Trigger modes

Each cue can carry a trigger label — Auto, Manual GO or Follow (called Follow Previous in the waveform menu). The label says how the cue is meant to be called, so the crew reading the cue sheet knows what to expect. It is information only: LTCast does not behave differently because of it.

LTCast does not fire cues, and it never pauses or waits at a Manual GO cue. The only things LTCast sends by itself are the MIDI and OSC triggers you add in the TRIGGERS tab, and those go out at their own timecode. A cue's trigger label is not read by any playback or output code.

The label chip says so itself: hover it on a cue's row in the CUES tab, or the badge in the Tour view, and the tooltip reads Label only — doesn't fire anything.

Where the label shows

As a small chip on the cue's row in the CUES tab: Auto, GO or Follow. A cue with no label set shows no chip.
As a badge on the cue in the Tour view: TC for Auto, on cue for Manual GO and for Follow.
As the trigger column of the cue-sheet CSV and the PDF cue sheet, and in saved cue templates.

Set it in the editor at the bottom of the CUES tab, with the Trigger dropdown on the batch bar for several cues at once, or from the waveform menu (right-click a marker → Trigger, where Unset clears it).

Auto

The cue is tied to its timecode: it happens when the playhead gets there, with no operator decision. Use it for cues that are always in sync with the audio — for example, a lighting scene that always changes at the same moment in the song.

Manual GO

The cue is called by a person at a moment that is not fixed to the timecode — for example, a pyro cue that fires on a performer's action, or a reveal that waits for a stage manager's call. The label tells everyone that this cue is a call, not a timecode event. LTCast itself keeps running and does not wait.

The GO key in LTCast is something else: Enter (or a MIDI mapping set to Trigger Cued Song (GO)) starts the song you have preselected in the setlist. It is a song-level key and has nothing to do with cue labels.

Follow

The cue is meant to follow the one before it, with no timecode of its own. In LTCast it still has its own time and still shows at that time; nothing chains it to the previous cue.

Standby lead time

Every cue, whatever its label, has a standby window. On the NEXT CUE panel and the Operator face the next cue turns amber STANDBY when it is within its Standby (s) lead time (30 seconds if you leave it blank), and red GO in the last 5 seconds. There is an optional beep for both: Settings → Workflow → Appearance → Cue standby/GO beep (off by default).

Choosing a label

As a general guide: use Auto for cues that run on the timecode, Manual GO for cues that need a human call, and Follow for cues that belong with the one before. Because they are labels, you can change them at any time without affecting playback.

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