Cues land where the show is.
DJ follows the music, Theatre runs a cue list on timecode or your GO, and Production does both. A cue fires because the show arrived somewhere, not because a fixed number of beats elapsed.
- AutoPilot
- CueStack
- Run Mode
STAGE AUTOMATION · macOS
Your whole rig,on the same cue.
Audio-reactive sets, cue lists on timecode, or both in one show. Every cue reaches your lighting, video, playback and graphics together.
macOS 12+ · Apple silicon · Free account, no card · Live output needs a paid edition
CueSync/Cues
CueSync's Cues screen over a connected Pioneer CDJ-3000, cropped to the stack itself: a filter row counting the show's sixty cues by what fires them - Position 4, Phrase 17, Manual 17, Hot Cue 3, Energy 19, with Beat, BPM, MIDI, Timecode, OSC, Fill, Follow and Key each at zero - above rows carrying the operator's own prose ('Outro - Wide, beams out', 'Hot Cue A - Burst 4') and the output each targets, cue 7 marked LIVE and cue 8 NEXT, over a GO button bound to the space bar and the app's own section bar. Screen capture of the running app driven by a physically connected Pioneer CDJ-3000 (firmware 3.20, player 3, tempo master) over PRO DJ LINK on a link-local link, rekordbox USB mounted, 2026-08-30. Not a mock-up.
The shipping Mac app — a real screen capture.
- 1 · Timing sourceThe deck's phrase, energy and hot cues: sixty cues counted by which one fires them
- 2 · Next decisionCue 7 live, cue 8 next, GO on the space bar
- 3 · Connected outputsPads bound to real actions — a UE Stage bank and an imported grandMA3 one
- DJ
Audio-reactive. The show follows the music, with each track planned before it plays.
- Theatre
Cue list and timecode. Runs on timecode or your GO, with a cue light on every backstage iPad.
- Production
Both, in one show. An audio-reactive set and a scripted cue list in one show file.
Why CueSync
It runs the show. Your work stays yours.
What changes on show night, and after the note session — each claim with the screen that shows it.
One cue, every department.
One cue fires lighting, video, playback and real-time graphics together — coordinated and beat-aligned across all 15 output protocols, in every edition, straight from the cue to your rig.
- 15 output protocols
- Synchronized multi-system output
You can take it back at any moment.
Press GO and the show is back in your hands. Session Sync previews every command before it sends one. A console that drops mid-show reconnects on its own and says so on the health panel.
- Automatic recovery
- Visible diagnostics
Your work leaves with you.
A note from the director becomes cue 1.5 and every cue already on the desk keeps its number and its looks. Your rekordbox hot cues and loops come across with the track. Cue sheets export to files that open without CueSync.
- SHOW EDITOR · THEATRE
- TRACK PREP · DJ
- CUE SHEETS
| Document | For |
|---|---|
| Operator cue list | Every cue, in running order |
| Department sheet | One department's cues |
| Lighting · Media · Sound | A list for each desk |
| Calling script | The stage manager's book |
| Running order | The director's page |
Single-purpose tools each cover one slice: DMX from a DJ app, lights from timecode, cue playback. CueSync stage automation sits between the performance and all of them: one cue reaches the desk, the media server, playback and the lasers together, from the booth or from the call. 15 output protocols, in every edition. See how it compares.
Inside the app
Six screens. Six jobs. No mock-ups.
Every frame below is the shipping macOS build. Four are rendered by the app itself from a demo show; two were captured on a real rig with a Pioneer CDJ-3000 connected. Nothing here was mocked up for the page.
Write the whole show once, on one timeline.
Every department gets its own lane and its own console. One timecode ruler over the master audio, six lanes routed to six different desks, and a cue list that tells you which cues are drafted, tested and ready before you ever call the first one.
CueSync/Show Editor
- Six lanes → grandMA3, ETC Eos, Resolume, QLab, Pangolin
- Twelve cues on the Drafted / Tested / Ready ladder
- SHOW · DRY · REHEARSE+ — rehearse with or without outputs, from the toolbar
How CueSync works
How one cue reaches the whole rig.
Every stage of a show, in the same order CueSync runs them at showtime.
- 1.0Connect
CueSync takes its clock from whatever already runs your show — a PRO DJ LINK rig, your own audio files, LTC or MTC timecode, Ableton Link, or OS2L. No bridge box and no calibration pass.
- 2.0Cue
Author cues against beats, phrases, BPM ranges, hot-cue hits, timecode, OSC, DMX input, energy, key — eighteen trigger types, dragged onto a cue stack in a desktop-native editor.
- 3.0Fire
Cues fire on the beat, aligned to the music, with live timing diagnostics that show how it is holding up rather than hiding it. End-to-end timing depends on your protocol chain.
- 4.0Coordinate
One cue reaches grandMA3, Resolume, QLab, disguise, TouchDesigner, Unreal and Pangolin together — coordinated and beat-aligned, with per-cue routing.
- 5.0Recover
A connection that drops recovers automatically, and says so. Cues are never held back and replayed late — a command that could not land is reported to you, and recovery resumes from the show’s current state.
CueSync/Palette
- Nine tiles, seven different engines and consoles
- Each tile names its own target — Q12.5, L2·C7, U1 · 24 ch
- UE: Drop sent 45 seconds ago, and saying so
Editions
Booth, stage, or both.
Every edition connects to every output. They differ in what sets the pace: the music, a script and a clock, or both.
DJ
Audio-reactive: the show follows the music.
$24/mo
billed annually · or $30/mo monthly · excl. tax
- Your rekordbox hot cues, memory cues and loops come across with the track
- Prep offered back when you play from a different USB stick
- AutoPilot plans each track before it plays — GO takes it back
- Pioneer PRO DJ LINK input, with the CDJ playhead out as timecode
- +17 more features
Theatre
Cue list and timecode: one show, every department.
$25/mo
billed annually · or $32/mo monthly · excl. tax
- Show editor & run mode (multi-track timecode timeline)
- Timecode-driven shows (chase LTC/MTC/Art-Net/TCNet in)
- A new cue between 1 and 2 becomes 1.5 — cues already on the grandMA3 keep their numbers
- Cue sheets (PDF, CSV) and cue lists (USITT ASCII, MA3 Timecode XML) that open without CueSync
- +12 more features
Production
Both in one show: audio-reactive sets and a cue list.
$42/mo
billed annually · or $55/mo monthly · excl. tax
- Both workflows in one licence and one show file — AutoPilot-led sets and a scripted Show Editor / Run Mode show together
- Everything in DJ and Theatre
- Predictive preview
- Loudness-matched playback
- +12 more features
- Refund window
- No lock-in
- Secure payments via Paddle