This section functions like a “playlist” of cues. As well as Pattern, Colour Palette, Parameters etc, each Cue is given a Name, Duration, and a position in the Show sequence.  

NOTE: Use a 3rd party MIDI controller to trigger the cues for your show. See the MIDI section for more information.

Show Control has the following features:

• Add, edit, duplicate, delete, and download/upload shows

• View the name of Cues

• View patterns that are embedded in the Cues across all fixture groups

• Drag Cues to re-order them

• Play/pause control for individual Cues

• Individual Cue editing, duplicate, and delete control via menu

• View the duration of Cues  

• View the total time of the Show

• View the name of the current Cue that is playing

• Transport Controls (play, pause, stop, previous, next)

• View the state of Show via the Status Badge

• View the progress of the current Cue via the progress bar

Switching Between Live and Show Control

When MaestroDMX is in Show Control Mode the Status Badge will indicate the state: ‘Stopped’, ‘Playing’, or ‘Paused’. At any moment, you can switch over to Live Control by modifying any of the parameters in the Live Control section. The Status Badge will then indicate ‘Live’. When in Live Control Mode, the Show is no longer running. To get back to the Show, you can either press the Play button on the Transport Controls or press the Play button on any of the Cues. 

Creating Cues

Cues can be created in two ways. Either by pressing ‘Save As New Cue’ in Live Control or ‘+ Add Cue’ in Show Control. Going the route of ‘+ Add Cue ’ will pop up a dialog similar to Live Control.

Editing Cues

To edit an existing Cue, click the 3-dot menu to the right side of the Cue and select ‘Edit Cue’. A dialog showing all the Cue settings will pop up. 

Preview

At the bottom of the dialog to edit or create a new cue is the Preview toggle. When enabled, you will see your changes immediately in the lights. If not enabled you will only see the changes once you save the edits and play the respective Cue.

Managing Multiple Shows

MaestroDMX can add, edit, duplicate, delete, and download/upload multiple Shows. 

Navigate to the menu to modify the Show list:

To add a new show click on ‘+ Add Show’ and fill out the pop-up dialog to create a new Show or use ‘Restore from backup’ to load a saved show.

Click on the Show drop down to select a show: