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#11
Who's Casting? / Re: YOUR ALL-TIME HOLIDAY FAVO...
Last post by milky - December 05, 2024, 11:46:32 AMCongratulations Tim, on an amazing run! I'm agnostic, so not into Xmas (nor any other celebratory music), but it is truly exceptional that you have carried the torch and provided entertainment for your listener base. 
#12
Who's Casting? / YOUR ALL-TIME HOLIDAY FAVORITE...
Last post by Tim Gainer - December 04, 2024, 06:57:08 PMYep, it's that time of year again!
ClassiChristmas is back! from December 1st till Christmas Day, we're playing your all-time Holiday favorites...restored from the original vinyl releases!
Join us for our 19th year...with even more surprises than before!!
http://classichristmas.com
ClassiChristmas is back! from December 1st till Christmas Day, we're playing your all-time Holiday favorites...restored from the original vinyl releases!
Join us for our 19th year...with even more surprises than before!!
http://classichristmas.com
#13
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: FOR LANE!
Last post by Lane - November 24, 2024, 02:23:35 AMI owe her a fat boy!
(This isn't like it sounds and might only be understood by her.)
Going to try and join in a few days.
(This isn't like it sounds and might only be understood by her.)
Going to try and join in a few days.
#14
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / FOR LANE!
Last post by DJ_Zath - November 24, 2024, 12:06:43 AMI know this is probably NOT the right place for this (and I kinda forgot how to send a PM anyways)...
to LANE
SUZIE has returned! shes been asking about you! you probably should come by sometime and have a nice CHAT with her!
in case you need a link: https://irc.warp-radio.com
(she seems to come around in the afternoons, mostly oh, the link is PUBLIC so anyone who wishes to join the chat is welcome to, as well! I'll let her know that I delivered her message to you!
--MESSAGE DELIVERED--
to LANE
SUZIE has returned! shes been asking about you! you probably should come by sometime and have a nice CHAT with her!
in case you need a link: https://irc.warp-radio.com
(she seems to come around in the afternoons, mostly oh, the link is PUBLIC so anyone who wishes to join the chat is welcome to, as well! I'll let her know that I delivered her message to you!
--MESSAGE DELIVERED--
#15
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Mike Sinclair - November 09, 2024, 01:44:03 PMI was on OtsJuke very early on (within a year of release). It served me well for a long time, but for me, it came up short of what it should have become. As a mobile/Wedding DJ, I had to go elsewhere for my software needs a few years ago, but Ots will always have a special place in my heart. And I have fond memories of many in this group who provided great advice along the way... probably the best group I've ever been part of.
#16
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Kev - November 07, 2024, 04:31:47 PMI can't remember exactly when I got OtsDJ - but it was decades ago! Scary eh?
I wonder with the US politics result if we'll see a return of Jeff!
I wonder with the US politics result if we'll see a return of Jeff!
#17
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Jigger - November 05, 2024, 08:00:16 AMWell put and said Milky, I did not expect to be still discussing Dj software after 25 years but still enjoy using it.
#18
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by milky - November 03, 2024, 09:24:21 PMI've bee with Ots since the very beginning (or close to it). I stumbled across it when looking for a replacement for Real Player which crashed numerous times per night, and was initially impressed with the stability and the DSP.
It is a great piece of software, but, sadly could have been so much more. It seems to have evolved in a series of "spurts" but with great gaps in between the spurts. We got S&L, but it only went part of the way towards true radio automation and legal logging requirements.
We got video, but are forced to use one specific format of video from early DVDs when others have embraced all of the available formats. These days, when every smartphone can display multiple formats, Ots has fallen way behind.
We got a user interface that looks pretty similar to what it was on day one, 25 years ago. Most others have a much nicer, modern dashboard that is user-configurable to suit individual needs.
We got a kind of controller scripting language, but it was limited to a handful of then-available DJ controllers, and has never evolved. Some enterprising people have managed to get it to work with other , more modern equipment, but it is hard work and not for the faint-hearted.
Like Ron, I still use Ots daily locally within my home, and to stream privately so that I can hear my own music wherever I am in the world. The fact that it remain perfectly stable for many months between re-boots is remarkable. I just wish that it had become the world's leading playout software, as it had the potential to do way back in 1999.
It is a great piece of software, but, sadly could have been so much more. It seems to have evolved in a series of "spurts" but with great gaps in between the spurts. We got S&L, but it only went part of the way towards true radio automation and legal logging requirements.
We got video, but are forced to use one specific format of video from early DVDs when others have embraced all of the available formats. These days, when every smartphone can display multiple formats, Ots has fallen way behind.
We got a user interface that looks pretty similar to what it was on day one, 25 years ago. Most others have a much nicer, modern dashboard that is user-configurable to suit individual needs.
We got a kind of controller scripting language, but it was limited to a handful of then-available DJ controllers, and has never evolved. Some enterprising people have managed to get it to work with other , more modern equipment, but it is hard work and not for the faint-hearted.
Like Ron, I still use Ots daily locally within my home, and to stream privately so that I can hear my own music wherever I am in the world. The fact that it remain perfectly stable for many months between re-boots is remarkable. I just wish that it had become the world's leading playout software, as it had the potential to do way back in 1999.
#19
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by DJ_Zath - November 02, 2024, 07:08:13 AMI've been using it since... (thinking) ... 2001!
but, unfortunately, it has let me down... though I still use and love it!
(one day, I will find the gremlin that causes the issues... but so far, it eludes me!)
but, unfortunately, it has let me down... though I still use and love it!
(one day, I will find the gremlin that causes the issues... but so far, it eludes me!)
#20
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Anniversary
Last post by Jigger - November 01, 2024, 07:11:56 AMI am sure members will know Ots was launched in 1999 25 years ago, I think I have been with Ots for 24 of those years. Still using it every day although no longer doing gigs. Those of us that are left on the forum have been here from the early days as well. It has never let me down. Congratulations to Ots.