Talk and listen

The Talk tab is where you spend the service. The top shows your Hub, your name, and your role (or your camera, like Cam 2). Under it, a status line shows Connected, how many crew are on, and what you’re listening on, like wired headset.

The app has four tabs: Talk, Crew, Mix, and Tally.

Party cards

Each party you can see has a card, grouped by team. A card shows:

• The party’s name and color.
• Who’s talking on it right now, like Sam · Camera is talking, or Quiet.
• An ear button to listen (On) or stop listening (Off).
• The TALK key, or Listen only if your role can’t talk there.

You join already listening to your role’s parties. Turn others on or off any time.

Talk

The key says Hold to talk and Tap to lock on. Two ways to use it:

Locking talk is handy when you need both hands, like on a camera. Turn it off when you’re done, so the crew doesn’t hear everything around you.

You can talk on more than one party at once. Changing your role turns talk off.

Voice-activated talk

Tap Voice on the status line to turn on voice-activated talk. With TALK locked on, your mic only goes out while you’re speaking, and closes a moment after you stop. The key shows Speak to talk while it’s waiting for you.

Set how easily it opens in Mix, under Voice-activated talk → Sensitivity: toward Loud room if the band or people nearby open your mic, toward Quiet in a quiet booth. A headset mic works best.

Program audio

If your Hub sends program feeds, each one has a card under your parties, with a switch and a level meter. Turn it on to hear the show quietly under the crew. With Quieter when someone talks on in Mix, it shows Show mix · dips when crew talks.

Talk without touching the screen

• Headset button: one click of your headset’s play/pause button (wired or Bluetooth, including AirPods) locks TALK on or off. It works with the phone locked. Choose which party it talks to in Mix → Advanced → Headset button talks to. If a call is ringing, the button answers it.
• Foot pedal or keyboard: a Bluetooth foot pedal or keyboard can be hold-to-talk while the app is on screen. Space, Page Up, and Page Down work on both iPhone and Android.

With the phone locked

Intercom keeps playing with the screen locked and the phone in your pocket. Pings, calls, and messages are spoken in your headset either way.

On Android, a notification shows while you’re on, with Leave the show.

Shortcuts

At the bottom of Talk:

• Ping and Call open Crew. See Ping, call, and messages.
• Type opens messages, with a count of unread ones.

Banners

Messages, cues, and other news show as banners at the top of every tab: