Click the gear icon in the Six Pack area to open CastAway's Settings dialog. There's no station IP, no PIN, no connection setup here — those are handled by the TuneTracker Go! shell at login. The Settings dialog is just for tuning your microphone and (occasionally) turning on diagnostic mode.
The most-used part of Settings is the Microphone Level section, where you can dial in your mic before you go live.
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Gain Slider | Adjusts your microphone gain from 0% (silent) to 500% (maximum boost). The default is 100% — normal, unmodified level. Drag it higher if your mic is quiet, or lower if you're too hot. |
| VU Preview Meter | A live level meter that shows your mic input in real time. Use this to check your levels before going live — no one hears you until you click Go Live. |
Your gain setting is applied on top of the browser's built-in audio processing (echo cancellation, noise suppression, and auto gain control) using the Web Audio API. Think of it as a final trim knob after the browser has already cleaned up the signal.
Open Settings, talk into your mic, and watch the VU meter. Adjust the slider until your voice peaks into the amber zone without hitting purple. That's your sweet spot. Do this before every remote — different rooms sound different.
At the bottom of the Settings dialog is a Diagnostic Mode checkbox. When enabled, CastAway displays detailed connection and audio messages in the MessagePad — things like WebSocket handshakes, WebRTC negotiation steps, and audio stream status.
You won't need this during a normal broadcast. But if something isn't working and you're troubleshooting with us, this is where you turn it on. The extra messages can help pinpoint exactly where a connection is getting stuck.
Earlier versions of CastAway had a Settings dialog with fields for the station's IP address and a PIN. Both are gone. The TuneTracker Go! shell handles login now — when you visit tunetrackersystems.com/ttgo, you enter your station code and PIN there, once, and the shell remembers them across all the tabs (CastAway, VoiceTracker, ClockWork Mobile, Librarian Mobile). One login unlocks everything.
If you need to change the PIN your shell uses, log out of TuneTracker Go! (the link is at the top of the shell) and log back in with the new value. To change which station code you're connected to, do the same thing.
CastAway is designed to be ready when you are. There's no profile to manage, no user account to register, no preferences page to wade through. Your microphone gain is the only personal setting you'll ever need to think about, and even that you only set once for a given setup.