The top menu bar provides options to set up PlayIt Live.

The File menu contains:

• Enable remote connections: Set up PlayIt Live to enable the built-in remote management server and allow remote connections for managing data and remote voice tracking.
• Sync with a remote server: Set up PlayIt Live to connect to a remote management server such as PlayIt Manager or the built-in server in another PlayIt Live.
• Settings: Configure the user interface and audio devices.
• Exit: Close PlayIt Live. A confirmation box will be shown.

The Manage menu contains:

• Tracks: Manage track audio items.
• Track Groups: Manage track groups (like smart folders) containing tracks.
• Logged Tracks: View recently played tracks for reporting purposes.
• Playout Policies: Manage rules to create a unified sound.
• Playout Pattern: Manage the pattern of track groups that will be used for playout.
• Clocks: Manage clocks used to generate the playout log.
• Clock Schedule: Manage clock hourly assignments used to generate the playout log.
• Playout Log: Manage the overall, day-to-day output of your station.
• Advert Campaigns: Manage advert campaigns for playing adverts (commercial spots).
• Advert Log: Manage the advert log, the log of adverts and when they will play.
• Advert Play Report: Export a report of when adverts were played for affidavits.
• Scheduled Events: Manage events that can be triggered to happen at a specific time or when PlayIt Live starts.
• Priority Streams: Manage priority streams which can be used to override normal live-assist automation and bring in a live presenter/DJ via a remote stream.
• Users: Manage users who can log in to use the software.

The Tools menu contains:

• Missing Track File Analysis: Find and resolve tracks that reference files that have been moved or deleted.
• Duplicate Track File Analysis: Find and delete track files that have been added to PlayIt Live multiple times.
• Track Play Count Analysis: Determine the number of plays tracks have had during a date/time range.
• Database Clean-up: Clean up the database, deleting old playout log items and voice tracks.
• Mixdown Playout Log: Mixdown a portion of the playout log to MP3 or WAV for later broadcast or review.
• Monitored Folder Status: View the status of your monitored folders and force a re-scan if necessary.
• Loudness Analysis: Analyze the tracks in the database so each track has the same loudness.
• Backup and Restore: Manually or automatically back up the database periodically. You can also restore the database to a previous backup.
• Auto Adjust: Automatically adjust segues and tempos of tracks in Live-Assist Mode.
• Internet Broadcast: Set up internet broadcast streams to stream your audio output to an internet streaming provider.
• Now Playing: Set up now playing metadata targets to send your current playing track information to a file or remote service.

The Plugins menu contains:

• Plugin Manager: View the list of currently installed plugins and create new ones.
• [Number of running plugins]: Shows the number of plugins that are currently running.

The Help menu contains:

• Online Documentation: A link to the documentation page on the PlayIt Software website.
• New to PlayIt Live? video: A video showing how to use the basic features of PlayIt Live.
• Open Application Data Folder: Opens the PlayIt Live application data folder. Only perform this step if requested by PlayIt Software Support.
• Open Sound Control Panel: Opens the Windows Sound Control Panel. Allows you to see and configure any attached audio devices.
• License Information: View your currently applied license information and allow you to update your license.
• Spec Check: Verify if your computer meets the minimum or recommended specifications to run PlayIt Live.
• About PlayIt Live: View the latest version and check for updates.

The notification bar is used to provide important information to the user without disrupting their current activity. Warnings will be displayed here if there are any setup issues or a track fails to load.

The players at the top load tracks from the playout log in the expected order. Players can be assigned to individual sound cards so they can be used with different channels on a professional mixer.

Each player has three timers and three buttons.

The blue timer indicates the intro remaining of the loaded track. The green timer indicates the elapsed time of the loaded track. The red timer indicates the remaining time of the loaded track.

The green play button starts playing the track. The orange pause button pauses the track. The silver eject button fades out and stops the player.

The playout log shows the upcoming items that are scheduled to take place. Typically these are tracks to be played, but can be break notes, fixed time markers, or other special items. Each playout log item features (from left to right) the play time , icon, title, tempo (if adjusted), duration (or remaining time) , segue toggle switch, edit and eject/delete button. These are the default columns; you can change which columns are shown by right-clicking the column headings and selecting Select Columns (see Displaying more information about a track below). A three-dots ellipsis icon is used to show additional menu options.

Icons

The icon on the log item displays the type of the item. Icons and colors can also be customized based on the track group a track belongs in. It is possible to color the entire row by changing this setting.

• - Track
• - Voice Track
• - Break Note
• - Fixed Time Marker
• - Currently playing item
• - Past item that was played
• - Past item that was not played
• - Future item that will not be played due to a fixed time marker

Current Item

The current item is indicated by a right arrow in a circle icon:

The current item is the currently playing or the next item to be played when playout resumes.

Adding tracks

To add a track to the playout log, drag and drop a track from the Track List to a position between existing tracks or between an empty "drag tracks here" marker. If you dragged a track into a position soon to be played it will be loaded into one of the players in sequence. You can also drag and drop audio files directly from Windows File Explorer into the playout log.

Playing tracks

To play the track, click the Play button in the player at the top. When an item is playing it will be shown in green and the duration column will display the remaining time for that item.

While a track is playing, the progress bar will be displayed showing the current position in the track. To change the position, click the Seek checkbox to the left of the progress bar and then click the position in the progress bar. The Seek checkbox is there to prevent the position of the track from being accidentally changed while on air.

The triangles on the progress bar indicate the track's trigger points: the gray down-pointing triangle marks the fade point (Cue Out), and the red triangle marks the point at which the track is ejected and finishes.

Navigating the playout log

It is possible to scroll up to past items to see what was played, or scroll down to see what is going to be played in the future. You can do this by scrolling with the mouse wheel or using the up and down arrows to the right of the playout log. You can also navigate using the keyboard arrow keys or the Page Up and Page Down keys.

You can click the Home button to return to the current item. Pressing the Home key on your keyboard does the same. The Home button has two states, underlined and not-underlined. When the Home button is underlined the playout log will automatically scroll with the current item. If you manually scroll away, the Home button will no longer be underlined. After 5 minutes of inactivity the playout log will return home.

The Go to time button can be used to navigate to a specific date and time in the log. This is useful if you wish to edit the log or record voice tracks for a future program.

Toggling segues

A segue is the transitioning of one item into another item. The segue toggle switch changes between a green arrow and a red stop sign . A green arrow indicates that the succeeding track will automatically play after this track. A red stop sign indicates that playout will stop after this track has finished.

Fine tuning segues

The Edit button allows you to fine tune the segue between the current, preceding and succeeding tracks. This will launch the Segue Editor.

Recording voice tracks

For voice track items the edit button will be replaced by the Record button . This will launch the Segue Editor allowing you to record your voice track. Until a voice track is recorded, a voice track item will display a placeholder entry. This will not be loaded into a player and will be skipped if a voice track has not been recorded. You can change the length of the placeholder duration by clicking on the duration. By default this looks like [00:30].

Deleting, restoring and ejecting items

• Click the Bin/Trash button to soft delete a playout item from the log.
• Hold the CTRL key to display the Delete button to hard delete the item.
• Click the Restore button to restore a previously soft deleted item.
• If the item is currently playing, the Eject button is shown instead. Clicking it fades out the item, and the next item plays if the segue option is set to continue.

Protected items

If the item is marked as Protected, the Shield icon is shown. This prevents the item from being accidentally deleted. Protected items will not be dropped by Fixed Time Markers or soft deleted by the Auto Adjust feature.

Playout log item menu

Click the Ellipsis button to expand the context menu for the playout log item. Here it is possible to perform additional actions such as Edit Segue, Edit Track, Delete, Track Play History, or visit Web Links. Right-clicking a playout log item will also bring up the same menu.

