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Why decimal cue numbers
On intercom the stage manager calls the run sheet’s numbers: “standby 12”. If the lighting cue for item 12 is also cue 12, nobody has to translate. When an item is squeezed in between 12 and 13, it becomes 12.5 – in the run sheet and in the sequence – and every other number stays where it was.
Sub-cues work the same way. A concert item with a set list becomes cue 12 for the act and 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 for the songs.
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Put a cue between two others
A cue is placed by its number, so give it a number between its neighbours:
Store Sequence 101 Cue 12.5
Label Sequence 101 Cue 12.5 "Award"These are the commands a CueSetter macro uses for a decimal cue, verified on grandMA3 onPC 2.5.1. The cue lands between 12 and 13, and cues 13 onwards keep their numbers. To name cues quickly, see how to label cues in grandMA3.
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How CueSetter numbers the cues
| Run sheet | Cue numbers |
|---|---|
| # column 1, 2, 3 … | 1, 2, 3 – the # is followed (default) |
| Item 12 with three songs, split into sub-cues | 12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 |
| More than nine songs | 12.01, 12.02 … 12.12, so they stay in order |
| One item without a # between 28 and 29 | 28.5 |
| Two items without a # between 28 and 29 | 28.333, 28.667 |
| One item without a # between 1 and 3 | 2 |
| “12,5” with a decimal comma | 12.5 |
| # missing everywhere, or not increasing | 1, 2, 3 … (running numbers) |
Gaps are filled with whole numbers when there is room, otherwise with decimals spread evenly between the neighbours, at most three decimal places. The review step tells you how many cues got an in-between number.
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Follow the run sheet, or number 1, 2, 3
- Follow the run sheet’s # (default): the cue numbers are the item numbers, so the stage manager’s calls match the console.
- Running 1, 2, 3: every item gets the next whole number, whatever the run sheet says. Sub-cues still get .1, .2.
- If the # column can’t be used – missing, not a number, or not increasing – CueSetter numbers 1, 2, 3 and says so in the review.
05
Split a set list into sub-cues
- 1Write the set list in the title cell of the run sheet, one song per line under the act’s name. Our running order template is set up for that.
- 2Upload the run sheet to CueSetter. The act becomes one cue, and the songs are kept as its note.
- 3Press Split on that cue in the review. Each song becomes a sub-cue: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3.
- 4Download the macro and import it on the console.