Introduction to Markers

Markers are a pivotal feature in MixStage™, allowing users to pinpoint specific locations on the project timeline.

Place / Drop a Marker

To place a marker at the current position in your timeline, click the 'Drop Marker' button or press the 'Return' key on your keyboard.

Add Comments to Markers

Upon dropping a marker, you can choose to annotate it. A text box will appear in place of the Drop Marker button. Press 'Return' or 'Escape' to confirm the comment.

Select Marker Types

Adjacent to the 'Drop Marker' button, you'll find a selector tool that provides eight marker categories. The category names can not be changed. Click to select a category or use the number keys (1-8) for quick selection:

1. Dialog 5. Generic

2. Music 6. VO

3. FX 7. ADR

4. Foley 8. Backgrounds / Ambience

The Marker panel

Accessing the Marker Panel

A session moderator will always see the marker panel switch, while a participant may or may not see this panel depending on the moderator settings. This guide assumes you are in a session where you can change the marker panel.

In your session, click the "Markers" button on the screen's right side.

to access the marker panel click the markers button on the right side of the screen in a session

Marker list

The marker panel displays all markers currently in the session. This is the easiest and most convenient way to manage all markers.

here you can see all the markers and their names

Save and create New Marker Lists.

Click "Save List" to save your current markers to the cloud. A save will also clear the timeline from all markers to give you a fresh start.

clicking on save list saves your list and makes you able to make a new list like if you want to show the project to another group

Switch Between Marker Lists

Stored marker lists can be recalled at any time; use the selector to choose which marker list to display.

clicking the button on top makes you able to change between saved marker lists

Search/filter Markers.

The search function filters the list based on the letters entered. All text is searchable, i.e., title, comment, category, and user name.

under the list selection you can search for specific marker by name or type

Download Marker Lists

Export your marker lists for various DAWs and editors. Ensure your MixStage™ project settings (start time and frame rate) are correct in relation to your DAW settings before export. If you currently use the search/filter function, an option to download only the filtered markers will be presented.

Clicking on download make you able to download your lists to your DAW

Compatibility with DAWs

You can download marker lists compatible with multiple platforms, including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Nuendo, Reaper, Audition, Resolve and Media Composer. There are also generic options: generic MIDI and Generic CSV files (excel, etc).