Hour headings

The log contains headings for the hour for which the item is scheduled. Each hour shows how much the hour is currently over or under running. Each hour also features an Ellipsis button with additional options. This can be used to schedule the hour now, import an hour from a playout log format, export an hour to PlayIt Playout Log format or a plain text format, or clear the hour completely. The import/export features are useful if you want to save a playlist and import this into another hour. You can also select to Mixdown this hour to an MP3 or WAV file for later broadcast or review.

Scheduling an hour now

Click the hour heading's Ellipsis button and select Schedule Hour Now to immediately populate that hour of the playout log from its scheduled clock, without waiting for the log scheduler to reach it. In the menu, Schedule Hour Now appears at the top, above the existing Import, Export, Clear and Mixdown options.

Schedule Hour Now generates the playout log items for that hour from the clock assigned to it in your clock schedule, exactly as the log scheduler would when it reaches that hour. If you have advanced scheduling, any adverts due in that hour are scheduled at the same time.

This is useful when an upcoming hour has not been automatically populated yet. For example, the log scheduler only looks a short way ahead, so a future hour you have scrolled to may still be empty. Rather than switching the Log Scheduler on (which would schedule from the current point forward), you can schedule just that one hour on demand so you can review, edit, or voice track it ahead of time.

Displaying more information about a track

You can display more information about a playout log item by right-clicking the column headings and selecting more columns. You can resize the columns by clicking and dragging between the columns. You can reorder the columns by going to Select Columns and using the Up and Down buttons.

You can also display more information about a particular track by clicking and expanding the log item. The Out Cue, Intro, Album, Genre and Year are displayed on the left with the Comment field displayed on the right. If the track was recently played, the Last Played time is also displayed.

Frequency spectrum

The playing items on the playout log can display a frequency spectrum visualizing how the audio changes dynamically. The bars indicate the distribution of audio frequencies, from low on the left (bass) to high on the right (treble). This can be disabled under Settings.

Navigating with the keyboard

• Up: Move the selection one item up.
• Down: Move the selection one item down.
• Page Up: Move the selection one page up.
• Page Down: Move the selection one page down.
• Home: Move the selection to the current item.

The QuickCarts panel provides instant playback buttons for jingles, sound effects, and other audio items. See QuickCarts.

The status of your internet broadcast. To enable internet broadcasting, set up a stream from Tools > Internet Broadcast (see Internet Broadcast).

This shows the user who is currently logged in. To log out, click the button and then click Log out. This is only shown when Require users to log in to use PlayIt Live is checked on Manage > Users.

To filter the track list by track group, select the track group from the dropdown. The track list will show only tracks that exist in the selected track group. Track groups can be managed from Manage > Track Groups.

Use the search box to filter the track list. When text is entered, the track list shows only tracks whose displayed column values contain that text (by default this is the Artist - Title). Click the clear button to remove the filter.

The search box also supports advanced expressions that filter on a specific field. For example, enter ActiveDuration < 180 to show only tracks shorter than 3 minutes (180 seconds).

Searching only filters within the track group currently selected in the Track Group selector.

The track list shows a list of tracks added to the system. By default, the list shows each track in the form Artist - Title with the duration in the second column. Click either column to sort by that column, click the column again to reverse the sort order. The list can be filtered using the search box or the Track Group selector above.

It is possible to select the columns in this list by right-clicking a column and selecting Select Columns. On the track list, it is also possible to right-click a track item to view additional options such as Edit Track, Pre-Fade Listen, Track Play History, and Web Links.

The track list can be resized by dragging the space to the left of the track list.

While Tracks are a fundamental playout log item type, you can also insert special items into the log. Simply drag and drop the box for the item type you want to insert into the playout log. You can click the down arrow icon to collapse this section to save space.

The onscreen clock shows the current date and time. The onscreen clock can also be configured to include two additional clocks, for example, countdown clocks. Right-click the clock and select Configure.

Clock types that can be selected are:

• Current Time: Shows the current clock time.
• Until End of Hour: Shows a countdown until the end of the current hour.
• Until Time in Hour: Shows a countdown to a specific time within an hour. This can be useful if your show ends a few minutes before the top of the hour to account for commercials/advertisements.
• Until Next Fixed Time Marker: Shows a countdown to the start of the next fixed time marker. This can be useful to count down to the next break.
• Until Next Stop: Shows a countdown to the next time audio will stop playing. Note that the playout engine only looks forward up to 5 hours, so it will display --:-- if audio will stop in the long-term future.

Switch the log scheduler ON to automatically schedule the playout log so that there are always items scheduled to play out.

Switch automation ON to automatically schedule the playout log and lock it so it cannot be changed to prevent accidental changes. Switching Automation ON will also switch on the Log Scheduler.

When Automation is switched on, a message will be shown at the top of the playout log indicating that the log is locked.

The master controls control the overall player status. Click the Play button to start the next item in the playout log. When the audio is playing the Play button will become a Play Next button which, when clicked, will advance to the next track. Click the Pause button to pause all playing players. Click the Stop button to fade out and stop all playing players.

The waveform represents the audio signal. It shows the changes in amplitude over the duration of the track.

Click anywhere in the waveform view to set the current position marker.

Changing the fade envelope allows you to adjust the volume of the track. Click the orange line on the waveform to edit the fade envelope. Clicking on the line will create an envelope point. Adding multiple envelope points will allow you to create a shape to adjust the fade volume. To remove a point, drag the point outside the waveform box. The light-gray envelope shown is the effective envelope when a track playing at the same time has Duck other tracks enabled.

Drag and drop the top bar of the track to align it with the previous or next track. Dragging from the far left of the bar adjusts the track's position relative to the previous track; dragging from the far right adjusts it relative to the next track.

A thick vertical line shown on the track represents a cue point marker. The Cue In point is shown in green, the Cue Out point is shown in pink and the Intro point is shown in cyan. Cue Points can be changed via Manage > Tracks and editing a track.

• - Record button: Start recording from your microphone. Please see the Voice Tracking section for more details. This button is disabled if you are not editing the segue for a voice track.

• - Delete recording button: Deletes the recording so it can be discarded. This button is disabled if you are not editing the segue for a voice track.

• - Play button: Start playback from the current playback position. Tip: You can use the space bar to perform this action.

• - Pause button: Pause playback at the current playback position.

• - Stop button: Stop playback and reset to the previously selected position marker. Tip: You can use the space bar to perform this action if audio is playing.

• - Jump to start: Move the position marker to the start of the view. Tip: You can use the Home key to perform this action.

• - Move to previous track: Move the position marker to the previous track from the current position. Tip: You can use the Page Down key to perform this action.

• - Move to next track: Move the position marker to the next track from the current position. Tip: You can use the Page Up key to perform this action.

• - Jump to end: Move the position marker to the end of the view. Tip: You can use the End key to perform this action.

Current playback position : Indicates how long has elapsed in the project.

As an alternative to using the mouse wheel to zoom the multi-track view, you can use the zoom buttons to zoom in and out.

Quickly move to the previous or next tracks in the playout log. These can be used to iterate through the tracks in the playout log efficiently.

As above, but you will advance to only voice track segues. These can be used to iterate through voice tracks and quickly record voice tracks. These buttons are disabled if there are no voice tracks nearby in the log.

The Segue Information shows how the selected track will sequence from the previous track into the next track. To see the segue information for the track, click on the waveform.

