Gavan Swift Released Spotlight Maestro Cue Software
The platform digitizes live production followspot cueing to replace traditional paper plots.
Updated on Sept. 22, 2026 in Software
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Lighting designer Gavan Swift released Spotlight Maestro, a software application that replaces manual paper followspot plots with networked digital cue sheets. The tool, which is now available for production use, functions without an internet connection.
Why it matters
The software eliminates the need for manual updating and reprinting of paper cue sheets in live production environments. It accelerates the cueing process by ensuring that edits update instantly across all operator devices.
Spotlight Maestro runs on the local lighting network and supports three distinct operator layouts. It integrates with ETC Eos, grandMA2, and grandMA3 consoles to automatically sync screens to active spot cues.
The players
Gavan Swift
A lighting designer who created the Spotlight Maestro software to modernize live production workflows.
The details
Spotlight Maestro operates by running on a single computer within a local lighting network, pushing cue data to operator devices through a web browser. The software syncs with major lighting consoles to automatically scroll operator screens to the current cue, and it accepts manual inputs from keyboards, footswitches, and Elgato Stream Decks—a hardware interface with programmable LCD buttons. Edits made to the master plot immediately propagate to all connected screens, and the system generates PDF-based calling scripts, operator sheets, and master plots.
Timeline
Spotlight Maestro was officially released on September 22, 2026.
The Tech Race
This software represents a shift from legacy paper-based followspot cue sheets to centralized, real-time digital management. It competes with manual methods by automating the sync between lighting console state and operator instructions.
Users can download the software for macOS 11 or Windows 11 to manage productions via a per-project license. The system replaces manual paper plots with browser-based interfaces for operators connected to the local network.
The takeaway
Spotlight Maestro replaces static paper cue sheets with dynamic, network-synced digital interfaces. Production teams can evaluate the software's performance on their next production by testing the compatibility with their specific lighting console setup.
Further reading
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More information
Download the software and view full documentation via the spotlight maestro software download.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Etnow.
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