Midi Time code

I've never seen a 'consumer-level' CD player output any form of timecode, so use of MTC will be impossible with those. It's kind of odd, as CDs fundamentally work via a disc-level timecode (it counts from slightly under zero to roughly 70 minutes, and there's generally a 3-second gap between tracks)

PC playback software that includes MTC probably exists, although it's not something I've looked for.

As an alternative workaround until you find suitable hard/software that's within budget, you could use the Learn Alerts function in Congo to 'fake' it per track.

1. Build the sequence for a CD track.
2. Set up your In/Out times - it'll be difficult to change these later.
   
3. Don't set any wait times.
   
4. Turn on "Learn Alerts" in Settings
5. Goto the first step in your sequence
   
6. Hit [Go] and the play button on the CD deck at the same time.
7. Now hit [Go] at the relevant times throughout the track.
8. Turn off "Learn Alerts"
9. Hit # [Seq] to open your sequence in a Sequence List
10. Now look for the "WFA" column - it's full of A's for 'Alert times', and the column to the right has various times in it.
    
11. Select the first cell in the column, hit [Column] to select them all.
12. Hit [Modify] until the column shows entirely W's
13. Hit [Esc] to close
14. Now Goto the first step in your sequence
15. Re-cue the CD player
16. Hit [Go] and Play at the same time again
17. Sit back and watch the pretty lightshow
    

It's a really sneaky way to cheat, but it's a pain to edit as changing any timings at all will cause it to go out-of-sync.

It also doesn't sync as well as timecode, as it's only accurate to 0.1sec intervals per step. For short tracks this generally isn't a problem, but does become so on longer tracks or if there are any critical hits in the music.

I've never seen a 'consumer-level' CD player output any form of timecode, so use of MTC will be impossible with those. It's kind of odd, as CDs fundamentally work via a disc-level timecode (it counts from slightly under zero to roughly 70 minutes, and there's generally a 3-second gap between tracks)

PC playback software that includes MTC probably exists, although it's not something I've looked for.

As an alternative workaround until you find suitable hard/software that's within budget, you could use the Learn Alerts function in Congo to 'fake' it per track.

1. Build the sequence for a CD track.
2. Set up your In/Out times - it'll be difficult to change these later.
   
3. Don't set any wait times.
   
4. Turn on "Learn Alerts" in Settings
5. Goto the first step in your sequence
   
6. Hit [Go] and the play button on the CD deck at the same time.
7. Now hit [Go] at the relevant times throughout the track.
8. Turn off "Learn Alerts"
9. Hit # [Seq] to open your sequence in a Sequence List
10. Now look for the "WFA" column - it's full of A's for 'Alert times', and the column to the right has various times in it.
    
11. Select the first cell in the column, hit [Column] to select them all.
12. Hit [Modify] until the column shows entirely W's
13. Hit [Esc] to close
14. Now Goto the first step in your sequence
15. Re-cue the CD player
16. Hit [Go] and Play at the same time again
17. Sit back and watch the pretty lightshow
    

It's a really sneaky way to cheat, but it's a pain to edit as changing any timings at all will cause it to go out-of-sync.

It also doesn't sync as well as timecode, as it's only accurate to 0.1sec intervals per step. For short tracks this generally isn't a problem, but does become so on longer tracks or if there are any critical hits in the music.