The segue style defines specific ways that the track will sequence:

• Cue Out/In (default): The cue in of the track will line up with the cue out of the previous track.
• Sweep Start: The sweeping track will start at the same time as the next track, provided it is short enough to play before the intro point of the next track. If the sweeping track is longer than the intro of the next track, the sweeping track will start before the next track and play up to the end of the intro. This option will make use of the Early Out cue point on the previous track if this is available.
• Sweep Intro: The sweeping track will finish playing immediately before the end of the intro point of the next track. This option will make use of the Early Out cue point on the previous track if this is available.
• Custom: You can manually set up how the tracks sequence with each other.

When you move a track by dragging the waveform, the segue style will automatically change to Custom.

Note that Sweep Start and Sweep Intro require Intro or Early Out points to be set on the preceding or succeeding tracks, otherwise Cue Out/In will be used.

The Duck other tracks checkbox can be used to reduce the volume of the previous and next track when this track is played. You can configure the ducking (volume and speed) via the Settings button. When ducking is active you can see the effective track envelope changing to show the volume change.

If the volume of a track or recorded voice track is too quiet, use the Gain setting to increase the volume. The default gain for voice tracks can be set via Settings....

It is also possible to adjust the tempo of the track. Typically this is used automatically by the Auto Adjust feature to fit items to a Fixed Time Marker or the end of the hour.

The Settings button allows quick access to voice tracking settings from the Segue Editor. Here you can edit the audition time or the audio devices for playback or recording.

Save your segue changes and close the Segue Editor window.

Discard your segue changes and close the Segue Editor window.

When one or more priority streams are open, priority stream players are displayed below the main live-assist players. Each priority stream shows its name, connection type, connection status and audio levels.

When priority streams have overridden main live-assist playout, this message will be shown to indicate that normal playout has been paused and the priority stream is live.

The deck players at the top allow you to load and play tracks. Each deck operates independently with its own playback controls. See Decks Mode Player for details on the individual deck controls.

The segue button between each pair of decks controls whether the next deck will automatically start playing when the current deck finishes. A green arrow indicates that automatic playback is enabled. Click the button to toggle this behavior.

The QuickCarts panel provides instant playback buttons for jingles, sound effects, and other audio items. See QuickCarts.

The onscreen clock shows the current date and time. See Onscreen Clock for configuration options.

The track list shows a list of tracks added to the system. Drag and drop a track from this list onto a deck to load it. See Track list.

Use the search box to filter the track list. See Track search box.

Filter the track list by track group using the dropdown. See Track Group selector.

The blue timer indicates the intro time remaining on the playing track.

The green timer indicates the elapsed time on the playing track.

The red timer indicates the remaining time on the playing track.

The track title is shown in the form Artist - Title.

The Out text is displayed when the Out Cue information is entered on the track.

The progress bar indicates the duration that has elapsed for the track in the player. Click the seek checkbox to the left of the progress bar to enable seeking. When seeking is enabled, the elapsed portion of the progress bar will change to blue. Click on the progress bar to seek to that position in the track.

The progress bar features a number of highlightings:

• Gray: Cue in point
• Silver: Intro point
• Pink: Cue out point

The Play button starts playing the track.

The Pause button temporarily suspends playback of the track. Click this again to resume playback.

The Stop button fades out and stops the track. The stop button is replaced with the Eject button when the track is not playing or no track is loaded into the player.

The Eject button unloads the track from the deck. The eject button is shown when the track is not playing. When a track is playing, it is replaced with the Stop button.

The deck number identifies the deck player.

The segue button controls whether the next deck will automatically start playing when the current deck finishes. A green arrow indicates that the next deck will automatically play. Click the button to toggle this behavior.

Use the left and right arrows to navigate between pages. Click the page name to open the QuickCarts Pages window where you can add, rename, and reorder pages.

QuickCarts are displayed in one or more rows. Drag and drop a track or audio file onto a QuickCart to load it. When loaded, the cart displays the artist and title of the track with the remaining time below.

In Playback mode, click a cart to start playing. Click again to fade out and stop. Click once more to force stop immediately.

When playing, the cart shows a progress bar as the background and a status of PLAYING. A looping cart shows LOOPING and a cart that is finishing its loop shows FINISHING. While a cart is fading out, the cart turns a dark shade of gray and the status FADING is shown.

By default the playback sequence is Play → Fade → Stop. This can be changed per cart from the Edit QuickCart window, for example to immediately stop without fading (Play → Stop), or to cease looping first (Play → Cease loop → Fade → Stop).

If a cart is configured as Solo, playing it will fade out and stop all other playing carts. It will also stop if any other cart starts playing.

Segue arrows allow you to create automatic transitions between QuickCarts. In Edit mode, click the space between two adjacent carts to set a green arrow indicating the segue direction. When the first cart reaches the cue out point it will automatically trigger the next cart in the direction of the arrow. Click the arrow to reverse direction, or click once more to remove the segue.

When a QuickCart plays, other players can be ducked. See Settings to configure this.

The dots indicate the current page position relative to the other pages. Click a dot to navigate directly to that page.

Click the hand button to enter Playback mode. In this mode, clicking a cart plays, fades, or stops it.

Click the pencil button to enter Edit mode. In this mode, clicking a cart opens the Edit QuickCart window where you can select a track or file and override the artist and title. Right-click to eject a cart. While in Edit mode, hold Ctrl to temporarily switch to Playback mode.

Click the paint bucket button to enter Paint mode. In this mode, clicking a cart changes its background color. Double-click the paint button to select a new color. While in Paint mode, hold Ctrl to temporarily switch to Playback mode.

The page list shows all pages in order. Select a page to rename it, delete it, or change its position. Double-click a page to make it the current page and navigate to it in the main window.

Click Add Page to add a new page to the bottom of the list.

Click Rename Page to rename the selected page.

Click Delete Page to delete the selected page. A confirmation will appear before the page is deleted. It is not possible to delete the last remaining page.

Click Move Up to move the selected page one position up in the list.

Click Move Down to move the selected page one position down in the list.

Click Close to close the window.

Choose the audio source type:

• Track: Select a track that has been added to PlayIt Live.
• File: Select a file directly from the file system, without adding it to PlayIt Live.

Click the track link to select a different track. This section is only available when the Track type is selected.

Shows the file path of the selected audio file. When the File type is selected, click Browse... to select a different audio file.

Check the Artist checkbox and type in the box to override the artist name displayed on the QuickCart.

Check the Title checkbox and type in the box to override the title displayed on the QuickCart.

Click the color box to select a custom background color for the QuickCart. Click Use default to revert to the default color (blue).

When Solo is checked, playing this cart will fade out and stop all other playing carts. This cart will also stop if any other cart starts playing. Solo is designed to ensure only one cart plays at a time.

When Loop is checked, the cart will loop between the Loop A and Loop B cue points. If Loop B is not set, the cart loops from the end. If Loop A is not set, the cart returns to the Cue In point when the loop restarts.

The playback sequence determines how the cart behaves when clicked in the main window. By default, the sequence is Play > Fade out > Stop, meaning each click advances the cart through these states. Click any step to change it.

For looping carts, additional options are available: Cease loop (stop the cart from looping, allowing it to play to the end) and Go to Loop B (jump to the end of the loop, useful for beds with a specific ending).

Set the Cue In point where playback begins, and the Cue Out point where a segued cart will start. Use the Set button while listening to mark the current position. Use the Test button to preview from the set point.

For looping carts, Loop A and Loop B cue points also appear here.

The waveform shows the audio volume over time. Cue points are overlaid as colored markers. Double-click on the waveform to start playing from that position. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Use Play and Stop to preview the cart. The audio device used to play back the audio can be configured in Settings. Use Back and Forward to jump to the start or end of the track. Use the Zoom buttons or the mouse wheel to adjust the waveform zoom level.

