The SM needs paperwork
Stage management runs the show off paper and PDFs, not off your desk. Every version of the sequence means retyping cue numbers into a spreadsheet at midnight.
grandMA3 · MA2 · Lua plugin
v1.0.2 ↗
The cue list,
off the desk.
Onto paper.
CUEPRINT exports your sequence to a clean, printable CSV cue sheet — straight from the console, in one keypress. For the stage manager, the spot ops, and whoever inherits the show file after you.
Plugin Pool Page 1
CUEPRINT ▸ Export Sequence 1 … OK (42 cues)
Main Cues — Act I p.1/4
exported by CUEPRINT v1.0.0 · 19:42 · showfile: tour_rev8
01 / The problem
The show lives in the desk. The people who run it don't.
Spot ops need calls
Followspot operators need cue, target and pickup on a page clipped to the truss. Reading it off the console screen over comms does not scale past cue 12.
The next op needs a map
Handing off a show file without a human-readable cue sheet is handing off a locked room. Archive the paperwork with the show and the revival takes hours, not days.
02 / How it works
01
Import once
Drop cueprint.lua + cueprint.xml in gma3_library/datapools/plugins/ and import into the Plugin pool. Two minutes, one time.
02
Press the pool button
Pick sequence and mode in the popup — Lite writes the CSV cue list, Pro builds the full per-fixture guion. Nothing leaves the console.
03
Print it
The CSV opens clean in Excel or Sheets — Spanish or international format, your pick. The Pro guion opens in any browser and prints to PDF in one click.
03 / Sample output
This is the file it writes.
Toggle tiers: Lite is the CSV cue list, Pro is the per-fixture guion. Real column names, real layout — this is what the plugin writes.
guion_Main_Show.htmlSequence 1 “Main Show”
Cue 3 “Band Reveal”
Trigger: Go · Fade In: 2.5 · Delay: 0.5
| Fixtures | Dimmer | Color | Position | Beam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101–106 | 100 | MEDIUM AMBER | BAND | · |
| 201, 202 | 80 | RED | · | ZOOM 45 |
| 301 | 75 | · | SOLO CS | GOBO 3 |
Cue 4 “Vox Special”
Trigger: Time 5 · Fade In: 1.2
| Fixtures | Dimmer | Color | Position | Beam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101–106, 201, 202 | 0 | · | · | · |
| 301 | 100 | WARM WHITE | VOX | · |
Pro guion — stored values per cue, grouped by identical looks. Prints to PDF from the browser.
04 / Lite vs Pro
Pick your layout.
Lite covers the printable CSV cue list on MA3. Pro adds the guion — the per-fixture rundown of every cue — and reads grandMA2 XML exports too.
| Feature | Lite $4.99 | Pro $7.99 |
|---|---|---|
| grandMA3 console & onPC (v2.x) | ● | ● |
| CSV cue list (cue, name, trigger, fades, delay) | ● | ● |
| Sequence by number, name or selection | ● | ● |
| Excel format: Spanish (;) / international (,) | ● | ● |
| Guion HTML — per-fixture values per cue | — | ● |
| Color swatches, preset chips, look grouping | — | ● |
| One-step export from the console | — | ● |
| Print to PDF from any browser | — | ● |
| grandMA2 support (XML exports via viewer) | — | ● |
| Free 1.x updates | ● | ● |
| Support | Priority email | |
| One-time purchase · 14-day refunds | Buy Lite | Buy Pro |
Checkout, VAT/sales tax, receipts and license keys handled by Lemon Squeezy (Merchant of Record).
Running MA2? It's the workflow you already know: export the sequence, print from the HTML. The Pro viewer is that HTML step, working again in modern browsers — validated against real MA2 v3.9 exports, nothing installs on the desk.
05 / Field record
CSV and guion validated on a real grandMA3 console mid-production — cue numbering, fade columns and Excel formatting checked against the desk, not a simulator.
A 68-cue theatre show exported to XML on a grandMA2 and printed through the Pro viewer — the MA2 parser is validated against real v3.9 exports, not the spec.
Every property read is guarded and logged, and Discovery mode ships in the plugin — any future MA3 version can verify its own property names before show-critical use.
06 / Standby
Next sheet: one keypress away.
14-day refund policy · free 1.x updates · no subscription