How to edit the Play column

Change how a cue behaves when it reaches the next cue: play once, repeat a fixed number of times, vamp until released, skip, or stop. All of this lives in the Play column of edit view.

Before you begin

  • A show file is loaded.

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Why use the Play column?

Shows files contain the cuelist structure as used in the original production, but your production might have different needs. The Play column gives you per-cue control to customize repeats, cuts and adjust vamps.

Defaults

Every cue ships with a default play state defined by KeyboardTEK in the .ktd     file. The steps below customize that default per-cue. If you change a cue's play state from the default, the text in that column highlights yellow.

Editing the Play cell

  1. Switch to edit view: View → Edit Cuelist (⌘E    ), or click the Edit toggle in the Bottom bar.
  2. Find the cue you want to change. Double-click its Play cell. The cell becomes editable.
  3. Set the Play state, either step with ↑     / ↓     through the available options, or type a value (see the four states below).
  4. Press Return     to confirm. The cell updates and highlights yellow if it differs from the shipped default.

Set a fixed number of repeats

Use this when a section should play an exact amount of times before advancing.

  • Type any number from 1     to 99    . KTPlayer formats (eg, to 2X    , 5X    ).
  • During playback, the quantisation box in the masthead counts iterations: 1/2X     on the first pass, 2/2X     on the second. When the count completes, playback advances to the next cue automatically.
  • 1X     plays once and advances. No count is displayed.

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Set a vamp (loop until Go)

Use this for a vamp, to make a section repeat until cued to advance.

  • Type or step to Vamp    . Displays as ∞    .
  • During playback, KTPlayer loops the section indefinitely. The current cue colors blue; the next cue colors yellow.
  • Press Go to release into the next cue.

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Vamps loop cue-to-cue, not sub-sections

A vamp loops the entire section between this cue and the next cue. You cannot vamp a smaller region within a cue.

Set a skip

Use this for cues you want left in the file but excluded from performance, alternate routings, rehearsal-only beds, etc.

  • Type or step to Skip    . Displays as →    . (Typing 0     also resolves to Skip    .)
  • During playback, the cue is grayed out in the cuelist and its section is grayed out in the timeline; playback skips it entirely.
  • Skipping is different from hiding (see How to hide and show cues). A hidden cue is invisible but still plays if reached; a skipped cue is invisible and doesn't play.

Setting a cue to Skip in the Play column

Add a stop

Use this when playback should stop at this cue, and wait the next Go trigger to start again

  • Type or step to Stop    . Displays as ✖︎    .
  • During playback, KTPlayer halts cleanly when the playback arrives at the cue. The selected cue moves on, and Go fires the following cue.
  • Stop cues are automatically colored red

Setting a cue to Stop in the Play column

Restoring a cue to normal

To remove any of these states, set the cue's Play cell back to 1X    . For example, if a cue is set to Stop     and you no longer want it to stop, double-click its Play cell and set it to 1X     — the cue plays once and advances as normal.

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