Audio Support
This page was designed to assist TM Studios customers, on-air system providers, and other playback system providers in determining
compatibility of Gold.WAV and GoldDrive products.
Download the package most appropriate for you below.
Sample Gold.WAV files
The files are stereo, 44.1k, linear PCM audio with a Microsoft "wav" header/footer.
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Sample
GoldDrive files
The files are 16bit,
44.1k, stereo, Mpeg encoded audio files with a TM Studios (TMC)
file header/footer. The Mpeg parameters used to create these
files are stereo, layer2, mode2, 128k bps (per channel)
Updated 11/30/2006
TM Studios Gold.WAV and GoldDrive file formats include robust song information and an 8-digit file-numbering scheme. This document is the official FAQ concerning these audio files.
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Will Gold.WAV and GoldDrive files play using Windows?
Yes. You might have to associate the GoldDrive "TMC" file extension with your Windows Media Player in order to "click and play". Both Gold.WAV and GoldDrive files are compatible with all current Windows based systems.
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Do you supply a database of song titles with your libraries?
Yes. We provide database information for each cut of your order. The new database includes the following:
| SongID |
Unique song identifier |
| Title |
Song title |
| Version |
Specific version info |
| Artist |
Artist info |
| Album |
Album name |
| Publisher |
Song publisher |
| Composer |
Song composer |
| License Origin |
Original music license |
| Intro |
Intro time before vocals |
| Length |
length of song
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| Ending |
Cold or fade
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| Record Label |
Song record label
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| Year |
Release year
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| BPM |
Beats per minute
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| AUX3 |
Auxiliary SEG time
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| P-Line |
special P-Line info (where available)
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| ISRC |
Song ISRC code (where available)
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| DISC |
disc the file resides on
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Yes. Gold.WAV files are RIFF WAV files and GoldDrive files are MPEG Layer 2 Mode 2. If your audio application can play either of these you're all set. The thing to be advised of is the embedded data. You would need a special type of program to read it. For example, Winamp, Windows Media Player, and RealOne do play the files, but do not automatically display the embedded data.
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Just as always we have included header/footer information in our files for those systems that want to use it (as well as the separate database of titles). We include every bit of what you see above (except disc because it is not applicable) embedded into the data chunk of the file. See the sample file links above. You will find sample audio files in both formats, a sample database, and information you'll need on how to read the information into whatever application you desire.
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No they do not. At design time, the recording industry was already lumping more data fields into each song than the Cart-Chunk format would allow. We had to choose between amending the cart chunk standard (and supplying radio stations with info on how to read the "extended data") or add on to our existing system. We chose the latter. This does not stop the TM Studios file from playing audio on your system, it's just that title/artist and other info have to come from somewhere else.
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The bonus database information supplied with every TM Studios order. The bulk of original equipment manufacturers have been working with TM Studios for years and can readily import data information from the TM Studios supplied database into their system. For all practical purposes (and depending on your manufacturer) the data is displayed along with the file as it is played or otherwise utilized in the system.
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No. We do not. Some of our customers have seen fit to include data of their TM Studios CD's in the public CDDB database. We neither encourage or discourage this.
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We found two compelling reasons to change with them. (1). After thousands and thousands of song titles we ran out of bracketed numbers. (2.) We needed a highly sophisticated "song based" ID system for each entry in our database. This new style of operation would allow for better/faster tracking of song data from purchase to delivery, eliminate duplicate data, and give us a faster way to deliver song libraries to programmers. We are happy to report that the system is in place and working. We used the same song naming/ID scheme for both Gold.WAV and GoldDrive songs.
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Absolutely. Because of the way Gold.WAV and GoldDrive CD's were made in the "old days" we put a database on every disc containing those titles and then a final database on the last disc of the set containing the entire library listing. Today, the entire process has been streamlined and we can provide a single database of the entire library. In the case of the new libraries we decided to put the data file on the first disc in the set. We kept the old standard DBF format so it is compatible with anything that reads or imports DBF (which is practically every music scheduler on the planet and any other database enabled program like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL, or whatever). The data file includes a new field called "DiscName" which will tell you exactly which disc in the set contains a particular song.
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We provide the database on the first disc of each order. For specific information on how to import the data into your music scheduler contact the manufacturer of your music scheduling system.
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Actually most systems do not read the header directly from the file but use some other method of attaching song information from a database. TM Studios provides both the header and the database so you can do it either way.
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Some systems do one or the other, or both. Contact your equipment manufacturer to obtain exact specifications.
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TM Studios is preparing a list of Original Equipment Manufacturers. The list certifies that we have contacted them and they have replied to us stating that TM Studios Gold.WAV and GoldDrive titles are compatible with their system. However, TM Studios makes no claim as to the level of compatibility. It is the customer's responsibility to contact the OEM concerning exact technical specifications of how Gold.WAV and GoldDrive products interact with their system.
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Go to http://www.tmstudios.com/support
Call TM Studios IT Director Rob Kowald at (972) 406-6898
E-Mail rkowald@TMstudios.com
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Yes, bona-fide examples of Gold.WAV and GoldDrive files are available for download at http://www.tmstudios.com/support you will also find instructions for reading header information of the file formats and sample database files.
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