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The Downstage One and the Cue lights are on their way. We are finishing their certification first. Join the waitlist and we will email you the day they open.
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Downstage One
The show clock, with Companion onboard. Two HDMI outputs, and every browser on the network becomes a timer view.
Meet the lights.
Two shapes of one light. The Cue Mini sends all its light forward, for the brightest face on a camera, a monitor or a lectern. The Cue 360 spreads it round a frosted tower, for a light the whole room can see. Both join your WiFi and follow Bitfocus Companion, and the Hex plugs into either one for the presenter.
Cue Mini
The bright one.
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Join the waitlistAll its light, forward25 LEDs behind a diffuser, aimed one way: the brightest face for an operator, a monitor or a lectern. Red on air, green in preview, dark otherwise.
The face is a buttonPress it to press its Companion key.
On your WiFi4Each light is its own Companion surface.
On the camera1/4-20, hot shoe adapter in the box. About 29 x 35 x 19 mm.
Number tagsClip-in tags on the back, so everyone knows which camera it is. Tags 1 to 4 in the box.
Takes a Hex3Plug a Hex into its port and the presenter gets a light too.
USB-C power5A USB-C charger or power bank.
Cue 360
Seen from every side.
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Join the waitlistSeen from anywhereThe same 25 LEDs under a frosted tower, so the talent, the crew and the floor all see it from any angle. Red on air, green in preview, dark otherwise.
The tower is a buttonPress it to press its Companion key.
On your WiFi4Each light is its own Companion surface.
Mounts anywhereA 1/4-20 in its back, for an arm, a stand or a hot shoe adapter. About 30 x 29 x 35 mm.
Number tagsClip-in tags on its side, the same as the Cue Mini's. Tags 1 to 4 in the box.
Takes a Hex3Plug a Hex into its port and the presenter gets a light too.
USB-C power5A USB-C charger or power bank.
Hex talent light
The presenter's light.
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Join the waitlistOne soft glow37 LEDs behind a frosted face, so it is easy to look at from a few feet away. Red on air and green in preview, with its light, or any colour from a Companion button of its own. Or set it to red only, so the presenter knows which lens to find.
Plugs into a Cue light3On a cable from a Cue Mini or Cue 360, and follows its tally. No WiFi or setup of its own.
Aim itA 1/4-20 on the back, for a ball head or a magic arm.
SlimAbout 40 mm across and 16 mm deep.
Powered by the lightIt runs from the Cue light it plugs into.
Add-ons
Number tag set
All twelve clip-in tags, 1 to 8 and A to D, for the Cue 360 and Cue Mini. Tags 1 to 4 come in each box.
Add it at checkout, or buy it on its own.
A Cue Mini with your light
A discount with any other light, one per order. Add it at checkout.
Ways to set it up.
On the camera.
A Cue Mini for the operator, and a Hex on its cable for the presenter.
With a Downstage One.2
Companion runs inside the One, so the lights join it with no computer to keep running.
Questions about ordering.
When can I buy one?
Soon. Pre-orders for the Cue Mini, the Cue 360 and the Hex talent light open once the lights finish their certification. Join the waitlist and we will email you the day they open. When you pre-order, you can cancel any time before your order ships for a full refund. Meet the lights.
Cue Mini or Cue 360?
Choose by where people look at it from. If they face it straight on, like a camera operator, a presenter at a monitor or a speaker at a lectern, take the Cue Mini: all its light goes forward, so it is the brighter of the two face on. If they come at it from every side, like talent on a set or a stage manager's desk in a busy room, take the Cue 360: its tower glows all the way round. Otherwise they are the same light, with the same button, number tags, Hex port and setup.
What does the Hex plug into?
The port beside the USB-C on a Cue Mini or a Cue 360, on its own cable. It shows that light's tally for the presenter: red on air, green in preview. It can also show red only, or follow a Companion button of its own in any colour. It has no WiFi or setup of its own, and it runs on the power of the light it plugs into.
What if it isn't right for my show?
Cancel a pre-order any time before it ships for a full refund. Once it arrives, you have 30 days to send it back in working condition for a refund; you pay the shipping on a return. Every light is covered by our one-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship; if one fails, we repair or replace it, and we send you a prepaid label to ship it to us. Email hello@downstage.systems.
What powers them?
USB-C, on the Cue Mini and the Cue 360: a USB-C charger or a power bank. Some camera USB ports cannot supply enough power, so check yours before the show. The Hex runs from the light it plugs into, so give that light a charger rated for both. The lights have no battery: they run on USB power only.
More questions? Email us.
Built by hand, one at a time.
Every Downstage unit is assembled, flashed and tested by hand by Rob Spradling in Littleton, Colorado. Designed on shows across the country, and built in small batches so each one is checked before it ships.
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