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A backdrop that answers the set, not a timecode somebody chases from the wings.
A backdrop for the band or the booth that answers the set being played, not a timecode somebody has to chase from the wings.
The job
- It follows the band. Nobody knows the set list until it happens, and the songs that get called from the floor are the ones that matter.
- A support act, a changeover and a headline are three different rooms on the same screen in one night.
- The person who would be driving it is doing something else that cannot be dropped.
- It has to read from the back of the room, through bodies, on whatever screen the venue actually owns.
- Load-in is short. It should be a Mac, a cable and a picture.
- Between sets the screen still has to be worth looking at.
What it replaces
A show cued to timecode There is no timeline to chase. The picture comes off the audio, so a song that runs long simply runs long and nothing drifts.
A rendered file per song Nothing is rendered in advance, so a set change costs nothing and a new song needs no content.
An operator in the wings A night costs what a night costs, and it costs it again at the next show. This is bought once and comes to every show after it.
A dark screen during changeover The room keeps something to look at while the stage is being reset, off whatever is coming through the house.
The proof
51
of the 83 scenes carry the Live Music tag
6 rooms and moments in this segment, each one mapped by hand
149 factory looks ship with it, before you touch a control
- DJ booth backdrop
- Concert / arena LED backdrop
- Jazz & blues club
- Acoustic singer-songwriter room
- Classical / orchestra hall
- Comedy & open-mic club
Which room to pick in the app
Open Luxaudica, and when it asks you the room, choose Live Music.
That is the whole setup. It asks 3 questions, you answer them, and it builds the rotation and runs the room. The full control surface is one shortcut away if you ever want it — how Simple works.
Scenes that fit
A few of the ones tagged for this room. Every one of them is generative — it reacts to what is actually playing, and it never repeats.
The questions this room asks
- We change the set list on stage. Does that break it?
- No, because there is no set list in it. It reads the audio in front of it, so an unplanned song is the same to it as a planned one. There is nothing to re-cut and nothing to re-cue.
- Do we need a timecode feed?
- No. It runs off the audio by default. If you are already sending MIDI clock it will lock to that instead — external clock takes priority, then tap tempo, then the beat it hears.
- Who drives it during the show?
- Nobody has to. You answer 3 questions — the room, the feeling, how long — and it builds the rotation and runs the set. The keyboard is there if you want to push it at a moment, and ignoring it entirely is a supported way to run a show.
- Can the stage screen show the picture while I keep the controls?
- Yes. One key sends a clean picture — no panel, no chrome — to a second display. The control surface stays on the Mac in front of you.
- What does it need at load-in?
- A Mac running macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon, a cable to the screen, and audio it can hear — house playback on that Mac, or a line in. There is no rack, no server and no software to route between.
- What does it cost per show?
- Nothing. It is $199 once, for the app, forever — not a licence per venue, per show or per night. The free download before that is the whole app with a mark on recorded output.
Put it on the screen and watch it for ten minutes.
Download for macOSFree to download today. $199 removes the mark, forever. macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon.