What is in the Beta, What is Not

This page reflects CueForge 0.99.1 beta. It is the honesty contract for the manual: what has passed real acceptance in the application, what is implemented but still awaiting physical validation, and what is not in this beta at all.

Available and verified

These workflows have passed acceptance in the real application:

Area	Status	Notes
Cue authoring — all 12 cue types	Available	Via the Add menu; computed cue numbers; groups (Sequential and Scene)
Audio cues	Available	Playback, fades, loops, buses, multichannel mapping editor, Start Offset
Audio Deep Editor	Available	Waveform, markers, beat grid, phrase authoring baseline, audition transport
Video cues	Available	Play to natural completion, pause/resume holding position, seek, replay, output windows reattach at live position
Image cues	Available	Layered composition, display duration, backgrounds, geometry
Show Mode	Available	Workspaces, GO/STOP/PAUSE/RESUME/PANIC, Show Lock, Blackout, Test Pattern, Take Next
Preflight	Available	Blocking errors vs acknowledged warnings; Jump to cue
Saving, undo, autosave	Available	One action = one undo step; autosave every 30 s with Restore/Ignore recovery
Missing media recovery	Available	Relink (folder scan repairing multiple references); Replace via the cue editor
External control — OSC / MIDI / HTTP	Available	Verified with real software senders; exactly-once execution; Control Mapping and Trigger Inbox
Outputs and commissioning	Available	Logical outputs, output windows, generated commissioning patterns

Implemented, validation in progress

These are implemented and covered by automated tests, but physical or operator acceptance is not yet complete:

Area	Status	Notes
Audio device routing and bindings	Early Access	MacBook speaker playback and the named Studio 1824c LTC setup checked; full multichannel output/hardware acceptance remains setup-specific
APC Mini MKII control profile	Early Access	Nine faders, pads, LED feedback, reconnect resync — physical session pending
Allen & Heath SQ control profile	Early Access	GO/Stop/Panic/Pause/Resume/Next/Previous — physical session pending
SoundSwitch Control One profile	Early Access	Play/Pause, Back, Shift, BPM Tap, encoders — physical session pending
Cmd+Q quit in Edit Mode	Early Access	Works in Show Mode; Edit Mode physical acceptance being finalised. If quit does not respond in Edit Mode, use CueForge → Quit CueForge
Display hotplug	Early Access	Availability handling implemented; live hotplug validation in progress
Non-QWERTY keyboard layouts	Early Access	Shortcuts follow the active layout by character; the AZERTY physical keymap pass is in progress

Beta limitations

These work differently than you might expect, or not at all, in this beta:

• External LTC/MTC input and timecode cue firing are implemented. Physical LTC acceptance covers MA3 into Studio 1824c Input 8 at 25 fps; other devices/rates and Windows still need setup-specific acceptance. This is not a general media-chase guarantee.
• Timed video Dissolve Take is not implemented at runtime. Dissolve is authored but fails deterministically — use Cut. Preflight warns when a dissolve is selected.
• Phrases do not fire outputs. They are show-design regions describing song structure; advanced phrase features are deferred.
• Dedicated Preview output is not yet available. The Preview route aliases Master; a true preview path is pending.
• Actor Support is optional and production-dependent. Playback wiring refinement is deferred — rehearse with it before relying on it in a show.

Private-beta distribution and licensing

The Apple Silicon Mac package passed packaged-app smoke and audio/seek checks. It is ad-hoc signed and not notarized. A Windows x64 installer was built, but is unsigned and has not passed native Windows installation/hardware acceptance.

Personal signed private-beta licenses and machine activation requests/responses work in the release build. Current invitations expire on 31 December 2026. Capabilities require a valid license; release builds do not accept Development entitlements. See Licensing.

Early access

Area	Status	Notes
grandMA3 / QLab / Resolume send	Early Access	Designed to send against these targets; not yet validated against real installations. Verify in your environment before showtime

Planned

Area	Status	Notes

| Automation / macros | Planned | Post-beta roadmap |

Not available

• grandMA2 — documentation draft only; there is no runtime support in this beta.