Click Analyze to automatically detect the Cue In point based on the silence at the start of the track.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to close the window without saving changes.

The tab strip at the top of the Settings window allows you to switch between the different settings sections.

Select the language used throughout the PlayIt Live user interface. A change of language only takes effect after you restart PlayIt Live. If you switch to a language by accident and can no longer read the menus, see Changing the language back at the bottom of this page.

Select the visual theme for PlayIt Live. You can choose between Dark and Light, which change the color scheme of the application.

Set the font size used in track lists throughout the application.

Choose what happens when you double-click a track in a track list. Options include playing the track, editing its properties, or adding it to the playout log.

Configure the time and date format used throughout the application. You can choose between 12-hour and 24-hour time, and between day-first and month-first date formats. You can also enable or disable the on-screen clock.

Set the default fade time in seconds. This is the duration used when fading between tracks. This also applies when tracks are segued in Live-Assist Mode.

When enabled, players will flash when the remaining time drops below the specified number of seconds. This provides a visual warning that a track is about to end.

Select the audio device used for previewing and editing tracks. This is the device used when you audition a track from the track editor or track list. The track editor audio device is also used for the player in the Pre-Fade Listen window and the segue editor.

Configure the cue-in and cue-out thresholds for silence analysis. These values determine at what volume level (in dB) a track is considered to have started or ended. By default, the Cue In threshold is -62 dB and the Cue Out threshold is -14 dB. Silence analysis is used to automatically set cue points on imported tracks. These settings are also applied when a file is dragged and dropped from the file system onto a player, helping to achieve the best sounding gapless playback.

Select Live-Assist Mode as the player mode. In Live-Assist mode, tracks are queued in a playout log and played sequentially through a set of players.

Select Decks Mode as the player mode. In Decks Mode, each deck operates independently, similar to traditional broadcast mixing desks.

When enabled, users must log in before using PlayIt Live on this computer. This is primarily used to restrict user permissions, and applies to logging in locally on the same computer as PlayIt Live. This is the same checkbox available under Manage > Users.

Click OK to save your settings and close the Settings window. If there are any errors that need correcting a popup box will be displayed.

Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the Settings window.

Select the number of players to display in Live-Assist mode. You can choose between two, three, or four players. More players allow you to have more tracks loaded and ready to play simultaneously.

Assign an audio output device to each player. By default, all players use the same device, but you can assign different devices to different players for multi-output setups.

Select the audio device used for Remote Studio microphone playback in Live-Assist mode.

Choose the default segue behavior when one track finishes:

• Next - Automatically start the next track in the playout log.
• Stop - Stop playback and wait for the presenter to start the next track.

Configure the default sweeper segue style and ducking behavior. Sweepers can overlap with the previous track, and ducking reduces the volume of the playing track while the sweeper plays.

Configure the built-in log scheduler and schedule-ahead settings. When the built-in log scheduler is enabled, PlayIt Live will automatically schedule tracks ahead by the specified number of hours and minutes.

Schedule ahead

By default, PlayIt Live will schedule at least 15 minutes ahead when the Log Scheduler is ON. Use this setting to increase the amount that is scheduled ahead, up to 24 hours. PlayIt Live schedules in full hours, so scheduling ahead by at least 15 minutes will trigger the next hour to schedule at xx:45 past the hour (15 minutes before the end of the hour).

Default Track Scheduling Strategy

PlayIt Live uses a scheduling strategy when deciding what tracks to select for Track Group clock items or track groups in the Playout Pattern. The options are:

• Smart Selection - Selects a track using a weighted random algorithm. A track played longer ago is given a larger weight, increasing its chance of being selected.
• Random - Selects a track entirely at random from the track group.
• Most Rested - Selects the track from the track group that was played longest ago.

Clock scheduling mode

Choose how PlayIt Live decides which clock applies to each hour:

• Clock Grids - Use the Clock Grids window, where you build reusable weekly templates with layers, recurrence, and date ranges. This is the preferred mode for new schedules.
• Legacy (Calendar) - Use the older calendar-based clock schedule.

Only one mode drives clock selection at a time. Switching modes does not delete anything: the data for the mode you switch away from becomes inactive but remains stored, so you can switch back at any time.

Choose how track group colors are displayed in the playout log:

• Edge only - Show a colored strip on the left edge of each item.
• Entire row - Color the entire row background.

When enabled, a real-time frequency spectrum analyzer is displayed alongside the players.

Set the font size used for the live playout log on the main interface. A larger font makes the upcoming items easier to read at a glance, which is useful for presenters reading the running order from across the studio or on a larger studio monitor. A smaller font fits more items on screen at once.

You can choose from the sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. The default is 10. The playout log headings, warnings, and other text scale in proportion to the size you choose, so the whole log stays balanced.

To change the size, select a different value from the dropdown and click OK. The change is applied to the live playout log immediately, with no need to restart PlayIt Live.

Shows the current license status for the Voice Tracking premium module. If Voice Tracking is not included in your license, this will display a message explaining how to activate it. Without a valid Voice Tracking module, all voice tracks will be preceded by an audio notice requesting that you purchase the module.

Select the audio input device used for recording voice tracks. This should be set to the microphone or audio interface you use for recording. The device chosen here should not record audio that is played back, to avoid music from being recorded into the voice track recording.

Set the number of seconds from the end of the previous track that are played when you start recording a voice track. This determines how much context the presenter hears while recording a voice track.

Enter the folder where voice track recordings will be saved. Use the Browse... button to select a folder. Ensure the currently logged-in user has write access to this location, and that there is sufficient disk space to store recordings at this location.

Select the audio format for voice track recordings. You can choose from different formats and quality levels. Higher quality recordings sound better but take up more disk space.

When enabled, the volume of other players is reduced while a voice track is playing. You can set how much the volume is reduced (the duck amount, as a percentage) and how quickly the change is applied (the duck speed).

When enabled, PlayIt Live automatically detects cue points for voice track recordings. Set the cue-in and cue-out thresholds (in dB) to control the volume levels at which the voice track is considered to start and end.

Set the default gain (in dB) applied to newly recorded voice tracks. This can be used to boost or reduce the volume of voice tracks relative to music tracks.

Choose the default editing mode when opening the playout log for voice tracking:

• Only voice tracks - Only voice track slots are editable.
• Full playout log editing - All items in the playout log can be edited, including adding, removing, and reordering tracks.

This setting can be overridden on a per-user basis.

Shows the current license status for the Advanced Scheduling premium module. If Advanced Scheduling is not included in your license, this will display a message explaining how to activate it.

Configure how PlayIt Live fits scheduled content to time markers. Adjust the target threshold (how close to the target time the scheduler should aim), the number of attempts, and the time allowed per fit calculation. These settings control the precision and performance of the fitting algorithm.

By default, Target threshold is set to 30 seconds, Number of attempts to 25 and Seconds per fit to 2 seconds. This means that PlayIt Live will generate up to 25 combinations of playout log items and pick the first (or best) one that fits within the target threshold.

Decreasing Target threshold or increasing Number of attempts or Seconds per fit will increase the time it takes to schedule playout log items.

Select the audio device used for monitoring priority streams. Priority streams allow external audio sources to take priority over scheduled playout.

Choose what happens to the currently playing track when a priority stream becomes active:

• Fade the currently playing track immediately - The current track fades out smoothly.
• Wait for the currently playing track to finish - The priority stream waits until the current track finishes.

Choose what happens when there are no more active priority streams:

• Return to the previous playing state - PlayIt Live returns to whatever it was doing before the priority stream started.
• Turn automation ON and start playing - Automation is enabled and playout continues from the schedule.

