Timecoding every DJ set by hand? Here is what CueSync does
A DJ set that changes on the night has no fixed timeline to program against. CueSync reads the beat and structure of the music and fires cues as it plays, and a scripted show still gets a cue list, laid on a timecode ruler over the music.
What CueSync does
For the job: cues for a set that changes on the night.
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, which has not yet been checked on a CDJ-3000.
Editions: DJ · Production
Auto Pilot
Auto Pilot works out a fire plan when a track loads, shows every planned moment on the timeline before it happens, records why each moment fired, and steps back when you take over. With your own files queued, Rehearse set plays the set's beats against the rig that is connected and sends nothing, so you can read the plan before doors.
Editions: DJ · Production
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
Moments under your hand
Cue Pads give the moments that are not on a timeline a name and a place under your hand: one action or a sequence per pad, fired from the screen, the keyboard or a MIDI controller.
Editions: Every edition
A timeline for a scripted show
The Show Editor lays your audio out as a running order of Parts on one show-wide timecode, with a lane for each department. Edits snap to frames, beats or phrase boundaries, the audio's own sections and energy sit under the cues, and the capture bar punches a labelled cue at the playhead from the number keys while the audio plays.
Editions: Theatre · Production
Markers you already have
Import Markers turns the marker list exported from Lightworks, Premiere, Resolve, Audacity, Pro Tools or a MIDI file into a new Part, so a show prepped in an editor starts with its cues where the markers put them.
Editions: Theatre · 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. A DJ install sends the CDJ clock out as timecode.
Editions: Every edition
Before you decide
What you need
- A Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later. CueSync does not run on an Intel Mac, and there is no Windows build.
- DJ or Production for music-driven cues and Auto Pilot; Theatre or Production for the Show Editor and Run Mode.
- Something programmed for CueSync to trigger: a console, a media server or show-control software. CueSync drives the desk, and the desk owns the rig.
- 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 subscription.
When CueSync is not the right fit
- You need it on Windows or on an Intel Mac. There is no Windows build, and CueSync does not run on an Intel Mac.
- Your show is fixed and rehearsed, a timecoded desk already runs it, and nothing in it follows the music. CueSync would add a second place to edit the same show.
- You need a cue placed finer than a beat on a DJ track. A track-position cue sits on a beat, the finest position the beat stream can hold.
- You want software to light fixtures directly, with no console in the rig. CueSync is built first to trigger a programmed console; its own DMX output is Art-Net and sACN, so fixtures connect through a network node.
Common Questions
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