Each row in a format clock is an event. When you click a row, the How Box at the bottom of the ClockMaker tab fills in with the settings for that specific event type, letting you fine-tune it precisely.
Below the format clock list, you'll see four category radio buttons: Playback, Automation, Miscellaneous, and Switcher Control. Click the category that matches the command you want to add, then choose the specific event type from the dropdown below it.
Hover over the category buttons in the app to see a description of each in the status bar. Hover over the selected event type to see a summary of what it does.
Once you've chosen an event type, the How Box adapts to show exactly the controls that command needs — and nothing else. For a complete guide to what each command's settings look like and how to use them, see The "How Box".
ClockWork validates every event in a format clock against your loaded library. Validation happens in the background when you switch to the ClockMaker tab — you'll see the tab appear immediately and the indicators update a moment later.
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| Normal row color | The event is valid — it has correct syntax and (for Random/Rotate/Fill) at least one library match. |
| Pink row | The event has a problem. For music-selection events, this means zero library matches — either the attribute/value is mistyped, or your library doesn't have any matching tracks. For Play events, the file path doesn't exist on disk. |
Pink rows won't necessarily crash AutoCast, but they'll produce no output when that line is hit. Fix them before generating logs.
If a standard attribute like Comment is absent from your library's column headers (because the TSV was rebuilt without it), events referencing that attribute are treated as valid rather than flagged pink. ClockWork avoids penalizing correct syntax when the library is missing data.