Audio Cues

Audio control for live performance. Manage sound for theatre, dance and more.

Audio Cues is designed for live performance. With just an Android phone or tablet, you can create and run simple audio designs for theatre, dance, and other live entertainment. Backing tracks for musicians, sound effects for magicians, music and other sounds for DJs: all are possible with this simple app.

In-App Purchase: Unlimited Shows and Cues

Audio Cues permits up to 2 shows on each device and up to 10 cues per show without any payment or registration. An in-app purchase adds support for Unlimited Shows and Cues. In-app purchases are connected to Google accounts rather than individual devices, so the Unlimited Shows and Cues package will be recognized wherever you download the app with your account.

April 2025: New Soundboard mode added

A new "Soundboard" mode displays a show's cues in a grid of buttons. When you tap or click a cue's button, that cue is launched.

July 2025: New release available for public testing

Try the new Oboe-based audio playback engine! Oboe is a native low-latency library that delivers more responsive playback. Audio Cues still defaults to using the Android SDK's trusty MediaPlayer API internally, but you can switch to Oboe with the new "Audio playback engine" setting. Join the testing group at https://bit.ly/AudioCuesBeta.

Features

Audio Cues supports five kinds of cues:

• Audio cues work with all standard audio file formats, including WAV, OGG and more.

• Fade cues can change a targeted audio cue's volume and pan from one channel to the other.

• Stop cues immediately stop targeted audio cues.

• Pause/Play cues act as a toggle switch, pausing or playing the targeted audio cues depending on whether they're currently playing.

• Go to cues let you jump to another cue and optionally play it right it right away.

Other features include:

• Integration with Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox to transfer audio files to your Android device

• Support for Bluetooth media remote controls, keyboards, and Flic 2 buttons to trigger cues during performances

• Backup and restore shows to ZIP files

Keyboard shortcuts:

• Up and down cursor keys to scroll through the cue list

• Space bar to trigger the Go button

• Esc to stop all running cues

• Configurable keyboard shortcuts for navigation and running cues

Importing Audio Files

Import audio files from:

• File sharing services such as Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive

• An SD card or thumb drive

• The device's internal storage

We recommend Audacity, a free desktop application, for creating audio files.

For more details about the app's features, read the User guide at

http://bit.ly/AudioCuesUserGuide.

Tech support and feature requests

Having trouble with the app? Got a great idea for a new feature? Send an email to: [email protected]

The developer

Audio Cues was designed and developed by Seattle-based Radial Theater Project's Producing Director, David Gassner. In addition to being an active theatre artist, he teaches software development skills for LinkedIn Learning.

Radial Theater Project

Proceeds from Audio Cues in-app purchases support Radial Theater Project's productions in Seattle, WA. Learn more at https://radialtheater.org.