Rivendell is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content. It has all of the features one would expect in a modern, fully-fledged radio automation system, including support for both PCM and MPEG audio encoding, full voicetracking and log customization as well as support for a wide variety of third party software and hardware. As a robust, functionally complete digital audio system for broadcast radio applications, Rivendell uses industry standard components like the GNU/Linux Operating System, the AudioScience HPI Driver Architecture and the MySQL Database Engine. Rivendell is available under the GNU Public License.

FEATURES and BENEFITS
A complete GPL'ed radio automation system.

Designed for efficient on-air use, with large, touchscreen-friendly controls.

Up to three full automation logs may be operated from a single computer.

Extensive support for live assist environments, with multiple SoundPanel arrays available at the touch of a finger.

All configuration is done by means of point and click interfaces -- *no* arcane configuration files to edit!

Support for both PCM16 and MPEG Layer 2 audio formats (MPEG Layer 2 support requires the use of select sound cards available from AudioScience Inc.).

Full support for both analog and AES3 digital audio interfaces, using high-quality audio adapters manufactured by AudioScience Inc. and the JACK Audio Connection Kit.

Designed by radio broadcasters, for radio broadcasters.

Completely free and open -- no dongles, unlock codes, software keys or other arbitrary limitations.