Arrakis ARC-WAVE-4-M2 Balanced Station Package

A Complete Balanced Station Package With Music Included The Arrakis ARC-WAVE-4-M2 bundles the ARC-10BP broadcast console, New~Wave automation software, and three complete music libraries into a single package, giving a station a full balanced 10 channel setup along with the scheduling software and content needed to run a real broadcast day. 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 a real song library together in one purchase. The ARC-10BP provides balanced RJ45 wiring throughout for stations dealing with longer cable runs or high RF environments, 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 start running a full weekly schedule. For a station wanting balanced, RF-resistant wiring along with real content ready to go, this package covers all three pieces at once. The ARC-10BP Console Built For High RF Environments The ARC-10BP is a 10 channel, 10 input console using balanced RJ-45 connectors throughout, making it the console of choice for stations operating near transmission equipment or pulling in feeds that originate elsewhere in a facility. Two high-performance mic channels support a host and guest configuration, channels three through eight are balanced stereo line level inputs suited for sources like satellite feeds where long cable runs could otherwise introduce hum or noise, and channel ten is a dedicated telephone channel with balanced in and out connections plus logic for proper hybrid control. Channel nine functions as a built-in USB sound card, connecting directly to a Windows PC or Mac for play and record, which is exactly what allows New~Wave to use the console's own audio hardware instead of a computer's onboard sound card. Two stereo output buses, Program and Audition, include mono mixdowns and are available in both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA formats, with ten feet of RJ45 cabling included standard for the balanced inputs. 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-10BP's ten input channels into an actual running station rather than just a board someone has to operate manually 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 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-10BP's balanced wiring, included cabling, and straightforward installation, along with the ready-to-use music libraries, this bundle is built to move a station from unboxing to a clean, RF-resistant, fully running broadcast schedule with minimal delay.