Markers and Pre-roll

Pre-roll

While ShowRecorder is Armed, it keeps the last few seconds of audio in memory. When you press record, the Take starts with that audio, so a count-in or the first note before your press isn't lost.

To set the length:

1. Tap the gear to open Settings.
2. Under Recording, choose Pre-roll: Off, 5 s, 10 s or 20 s. The default is 10 s.

The note under the setting says how much memory the Pre-roll uses while Armed. With Off, a Take starts when you press record. Pre-roll can't be changed during a Take.

Add a Marker

During a Take, tap the flag next to the Record button. A Marker is placed at that moment and the line under the buttons confirms it, for example "Marker 1 placed". The flag is dimmed when no Take is running.

Markers are numbered Marker 1, Marker 2 and so on. Each one is saved straight away, so it survives even if the app is closed mid-Take.

Rename a Marker

• During the Take: tap the list icon at the top of the record screen to open Markers, then tap a Marker and type a name, such as the song title.
• After the show: open Shows, tap the Show, then tap a Marker under its Take.

The new name is written into the files on the Device, and on the Drive when it's plugged in.

Dropout Markers

If audio is lost during a Take, for example when a phone call takes the input, ShowRecorder keeps silence of the exact length and adds a Marker named Dropout at that point. Every file stays in sync. Dropout Markers can't be renamed.

Where Markers end up

• In every Stem, as Broadcast WAV cue points.
• In the Reaper project, on the timeline with each Take's start.
• In the Show's list of Markers under Shows.

A note on times

The Markers list counts from when you pressed record. The Stems, the Show report and the Reaper project count from the start of the Pre-roll, a few seconds earlier. Both point at the same moment in the audio.