How To

Getting Started

#Create a show

1. Choose File ▸ New Show (⌘N) to start with an empty cue list.
2. Drag an audio or video file onto the cue list, or use the + button to add a cue.
3. Select the cue and press GO (space bar) to fire it.
4. Choose File ▸ Save (⌘S) and pick a location. Shows save as a .cuestudio bundle.

#Add cues quickly

• Drag audio, video, or image files onto the list: one cue is created per file.
• Right-click the list or use the Add menu to insert any cue type.
• The right-click menu keeps the everyday actions (GO, Arm, Enable/Disable, Edit, Delete) at the top level and gathers the rest into submenus: Insert, Edit (copy/cut/paste/duplicate), Move, Copy to List, Move to List, Group, Templates. Which items appear depends on what you clicked and how many cues are selected.
• New cues are inserted after the current selection.
• Duplicate a cue with ⌘D.

#Run the show

• The armed cue (shown with the playhead indicator) is the one GO will fire next.
• Press the space bar or click GO to fire the armed cue; the playhead advances automatically.
• Use Pause / Stop on the transport bar for individual cue control.
• PANIC (or Escape) fades everything out over a few seconds; press it again for an immediate hard stop.

#Basic cue types to know first

• Audio: plays a sound file.
• Video: plays a video to a screen or projector.
• Wait: pauses the cue chain for a set time.
• Fade: fades another cue's volume or video opacity up or down.
• Stop: stops another cue (use Reset to stop everything).
• Group: contains other cues that fire in sequence.