CueSync sends OSC to MagicQ in real time — activate playbacks, fire cues, and ride fader levels, all synced to the music.
MagicQ's remote-control OSC surface lets CueSync activate playbacks and cues without console-side scripting.
Activate playbacks and step cue stacks on beat drops, energy shifts, or BPM thresholds.
Map audio energy to MagicQ playback faders for music-reactive intensity.
Cues land on the exact downbeat — CueSync locks to beat phase, not just BPM.
Save MagicQ routing per venue and recall it instantly between shows.
Monitor the MagicQ connection, active cues, and outputs from one HUD.
Engineering facts
The load-bearing claims behind CueSync's ChamSys MagicQ integration. Numbers, named subsystems, test references — the things you can verify before the show.
Playback control is `/pb/{num}/go`, `/pb/{num}/pause` and `/pb/{num}/release`; jump straight to a cue with `/pb/{num}/{cue}`; drive the execute grid with `/exec/{page}/{item} 1`. Playback LEVEL is the ARGUMENT on `/pb/{num}`, not a `/level/` sub-address — the mistake most integrations make. Default port 6171. Source: ChamSysMagicQProtocol.kt.
CueSync evaluates beat events from Pioneer PRO DJ LINK on a sub-5 millisecond budget on the cue-evaluation path, and reports the budget-violation rate on screen. The CueSync portion of the chain is engineered to a strict sub-5-millisecond budget and continuously regression-tested; the OSC send budget is under 2 milliseconds.
CueSync ships 15 output protocols from a single desktop application: GrandMA2 (Telnet and OSC), GrandMA3 (TCP OSC and UDP OSC), Avolites Titan, ETC Eos, ChamSys MagicQ, Resolume, disguise (d3), VIOSO Player/Show, AV Stumpfl Pixera, TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine 5, QLab (TCP and UDP), MIDI Show Control, Pangolin Beyond, and Custom OSC. Every CueSync edition includes every protocol.
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