Live Broadcast

The Live Broadcast workspace is the primary screen you work from during a show. It combines all real-time controls in one view: the dual-deck player, crossfader, microphone mixer, soundboard, output status, and show clock.

[Screenshot: Desktop Live Broadcast workspace — decks, crossfader, mic slots, VU meters, output status bar]

On-Air Status

The top bar shows whether you are currently broadcasting:

• OFF AIR — No active broadcast output connected. Audio plays locally only.
• ON AIR — At least one broadcast output (Icecast, Shoutcast, HLS, etc.) is active and streaming.

An elapsed on-air timer displays the total time since the current broadcast session started.

🖥️ Desktop

The on-air timer is shown in red in the Show Clock area and continues counting from the moment the first broadcast output connects.

Show Clock

The show clock displays three values simultaneously:

Display	What it shows
Wall clock	Current local time (HH:MM:SS)
On-air elapsed	Time since broadcast started (red)
Segment countdown	Time remaining in the current segment, with a 10-second flash warning

Talkback (Push-to-Talk)

🖥️ Desktop only

Talkback is available in the Desktop app. The Cloud web dashboard does not have a dedicated talkback function.

Talkback lets you speak into a separate mic that routes only to your monitor output (MON), not to the broadcast. Use it to communicate with a co-host or engineer without going on air.

• Click and hold the TALKBACK button, or assign a keyboard shortcut (configured in System → Talkback).
• The talkback input device is configured separately from your microphone slots. Any device visible to the OS can be used.
• The talkback gate is RT-safe (lock-free atomic swap) — pressing the button introduces no audio glitch.

Tip

Map talkback to a footswitch or a spare key on a MIDI controller so your hands stay free while using the crossfader.

PFL / Cue Bus

The PFL (pre-fader listen) bus lets you cue up and preview audio privately before it goes to the broadcast mix.

• Each deck has a PFL toggle. Enabling it sends that deck’s signal to the cue bus at the deck’s current position — regardless of the crossfader position.
• In split-cue mode, the left channel of your headphone output carries the PFL signal and the right channel carries the master mix. This lets you hear both simultaneously.
• The PFL output device is selected separately (System → Audio Devices → PFL Device).

☁️ Cloud

PFL monitoring in the Cloud dashboard uses the Web Audio API. Select your headphone output device from the PFL control panel. Split-cue works by panning PFL hard-left and master hard-right in the browser audio graph.

Playout Log

Every track that plays is automatically recorded to the playout log:

Field	Example
Time	14:32:07
Title	Blue in Green
Artist	Miles Davis
Album	Kind of Blue
Duration	5:37
Deck	A

🖥️ Desktop

The playout log is stored in the br\u016bhi SQLite database. You can view it in the Live Broadcast workspace and export it as a CSV from the log panel’s toolbar.

☁️ Cloud

The Cloud platform logs playout events to the station’s SQLite log table. Access via the API at GET /api/stations/{id}/log.

Script / Cue Panel

🖥️ Desktop only

The Script/Cue Panel is available in the Desktop app only.

The cue panel is a simple text scratchpad divided into named pages. Use it to keep show rundowns, sponsor copy, interview questions, or any other notes visible while you broadcast.

• Create named pages with + and navigate between them with Page Up / Page Down or click the page tabs.
• Changes are auto-saved. A dot indicator appears when there are unsaved changes.
• Press Ctrl+S to save immediately.

What to Do Next

• Set up your audio devices to configure output, monitor, PFL, and mic device selection.
• Configure broadcast outputs to connect to Icecast, Shoutcast, or HLS.
• Load music from your library and build a queue.