Introducing - Myriad Playout 7
Helping radio build stronger connections with listeners
Radio has always offered something that purely algorithmic streaming services struggle to replicate: personality, locality and a genuine connection between a station and its audience.
Myriad Playout 7 is being developed around those strengths. It introduces a collection of integrated listener engagement tools designed to bring audiences closer to the programmes, presenters and music they enjoy.
However, engagement is only part of the story. Myriad 7 also introduces a modern new interface, greatly enhanced AI Voice Links and a wide range of production and workflow improvements intended to make everyday broadcasting faster, easier and more flexible.
The aim is not simply to add more features. It is to connect listener interaction, programme information, content creation and playout within one practical broadcast workflow.
Bringing listener requests into the studio
Listener Requests allow stations to publish a controlled selection of requestable songs through their website, mobile app and web player.
Listeners can search by artist or song, choose a track and include a personal message with their request. Stations remain in control of which songs can be requested and where requests can be accommodated within the Log.
Crucially, requests and listener messages will be surfaced directly within Myriad Playout. Presenters will not need to monitor a separate system or manually copy information from another screen.
Audience participation becomes part of the live studio workflow, giving presenters more opportunities to acknowledge listeners, tell their stories and make programmes feel genuinely connected to the people tuning in.
For automated and voice-tracked stations or shows, Listener Requests automatically be incorporated*, creating a greater sense of responsiveness without introducing an unmanageable amount of additional work.
* Availability subject to local compliance rules and restrictions.
Making song voting useful every day
Song voting is not a new idea, but it has traditionally required integration with specialist third-party research platforms or bespoke website systems.
That can make it difficult or expensive for smaller stations to implement, while larger stations may still face fragmented workflows and disconnected information.
Myriad Playout 7 brings Song Voting directly into the Myriad and Broadcast Radio ecosystem. Listeners can provide feedback through station websites, mobile apps and web players, with the resulting information available inside Myriad.
Voting information isvisible on the MediaWall and in the Library, giving presenters and music teams immediate access to audience sentiment. A presenter might notice that a song is receiving an especially strong response and use that information on air, while a music programmer can review voting patterns as another useful input when making scheduling decisions.
Song Voting is not intended to replace professional music judgement or formal audience research. Instead, it provides an accessible and ongoing feedback channel that helps stations understand how listeners are responding to their music.
By including this capability within the wider platform, Myriad 7 makes song voting practical for stations of every size—not only those with the resources to commission separate research and integration projects.
Connecting audiences with presenters and programmes
Listeners build relationships with people and programmes, not just station names.
Myriad 7’s new Presenter and Show Management features give stations a structured way to manage presenter profiles, programme information, biographies and images.
This information can be used across connected Broadcast Radio services, helping stations keep presenter and programme details accurate and consistent wherever listeners encounter them.
It also supports the wider engagement strategy behind Myriad 7. A listener who can learn more about a presenter, discover when a programme is on and interact with that show is more likely to feel part of the station’s community.
Presenter and Show information also provides valuable context elsewhere within Myriad, including the greatly enhanced AI Voice Links system.
More natural and station-specific AI Voice Links
AI Voice Links are substantially enhanced in Myriad 7.
Integration with Presenter and Show information allows generated links to reflect the programme and presenter more closely. Stations will also have access to a wider range of configuration fields, providing much finer control over the context, tone and content supplied to the AI.
The entire AI Voice Links engine has been optimised for GPT-5, helping stations create more natural, relevant and engaging links that take account of the presenter, programme and surrounding items in the Log.
Combined with Voice Track Placeholders, this gives stations more control over where live, pre-recorded or AI-generated links should appear within a programme.
AI Voice Links can therefore become a more considered part of the station’s output rather than simply isolated pieces of generated speech. The objective is to help each link sound appropriate for the station and programme while keeping editorial and operational control firmly with the broadcaster.
Faster, more flexible production workflows
Myriad 7 introduces several new tools intended to make programme production and voice tracking more precise and efficient.
New start and end trim marks within the Segue Editor allow users to define exactly which section of an audio item should be used while editing segues or Voice Tracks. This provides greater control over programme flow without requiring the source audio to be permanently edited.
New Exclusive Play modes make working with beds, stabs and other supporting Media Items much easier. A bed can automatically end when the next item in the sequence starts, simplifying both live and AI voice-overs and reducing the need for presenters or producers to stop the bed manually.
Myriad 7 also introduces a dedicated Pre-recorded Show classification for complete programmes. This makes pre-recorded content easier to identify, manage and schedule, particularly for stations carrying syndicated programmes, specialist shows or content produced away from the main studio.
Voice Track Placeholders can be added to Clocks and the scheduled Log for all users. These define positions where live, conventional or AI-generated Voice Tracks should be added and are also used to specify Split Voice Track locations within the Log.
Together, these features give programme directors more control when designing a Clock, while making it clearer to presenters and producers where links are expected.
Split Voice Tracking will also be included as standard for all Split Stations, making it easier for broadcasters to create tailored content for individual services while retaining an efficient centralised production workflow.
