The ‘Button Box’ Grows Up!

Introducing HotShot, an instant audio playback package...with some big differences! HotShot is a solidly built complete hardware appliance with a full screen interface. HotShot is quick to learn, easy to use and flexible enough for any broadcast application.

Let’s start with flexibility. HotShot can be used with a mouse, touchscreen or our custom designed HotShot button pad. HotShot has 8 banks of 84 buttons (quick access to 672 audio buttons). It features a full screen interface, so there’s no windowing or dialog boxes to deal with and nothing between you and your buttons. The HotShot control surface is pre-labeled with color coded letters making it easy to correlate the button you press with the audio you want. No longer are you faced with a sea of undefined white buttons; with HotShot, navigation is easy.

The HotShot control surface is unique to ENCO Systems. It’s a solidly built (metal case), USB device using high quality switches designed to be reliable and last a long time. Bank buttons light up to show you which bank you are in, regardless of where you change banks from, the surface or the screen.

HotShot is capable of playing as many as four streams each from four outputs for a total of 16 audio files playing at the same time! Outputs are assignable by column and displayed on the screen. Sure, you might not need that kind of capacity every time, but with HotShot, you know you’ll always be able to do anything you’re asked!

HotShot supports dragging audio files directly from any folder of your PC: local drive, thumb drive, CD/DVD, portable hard drive or network drive. HotShot even supports an autodetect mode that can preload banks with audio files found on any inserted media, giving you immediate access to a number of portable audio files just by plugging in! HotShot supports uncompressed PCM or MPEG2/MP3 compressed stereo and mono audio files, plus wave format extensible interleaved multichannel files for surround output.

HotShot is delivered in an attractive and space efficient 1 rack unit enclosure with 500 gb of storage, mouse and keyboard. A monitor is not included, but HotShot supports anything with a minimum resolution of 1280x1024.

HotShot is the ‘button box’ appliance that is ready for today’s control rooms, today’s audio suites and today’s broadcast trucks. It’s the perfect combination of solid hardware and reliable software that delivers both ease of use and real value. Take your best shot, with HotShot!

HotShot Configurations

• HotShot 4D - HotShot Audio Playback Appliance with 4 balanced analog outputs and 4 AES/EBU outputs in a 1 rack unit enclosure, mouse and keyboard included.

HotShot Options

• HotShot PAD - HotShot 84 button USB keypad
• HotShot Touch - 19 inch LCD Touch Screen Monitor (other sizes also available, contact ENCO for information)

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