Chapter 3The on-air bar

The on-air bar shows the state of your show in one look, and holds the buttons you need while you are live.

Clock	The time of day. Right-click it to move it to the other end of the bar.
RECORD	Starts the recording. It shows the time recorded and the number of markers. Stopping asks first. See Record.
◆ MARK	Puts a marker in the recording and asks what it is.
STREAM	Starts and stops the Icecast stream. See Stream.
LOUDNESS	The loudness of the program, in LUFS. The white line is the target, −16 LUFS, which most podcast apps use. "now" is the last few seconds, "show" is the whole show, "peak" is the loudest moment.
TALKBACK	Hold it to talk to your guests off the air. See Guests.
GUESTS	How many guests are in the room. It lights up with the name of the guest who speaks, and turns yellow when a guest waits in the green room. Click it to open the Guests tab.
DISK	How many hours of recording fit on your disk.

Recording: the RECORD box is red, with the time and 5 markers. A guest is speaking.

A guest is waiting — A guest waits in the green room: GUESTS shows 1 WAITING.

Talkback held — TALKBACK held: the button is yellow.

Messages at the top

Important messages appear as a bar under the on-air bar, with a button to act on them. For example, when there is a new version:

Update bar — A new version is ready. Click Download, or Later.

Other messages: a recording that stopped when the computer crashed (it is repaired and safe), the audio engine stopping, or recorded audio that has gaps. Read them, and click the button they offer.