Configure when a priority stream is considered inactive based on silence. Set the volume threshold (in dB) and the duration (in seconds) that the stream must be below this level before it is considered inactive.

When enabled, PlayIt Live listens for direct stream connections on the specified port. This allows external applications to send audio directly to PlayIt Live as a priority stream.

Remote users can connect using any Icecast-compatible encoder such as the Internet Broadcast plugin, BUTT, or Rocket Broadcaster. To set up a user to connect, create a user under Manage > Users. The following details can be used by the remote user to connect:

Set the number of full-row decks displayed in Decks mode. Each deck operates independently and can be loaded with a different track. There is no fixed upper limit on the number of decks you can select, but the maximum is constrained by your screen resolution.

Assign an audio output device to each deck. By default, all decks use the same device, but you can assign different devices for multi-output setups.

Select the audio device used for Remote Studio microphone playback in Decks mode.

Enable or disable the QuickCarts panel docked to the bottom of the main window. When enabled, you can configure the number of rows, carts per row, and audio device for this panel.

Set the number of rows of QuickCart buttons in the docked panel.

Set the number of QuickCart buttons displayed in each row. As more QuickCarts are displayed per row they will be resized to fit the available space on the screen.

Select the audio output device used for playing QuickCarts in the docked panel.

Enable or disable the separate Cartwall window. This provides an additional set of QuickCarts in its own floating window with independent layout and audio device settings.

When enabled, right-clicking a QuickCart in Playback or Edit mode will eject the currently loaded cart. When the setting is off, eject only works in Edit mode.

When enabled, the volume of other players is reduced while a QuickCart is playing. You can set how much the volume is reduced (the duck amount, as a percentage) and how quickly the change is applied (the duck speed).

Choose whether to display a gain slider on each QuickCart button, allowing presenters to adjust individual QuickCart volumes.

The list shows all available commands and their current keyboard shortcuts. Select a command from the list to view or change its shortcut in the editing panel below.

Use the modifier checkboxes (CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) and click the key box to define the shortcut for the selected command. Click Clear to remove an existing shortcut.

For example, to bind CTRL+Right to move to the next QuickCart page, select the CTRL checkbox and click the '<key>' text box. When prompted to press a key, press the Right arrow on your keyboard. The keyboard shortcut is now configured.

Enable this checkbox to make the shortcut work even when PlayIt Live is not the active window. This is useful for controlling playback from other applications.

The list shows all configured web links with their display text and URL. Select a link to edit or reorder it.

• Display Text - The text displayed on the right-click context menu, e.g. Wikipedia: {artist} would display Wikipedia: ABBA. The {artist} placeholder can be used here so the menu entry reflects the current track.
• URL - The URL (web address) opened in the browser. Placeholders for {artist}, {title} and {album} can be used and are automatically replaced with the currently playing track's artist, title and album.
• Order - The order in which the links appear on the context menu. This can be changed using the Up/Down buttons.

Use the buttons to manage your web links:

• Add... - Add a new web link.
• Edit... - Edit the selected web link.
• Up / Down - Reorder the selected link.
• Reset to defaults... - Restore the default set of web links.

Set the playback buffer length in milliseconds. A longer buffer provides more stable playback but introduces more latency. The default value works well for most systems. Only increase this if you experience audio glitches or dropouts. A restart of PlayIt Live is required to apply the change.

Adjust the clock to account for a broadcast delay. Positive values move the clock forward, negative values move it back. A restart of PlayIt Live is required to apply the change.

Select which ASIO audio devices are available for use in PlayIt Live. ASIO provides low-latency audio output and is recommended for professional broadcast setups. Only devices that are checked in this list will appear in the audio device dropdowns throughout the application. ASIO devices must be explicitly initialized to avoid potential conflicts with the equivalent standard driver loaded by PlayIt Live.

A text field for entering additional advanced settings as key-value pairs. These settings are used for specialized configurations and troubleshooting. Only modify these if directed by PlayIt Software support. You may need to restart PlayIt Live for changes to take effect.

Use the Track Group dropdown to filter the track list by a specific track group. Select All Tracks to show every track in your library, or choose a specific group to see only the tracks it contains. Track groups can be managed from Manage > Track Groups.

Click this button to export the current track list to a CSV file. This is useful for creating reports or sharing track information with external systems.

Type in the search box to filter tracks by artist, title, or other properties. The track list updates as you type.

The main track list displays all tracks matching the current filter and search criteria. By default, the columns shown are Artist, Title, Intro, Duration, and Path. Right-click a column header to choose which columns are visible, or to access the column selector.

Double-click a track to open the Edit Track window for that track.

To delete a track, select it and press the Delete key, or click the delete icon on the row. You can select all tracks with Ctrl+A to delete in bulk. A confirmation prompt will appear before deletion. Changes are not saved until you click Apply or OK. Deleting a track will remove it from your entire PlayIt Live library, even if a track group filter is applied. To remove a track from a specific track group without deleting it, edit the track and remove it from that group; or edit the track group and remove the track from there.

Click Add New to open the Add New Tracks Wizard, which guides you through importing new tracks into your library from files or folders.

Click Edit to open the Edit Track window for the selected track. You can select multiple tracks using Ctrl or Shift and click Edit to bulk edit their properties.

Click OK to save any pending changes and close the Manage Tracks window.

Click Cancel to discard any pending changes and close the Manage Tracks window.

Click Apply to save any pending changes without closing the window.

The full file path of the track's audio file on disk. This field is read-only.

The track type, which can be Song, Station ID, Promo, Commercial, News, Bed, or Station ID + Bed. When set to Inferred, the type is determined automatically from the track's tags, artist, title, and duration. See Inferred Type rules for details.

The performer of the track. This is typically read from the file's metadata tags when the track is first imported. You can type a new value or select from previously used artists. The Artist field is used by Artist Separation playout policies to ensure that tracks by the same artist are not played too close together.

The title of the track, typically read from the file's metadata tags when imported. The Title field is used by Title Separation playout policies to ensure that tracks with the same title are not played too close together.

The Out Cue can be the style of the track's ending, such as "Fade Out" or "Sustain"; or the last spoken words in the track, so the presenters know when to talk over the end of the track. This is displayed on the playout log when clicking an item.

The album the track belongs to. This is typically read from the file's metadata tags when imported.

The genre of the track. Select from the dropdown or type a custom value. This is typically read from the file's metadata tags when imported.

The release year of the track as a four-digit year. This is typically read from the file's metadata tags when imported.

Semicolon-separated tags for categorizing the track. Tags can be used for filtering and for Inferred Type rules. Select from existing tags or type new ones.

Free-text notes about the track, such as usage instructions or background information.

When enabled, this allows the playout system to play this track over the intro of the next song (before the Intro point); or over the end of the previous song (after the Early Out point). It is typically used for sweepers, which are short clips that identify the station or show, and are usually dry (no background music) so they do not clash with the track they are playing over.

Prevents the track from being faded out when the next track begins. Use this for tracks that have a natural ending that should not be cut short.

Adjusts the playback speed of the track. Tempo can be adjusted from -10% to +10%, without changing the pitch.

Adjusts the playback volume of the track in decibels. Use positive values to boost quieter tracks or negative values to reduce louder ones.

A unique identifier for the track, used for integration with external systems such as music scheduling software or playout logging.

The tab bar provides access to additional track settings. See the Tabs section below for details on each tab.

Use the < and > buttons to navigate between tracks without closing the window. The current position and total track count are shown alongside.

Click Save Track to save your changes and close the window. If you are navigating between tracks using the navigation buttons, changes are saved automatically when you move to another track.

Click Close to close the window without saving any unsaved changes.

