Board operator
Also called: Board op, Lighting op, Sound op.
The board operator runs the lighting or sound console during a performance, executing each cue on the stage manager's GO. The cues are programmed in advance, so on the night the operator's job is to be ready on every standby and press GO on the word.
In CueCall
The cue sheet is the board operator's list, printable per department, and the export for QLab builds the sound and projection cues in the operator's workspace.
Features
- Tech Cues — Light, sound, deck and other cues recorded against scenes, with a master cue view and filtering by type.
How it works in CueCall
- Master Cue Sheet (Tech Tab): Export for QLab — In the Cues view of the Tech tab, Export for QLab turns the cue sheet into a cue list for QLab 5 — scenes, lighting, mic, sound and projection cues in running order, with the audio, images and video…
Related terms
- Standby and GO — Calling the show is the stage manager speaking each cue to the operators over headset. A warning comes some way ahead; a standby ("Standby LX 12") comes…
- Cue sheet — A cue sheet lists every technical cue in a production in running order, with its number, its department (lighting, sound, fly, automation, followspot…
- Followspot — A followspot is a powerful, manually operated lighting instrument that follows a performer around the stage, run by an operator who picks up and drops the beam…
- A2 — The A2 is the second audio person on a production, working backstage while the A1 mixes the show from the house: fitting and swapping wireless mics, changing…
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