Introducing the Cuelist

Live performance is chaotic. You've got your guitar, your board, your in-ears, the monitor wedge that's feeding back, and somewhere in there you're supposed to remember that the second song uses a completely different MIDI configuration than the first.

The Cuelist was built to remove one of those variables entirely.

What Is Cuelist?

Cuelist is a MIDI controller pedal designed specifically for managing setlists. Not just triggering presets — actually managing your entire show, song by song, section by section.

You build a song bank: a master library of every song you play. Each song has sections (verse, chorus, bridge, solo — whatever makes sense for your workflow). Each section sends whatever MIDI messages your rig needs: Program Changes to your amp's preamp channel, Control Changes to your loop switcher, whatever.

Then you build setlists from that bank. Reorder, rename, add, remove. When you're done, you push the whole thing to the pedal.

On Stage

No laptop. No phone. No tablet. The pedal knows your setlist. Step forward through songs, step back if you need to call an audible. The right MIDI commands go out at the right time.

The Technology

Cuelist can be managed two ways: via the pedal's built-in Wi‑Fi editor (the pedal creates its own access point) or via USB. In Edit mode the pedal shows a QR code that encodes the Wi‑Fi credentials — scan the QR to join the pedal's network, then open http://cuelist.local in your browser to reach the editor. If mDNS doesn't resolve, use the IP displayed on the pedal screen.

USB-C provides class‑compliant MIDI to your computer (works with DAWs) and is used by the web updater/flasher when connecting directly. The 5‑pin MIDI DIN is output-only (unpowered) and is intended to send MIDI to other pedals and devices. The editor and flasher are browser-based and require no special drivers.

What's Next

This is version one. There's a lot more planned — expanded MIDI support, improved sync, and hardware improvements. Follow the blog for updates.