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Quick Setup

A new show starts in the Launch New Show wizard. It is the one entry point for a new show: it asks for the show, the picture, the sound, the desk, the media server, the timecode and the cloud, in that order, and writes the project file at the end. This page is the short version; Launch New Show walks every step with a picture of each.

Open it from any of these:

  • the Welcome window at launch, with Launch New Show
  • File → New Project (⌘N)
  • Window → Set Up → Launch New Show…

The wizard shows a nine-step rail down the left and moves with Back and Next. The last step has Create Show. Picking a console, a media server or a timecode source adds a setup step for it, up to twelve in all. Skip setup creates the show now with what you have set so far; the rest waits in Project Settings and Preferences.

1. Show details​

Enter the show name. It appears on recordings, overlays, Stage Display and exported cue lists, and you can change it later in Project Settings. The wizard will not move on without a name.

2. Acts & schedule​

Set the number of acts (one to six). For each act, enter its first and last cue, and the interval in minutes that follows it. Below that, add the curtain times. These feed the show start and end cues, the interval timing, and the show times used for Show State tracking and reports.

3. Camera source​

Pick the video source type, then the camera, and confirm the live preview. NDI sources are chosen in Live, where discovery runs, so an NDI show finishes this step with the source type set and picks the feed once the show is open.

4. Program audio​

Pick the program audio input device and channel. A level meter confirms signal. A Monitor toggle with its own output picker lets you listen to the input while you set it.

5. Lighting console​

Pick the desk, or leave it for later:

  • grandMA3: OSC cue input, and cues fired back
  • ETC Eos: OSC cue input, and cues fired back
  • No console: set it up later in Preferences

Picking a desk adds a setup step. It configures the connection and runs a live test in both directions: a cue received from the desk, and a cue fired back with confirmation from the desk. Fire-back targets the sequence the wizard captured (a grandMA3 sequence, an Eos cue list).

6. Media server​

Optional. Pick QLab (cue start and stop, running-cue progress), Pixera (timeline transport and running-cue feedback) or disguise (d3) (transport and section following). Picking one adds a setup step that connects and runs a follow test: fired, stopped, fired again. No media server leaves it for Project Settings.

7. Timecode​

Pick the source, or none:

  • LTC from an audio input and channel
  • MTC, read from every connected MIDI input automatically
  • sACN or Art-Net over the network, with a network-interface picker
  • disguise (d3) timecode feedback

Picking a source adds a setup step that waits for it to arrive and shows it locked.

8. Cloud & team​

Optional. Switch on Create a cloud show for Live Notes, remote crew and run-time history, synced to a show code. It needs a signed-in account; the step shows the account and its licence tier. Add team email addresses, comma-separated, and a show image that appears on the report, Stage Display and Live Notes. The cloud show is created and the image uploaded when you press Create Show.

9. Review & create​

Check the summary and press Create Show. ShowRevue asks where to save the .srshow project file, writes it, and switches on everything you set. The show opens in Live mode.

Finish and test​

Once the show is open:

  1. Fire a cue from the console and confirm it appears in the cue list.
  2. Check the audio meters on the input tracks.
  3. Start a short recording.
  4. Stop it and open playback.

For more detail on any part of the process, continue with: