MiX16 Show Cue Lite
Professional Show Control
£9.99
MiX16 Show Cue Lite is a professional show control app for creating and running shows with audio, video, images, text, lighting, MIDI, OSC and automation cues on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Control your show with one button - as easy as it gets.
Designed for theatres, concerts, bands, live performers, magic shows, weddings, schools, churches, events and more.
Why MiX16 Show Cue Lite:
• One app for Mac, iPad and iPhone, with the same familiar interface across all supported devices
• Multimedia cues - audio, MIDI, video and images
• Text cues with customizable text, fonts, sizes and colors
• Lighting cues - DMX512, Art-Net and Open Fixture Library fixtures
• Live input cues using internal or external microphones and cameras
• Automation cues - time, volume, pan and command
• Group cues for pre-show music playlists, lighting sequences and other groups of cues
• Section cues for organizing and navigating complete parts of your show
• MIDI and OSC control
• AirPlay support
MiX16 Show Cue Lite supports up to 50 cues and is designed for simpler shows. Project management is not available in the Lite version.
For unlimited cues and projects, upgrade to MiX16 Show Cue Pro.
more Tried adding audio file into lite version. Nothing worked. No incentive to purchase the full version if I can't test it first.
Developer Response Please send an email to info@mix16apps.com and we will help you solve your problem. Please note that playing audio file is the most basic feature of the app and it works 100%. Which means your problem must be local, but we need more info from you to help you solve it.
Tried adding audio file into lite version. Nothing worked. No incentive to purchase the full version if I can't test it first.
Please send an email to info@mix16apps.com and we will help you solve your problem. Please note that playing audio file is the most basic feature of the app and it works 100%. Which means your problem must be local, but we need more info from you to help you solve it.
Fixed important performance bug.
Also new in version 8.1:
• Section Cue - organize your show into sections and quickly move, duplicate, delete or play entire sections.
• Audio Editor - offline, non-destructive audio editing with EQ, filters, reverb, delay, pitch, rate and output gain. The original audio file is never modified. This corrects the Audio Editor description in the 8.1 release notes.
• Optimized for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27.
8.1.1 3 days ago
Section Cue - organize your show into sections and quickly move, duplicate, delete or play entire sections.
Audio Editor - edit, process and enhance Audio Cues with trimming, fades, normalization, EQ, compression and more. Original audio files are never modified.
Optimized for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.1 4 days ago
Added Japanese language.
Bug fixes and improvements.
8.0 31 Aug
Added User Manual link to Tools menu.
Fixed a few minor bugs.
7.1 24 Jun
Added Live Speech.
Added Audio Delay Time setting to Video Cue type.
Added Command Before Play, Command After Play, Command Before Stop, Command After Stop settings to Command Cue type.
Added Audio Delay Time, Command Before Play, Command After Play, Command Before Stop, Command After Stop to Apply to.
Fixed app crash in some cases when rotating device.
7.0 10 Jun
Added group cue volume - adjust audio volume and video opacity of all audio and video cues in a group (acts like a master).
Added group cue timeline editor - visually adjust group cues playback delay time (to use this feature group setting simultaneous playback must be turned on).
Added cue settings editor - display and edit selected cue settings inside main window (turn this feature on/off from main toolbar by pressing circle with pen icon).
Improved volume and pan cue logic - automate volume and pan for multiple cues at once (enter multiple cues numbers separated by commas).
Improved command cue logic - play, pause and stop previous or next cue (instead of cue number use letter P for previous or N for next cue).
Improved sidebar cue edit tools - added duplicate feature.
Other bug fixes and improvements.
6.0 25 Feb
Added undo/redo functionality (for last 5 actions).
Fixed some important bugs.
New logo in case you didn't notice. :)
5.8 30 Jan
Added audio cue main and headphones audio output (set in general Settings). Multichannel audio output device needed!
Important bug fixes regarding audio cue playback speed and cue playback delay time from version 5.5.
5.7 23 Jan
Added cue playback delay time.
Added audio cue playback speed.
Added group cue simultaneous playback.
Bug fixes and improvements.
5.5 17 Jan
Bug fixes and improvements under the hood.
5.2 04/12/2025
Added MIDI Thru functionality.
Added group cue shuffle mode.
Group cue bug fixes and improvements.
5.1 25/11/2025
BOOM! Version 5.0 is here. :)
Added group cue - create pre-show music playlist, create lighting sequence, etc. with only one cue required in the main playlist.
Added pan cue - create audio cue pan automation from left to right, center to left, etc. with fully customised start pan, end pan and duration settings.
Added new general settings (experimental mode, for details contact us):
- video audio track selection (if video contains multiple audio tracks, you can select desired audio track for playback),
- cue note size and color (applies to all cues),
- MediaStar Pro remote play / stop inverted mode (stop button will play next cue, play button will stop all cues).
Fixed cue settings "apply to" functionality.
5.0 12/11/2025
Remote control functionality improvements.
4.8.1 24/10/2025
Added remote control functionality - control playback with standard HID media remote devices (enable it in Settings, but note when enabled you can not use Live Input).
Full screen view improvements - playing cue and next cue colors are now displayed on screen.
OSC improvements - reset play status and cues count commands, cue time and color info.
Minor bug fixes.
4.8 22/10/2025
Added Tiles View Grid Size setting (min 4 x 4, max 10 x 10 tiles).
Added lighting master volume keyboard, MIDI and OSC actions.
MIDI and OSC bug fixes and improvements.
4.7 08/10/2025
Added GO-STOP mode (enable it in Settings). Default mode - GO always triggers next cue. GO-STOP mode - pressing GO triggers next cue, pressing GO again stops triggered cue, etc.
