Built for tech directors at multi-element programmes
Every programme. One show file. One volunteer running the booth.
CueSync drives ProPresenter (via OSC), your lighting console, your audio cue stack, and your IMAG switcher from a single Show Editor file. Theatre Edition covers the scripted programme — welcome, spoken word, announcements — with CueStack, Run Mode, and a Mission Control HUD that keeps every connection visible so the volunteer in the booth sees issues before the audience does. Step up to Production Edition and AutoPilot follows the live band's energy through the music segment.
CueSync · Run Mode
Six capabilities the tech booth actually uses
Designed for the tech director who reuses a show file across every weekend and trains a rotating team to operate it.
One show file across every programme
Author your programme cues once; rerun against this week's running order, next week's, and the mid-week session. CueStack handles the scripted segments — welcome, spoken word, announcements — on Theatre Edition. AutoPilot, which follows the live band's energy through the music segment, is a Production Edition feature.
Lyric + lighting + audio cues unified
Trigger ProPresenter — or any presentation system that speaks OSC — from the same cue that dips house lights and recalls the GMA3 look. One operator surface, every system, every programme.
Frame-accurate timecode for stream
MTC + LTC + Art-Net timecode + TCNet. Lock the stream switcher, the recorded music, and the lighting timeline to one source so the online audience sees the same beat as the room.
Multi-campus coordination
Coordination Bus (Production Edition) syncs multiple CueSync instances across campuses on a production network. One main venue, three satellite locations, zero double-fires from the simulcast.
Volunteer-friendly pre-show review
A per-track readiness review before the doors open — ready / tested / drafted counts and a headline ready percentage at a glance, with live connection status on every output. Nothing buried in a log.
Run Mode separates rehearsal from showtime
The Theatre Edition Run Mode locks editing out during the show window. The running order runs from the same Show Editor file you rehearsed with the day before — no last-minute keystroke can break the live programme.
Which edition does your venue need?
It comes down to one question: do you want the band-following automation, or only scripted cue playback?
Theatre Edition
$24/mo · $199/yrScripted cue playback: CueStack, Timeline, frame-accurate timecode, Run Mode, Mission Control HUD, and unlimited venue profiles. The right fit if your running order is planned and your music segments run to a fixed arrangement.
Production Edition
$35/mo · $299/yrEverything above plus AutoPilot— the engine that follows the live band's energy in real time — and the Coordination Bus and Predictive Preview that multi-campus simulcasts need. AutoPilot is not included in Theatre Edition.
Both editions include every protocol integration and the full venue profile set. Compare both editions side by side.
Auditorium tech ROI calculator
Reclaim the tech hours every programme week takes.
Lighting + ProPresenter + audio cues + IMAG, every weekend, often with a rotating volunteer team. CueSync drives the protocols that the rotation can't learn — and earns back the hours your paid tech team spends on cue re-prep. Move the sliders to your programme shape.
$40/ hr
Loaded cost of paid tech staff. Volunteer time is invaluable but not in this number.
3programmes
Main sessions, repeat sittings, mid-week events — anything that needs a tech call.
4hrs
Cue prep + rehearsal + show-day tech-call hours reclaimed by automation.
Your estimated year
Tech hours / week
12 h
Annual hours saved
624 h
Annual labor saved
$24,960
Theatre Edition is $199 / year. On your programme load, that pays for itself in 2 programmes, leaving a net benefit of $24,761 in reclaimed tech-team labor.
Honest estimate. Unpaid crew time isn't in this dollar figure — but the hours you save them are the same hours that prevent burnout in a rotating team. The outcomes that matter most (a shorter rehearsal call, fewer mid-programme surprises, a booth the programme owner trusts) don't show up in this calculator and are often the reason teams adopt CueSync.
CueSync in the booth vs paper-cue-sheet handoffs
Honest about where automation wins and where an unscripted moment rewards a present human operator.
With CueSync Theatre
Multi-app paper handoff
Cue programming across programmes
CueSync — Once-and-done show file with weekly small edits
Without — Re-build cue sheets for every running order
Lyric / lighting / audio sync
CueSync — Single cue fires ProPresenter slide + lighting + audio simultaneously
Without — Three volunteers triggering three systems by paper cue sheet
Volunteer training
CueSync — Run Mode HUD shows next cue, next song, connection health
Without — Volunteer learns the lighting board, the slide app, the audio console
Unscripted moments
CueSync — Manual override + CuePad for unscripted moments
Without — Volunteer reads the room and follows in real time
Mid-programme errors
CueSync — No silent failures — operator sees the disconnect immediately
Without — First sign of failure is the song stopping or the slide going blank
Live-stream + in-room parity
CueSync — Frame-accurate timecode locks both to the same source
Without — Stream operator and lighting volunteer follow different clocks
Tech-director questions
Does CueSync replace ProPresenter or our presentation system?
No. CueSync triggers it. Presentation systems in this category speak OSC, so CueSync sends the slide-advance / blackout / clear commands from the same cue that dips house lights or recalls a GMA3 look. Your presentation app stays exactly as it is — CueSync just stops making one operator chase three apps at once.
Which edition do we need — Theatre or Production?
It depends on whether you want the band-following automation. If you only need scripted cue playback, Theatre Edition works ($24/mo or $199/yr) — CueStack, Timeline, frame-accurate timecode, Run Mode, and Mission Control HUD. But AutoPilot — the engine that follows the live band's energy in real time — is not in Theatre; for that you need Production Edition ($35/mo, $299/yr), which combines AutoPilot + CueStack and adds Coordination Bus + Predictive Preview (useful for multi-campus simulcasts where two operators run cues on the same shared network). Both editions include full venue profiles and every protocol integration.
We have a rotating volunteer tech team. Is this too complex for them?
The point of authoring once and running everywhere is exactly to lower the bar on show day. Rehearsal happens with the same tech director or paid staff who sets up the cue file; the volunteer on the day runs Mission Control HUD and uses Run Mode to push GO. The pre-show review surfaces unfinished cues before the doors open, not mid-programme.
What if the stream switcher / ProPresenter computer goes down mid-programme?
Every protocol connection auto-reconnects with exponential backoff and a circuit breaker that fails fast on a stuck link. The disconnect is visible in Mission Control HUD — your operator sees it before the room does. See the reliability page for the full live-show reliability story; the same patterns that protect a touring show protect a weekly programme.
Show day, made calmer.
Theatre Edition is $24/mo or $199/yr. 14-day money-back on monthly, 30 days on annual and lifetime. See the refund policy for details, or contact us for multi-campus pricing.
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