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T EC H CO R N E R HE FIRST project I had to cue and edit ADR for, I used an excel document to keep track of all the cues. When it came time to make ADR cue sheets, I used a template the studio I was working at used and entered all the info manually. It was a short film with only a few dozen cues, so this method was manageable. The next time I was cueing ADR, it was a feature with 100+ cues and constant picture changes. This method was not going to work. A google search quickly lead me to EdiCue from Sounds in Sync. While it is not a cheap solution, it can easily be written off after the first project you use it for cueing ADR with the time you will save. The process works by entering the character and actor names in EdiCue. EdiCue will then auto assign abbreviations or you can choose your own. The standard is three characters, but you can make them four or more if needed. EdiCue will then generate a Pro Tools session with a track for T each character. Individual cues are then entered as clip groups in Pro Tools. The benefit of this system is that when picture changes occur, you simply conform these cue tracks and your cue sheets will change with the rest of your session through conforms. If you have a PDF shooting script, you can use this to extract character lines for cueing. The real magic of this workflow comes with the Session Interface. When you find a line in Pro Tools (or Nuendo) that needs to be looped, you make a selection on the character's respective cue track and create a clip group from the start to the end of the cue. From the Session Interface in EdiCue, you can enter text, select reasons for ADR from a list of reasons or enter your own, and set a priority for the cue. Hitting "Set Clip," will write this info to the clip group in Pro Tools. If you need to adjust the cue, you can use the "Get Clip" button to import the cue into the Session Interface, make the desired changes, then hit "Set Clip" to send it back to your DAW. When you are ready to generate cue sheets for a session, you simply click "Load Session" from the main window to import all cues from your Pro Tools (or Nuendo) session. As of v3 of EdiCue, there is a new designer Get 10 free sounds from award-winners & top recordists prosoundeffects.com/mpse