SCS Help Contents

This help file is for SCS Version 11.10.5.
Change history can be viewed at Recent Changes.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS, repeat ALWAYS complete at least one dry run (a 'dry tech') of the entire show at least a week before the first performance or first dress rehearsal of any show. This is to give you the opportunity to identify and fix any issues ahead of time.

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Introduction to the Show Cue System

•Overview 

•Prerequisites 

•How SCS Works - Please read!

•Running the Demo 

•Feature Comparison 

The Main Window

•Main Window Toolbar 

•Meter Display and Master Faders 

•Changing the Levels of All Playing Cues 

•Cue Panels 

•Linking Audio Device Levels

•Cue and Sub-Cue Descriptions 

•Keyboard Shortcuts 

•Find Cue

•Clock Timers

The 'Load Production' Window

•New Production

•Use Template

•Open Favorite

•Open Existing

Faders Window

•External 'Control Surface' Setup

The Editor

•Starting and Using the Editor 

•Editor Toolbar 

•Editor Sidebar and Cue List 

•Undoing, Redoing and Saving Your Changes 

•Production Properties 

•General

•Devices

•Audio Output Devices

•Video Audio Devices

•Video Capture Devices

•Fixture Types

•Lighting - DMX Devices and Fixtures

•Control Send Devices - MIDI

•Control Send Devices - RS232

•Control Send Devices - Network

•Control Send Devices - HTTP

•Cue Control Devices - MIDI

•Cue Control Devices - RS232

•Cue Control Devices - Network

•Cue Control Devices - DMX

•Live Inputs

•Input Groups

•VST Plugins

•Time Profiles

•Run Time Settings

•Import Devices from another SCS Cue File

•Cue Properties 

•Time-Based Cues

•Callable Cues

•Standby Cues

•Re-Number Cues

•Cue-Start Confirmation

•Hotkey Banks

•Cue Types

•Audio File Cues

•Stop / Fade-Out / Release (SFR) Cues 

•Level Change Cues 

•Playlist Cues 

•Video/Image Cues 

•Lighting Cues

•Control Send Cues 

•MTC/LTC Cues

•Note Cues

•Memo Cues 

•Go To Cues 

•Set Position Cues 

•'Call Cue' Cues

•Run External Program Cues 

•Enable/Disable Cues

•Live Input Cues

•Collect Production Files 

•Bulk Edit Cues 

•Copy Properties from another Cue or Sub-Cue

•Copy, Move, Delete or Sort a Range of Cues

•Drag and Drop 

•Import Cues from another SCS Cue File 

•Import Cues from a CSV File 

•Export Cues to a new SCS Cue File 

Options and Settings

•General Options

•Display Options

•Cue List Columns

•Audio Driver Settings - DirectSound/WASAPI

•Audio Driver Settings - ASIO (BASS)

•Audio Driver Settings - ASIO (SM-S)

•Video Driver Settings

•Remote App Interface

•Functional Mode (Primary/Backup)

•Shortcuts

•Editing Options

•Session Options 

SoundMan-Server

•Encoded Files Folder 

Miscellaneous

•Starting SCS

•Time Fields

•Using SCS Sliders

•Sound File Recommendations 

•Gapless Playback

•Printing the Cue List

•Device Maps

•Portability (transferring your files to another computer)

•Special Folders

•Auto-Starting a Cue File

•Production Timer

•MIDI Time Code (MTC)

•DMX Display Window

•Lighting Control by External Fader

•Setting up a Backup Computer

•Move to Time (M2T)

•Group Cues

Production Live Running

•Setting Up For a Production 

•Setting Up Your Video Projector For Videos and Still Images 

•Playing Cues for a Show 

Troubleshooting

•Problem Starting SCS

•Video Problems

•Fixing Stuttering or Skipping Audio 

•ASIO Problems 

•Outputs 3/4 and 5/6 Swapped 

•Linked Audio Files Out Of Sync 

Credits, Terms and Conditions, Registering

•Credits 

•Terms and Conditions 

•Registering SCS 

•Recent Changes