Cues and the cue list

A cue is the smallest fireable unit in a show. It can play media, wait, control another cue, send OSC/MIDI, or run actions.

Cue lifecycle

idle → standby → prewait → playing → postwait → complete
                              ↕
                            paused

State	Meaning
idle	Inactive
standby	Loaded and ready
prewait	Counting down before activity
playing	Main activity is running
postwait	Activity ended; post-wait is counting
paused	Clock and media are frozen
complete	Lifecycle finished

Arming and GO

Selection is standby: plain-clicking a cue or moving with ↑/↓ selects it, arms it, and re-aims GO. NEXT always shows the armed cue and the intent of firing it.

Range selection does not change the armed cue. Use Shift to extend a range and Ctrl-click to toggle individual rows. The command palette (Ctrl+K) can search a number or name and arm that cue; it never fires a cue merely because it was found.

Timing

• Pre-wait delays the cue's main activity after GO. On Cue Start fires before this delay; On Play waits for the actual player start.
• Duration controls Wait and control cues. Action timing is derived from the latest scheduled action end.
• Post-wait delays completion after the main activity.
• Timecode GO arms a cue to fire when chased LTC/MTC crosses its hh:mm:ss:ff value.

Continue mode

Setting	Behaviour
None	Wait for another GO
Auto-continue	Fire the next cue after this cue starts
Auto-follow	Fire the next cue after this cue completes

Media play mode

Setting	Behaviour at media end
Play once & eject	Clear the output
Play once & hold	Hold the final frame
Loop	Repeat until stopped

STOP and PANIC

STOP politely stops all currently live cues. Each cue may complete its own On Cue Stop fade; stopping it again is immediate. PANIC is the global brake: the first press starts the panic fade, and a second press during that fade hard stops everything.

See the cue type reference.