Remote server system for combining audio files and for managing combined audio files for downloading by local systems

A computer system for combining time coded source audio files to produce a plurality of audio segments that are each individually customized for playback on different radio stations, comprising:

• a remote system hosted on one or more remote servers, the remote system comprising:
• (a) a library computer system accessing a library of source audio files;
• (b) a processing computer system operating a program for combining the source audio files stored in the library of audio files;
• and
• (c) a communication computer system for receiving instructions from a plurality of local radio station operators at a plurality of different local radio stations,
• wherein each of the local radio station operators operate the communication system to select the source audio files stored in the library and the intended sequence of the source audio files,
• wherein the source audio files are combined and sequenced by the processing system into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected source audio files in at least a partially overlapping sequence,
• wherein each single combined audio segment comprises a source audio file that is common to at least some radio stations and a source audio file that is different for at least some radio stations,
• wherein the regions of the source audio files which are subject to overlap in a sequence have been predefined by the remote system, and
• wherein the predefined overlapping regions of the source audio files are un-editable by the plurality of local radio operators;
• and
• wherein the audio files are equalized, and volume mixed at the remote system hosted on the one or more remote servers, without further input from the local radio station operators, and are then sent or rendered accessible to each of the different local radio stations.

A user method of combining time coded source audio files to produce a plurality of audio segments that are each individually customized for playback on different radio stations, comprising the following steps:

• (a) a plurality of local radio station operators each using a user interface displayed on a computing device, wherein the interface accesses a library of source audio files stored on a remote system, wherein the library, the remote system and the user interface are hosted on one or more remote servers;
• (b) the local radio station operators each using the user interface to select a plurality of the source audio files from the library;
• (c) the local radio station operators each using the user interface to request the remote system to combine the selected source audio files into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected source audio files in at least partially overlapping sequence, the sequence being selected by the local radio station operator;
• (d) the remote system generating the single combined audio segment for each radio station by combining the plurality of selected source audio files, wherein each single combined audio segment comprises:
• a source audio file that is common to at least some radio stations;
• and
• a source file that is different for at least some radio stations;
• and
• (e) the local radio station operators each using the user interface to access the single combined audio segment from their local radio station,
• wherein the regions of the source audio files which are subject to overlap in a sequence have been predefined by the remote system, and
• wherein the predefined overlapping regions of the source audio files are un-editable by the plurality of local radio operators;
• and
• wherein the source audio files are combined, equalized, and volume mixed at the remote system hosted on the one or more remote servers, without further input from the local radio station operators, and are then sent or rendered accessible to each of the different local radio stations.