The cue point controls let you set the following points for the track:

• Cue In: The position in seconds where the track should be started by a player.
• Intro: The position in seconds where the vocals start on the track.
• Hook Start: The position where a hook in a hook sequence will start. Click the Hooks section to expand this cue point.
• Hook End: The position where a hook in a hook sequence will end, if the full hook is used. Click the Hooks section to expand this cue point.
• Early Out: The position where the track is considered to be almost finished. Click the E. Out section to expand this cue point. Early Out can be used in two scenarios:
  • For songs, the point indicates to PlayIt Live that it can place a sweeper after this point as the track is finishing, providing a smoother transition.
  • For tracks marked as Sweeper, the point indicates that PlayIt Live can start the next track after this point, allowing the end of the sweeper to play over the intro of the next song.
• Cue Out: The position in seconds where the track is considered to have finished. When this point is reached in Live Assist mode, the players will begin fading out this track and start playing the next track. The players count down the remaining time to this point.

Each cue point has its own Set, Test, and × buttons:

• Set: While listening to the track, click Set to capture the current playback position as the cue point value.
• Test: Click Test to play the track from the cue point position.
• ×: Click to reset the cue point to its default position.

Cue points can also be adjusted using the keyboard or mouse. Click on the cue point value of interest, then use the following:

Click Analyze to automatically detect the Cue In and Cue Out points based on the silence at the start and end of the track. The sensitivity of the analysis can be configured from Silence Analysis in Settings. The system will not automatically set the Intro, Hook, or Early Out points.

The waveform shows the volume of the audio track over time. Cue point markers are overlaid as colored lines using the following color coding:

Double-click on the waveform to start playing at a different position in the track. Use the Play and Stop buttons to control playback, and the Go to start and Go to end buttons to jump to the start or end of the track. Use the Zoom buttons to zoom in and out of the waveform if you need to set a more precise cue point. You can also zoom with the mouse wheel while hovering over the waveform.

Check this checkbox to prevent the track from being considered when scheduling. Disabled tracks remain in your library but will not be scheduled automatically.

Check the checkbox and select a date to make the track available for scheduling only from that date onward. Before midnight (00:00) on the selected date, the track will not be scheduled.

Check the checkbox and select a date after which the track should no longer be scheduled. After midnight (00:00) on the selected date, the track will not be scheduled automatically.

Check this checkbox to ignore the year part of the Valid From and Expires dates so the track recurs every year between the same day and month. For example, a Christmas track set to be valid from December 1 and to expire on January 1 returns to the schedule each year automatically, without you having to update the dates. This option is only available while both Valid From and Expires are checked, and is cleared automatically if you uncheck either of them.

Check this checkbox to enable dayparting for the track. When enabled, the track will only be scheduled during the time slots selected in the grid below.

The grid shows days of the week as rows and hours of the day as columns. Select cells and press Y to allow scheduling during those time slots, or N to block them. Green cells indicate allowed time slots.

The International Standard Recording Code for the track. This is a 12-character code used to identify individual recordings for royalty tracking and music reporting.

The record label that released the track. This information is included in music reports.

The list of Listed Track Groups that the track currently belongs to. You can select a group and press Delete to remove the track from it. Filtered and Grouped Track Groups that dynamically include this track are shown alongside for reference and cannot be edited from this tab.

Click Add Track Group to add the track to an additional Listed Track Group. A dialog will appear allowing you to select from available track groups.

Select this option to add one or more specific audio files. When you click Next, you will be prompted to browse and select the files you wish to add.

Select this option to add all supported audio files from a folder. When you click Next, you will be prompted to choose a folder. All audio files found in the folder will be imported.

Select this option to import track data from a CSV file. When you click Next, you will be prompted to select a CSV file containing track metadata and file paths. See CSV Track Import for details on how to create a CSV file and the full list of supported columns.

To generate a template CSV file, go to Manage > Tracks and export the current list of tracks using the Export track list to CSV button. You can then modify the exported file to import a new set of tracks.

Click Back to return to the previous page of the wizard. This button is disabled on the first page.

Click Next to proceed to the next step. Depending on the source option you selected, you will be prompted to choose your files, folder, or CSV import file.

Click Cancel to close the wizard without adding any tracks.

Displays a summary of the source you selected on the previous page. For a folder import, this shows the folder path. For individual files, it shows the number of files selected.

When importing from a folder, check this option to also scan all sub-folders within the selected folder for audio files. This option is only available when importing from a folder.

When checked, PlayIt Live will analyze the silence at the start and end of each track and cue in and out points. This is recommended for most imports. The parameters for the silence analysis can be configured from Settings > General.

Controls what happens when an imported track has the same file path as an existing track in your library. This section is only available when your library already contains tracks.

• Replace any tracks with the same file path: If a file is found that has the same path as a track in the system, it will be overwritten by the new track file.
• Skip any tracks with the same file path: If a file is found that has the same path as a track in the system, it will be ignored and will not change the existing track already added to PlayIt Live.
• Duplicate any tracks with the same file path: If a file is found that has the same path as a track in the system, it will be added again, resulting in two instances of the same track in the system.

Displays the file path of the track currently being imported. This updates as each file is processed.

Shows the artist and title of the track currently being processed, as read from the embedded tag information within the file. If this information is missing, the artist and title are determined from the filename in the format Artist - Title.ext where ext is the file extension.

A progress bar showing the overall completion of the import, along with text indicating how many tracks have been processed out of the total. If any tracks were ignored during the import, the count of ignored tracks is also displayed. Tracks are ignored if they are not valid audio files, have no duration, or if the duplicate handling option is set to skip and a track with the same file path already exists in the library.

Displays all the tracks discovered during the import, listed alphabetically by artist and title. Each track has a checkbox that controls whether it will be included when you complete the wizard. All tracks are checked by default. Click a track to select it and view its details in the track editor panel.

Each track in the list has a checkbox. Uncheck a track to exclude it from the import. Only checked tracks will be added to your library when you click Finish. This is useful if some of the discovered files are not tracks you want in your library.

When you select a track from the list, the track editor panel appears on the right side. This shows the track's metadata as read from the file's tags, including artist, title, album, genre, year, and other fields. The fields shown here are the same as those in the Edit Track window, so you can set them up consistently before the track is imported. You can edit any of these values before the track is imported. Changes are saved for that track when you select a different track or proceed to the next page.

Select this option to leave the imported tracks without assigning them to a particular track group. The tracks will still appear in the All Tracks group.

Select this option to add the imported tracks to an existing track group. Choose the group from the dropdown list.

Select this option to add the imported tracks to a new track group. Enter the name of the new group in the text box.

Click the Finish button to complete the wizard and add the tracks to your library.

Use the search box to find a track group by name.

Displays the Name, Type, Track Count, and Hidden state of each track group. Double-click an entry in the list to begin editing. Depending on the type, this will open the Edit Listed Track Group, Edit Filtered Track Group, or Edit Grouped Track Group window.

Each row also includes:

• Hidden checkbox. Check it to hide the track group from the main interface track group selector.
• Clone icon. Click it to make a copy of the track group.
• Delete icon. Click it to delete the track group from the system.

Click Add New to begin adding a new track group. This opens the Choose Track Group Type window.

Click Edit to begin editing the selected track group. Depending on the type, this will open the Edit Listed Track Group, Edit Filtered Track Group, or Edit Grouped Track Group window.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

Use the Move Tracks feature to easily move tracks between existing Listed Track Groups. See Move Tracks Window.

A Listed Track Group lets you manually select a fixed list of tracks to include in the group. Select this option and then click OK to open the Edit Listed Track Group window.

