A Cue List provides a list of Functions that you can step through with a single keyboard key. The Cue List is designed for theatrical performances where the lighting operator needs only to follow the script and toggle the next cue as the performance goes on.
The first column on the Cue List displays the step (cue) number that runs from 1 to infinity and beyond . The second column shows the individual Function name that has been assigned to that particular cue.
Please note that only Chasers can be assigned to a Cue List, for the simple reason that the Chaser is the only function with a duration. Since any other Function can be added as a step to a Chaser with the Chaser Editor, it is simple to create the desired Cues by mixing Scenes, Collections, and so on...
Cue Lists can be configured with the object properties button
found in the toolbar or
by double clicking on the Cue List widget.
Cue list name | Set the friendly name of the Cue List. The name appears as the Cue List's second column title. |
Cue list |
Chaser: Select the Chaser
to associate with the Cue List.![]() ![]() Behavior of the Next/Previous buttons when the chaser is not active: Select the behaviour of the Next and Previous buttons when the Chaser is not running. Basically this option determines the action that should be taken when the Chaser is started for the first time or when the Chaser is stopped at any step in the list. The possible choices are:
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Playback | You can select the key that you want to use to start/stop the selected step (cue) in the Cue List with this option. The key combination is shown in the text field; if the field is empty, there is no key combination currently attached to the Cue List. |
Next cue | You can select the key that you want to use to skip to the next step (cue) in the Cue List with this option. The key combination is shown on the text field; if the field is empty, there is no key combination currently attached to the Cue List. |
Previous cue | You can select the key that you want to use to skip to the previous step (cue) in the Cue List with this option. The key combination is shown on the text field; if the field is empty, there is no key combination currently attached to the Cue List. |
Side Sliders |
Behaviour: Select the behaviour of the side sliders. If "Crossfade" is selected, 2 sliders will
be displayed on the left side panel, implementing the crossfade functionality between steps. If "Steps" is selected, only one slider will be displayed, and its value will determine which step of the Cue List to run. Left Slider: Select an external input for the left slider. Right Slider: Select an external input for the right slider. This has no effect with the "Steps" behaviour. |
When switching QLC+ to Operate Mode, the Cue List will
become active, allowing the selection of the desired steps included in the associated Chaser.
Pressing the ENTER key will start the selected step.
The following items are displayed at the bottom of the Cue List widget:
Cue progress bar |
A progress bar showing the current running step status. When a fade in speed is set and is not set to "default" the bar will be colored in green. During the hold time the bar will be colored in blue. The text displayed on the bar is the time remaining for the cue to end. If the step duration is set to inifinite (∞), the bar will just display the fade in progress in green. |
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When clicked, this button will open/close a side panel showing two sliders for controlling crossfade. (See next chapter) |
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Start/stop the replay of the Cue List from the currently selected step |
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Go back to the previous step in the Cue List, which will then be replayed. When the top is reached, the previous step will be the last step of the Cue List |
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Go to the next step in the Cue List, which will then be replayed. When reaching the bottom, the next step will be the first of the Cue List |
There are two faders that can be used to manually control crossfade between two consecutive steps.
Each slider is connected to a Cue List step and to help to understand their purpose we'll call them
"current step" and "next step" sliders.
The label at the bottom of each slider will show
the number of the step that the slider is controlling and a color to show the status of that step.
The checkbox at the top will link the sliders together to facilitate crossfading between steps.
When the Cue list is running the sliders control the intensity of the
associated steps, overriding their Fade In and Fade Out speeds and so allowing manual control
of the transition.
The slider for the current step has a blue label. This will be at 100% when the replay of the Cue List is started.
The slider for the next step has an orange label and will be at 0% when the replay of the Cue List is started.
The intensities of both steps can be adjusted by moving the corresponding slider.
However, after both sliders have been moved to the opposite ends of their travel, the following changes take place:
The orange next step label changes to blue (slider at 100%). This indicates that the old next step has become the new current step.
The blue current step label changes to orange and the number of the step is increased by 2 (slider at 0%). So this slider now controls the step which comes after the
old next step.
When a step is added to a Chaser using the Chaser Editor, the default
duration is set to 0.
To avoid the steps in the Cue List looping frantically without any result, set the duration
of your steps, either by double clicking on the duration field or by using the
Speed Dial widget
Note that if you need scenes that you're going to crossfade manually with the
Cue List widget, you probably will want to set the duration of the steps to "infinite" (∞) using the Speed Dial widget. This can be
enabled in the Chaser Editor by clicking on the button.