Added ON AIR mode (enable it in Tools menu). When this mode is enabled all volume and time sliders are disabled. Project, add, move and delete cue buttons and also cue settings are hidden.
Added cues MIDI and OSC general mapping. You can create MIDI and OSC mapping (play, pause, stop and volume) for unlimited number of cues and save it as template. Last used mapping is also saved in your project.
Added support for four external displays on macOS. From Tools menu you can now load up to four video output windows and position them to your external displays as desired.
Improved DMX channels MIDI logic. Now supports MIDI OUT.
Improved OSC logic. Audio and lighting master volume and cue note info is sent to OSC devices and apps.
Fixed stopped color in Tiles view. When cue is stopped, cue name goes to red instead of default "not played" color.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes under the hood.
4.6 10/09/2025
Added pause and stop buttons and time slider to cue grid view user interface.
Added preview window disabled setting - preview window can now be disabled (hidden) when playing visual cues.
Added move action for sidebar cues - move sidebar cue up, down, to top or to bottom.
Improved sidebar behaviour - sidebar resizes (shrinks) when preview window is displayed.
Improved project single playback mode - added option to stop all playlist and also sidebar cues.
Fixed entering time in decimal seconds - both comma and dot are supported now.
Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
4.5 12/06/2025
Added cue view - selected cue can be viewed (and managed) at the bottom of the app window with name, note, playback controls, time and volume.
Added GO Auto Select Cue setting - when pressing GO button, triggered or next cue will be automatically selected (based on this setting).
Improved master volume display in full screen view mode - now system volume is displayed as well (when changing).
4.4 07/05/2025
Added master volume display (when changing) in full screen view mode.
4.3.5 02/04/2025
Fixed a bug when using external keyboard.
4.3.1 14/03/2025
Added play, pause and stop cue to before and after play and stop cue commands.
Added chroma key filter to video, image and live input cues (for video cues filter works on macOS only).
Added option to turn off video capture device in live input cue (play live audio only).
Added option to send lighting cues DMX data to multiple IP addresses (separate IP addresses with comma).
Added option to merge lighting cue template with current lighting cue channels setup.
Added option to set DMX universe for each lighting cue.
Improved time (fade, duration, etc.) logic. Time can now be entered in hh:mm:ss format as well.
Improved video cue pause on stop logic.
Fixed live input cue filter logic.
4.3 01/03/2025
Added system standard keyboard shortcuts for project actions on macOS, for example Cmd + O for Open Project, Cmd + S for Save Project, etc.
Added stop all sidebar cues command (cue before and after play and stop commands).
Improved adding multimedia cues - cues are added to playlist in order as they were selected in open dialog window.
Improved command cue - play / stop sidebar cue (use sidebar cue name).
Improved lighting discovery mode - tap and hold on channel number to enter new channel number.
Improved MIDI input commands - added value parameter (optional), enter it manually inside brackets, for example NOTE ON,1, 1, (10-80).
Improved OSC output functionality - added OSC Automatic Cue Output setting. When enabled, app will automatically send predefined OSC messages for cue play, pause, stop and volume actions.
Improved audio waveform timeline - more detailed waveform display.
And as always - other minor bug fixes and improvements under the hood to keep the app the most stable show business app on the market. :)
4.1 17/01/2025
BOOM! Version 4.0 is here. :)
ADDED
• Scriptor - menu Tools (three dots icon) > Scriptor. Write or import (.txt and .rtf file formats are supported) your script and add links to trigger cues, GO, stop all cues, etc. directly from text. Scriptor content is saved with project.
• Video Timeline (enable it in Settings) - when editing video cue timeline, visual timeline of your video will be displayed.
• Lighting Discovery Mode - in lighting cue editor tap (click) on flashlight icon and simply discover lights you need in your lighting cue.
• Lighting Channels Colors - in lighting cue editor tap (click) on palette icon then tap (click) on lighting channel palette icon to color it. When using fixtures, selected color will be applied to all channels in a fixture.
• Lighting Channels Fixture Split View - in lighting channel editor use menu Tools (three dots icon) and first turn off Show All Channels then turn on Fixture Split View. Fixtures will be displayed as groups bellow master and regular channels.
• Custom Open Fixtures - save lighting cue active channels as custom fixtures. Active channels means all channels with names, regardless of channels values.
IMPROVED
• DMX channels mapping is now saved to project.
• DMX channels midi input commands are now saved to project.
• Last added Open Fixture Library device is stored for current session and it will be automatically selected when adding new device.
• Long press on big stop button toggles playback mode (single cue or multiple cues playback).
• When lighting blind mode is turned off, last lighting scene used before blind mode will be preserved, regardless changes made during blind mode turned on.
• Other minor improvements under the hood.
FIXED
• Command cue - loop cues fix (video cues crashed app), stop all cues fix (play next cue did not work).
• Other minor fixes under the hood.
A special thanks to Jernej Rogelj, Blaž Košir and other users for their ideas, suggestions and bugs found.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
4.0 12/12/2024
Added Display Artwork Image option (enable or disable in Settings).
Added feature to change desired lighting channels for all lighting cues at once.
User interface improvements.
3.3 14/10/2024
New command cue commands - Play / Stop Cues and Loop Cues.
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.2 03/10/2024
Fixed important performance bug.
Also new in version 8.1:
• Section Cue - organize your show into sections and quickly move, duplicate, delete or play entire sections.
• Audio Editor - offline, non-destructive audio editing with EQ, filters, reverb, delay, pitch, rate and output gain. The original audio file is never modified. This corrects the Audio Editor description in the 8.1 release notes.
• Optimized for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27.
more Version 8.1.1 3 days ago
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