Event Run of Show Software
for Event Producers, Show Callers, Directors & Event Professionals
What is it?
SignaCue℠ is cloud-based cue sheet and rundown software for building, sharing, printing, and calling live event run of show documents in real time.
Frequently Asked Questions
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In the event industry people use these terms interchangeably also abbreviating Run of Show to ROS. Clients tend to call it the Show Agenda and event professionals sometimes call the Director’s version a “Tech Run of Show” to denote the connection to technical event cues that are called out.
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SignaCue℠ is specialized software with specific tools that help build, share and call events faster and easier than ever.
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First, SignaCue℠ removes all of the redundant, manual manipulations of formulas, text and page formatting, typing or copying and pasting cue types and repeated cues. This increases speed, reduces human error and helps you focus on the show instead of broken formulas and aesthetics. Unique tools for rundowns, like “item linking”, “optional items”, “item locking”, give the editor capabilities that are impossible to reproduce on a normal spreadsheet.
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Sharing a SignaCue℠ rundown with a co-editor gives them live access to all the same features that make building a run of show fast and easy. When you make a sheet public, the password protected page is available to crew and event staff and your team will enjoy real-time sync and a range of show specific capabilities that help the team communicate, stay on the same item and track and manage show timing in a way that generic online documents can’t replicate.
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You can do that too! At any time you can print your rundown from the build page or the public page. The print or PDF will always format thoughtfully to keep formatting neat and legibility high. You can “print as DRAFT” and have your print or PDF watermarked with the word “DRAFT” when it is not really ready to share as a final product.
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No problem. We believe that you will find that building, printing and/or PDF’ing your rundowns will be faster and easier on SignaCue and subscriptions are economically priced. We recommend that users have a backup PDF or printed copy of their sheets in the event of computer malfunction, network failure or other digital disruptions. Users can easily choose to use prints, PDFs, Cue Mode or Live Mode to get to their preferred method of support.
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Yes, sheets and groups of sheets for the same show can be easily shared with other subscription holders or others that you assign to one of your available seats (for Directors Subscription holders) and they can access and edit the sheets you share.
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No. Your event staff, crew, clients and anyone you want to share with can join the Public Page using a password that you set and will have access to all the interactive tools on the public page that will help keep you in sync.
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Layout: Our cues stack vertically under the associated items to create a cleaner, easier to read view
Hidden empty cues: When there is no cue for an associated cue type, that cue type is hidden—decluttering the view.
Unique Features: There are quite a few unique features built into SignaCue℠ for building the rundown and calling the live show that are not found in any other online tool.
Pricing and Subscription types: SignaCue℠ is very economical for individual users who want to save money. Still economical as a Director who wants to manage 5 or more seats on your account and great for occasional users who just need it for a couple months at a time and don’t want automatic renewal to keep up with.
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On the Build page: while creating you have: Item Linking, Optional Items, Item Locking, and Personal Notes along with all the expected create, duplicate, insert, color, and reordering.
On the Public page: when sharing with your crew for rehearsing and running the show, AutoFollow, Cue Monitoring, Live Feedback, Item Status, Backtimer Clock, Out of Sequence Item Go, Optional Item Go, Auto-Start on time along with the expected visibilities on your Items and Cues.
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Our cues stack vertically under the item description and timing so that all the cues related to the item are clearly separated from other items. This avoids “line jumping”, where you accidentally read the cue from the line above or below the cue you are intending to read
Also, there is only so much “real estate” horizontally, so for shows with many cue types and verbose cue needs, the horizontal layout either goes off the page horizontally or squeezes all the copy into a poor vertical layout.
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For cue types and cues (eg cue type “Audio” and cue “RF Mic #2”), by default, when there is no text in a cue type’s field, the cue get’s hidden on prints, pdfs and on the public page. This reduces the clutter on the page by not repeating the cue type labels and then wasting blank space for a cue that you are not going to call. Keeps you focused on the cues you DO need to call.
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Yes! We did want to explicitly say that when you drag and drop (or use the keyboard shortcuts) to reorder items and when you change the durations of any item, the math is recalculated down the sheet based on the current items’ durations. In a Live Run of the event on the public page, the PLANNED TIMINGS are continuously compared to the ACTUAL TIMINGS to keep you aware of how the actual event is going compared to the plan and whether you are going to end on time based on the Live Run of timings.
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You CAN NOT create, edit or be the director on a public sheet without a subscription.
You CAN join the live public page as a crew member, add your name and position to the crew list, toggle autofollow on/off, add personal notes to items, send live feedback on items and cues, print or pdf the rundown, and see all of the interactions that the director engages during the live show.