Arrakis ARC-WAVE-10-M2 Console

A Complete Wireless Station Package With Music Included The Arrakis ARC-WAVE-10-M2 bundles the ARC-8-Blue broadcast console, New~Wave automation software, and three complete music libraries into a single package, giving a new or growing station wireless calling, full automation, and a real music catalog all in one purchase. Rather than sourcing a console, automation software, and a song library separately from different vendors, this bundle brings everything together so a station can start running actual programming almost immediately. The ARC-8-Blue handles the physical studio side with mic, line, phone, USB, and Bluetooth 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 building a catalog from scratch before it can put together a real broadcast day. For a startup station or an internet radio project trying to get on the air quickly with modern wireless features, this bundle removes several of the biggest early hurdles at once. The ARC-8-Blue Console With Bluetooth Built In The ARC-8-Blue is an 8 channel, 10 input broadcast console built on the same reliable ARC-8 platform, with Bluetooth connectivity added directly to channel seven. Two mic channels support a standard host and guest talk format, seven line level inputs handle other studio sources, and the Bluetooth-enabled channel manages wireless calling and audio streaming from any paired device. Incoming calls are handled with a Call button to accept and a Drop button to end, working like a standard phone hybrid without needing one physically wired in, while a mix-minus feed keeps calls sounding clean and free of feedback. Both balanced RJ45 and unbalanced RCA connections come standard, and a built-in USB sound card on channel eight is what allows New~Wave to connect directly and use the console's own audio hardware instead of a computer's onboard sound card. 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 hold up under 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. Because a Bluetooth-paired phone can bring live calls or recorded interviews into the mix at any point, staff can blend live wireless content with scheduled automation without interrupting the broadcast to manually switch modes. 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 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 matching 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. 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-Blue's straightforward physical installation, its built-in Bluetooth functionality, and the ready-to-use music libraries, this bundle is built to move a station from unboxing to a running, wireless-capable broadcast schedule with as little delay as possible.