Looking at ShowKontrol? Here is what CueSync does
CueSync joins PRO DJ LINK as another player, sends the decks' position on as timecode, and fires cues on the console, media server and show-control software in the rig. This page is about CueSync only: what it does for that job, what it needs, and when it is not the right fit.
What CueSync does
For the job: timecode and cues from a Pioneer set.
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. Of the Pioneer units, only the CDJ-3000 has been through a hardware session.
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. A DJ install sends the CDJ clock out as timecode.
Editions: Every edition
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 15 output protocols — grandMA2 (Telnet), grandMA3 (TCP and UDP OSC), Avolites Titan, ETC Eos, ChamSys MagicQ, Resolume, disguise, VIOSO, Pixera, TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine 5, QLab (TCP and UDP), MIDI Show Control, Pangolin Beyond and Custom OSC — of which grandMA3, QLab, Resolume and Unreal Engine 5 (in-engine, on our own project) have been run against the real program or console, and the rest are built to each maker's published interface and have not yet been run against that equipment, so fire your cues on your own rig before a show.
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, 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
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
An output that drops is named
When an output stops answering, CueSync keeps trying to reconnect, and once repeated attempts fail it raises an alert and marks the pads that use it. Before doors, Pre-Show Check names each output your cues target that will not answer, with the number of cues routed to it; on an output that sends without an answer, a pass means the command was sent.
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.
- The DJ or Production edition for the decks and Auto Pilot. Every edition generates timecode; chasing an incoming clock is part of Theatre and Production.
- 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.
- Close rekordbox on the show machine during a set: it claims the network ports CueSync uses to join PRO DJ LINK.
- 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.
- You want the laptop to browse, load or start tracks on the players. CueSync reads the decks; it does not control them.
- Your booth runs Pioneer players other than the CDJ-3000 and you cannot test them before the show. The CDJ-3000 is the only Pioneer unit that has been through a hardware session with CueSync.
- All your desk needs is a clock, and its timeline is already programmed against every track. CueSync's timecode output covers that, and its cue engine, which is most of what CueSync is, would have nothing to do.
Common Questions
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Last reviewed . This page describes CueSync only and makes no claim about any other product. If anything here about CueSync is out of date, tell us at contact@cuesync.live and we will correct it.
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