MUSOO

Online Music Environment Kit

Getting started with MUSOO

Orientation

MUSOO is like sound CMS (content management system) specialized for enjoying music on the web. To get used to MUSOO, there are two keywords to remember, Station and Channel.

Station (web radio station)
The station is the fundamental unit in the MUSOO. One station has one broadcasting URL which visitors access to listen to your playing and has one station booth for composing your works for it.
Channel
The channel is like radio program or playing list. And this is the unit of composing in the station. The station can hold multiple channels.
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Login, update your profile and configuration of default station
  1. Point your browser to MUSOO system gateway url (typically http://example.com/yourSite/ms.php) and enter your username and password.
    For the first login after successfully installing, sign in as the default user ( Username: musoo Password: musoo ).
    Screen shot:login page
  2. First of all, you should change the username and password of the "musoo" account to something else. Click the "Authors" on the Menu
    Screen shot:Default control menu
  3. Click the "Edit" on the line of default username ( musoo ).
    Screen shot:Authors
  4. Change the columns listed below.
    Then click the "SAVE PROFILE" button to update.
    Username
    Username you need to enter as sign in
    Public name
    The name displayed publicly. If this column is empty, Username is displayed instead of this.
    Email
    (To-be feature)
    Password
    Password you need to enter as sign in.
    Screen shot:Authors edit
  5. Next, set up your "Default Station".
    Click the "Stations" on the Menu and click the "Configuration panel" in the Stations list.
    Screen shot:Default control menu

  6. Change the columns listed below.
    Then click the "SAVE CONFIGURATION" button to update and create script file for broadcasting URL.

    Station name
    The name or title of your broadcasting station.
    Description
    Description about this station.
    Site URL
    Set the domain absolute path of broadcasting URL. (The visitors access here.)
    Site path
    Set the server absolute path where the script file for broadcasting URL is created.
    Screen shot:Authors edit
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Launch your station booth
  1. Click the station's name ( default is "Default Station" ) on the Stations list to launch the booth.
    Screen shot:Launch booth

  2. The station booth has two parts, the Selector and the Editor.

    Selector
    All your uploaded files are listed (sorting and searching in the future). The sound selector and the image selector handle your files. The channel selector handle channels you created in MUSOO.
    Editor
    In the editor, you can do the following operations.
    • Create a new channel in the Station.
    • Insert a new image into the channel and the sound.
    • Edit the channel information: title, description, publish date and On air status etc.
    • Edit the sound information: title, comment, lyrics and publish date etc.
    • And control the volume in playing.
    • Arrange the order of channels and sounds in the channel.
    • (To-be soon)Mix the multiple sounds files, add fade-in,out effects.
    Screen shot:Booth
  3. Start MUSOO by uploading your files onto the server. Click the "Upload files" button and follow the instructions on screen. MUSOO accept MP3, JPEG, GIF and PNG only. You can upload multiple files at a time.
    Screen shot:Booth
  4. After you upload files, they will be listed in the selector window.(screenshot shows the image selector)
    MUSOO handles your playing in units of channel. You need to create new channel for composing your sounds and images. Click the "Create channel" button for it.
    Screen shot:Booth
  5. After clicking the "Create channel" button, pop up window appears. Enter Title and Description as you like and click the "CREATE" button. "Published On" and "Last Modified On" fields are filled automatically by current time if they are null.
    Screen shot:Booth
  6. The new created channel appears in the editor as channel bar.
    "OPEN CH" Button
    Open (and close) the list of sounds included in this channel.
    "EDIT" Button
    Pop up window for updating information of this channel.
    "STORE" Button
    Remove this channel bar from the editor panel. The channel can be still accessed in the channel selector.
    Screen shot:Booth
  7. Drag and drop the sound bar you picked from the sound selector onto the target channel bar or the position between the sounds you like.
    Screen shot:Booth
  8. Click the "OPEN CH" button on the channel bar, then sound bar you added appears.
    Play/Pause Button
    Click the button to play/pause the sound.
    Volume Controller
    Adjust the volume of the sound.
    "EDIT" Button
    Pop up window for updating informations of this sound (title, comment, lyrics etc.).
    "STORE" Button
    Remove this sound from this channel. The sound can be still accessed in the sound selector.
    Screen shot:Booth
  9. Drag and drop the thumbnail you picked from the image selector onto the target sound bar.
    Screen shot:Booth
  10. Your channel is ready to be on-air. Click the "EDIT" button on the channel bar, the Channel Info window pop up. Select "On Air" in the "Status" pulldown menu and click "SAVE" button.
    You will find that the status light turns red from green in the channel selector bar.
    Screen shot:Booth
  11. You can drag and drop the channel bar from the channel selector onto the position you like in the station editor.
    Screen shot:Booth
  12. Your station can include multi channels.
    Screen shot:Booth
  13. Click your station's broadcasting url to open player window.
    Now your channel gets air-play !
    Screen shot:Booth
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Supported by Cybozu Labs, Inc.