Circle, Keep, Hold, N/G — what a mark writes, and what it does not carry

One tap marks the take. Three columns change.

The four states are Circle · Keep · Hold · N/G. They are a decision about the take, not a rating of the performance.
Marking a take writes its state in one place and reads consistently everywhere later — the row you mark at 14:20 is the row that shows the same state at wrap. No re-typing, no second list to keep in sync.
In the spreadsheet you hand over: the CSV carries the state as its own column, alongside a separate circle flag. Two columns, because those are two questions.
In the ALE: there is no circle column. An ALE is a matching document — it says which file, which timecode, which take number. It does not say which take you loved. Circled takes still have to be communicated the way they always have: in the daily report and out loud to the editor.

Any tool that promises your circled take will "flow through" the ALE is selling you a mistake you'll discover in the suite.