A Filtered Track Group dynamically selects tracks based on filter conditions applied to track properties such as artist, genre, or year. Select this option and then click OK to open the Edit Filtered Track Group window.

A Grouped Track Group combines multiple existing track groups into a single group, letting you treat several groups as one. Select this option and then click OK to open the Edit Grouped Track Group window.

Click OK to continue creating a track group of the selected type.

Click Cancel to stop creating a new track group.

The name of the track group.

Enter text into the search box to filter the track list by artist - title.

List of tracks not already in the track group. You can select the columns that are displayed in this grid by right-clicking the header and selecting Select columns.... You can right-click a track in the track list to show additional options, including the ability to preview the audio to hear what the track sounds like.

Click the > button to add the selected tracks from the track list to the track group.

Click the < button to remove the selected tracks from the track group.

List of tracks in the track group. You can select the columns that are displayed in this grid by right-clicking the header and selecting Select columns.... You can right-click a track in the track list to show additional options, including the ability to preview the audio.

Check the Color box to show a color for any tracks in this track group when they are displayed on the playout log on the main interface. Click in the color box to change the color.

Check the Icon box to show an icon for any tracks in this track group when they are displayed on the playout log on the main interface. Click in the icon box to change the icon, and the Select Icon window will be shown. To add your own icons, see the Customizing the playout log section.

The priority is used to determine which track group is used when displaying a track on the playout log on the main interface that appears in multiple track groups. The track group with the highest priority will be used when displaying the color or icon.

Click OK to confirm changes to the track group.

Click Cancel to discard changes to the track group.

The name of the track group.

The filter builder lets you define one or more conditions that tracks must match to be included in the group.

Each filter row contains:

• Field Selector: choose the track property to filter on, such as Artist, Title, Genre, Year, or Type.
• Operation Selector: choose how the field value is compared, such as Contains, Does Not Contain, Starts With, Ends With, or Is Empty.
• Filter Value: enter the value to compare against.

When you have more than one filter row:

• And / Or Selector: choose how to combine the conditions. And requires tracks to match both conditions. Or requires tracks to match either condition.
• Open / Close Parentheses: use parentheses to group conditions and control the order of evaluation. Use the up and down arrows to add or remove parentheses.

Use the Add button to add a new filter condition and the Remove button to delete the selected condition.

Use parentheses to form complex filters. Use the up and down arrows to increase and decrease the number of opening parentheses.

Use parentheses to form complex filters. Use the up and down arrows to increase and decrease the number of closing parentheses.

Click the Add button to add a new filter condition.

Click the Remove button to remove the selected filter condition.

As the filter is updated, the Tracks matched by this filter list updates to show the tracks that match the current filter conditions.

See the Color, Icon and Priority settings on the Edit Listed Track Group page.

The name of the track group.

If this checkbox is checked, the tracks in this group will be the inverse of the selected groups. That is, this track group will include only tracks that do not appear in the selected track groups.

Lists all the track groups in the system. Click a checkbox to include the selected track group in this grouped track group.

See the Color, Icon and Priority settings on the Edit Listed Track Group page.

Click OK to confirm changes to this track group.

Click Cancel to discard changes to this track group.

Select the track group you want to move tracks from. Select the tracks you wish to move and click the right arrow. You can select multiple tracks while holding the Ctrl key. You can also double-click tracks to move them to the other track group. Right-click the header and select Select columns... to customize the displayed columns. Right-click a track to show additional options, including the ability to preview the audio.

Select the track group you want to move tracks to. Select the tracks you wish to move back and click the left arrow. You can select multiple tracks while holding the Ctrl key. You can also double-click tracks to move them to the other track group. Right-click the header and select Select columns... to customize the displayed columns. Right-click a track to show additional options, including the ability to preview the audio.

Move the selected tracks from the track group on the left to the track group on the right.

Move the selected tracks from the track group on the right to the track group on the left.

Save changes and close the window.

Close the window without saving changes.

The list of existing Multiple Artist Splits.

• Split Text - The text used to split combined artist names into separate artists.
• Disabled - A check mark indicates the split is disabled and will not be used when separating artists.
• Clone - Click to create a copy of the split.
• Delete - Click to remove the split.

Click to add a new Multiple Artist Split. Opens the Edit Multiple Artist Split window to enter the details of the split.

Click to edit the selected Multiple Artist Split. Opens the Edit Multiple Artist Split window to modify the details of the split.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

Click Apply to save changes without closing the window.

The text used to separate a Track Artist into multiple artists. Include spaces either side of the text if you intend to split by a word. For example, with on its own could match George Michael with Elton John but also Bill Withers.

This table shows all the artists that are matched given the entered split text. Here you can see if the split text is achieving the desired outcome.

Use this checkbox to disable this Multiple Artist Split so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Click OK to save the Multiple Artist Split and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

The list of existing Related Artists.

• Artist 1 - The first artist in the related pair.
• Artist 2 - The second artist in the related pair.
• Disabled - A tick indicates the related artist pair is disabled and will not be considered when scheduling.
• Clone - Click to create a copy of the related artist pair.
• Delete - Click to remove the related artist pair.

Click to add a new Related Artist pair. Opens the Edit Related Artist window to enter the details of the pair.

Click to edit the selected Related Artist pair. Opens the Edit Related Artist window to modify the details of the pair.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

Click Apply to save changes without closing the window.

The first artist in the Related Artist. It does not matter in which order artists are entered.

The second artist in the Related Artist. It does not matter in which order artists are entered.

Use this checkbox to disable this Related Artist so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Click OK to save the Related Artist pair and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

The list of existing Monitored Folders. From here you can add, edit and delete monitored folders. Double-click an entry to open the Edit Monitored Folder window.

Click to add a new Monitored Folder.

Click to edit the selected Monitored Folder.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

Click Apply to save changes without closing the window.

The path to the folder you want to monitor.

If checked, sub-folders of the folder will also be scanned. Avoid folders with a large number of sub-folders as this will take a long time to scan.

If checked, when a track file is added the cue points of the track will be analyzed.

If checked, when a track file is updated the cue points of the track will be re-analyzed. Do not use this option if you manually set cue points as these will be overwritten.

If checked, when a track file is updated the fields of the track will be updated from the file. Do not use this option if you manually change the track fields as these will be overwritten.

If checked, a track will be deleted if the track file is deleted. A track file is determined to be deleted if it is not found after scanning the folder.

If this folder is regularly updated where a file is deleted and subsequently replaced with a file of the same name, you should switch this option off. When a track is added through a monitored folder it is assigned a unique identifier, and that identifier is stored in the playout log and clocks. If the track file is later deleted and the deletion is processed by the monitored folder, the track record is removed and any playout log or clock entries that referenced it will show a "missing track" message. With this option off, the existing track record is kept: clocks and the playout log will maintain the original reference and use the new track file once it appears.

If checked, new tracks will be added to the selected track group. Tracks will not be re-added to this track group if they are subsequently removed from the group.

If checked, the monitored folder will be disabled and will not be monitored.

Click OK to save the monitored folder settings.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

The upper list of monitored folders showing path, status, file count, last scan duration, last scan summary, and next scan countdown.

The Recent events log for the selected folder, with Time, Type, and Message columns.

Filters the logged tracks list to those logged in the past 24 hours.

Filters the logged tracks list to those logged in the past 7 days.

Filters the logged tracks list to those logged in the past 30 days.

Filters the logged tracks list by a custom date range. Select the dates using the calendar drop down and select the time.

Displays the list of logged tracks matching the selected date filter.

