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At a glance
What each tool says about itself on its own pages, checked on 6 October 2026. Prices and features change; follow the sources at the bottom for the current state.
| Tool | Built for | Input | Platform | Price, as stated |
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| CueSetter | Turning a run sheet into a named grandMA3 cue list | PDF with text, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), pasted text | Web browser, nothing to install | Free to try, no account |
| Timecode Creator (part of GMA Toolbox) | Timecoded sequences for grandMA2 and grandMA3 from markers | Reaper projects (.rpp), CSV marker files, clipboard from Excel and similar programs | App for Windows 10+ and macOS 12+ | Free demo mode that closes after about 10 minutes; licence at a regular price or pay what you want |
| Moving Light Assistant | Documenting moving light rigs and programming: patch, wheel loads, presets, cues with photos | Data exported from consoles | App for macOS and Windows | List prices: Student £23.49, Personal £594.15, Institutional £1,201.22; Reader free |
| Export CueList for gma3 | grandMA3 cue lists with trigger times from DAW markers, over OSC | MIDI files (Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase), CSV files, Reaper projects | Mac only, macOS 12 or later (Mac App Store) | Free with in-app purchases: full version $14.99, or $1.99 a month, $2.99 for three months, $8.99 a year |
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Timecode Creator (GMA Toolbox)
Timecode Creator is one of the tools in GMA Toolbox by Matthias Schöffmann. Its page describes it as turning “Reaper project files or CSV marker files into timecoded sequences for grandMA consoles”: every marker becomes a cue at the marker’s time, with fade times, follow-cues and button triggers from subtracks. The result is saved as a macro and timecode for the console, or sent straight to it.
GMA Toolbox also has a Macro Generator that builds grandMA macros from a table, using templates you write yourself. It is a general tool: you decide which commands each row becomes.
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Moving Light Assistant
Moving Light Assistant by Andrew Voller Lighting Design is documentation software: rig data, gobo and colour wheel loads, presets and cue lists with photos and notes, imported from the console. Its site lists grandMA2 among the consoles it imports from, describes grandMA3 support in version 1.4.1 as basic and improved, and says full grandMA3 support is planned for the next major release. Licences are sold through City Theatrical.
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Export CueList for gma3
Export CueList for gma3 by OF COURSE (Maciej Hofstede) is a Mac app on the App Store. It exports cue lists from MIDI files, CSV files or Reaper projects to grandMA3 over an OSC connection, including sequence and executor numbers, trigger times and fades. Its description is written for operators who otherwise fill in every Trig Time by hand.
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When CueSetter fits better
- The starting point is the run sheet from production – a PDF, a Word document or an Excel file – not markers in an audio project.
- You want one named cue per item, numbered like the run sheet, with set lists as sub-cues, and you will program the looks yourself.
- You can’t or won’t install software: it runs in the browser on Windows, Mac or Linux, and the file is never uploaded.
- You work on grandMA3. CueSetter makes grandMA3 macros, not grandMA2.
See it with your own file in CueSetter, or read how it handles PDF, Word and Excel run sheets.
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When another tool fits better
- The show runs on timecode and the cues are marked in Reaper or a DAW: Timecode Creator or Export CueList for gma3 are built for that. CueSetter makes no timecode, trigger times or fades.
- You need paperwork for the rig and the programming: Moving Light Assistant.
- You want macros for patch, presets or other jobs from your own command templates: GMA Toolbox’s Macro Generator.
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Sources
Checked on 6 October 2026. Product names belong to their owners; CueSetter is not affiliated with any of them.