If programmers want to schedule a macro, either for a one time or reoccurring event, if your station is a News/Talk format, then we’ll utilize Zetta’s Clocks to drag in your desired macro. As part of Zetta Hot Key’s new enhancement, users can now right click to edit a Hot Key and there’s an option to assign a macro to that Hot Key. Drag it into the Log module for a one-time execution or a Hot Key for future reference. From the same Macro window, users can select the Macro event type, choose their desired macro, and then drag and drop that macro throughout Zetta modules. There are multiple ways programmers can drag and drop or schedule a Zetta macro. Once your macro is created, it’s time to find a destination for your newly created macro. We used the Publish.MiniLogs Execute Command, left click and dragging each one to the left window, creating the “Podcast Macro.” There are two macro behaviors: Synchronous – or execute everything all at once – and Asynchronous and Play Through the Macro – execute everything one by one in order and if there is a piece of audio, play the audio and then trigger the remaining macro. Essentially, we identified five different locations for each morning show, with a total of 25 “Best of Morning Show” exports.

In this video, we created a Publish podcast macro. Work smarter, not harder and type to search for your desired Execute Commands. Although engineers can choose between multiple asset types, like Songs, Links, Custom Asset Types, etc., we primarily want to work under the Control dropdown so that we have access to Zetta’s Execute Commands. For example, if you are creating a Hot Spare activation macro, we want to define the specific station and then enable that station’s stream groups for Hot Sparing.

Due to the nature of a macro’s functionality, we typically recommend making macros station specific, unless there’s a more complex workflow.

As with most Zetta modules, make sure you select the station from the top right first. Starting with building macros, users can find the master macro window from the Configuration | Macros dropdown. We have a lot of users who ask, “What are macros and what can I do with them?” The short answer: Zetta macros are so powerful, what can’t you do? This week, we took a deep dive into Zetta macros as we covered how to create macros, where to add them, modern remote hybrid macro workflows, and other unique user implementations.

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