Auto Export automatically exports logged tracks as they are played. When enabled, a CSV file is created for each hour or day (depending on your file grouping selection), and track information is appended to that file each time a track is logged. Click the Auto Export... button to configure the export folder and select which track fields to include. The exported files can be imported into spreadsheet applications or other systems such as third-party schedulers for reconciliation.

Click the Export to CSV... button to export the current visible logged track list to CSV (comma separated values) format. This format can be imported into spreadsheet applications for reporting purposes. When you click the button a window will be shown allowing you to select the fields you wish to export.

Click Export to select a file to export to.

Click the Close button to close the Logged Tracks window.

Lists all the playout policies in the system. Double-click an entry to begin editing and launch the Edit Track / Artist / Title Separation Playout Policy, Edit Daypart Separation Playout Policy, or Edit Track Set Separation Playout Policy window.

Each row includes a Delete icon. Click it to remove the playout policy from the system.

Click Add New to begin adding a new playout policy to the system. Opens the Choose Playout Policy Type window.

Click Edit to begin editing the selected playout policy. Opens the Edit Track / Artist / Title Separation Playout Policy, Edit Daypart Separation Playout Policy, or Edit Track Set Separation Playout Policy window.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

Track / Artist / Title Separation Playout Policies ensure that the same track, artist or title is not repeated for a period of time. Selecting this type will open the Edit Track / Artist / Title Separation Playout Policy window.

Daypart Separation Playout Policies ensure that the same track is not repeated in the same daypart (e.g. Breakfast) for a period of time. This feature requires the Advanced Scheduling module, indicated by the AS indicator. Selecting this type will open the Edit Daypart Separation Playout Policy window.

Track Set Separation Playout Policies ensure that any track in the same set (track group, tag, or filter) is not played again for a period of time. This feature requires the Advanced Scheduling module, indicated by the AS indicator. Selecting this type will open the Edit Track Set Separation Playout Policy window.

Confirm your selection.

Cancel your selection and close the window.

Use the up and down arrows to change the minimum number of hours or minutes that should pass before a track is played again. Use the dropdown to change the time unit.

Use the up and down arrows to change the minimum number of hours or minutes that should pass before an artist is played again. Use the dropdown to change the time unit.

Use the up and down arrows to change the minimum number of hours or minutes that should pass before a title is played again. Use the dropdown to change the time unit.

Check the checkbox to ensure this playout policy is only applied to the selected track groups. Leave the checkbox unchecked to apply the policy to all tracks.

The name of the playout policy.

Disable a playout policy so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Click OK to confirm changes to the playout policy.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

The number of days to wait before playing the same track again in this daypart.

The daypart for this policy. If no dayparts are shown, or to update a daypart, click the Manage Dayparts button.

Check the checkbox to ensure this playout policy is only applied to the selected track groups. Leave the checkbox unchecked to apply the policy to all tracks.

The name of the playout policy.

Disable a playout policy so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Click OK to confirm changes to the playout policy.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

Lists all the dayparts in the system. Double-click an entry to begin editing and launch the Edit Daypart window.

Each row includes a Delete icon. Click it to remove the daypart from the system.

Click Add New to create a new daypart. Opens the Edit Daypart window to enter the daypart details.

Click Edit to edit the selected daypart. Opens the Edit Daypart window to modify the daypart details.

Click OK to save changes and close the window.

Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window.

The name of the daypart.

The Days/Hours section shows which hours on which days apply to the daypart. In this example, Drive is defined as the 4pm, 5pm, and 6pm hours, Monday to Friday.

To change whether an hour is assigned to the daypart, click the cell and type Y or N for Yes or No and press Enter. To change every day for a specific hour, click the column heading and type Y or N. To change every hour for a specific day, click the row heading and type Y or N. You can also drag to select a range of hours and type Y or N.

With a range selected, you can press Delete to clear the selected cells.

Click OK to save changes.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

Use the up and down arrows to change the minimum number of hours or minutes that should pass before any track in the selected set is played again. Use the dropdown to change the time unit.

Choose how to define the track set for this policy:

• Track Group: Select a track group to use all the tracks within that group as the set.
• Tag: Select a tag to use all tracks that have been tagged with the selected tag.
• Custom Filter: Click Select filter... to choose a custom filter. The filter interface is the same as creating a Filtered Track Group.

Check the checkbox to ensure this playout policy is only applied to tracks in the selected track groups. Leave the checkbox unchecked to apply the policy to all tracks regardless of track group.

The name of the playout policy. Choose a descriptive name that clearly indicates what the policy does.

Disable a playout policy so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Click OK to confirm changes to the playout policy.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

Lists all available track groups that can be added to the playout pattern.

Click the > button to add the selected track group from the track group list to the playout pattern.

Click the < button to remove the selected track group from the playout pattern.

Lists the track groups currently in the playout pattern, in the order they will be used by the scheduling engine.

Click the Up button to move the selected playout pattern track group up the list.

Click the Down button to move the selected playout pattern track group down the list.

Click OK to save changes to the playout pattern.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

Shows the list of clocks in the system. Each clock displays its name and type. Double-click an entry to begin editing.

Each row has a Clone button to create a copy of the selected clock, which is useful for making small adjustments without rebuilding the entire clock. Each row also has a Delete button to remove the clock from the system.

Click Add New to create a new clock and launch the Edit Clock window.

Click Edit to begin editing the selected clock and launch the Edit Clock window.

Click OK to save changes.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

Click Apply to save changes without closing the window.

The name of the clock.

The color of the clock as displayed on the Clock Grids view.

Determines how the clock functions within the scheduling system. There are two types:

• Standard: A standard clock is a full hour-long template that can be scheduled directly onto the Clock Schedule window. Standard clocks contain all the items that will make up an hour of programming.
• Partial: A partial clock is a reusable mini clock that contains a sequence of clock items designed to be inserted into other clocks. Partial clocks cannot be scheduled directly but are instead inserted into standard clocks using a Partial Clock item. This allows you to define commonly used sequences (such as a top of the hour sequence) once and reuse them across multiple different clocks. Partial clocks require the Advanced Scheduling module.

The list of items in the clock. Each item features its approximate play time, type, settings, segue flag, segue style, protected flag, and notes. Clock item rows are highlighted with different colors depending on their type or track group, making it easier to visually distinguish between different elements in your clock at a glance.

To duplicate an item, select it and press Ctrl+D. You can also copy a clock item with Ctrl+C and paste it with Ctrl+V. Click and drag items to re-order them in the list.

The columns are:

• Play Time The approximate play time of a clock item, determined from the sum of all previous item durations. The duration of each item varies depending on the choice of settings. For a track group item, the duration is determined from the average duration of all tracks in the group. A fixed time marker resets the play time to the fixed time.
• Type: The type of the clock item.
• Settings: The settings of the clock item. Click the edit icon to launch the edit settings window, such as the Edit Track Settings window, Edit Track Group Settings window, or other settings windows depending on the item type.
• Segue?: When checked, the scheduled playout log item will have the segue flag set.
• Segue Style The segue style to apply to the scheduled playout log item. If set to '--' the default will be used. For tracks marked as sweeper, the default from Settings will be used.
• Protected? When checked, the scheduled playout log item will be protected. Protected items will not be dropped by Fixed Time Markers or the Auto Adjust feature. Use this for items that must be played during an hour, such as advert blocks.
• Notes: Click the edit icon to add notes about this clock item. This is purely for informational purposes.

To remove a clock item, select it and press the Delete key, or right-click the item and choose Delete from the context menu.

Click the Add Clock Item button to add a clock item to the end of the list.

Click OK to confirm changes to the clock.

Click Cancel to discard changes.

The Override playout pattern checkbox that enables the clock-level override. When it is unchecked, the track group list below is disabled and the clock uses the station-wide playout pattern.