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Song card overview

Every song in the setlist is represented by a card. The card gives you quick access to the song's status, per-song settings, and playback controls without opening a separate panel.

Card anatomy

Reading left to right, a song card shows:

  • โ–ถ button โ€” loads this song into the player, stopping whatever is playing and cancelling a pending auto-advance. It does not start playback: press Space or Play to start it, or press Enter to start a song you have cued. Double-clicking the card does the same as โ–ถ
  • Chevron โ€” expands the card to show the song offset, the Replace audio button and the per-song settings; its tooltip reads Song Offset
  • Number โ€” the song's position in the list; a โˆ… after it marks an Empty Song
  • Song name โ€” starts as the audio file's name including its extension (for example Song.wav); double-click the text of the name to rename it within the project (the file on disk is not renamed)
  • LTC scan badge โ€” a small icon at the right showing the result of the background LTC scan; see LTC scan badges
  • Remove button โ€” the โœ• is always visible; click it and confirm to remove the song from the setlist (the audio file on disk is not deleted)
  • Drag handle โ€” the six-dot grip at the far right; drag it to reorder the song

The second line of the card shows the song's start timecode (the first LTC segment found by the scan; click it to copy it, or --:--:--:-- until the scan has run), its duration, and any Skip or link badges. For an Empty Song the duration is clickable so you can change it.

There is no separate file-status badge. A song whose audio file cannot be found is dimmed, with an orange italic name and a warning icon, and clicking it opens a file picker to relink it; see File status badges.

Status badges

On the card, optional badges appear when non-default settings are active:

  • Offset badge โ€” shows the per-song offset in frames when one is set (for example +50f); it is hidden at 0 and cannot be clicked โ€” edit the offset in the expanded card. See Song offset
  • After-finish badge โ€” shows the after-finish destination when a per-song override is set (for example Loop, Stop, Next, or โ†’ song name); see After-finish destination
  • Trim badge โ€” shows a non-zero per-song gain trim (for example +3 dB)
  • Skip badge and link badge (๐Ÿ”— with a count) โ€” see Skipping songs and Linked songs

Active and standby highlight

The loaded song has a coloured bar along the left edge of its card and a white name. A song you have cued with a click, the โ†‘ / โ†“ keys or a MIDI Next/Previous is shown in amber as STANDBY; Enter (or a MIDI GO) then loads and starts it. Selected cards are tinted with the accent colour.

Per-song settings

Click the chevron on any card to expand it. The expanded card holds the song offset, the โ‡„ Replace audio button (Pro) and the per-song settings: trim, fade in, fade out, downbeat and time signature. All of these override global defaults for that song only. The after-finish destination is not in this panel โ€” right-click the card and choose After this songโ€ฆ. See Per-song settings for full details.

Renaming a song in LTCast changes only the display name inside the project. It does not rename the file on disk or affect how LTCast locates the file.

Multi-select behavior

When multiple songs are selected, the song cards show a selection highlight. Expanding any selected card shows the same per-song panel, and changes to trim, fade in, fade out and time signature then apply to all selected songs at once (the downbeat button does not, because it stamps each song's own playhead position). See Multi-select for how to select multiple cards.