Find songs, edit logs, Lightning-Fast.

Lightning Request Finder and Program Log Editor

Lightning is a clever blend of "audio search engine" and playlist (program log) editor. You can find songs and other audio files by lots of interesting criteria, and add them to your program logs, or drop them directly into AutoCast to be played right away.

Editing program logs

Open a daily program log and immediately start adding, removing, copying, and pasting music and announcements, just using your mouse. The program log editing functionality of Lightning is made even more powerful by its ability to find any audio file on your hard drive instantly, using its built-in, high-end audio search engine.

"Sure we have it! Coming right up."

Lightning doubles as the ultimate song-finder during request shows. Just enter your search criteria, and instantly, you'll have a list of every track that matches your needs.

In the illustration, we show an example of a search for every Eagles song released between 1970 and 1980, in the range of 3.5 to 4.5 minutes long. The search could easily be narrowed further to by also requiring that the songs be of a certain tempo, rating, subgenre, comment, gender, even your own custom criteria.   Click to see the entire Lightning screen.

Positively shocking

You'll be stunned by Lightning's speed, even when retrieving vague or obscure listener requests.

When someone calls in requesting "any late 60s Clapton song," just type-in a little fast search criteria, et voila, you'll have all the songs in your collection that match those requirements, right at your digital fingertips. Now, drag and drop your selection directly into AutoCast, and if you like, make it next-to-play.

Other Features and Uses for Lightning

Look up commercials, PSAs, or promos for drag-n-drop addition to your logs. Built-in color warns you if an announcement's expiration date has passed.

Save favorite searches for re-use later.

Drag a search right to your desktop, creating an instant playlist file.

Build sports logs that can be merged into your regular program logs.

Pass any found song over to our Army Knife program, where you can update its information, transition times, etc.

Listen off-air! If you have a secondary audio output available, you can preview any song you find, before adding it to your log, or playing it in AutoCast.

Drag a saved search into your AutoCast program log, adding all of the found tracks at-once.

Drag to move a track up or down in the program log. Auto-scrolling lets you relocate it to portions of the log that are beyond the visible area.

Do instant inventories of your audio library based on a broad variety of criteria (find out in seconds how many songs of a certain kind exist in your library).

Do "Lightning-fast" updates of your program log when an advertiser places a last-minute order.