Next Cue panel

The Next Cue panel shows the upcoming cues for the currently playing song in real time, with countdowns and standby timers so the operator always knows what is coming next.

Accessing the panel

Click the NEXT CUE tab in the right panel (alongside CUES, SHOW, and TOOLS). The panel is always visible when the tab is selected, regardless of whether a song is playing.

What the panel shows

The panel displays the following information for the currently loaded song:

• Next cue label and timecode — the label and SMPTE address of the very next cue to fire
• Time remaining countdown — real-time count of seconds until the next cue fires; counts down as playback progresses
• Following cues — a scrollable list of cues after the next one, in sequence order

Standby and GO escalation

LTCast is follower-first — cues fire automatically as the incoming timecode reaches them, so you never call "Go" by hand. Instead, the next cue's countdown escalates so you can anticipate it: it turns amber when the cue enters its standby window (30 seconds by default, or the cue's own standby setting), then red in the final 5 seconds. This mirrors the full-screen operator face, so the docked panel and the face read the same.

You can also enable an audible alert under Settings → Appearance → Cue standby/GO beep: one low beep when the next cue enters standby, two high beeps at the 5-second GO point — so you catch it with your eyes on the stage, not the panel. It plays through the same audio output as the Show Timer beep (set that to Silent to mute all alerts).

Department filtering

If your show has departments configured, a row of department pills appears under the NEXT CUE title. Tap All departments to see every cue, or tap one or more department pills to show only those departments' cues — for example, tap Lighting on its own during a lighting call, or Lighting and Rigging together. Selected pills fill in each department's own colour, matching the colour that department's cues use in the stack. The filter is per-session: it resets to All departments each time you launch, so a stale filter never silently hides cues in a later show.

End of sequence

When no cues remain after the current position, the panel shows "End of sequence — no more cues". This is the operator's confirmation that the song's cue list is complete and no further triggers will fire.