Tracking
One large card per cue, only this spot's cues, scrolling with the console. The active cue is held high and centred; the next is lit and waiting. Three styles to choose from. Advance by touch, keys or footswitch.
The Followspot Cueing System
The spot plot that
follows the console.
Spotlight Maestro is followspot cueing software for live production. It retires the paper plot. Every operator gets a live cue sheet on their own screen. It tracks your ETC Eos or grandMA console, scrolls to the cue you are in, and keeps every spot, the caller and the production desk on the same page.
Active
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Follows the console, cue by cue
Eos grandMA2 grandMA3 every device scrolls to the matching spot cue
Next
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One plot, every operator
one host machine Mac or Windows any browser joins edits sync live
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A calling script, written for you
every cue as a spoken line concise and accurate read it live or print it
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Roles that match the show
Author Admin Operator Touring Operator every edit logged
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Offline is the whole point
fixed IPs or DHCP no internet required nothing loads from the web while it runs
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Paper when you want it
CSV in and out operator sheets master plot calling script as clean PDFs
One desk runs the whole venue.
The master plot, the calling script and the console screen, live on one production desk.
The production desk · master plot, calling script, Stream Deck and the console screen
And every operator updated instantly.
A tablet on a stand replaces the paper plot. Only that spot's cues, scrolling with the console, with the active cue held high and the next one lit and waiting.
Nothing is installed on any device. If it has a current browser, it is a spot plot.
The booth · the operator's own cue sheet
Three layouts for every follow spot.
On the tablets the operators already hold.
List
The traditional cue sheet as a compact table, easy reading at arm's length on a stand. Designed for landscape view or laptop. Operators with edit rights change any cell in place.
Summary
The reference sheet: colour loads with gel names and numbers, the size shorthand spelled out, the cast with photographs, the scenes with their cues. PDF function for printing.
Bought once, for your production.
Licensed per production and bought outright. No subscription. No monthly fee, no renewal date, and nothing to reactivate. It never phones home and it never expires.
Before you ask.
Does it work with ETC Eos?
Yes. It tracks the Eos console over the show network, and every operator's cue sheet scrolls to the live cue the moment the console fires it.
Does it work with grandMA?
Yes, grandMA2 and grandMA3, the same way.
What do the operators need?
Any tablet, phone or laptop with a browser, on the show Wi-Fi. There is nothing to install on their devices.
Does it need the internet?
No. It runs on the show network, and nothing loads from the web during a performance.
How many followspots?
Up to twenty per production, with any number of screens reading the plot.
What does it cost?
US$60 per production, plus tax at checkout. Every operator is included and there is no subscription.
Can I try it first?
Yes. The demo licence is free, never expires, and comes with a plotted sample show. It caps the plot at thirty cues; everything else is the full app.
Can I bring in my existing cue sheet?
Yes, as a CSV file: from a spreadsheet, or exported from CuePoints.
Step through. See how it works.
Eight pages walk the whole system, from the first download to the calling script.