Hog / ChamSys

LTCast exports the markers of the active song as a Reaper marker CSV. Both Hog 4 and ChamSys MagicQ accept that format for importing timecode timings, so one export serves both consoles.

Accessing the export

Choose File → Export to Hog / ChamSys (Reaper CSV)…. It works on the active song, which must have at least one marker; otherwise LTCast says there are no markers to export, or asks you to load a song first.

About the file

The file is plain text with this header:

#,Name,Start,End,Length,Color

and one row per marker in time order, for example M1,Intro,0:00:30:00,,,. Each row carries a number (M1, M2 …), the marker's label as the name (an empty label becomes Cue N) and its start time as H:MM:SS:FF at the show's frame rate, counted from the start of the song. The End, Length and Color columns are left empty on purpose. The file has no cue number, no colour and no department — those are not part of this import path — and it holds markers only, no regions. It opens in any spreadsheet if you want to check it first.

Importing into Hog 4

Hog 4 imports Reaper markers as cues: if there are no regions, all the markers form one new cuelist, and cue numbers are assigned from each marker's timecode position, not taken from LTCast. Set the console's timecode display to hours:minutes:seconds:frames at your show's frame rate before importing.

Importing into ChamSys MagicQ

In MagicQ, open the Cue Stack's TC view and use IMPORT TC TIMINGS. MagicQ recognises a Reaper file by its first line starting with #, which is why this file carries no byte-order mark. Make sure MagicQ's timecode frame rate matches your LTCast show.