Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

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Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by MickLee » Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:30 am

Hi. What's the difference between an instrumental & a cue, is it just the length? About 2 to 4 minutes long for Instrumentals and 90 seconds to 2 minutes for Cues?

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Re: Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by Telefunkin » Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:10 am

This is definitely a FAQ. Did you try a search on the Forums? Here's a couple of results I found.

post540263.html?hilit=instrumentals%20c ... ce#p540263
instrumental-listings-terminology-question-t139400.html

....and even Taxi TV videos....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_c-2M0rKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRAc3w1TEI
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Re: Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by AlanHall » Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:52 am

Could we have a section of the forum for sticky-worthy topics, such as this?

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Re: Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by MickLee » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:08 pm

Thanks. I did do a search but still couldn't find a definitive answer, which is why I asked here. Michael's video solved it however, & he should know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_c-2M0rKo

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Re: Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by smelterbox » Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:00 pm

[quote=Telefunkin post_id=593980 time=1633457458 user_id=373462]
This is definitely a FAQ. Did you try a search on the Forums? Here's a couple of results I found.

post540263.html?hilit=instrumentals%20c ... ce#p540263
instrumental-listings-terminology-question-t139400.html

....and even Taxi TV videos....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_c-2M0rKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRAc3w1TEI
[/quote]

Thank you for those posts. Very helpful. :)

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Re: Instrumentals & Cues. What's the difference?

Post by MickLee » Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:16 am

Thanks smelterbox that's very helpful

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