The Edit screen

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The window that appears has boxes where the cue description or prompt can be typed and where the associated sound file is stored.

The Cue line entry is divided into two sections, the first of which does not clear when cues are added. The intention is that entry is the stage manager's call for the cue e.g. "SQ2". The second part is the cue description.

or Cue Type is one of Normal, Background, or Independent for sound files. It can also be a cue for the DVD player, a local video, a remote or Slave computer video (allows control of two projectors), or one of four network connected computers running the video player. If Midi Output is selected, then the Sound File Name is actually a midi command. Commands can also be sent via the network to a computer running Cue Player Lighting. This allows running a show from one console and operator.

Sound files may be typed in, drag and dropped from a file manager, or selected via the button.

If the sound file entry is just a number, then the cue is considered a volume or action cue for that number cue. A value of 0 indicates a Delay cue for the duration in the Fade/Cross Time box. A Delay cue doesn't play anything, just pauses the automatic advance for the specified time.

You may select a color for the text and the background (unless it is already black) of each cue.

The initial volume level can be set, as well as defining a cross-fade to another volume level to happen automatically when the cue starts to play. You can fade-in or out as you wish. The duration of the transition is the value in the Fade/Cross Time box in tenths of seconds. The Same button will set the equalizer and reverb to the same settings as the previous cue. If the cue type is Video, then the third slider will be colored purple and sets the brightness of the output after the Fade in time.

The up and down arrows are used to move the cue being edited up or down in the cue list. A number can be entered directly and the current cue will move to that line. Be careful rearranging a cue list with action cues as, for example, a Fade cue for cue #3 will not work if #3 becomes #2. The program is designed to keep track of movements, but they should be checked.

The Speakers box allows selection of which speakers will play the output as well as the sound card used to do it. The caption will indicate how many speakers the sound card has available. Stereo input files can be sent to any single pair of speakers. Front and Rear can be selected together for a quadraphonic output. The Stereo/Mono switch changes the possible selections as shown.

Auto Play will start the cue playing as soon as the cue line is active, most likely from a Cue Advance. Auto Fade will start to fade the cue at the Fade at End value before it would normally end. For example: if the cue is 13 seconds and the Fade at End value is 30, the cue will start to fade at 10 seconds into the cue. This value also specifies the amount of fade time used when the Fade button is clicked. The Fade button uses this time even when the Auto Fade button is not checked. All Fade durations are in tenths of a second. For example, a value of 20 gives a 2 second fade. Click the Loop box to continuously repeat the sound until some action is taken against it. If the sound file is a playlist, the list will be looped. If the cue is an Action cue the program will jump back to the cue number entered. A loop can be stopped by an Action cue, particularly a Wait for End, whereby the program will finish the loop and move on. The XFade checkbox appears for video cues only and indicates the cue will cross fade from whatever is currently in the video to the file for this cue.

Cue Advance will drop down to allow selection of No, at the End, at the Start, when a Fade is started, or (if a video cue) when video is paused, or when loaded and rendered. It takes a small amount of time to load and render a video file, so if the Master and Slave videos are to play in sync, then they must be loaded first and then played with separate cues. All of these Advances are available so that the cue list can be designed to run simply going cue to cue.

  Cue Action is selectable for numbered sound file entries. If the sound file name is an actual sound file, then Play is the only option and the drop-down is disabled. Otherwise, you may select Pause, Resume, Fade Out, Stop, or Wait for End to affect the numbered cue. Wait for End works for Independent cues only.

Picking an F key will set the cue to Independent and allow playing that cue whenever that F key is pressed.

There are buttons to test, stop and save the cue. If a cue has corresponding action cues, an alert will pop up suggesting to check them so that they stay in sync.

There is a 5 band equalizer and a reverb to customize the output sound without having to go back to your sound editor program to 'tweak' it.

The Power Options box lets you select the device to control and action desired. For X10 control, an example would be to enter A1 as the device, indicating house code A, device 1. For Phidgets control, only the number of the relay is entered.

If the Cue type selected is 'Network Video' then this menu will appear instead of the Power Options. It will indicate which of the four remote video players are connected by turning the dots green and allow selection of which of them this cue applies to. Multiple ports can be selected so that a video command could go out to any or all ports. That way one cue can fade everything, for example.