Improved scheduling and programme preparation
The Clock Editor receives a major interface and workflow overhaul in Myriad 7.
New filtering and searching tools will make it easier to locate and manage Clocks, particularly for stations operating large or complex schedules. The improved interface is intended to reduce the time spent navigating through Clock collections and make everyday editing more intuitive.
MultiStation List Items provide further improvements for broadcasters operating multiple stations. They allow appropriate content or events to be managed across several services while supporting the individual requirements of each station.
AutoImporter also gains additional timing controls, allowing stations to determine more precisely when and how frequently incoming content should be checked and imported. This provides greater flexibility for automated workflows involving news, weather, syndicated programmes and other externally supplied material.
These may appear to be small operational details, but improvements that save time or remove repetitive actions can make a significant difference when repeated across every programme and station.
A more modern and adaptable working environment
Myriad 7 introduces a cleaner, Windows 11-inspired look and feel while retaining the familiarity and flexibility valued by existing Myriad users.
The Layout Editor has been enhanced with a wider range of options, including greater control over tab placement. This gives stations more flexibility when designing Dynamic Layouts for different studios, workflows, programmes and presenters.
Rather than forcing every user to work with the same fixed interface, Myriad can be adapted to present the tools and information most relevant to each situation.
Myriad 7 is also designed with localisation in mind, enabling the interface to support different languages and making the platform more accessible to broadcasters around the world.
Album management has received improvements too, with better handling of album titles making music information easier to maintain and organise.
Greater control over metadata and connected systems
The OCP metadata and output system gains a powerful new Command Language.
This gives stations more control over how information is processed and delivered to external hardware, online services and other connected systems. It supports more sophisticated metadata workflows without requiring every station to rely on fixed output formats or separate processing tools.
Combined with Broadcast Radio websites, apps, streaming services and web players, this helps create a more connected relationship between what happens inside the studio and what listeners see on digital platforms.
The result is not simply more information being sent out of the playout system. Listener activity can also flow back into Myriad through requests and voting, creating a genuinely two-way connection.
Building on everything already available in Myriad 6
Myriad Playout 7 is an evolution of the existing platform, not a replacement for the capabilities stations already depend upon.
The complete Myriad 6 feature set is retained, including established live-assist and automation tools, advanced Log management, flexible Dynamic Layouts, voice tracking, multi-station operation, user security, media management, SmartInfo, metadata handling and integration with the wider Myriad ecosystem.
Support for Myriad Anywhere, Myriad Replication and optional products such as Myriad Schedule Pro, Myriad News and Myriad Logging also continues.
Stations moving to Myriad 7 will therefore gain the new listener engagement capabilities, interface, production tools and workflow improvements without losing the functionality or operational flexibility they already use.
How Myriad 7 further differentiates itself
Professional playout systems are expected to play audio reliably, automate a schedule and support live presentation. Increasingly, however, stations must also consider how their broadcast system connects with remote production, cloud services and listener-facing digital platforms.
This is where Myriad 7 further distinguishes itself.
Listener Requests, Song Voting and Presenter and Show Management are not isolated additions. They are designed to work with Myriad Playout and the wider Broadcast Radio platform, including station websites, mobile apps, streaming services and web players.
Competing solutions may provide individual engagement features through additional products, specialist research tools or third-party integrations. Myriad’s approach is to make them part of a connected, everyday workflow. Listener activity can travel from the station’s digital platforms into the studio, where it becomes immediately useful to presenters, producers and programmers.
Myriad 7’s distinction also extends beyond listener engagement. Voice Track Placeholders, Exclusive Play modes, Segue Editor trim marks, the dedicated Pre-recorded Show classification and the redesigned Clock Editor provide practical benefits for the people creating and managing programmes every day.
Enhanced AI Voice Links bring together Presenter and Show information, expanded configuration options and Log context within the same environment. This allows AI-assisted content to reflect the station and programme more closely while remaining integrated with established production workflows.
Myriad also remains modular by choice and integrated by design. Stations can begin with Myriad Playout and add music scheduling, newsroom tools, logging, remote broadcasting, cloud services, websites, apps and streaming as their requirements develop.
Combined with flexible on-premise, cloud and hybrid deployment options, this gives stations a practical route to modernise while retaining control over how and where they operate.
Making engagement part of everyday radio
The strongest listener engagement is not created by occasional promotions or standalone digital features. It comes from making audiences feel recognised and involved in the station they listen to each day.
Myriad Playout 7 is designed to make that easier. By bringing listener input directly into the broadcast environment, it gives presenters more opportunities to connect, programmers more useful feedback and stations more ways to demonstrate that there are real people and a genuine community behind the music.
At the same time, its new production, AI and workflow tools help broadcasters create that output more efficiently and with greater control.
Myriad 7 builds on the dependable and extensive capabilities of Myriad 6 while moving the platform towards a more connected, responsive and audience-focused future—helping stations strengthen the qualities that continue to make radio unique.
