and kill dates let promotional or seasonal content play only during the correct window before stopping automatically. The software is highly fault tolerant and specifically designed to prevent dead air, moving on to the next scheduled event automatically if a file happens to be missing. This scheduling engine is what turns the ARC-8's raw audio inputs into an actual running station, rather than just a board someone has to sit behind all day. Three Complete Music Libraries Ready To Load And Play This bundle includes three of Arrakis's Masters Music Libraries, professionally remastered song collections built specifically for broadcast automation use rather than generic consumer audio files. Every track in these libraries has been recorded as a 256kbps MP3 for solid audio quality, with silence trimmed from the front and back of each file and audio levels normalized for consistent playback across an entire schedule. Files are named according to Arrakis's automation naming format, so New~Wave recognizes and organizes them correctly without any manual renaming or reformatting needed. Intro to voice and segue end-of-message times are already set on every file, which is what allows a host to talk over an intro or overlap songs cleanly without manually timing each transition. With libraries available across genres and decades, from classic rock and country hits to Christian music and world music collections, a station can select libraries that match its intended format and have real programming loaded and ready to schedule almost immediately. Getting A New Programming Format Running Fast Combining the console, the automation software, and a real music catalog in one bundle addresses a problem many new stations run into, which is having the technical setup ready long before there's enough content to actually fill a broadcast schedule. Because the included libraries are pre-processed and properly tagged for automation use, they can be imported directly into New~Wave's music category system and scheduled right alongside cart rotations and spots. This lets a station build out a functioning weekly schedule almost immediately after setup rather than spending significant time sourcing, converting, and tagging audio files before the automation software has anything usable to work with. It's worth noting that these library collections are licensed content rather than royalty free, so stations should confirm their own royalty reporting obligations, which New~Wave supports directly through its BMI and SoundExchange reporting tools. Support And Setup Included To Get On The Air Quickly Every New~Wave purchase includes hours of video tutorials available around the clock, along with manuals and training material to help staff learn the system at their own pace. A free 30 minute computer configuration session is included, where Arrakis staff remotely connects to help set up the software correctly from the start. Combined with the ARC-8's straightforward physical installation and the ready-to-use music libraries, this bundle is built to move a station from unboxing to a running broadcast schedule with as little delay as possible.