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VenueCue™
Playback Bridge

Let VenueCue drive your DJ software.

The Playback Bridge is a small app that runs on the same computer as your DJ software. VenueCue talks to it, and it presses the buttons — load a track, play, cue, change the speed for teaching — and tells VenueCue what actually played.

It only listens on your own machine. Connecting needs a code you read off the Bridge, so nothing can touch your DJ software without you sitting at the keyboard.

macOS

VenueCue Bridge 0.5.17

macOS 11 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel

Download for macOS

7.6 MB · signed, so it opens normally

After it downloads

  1. Open the downloaded file and drag VenueCue Bridge to Applications.
  2. Launch it. A small icon appears in the menu bar — that is the Bridge running.
  3. In VenueCue, go to Settings → Playback Bridge and click Connect, then type the code the Bridge shows you.

SHA-256 4e03c9af494993ec4d6d10a650dd829993007e793261476e8f33747f634b12a8

Windows

VenueCue Bridge 0.5.17

Windows 10 or later · 64-bit

Download for Windows

4.6 MB

After it downloads

Expect a warning the first time. This build isn’t code-signed yet, so Windows will say “Windows protected your PC”. It is the installer being new, not a problem with the file — choose More info, then Run anyway. You can check the SHA-256 below against the file if you want to be certain.

  1. Run the installer and follow the prompts.
  2. The Bridge starts in the notification area (you may need the ^ arrow to see it).
  3. In VenueCue, go to Settings → Playback Bridge and click Connect, then type the code the Bridge shows you.

SHA-256 ce40da9ffb8811246d1ee854b901a54e1d894a07a224f1f2997c24400b965c2d

You'll also need a way for the two programs to talk

Most DJ software has no way for another program to connect to it, so VenueCue talks to it the way a controller does — over MIDI. That needs a virtual cable between the two programs on your computer.

  • On a Mac it is already built in. Open Audio MIDI Setup, choose Window → MIDI Studio, double-click IAC Driver and tick Device is online. It ships switched off.
  • On Windows install loopMIDI (free), run it, and add a port. Leave it running — it does not start with Windows, so it needs starting again after a restart.

VirtualDJ users can skip this. VirtualDJ lets VenueCue connect to it directly, which also means VenueCue can see what is on your decks.

The Bridge checks all of this for you and tells you exactly what is missing — open its status page any time to see where it has got to.