Looking at Clockworks? Here is what CueSync does
CueSync joins PRO DJ LINK, sends the deck's position on as timecode, and decides what fires: it checks phrase changes, energy and hot cues against a cue stack you wrote, then fires the console, media server and show-control software in the rig.
What CueSync does
For the job: deck position, timecode and cues for the rig.
The beat from the decks
CueSync joins your PRO DJ LINK network as another player and reads the position, BPM, phase and tempo master your CDJs already share, so the tempo comes from the decks, with no DJ software in the chain. If the beats go quiet while a deck is playing, it says so instead of firing nothing.
Editions: DJ · Production
Timecode out
CueSync sends timecode as LTC, MTC, Art-Net Timecode and TCNet, at ten frame rates from 23.976 to 60, and each destination is addressed on its own. The DJ and Production editions also send each CDJ's playhead out as its own clock.
Editions: Every edition
Cues that wait for the music
A cue can wait for a phrase change, an energy band, a fill or the DJ's hot cue press, and fire when the track gets there. Cues are checked in order, so the cue you expect next goes at the top of the stack. On your own files these cues use CueSync's analysis; on a Pioneer deck, phrase cues read the phrase map rekordbox wrote to the stick.
Editions: DJ · Production
Commands, not only a clock
A cue sends each system a command in that system's own language, such as a grandMA3 macro or executor, so the desk does not need a timeline programmed against the clock for every track. CueSync ships 17 output protocols — grandMA2 (Telnet), grandMA3 (OSC), Avolites Titan, ETC Eos, ChamSys MagicQ, Art-Net, sACN, Resolume, disguise, VIOSO, Pixera, TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine 5, QLab 5, MIDI Show Control, Pangolin BEYOND and Custom OSC — in every edition.
Editions: Every edition
Your own files, analysed on your Mac
Local Audio plays your audio files, and CueSync works out the beat grid, phrases, energy, key and loudness on your own machine, with nothing uploaded. Track Prep analyses a whole library in one run and can turn the analysis into suggested cues for you to review.
Editions: DJ · Production
Chase an incoming clock
CueSync reads CDJ position, MTC, LTC, TCNet and Art-Net timecode together, acts on the highest-priority live source, and labels the moment it is coasting through a dropout. Its own timecode output cannot take the input over from the real master. Using CDJ position as a source needs Production.
Editions: Theatre · Production
What you need
- A Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later. There is no Windows build.
- The DJ or Production edition for the decks. Every edition generates timecode; chasing an incoming clock is part of Theatre and Production.
- Something for CueSync to fire: a programmed console, media server or show-control software, or an Art-Net or sACN node for fixtures CueSync drives directly.
- Close rekordbox on the show machine during a set: it claims the network ports CueSync uses to join PRO DJ LINK.
- Pioneer CDJs or XDJs on PRO DJ LINK, or your own files in Local Audio, for deck data. VirtualDJ, or Serato and rekordbox through an OS2L bridge, sends CueSync the beat over OS2L.
- An account. Without a subscription you can run the demo show and tour the app in read-only mode. Building and saving your own shows, and connecting real outputs, need a paid edition.
Common Questions
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