Sound effects playback for Mac OS X

• Easy visual editing of cue sheets
• One-button playback during performance
• Rearrange, add, or delete cues on the fly
• Visual adjustment of start, stop, fade-in, and fade-out
• Cues can start and stop other cues

New in version 1.2

• Universal binary, so it runs natively on Intel Macs
• Auto-imports files from removable media
• You can select a new file for an existing cue.
• Moving a cue sheet and sound files to a new machine is easier
• New "locate missing sound files" function
• New icon, to avoid confusion between Macs Cue and other apps with much worse price/value ratio
• The system beep is disabled when Macs Cue is running
• The on-deck cue can advance at the start or end of a cue, or never
• More precise control when setting a temporary start time
• Optional reverse video

The complete list of changes is at the version history

Other features

• Unlimited number of cues
• Unlimited number of cue sheets
• Fade-in, fade-out, start, and stop times settable on each cue
• Cues can auto-start the following cue at any time while they're playing
• Plays AIFF, MP3, AU, WAV, and (unprotected) AAC
• Full keyboard control
• Drag and drop too, including direct from iTunes
• No-edit mode prevents accidental changes to your cue sheet
• Multiple cues can play at once (limited only by your computer's speed)
• Individual volume control of cues
• Cues can be chained, and can stop or fade out other cues
• Emergency Stop All function

Cost

Macs Cue is $20 shareware. Unregistered versions are fully functional except that a short bit of silence is inserted every 15 seconds or so. This should allow you to evaluate the program during sound design and rehearsal.

System requirements

• Macs Cue requires OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later.
• Runs natively on Intel Macs.
• Sorry, not available for other platforms.
• Sound output is sent to the default sound output device.