Stage plot designer
A free online stage plot maker: drag your players, mics, amps, monitors and risers onto the stage. The input list and the monitor mixes work themselves out, and the PDF comes to your inbox.
How it works
- Each mic, amp, DI, keyboard and backing track becomes a numbered channel: drums first, vocals last, the order most engineers patch in.
- Each wedge or pair of in-ears becomes a monitor mix, numbered from the front of the stage.
- Your plot stays in this browser until you email it to yourself. Nothing you type is sent anywhere before then.
Questions people ask
Is this a free stage plot designer?
Yes. It is a free online stage plot designer and maker: it runs in your browser, so there is nothing to download or install. Drag your players, mics, amps and monitors onto the stage and the plot, the input list and the monitor mixes work themselves out. Type your email and the PDF is emailed to you.
What is a stage plot?
A one-page drawing of the stage from above, with the audience at the bottom, showing where each player stands and what they bring: mics, amps, DIs, keyboards, drums, monitors, risers and power. The engineer reads it to set the stage before you arrive, so the lines are run to the right places.
What is an input list, and why does the engineer want it before the gig?
The numbered list of every channel the desk needs: each drum mic, each amp or DI, each keyboard and each vocal, with the mic and whether it needs 48V phantom power. Sent ahead, it lets the engineer patch the stage and label the desk before the band loads in, which is where a short sound check comes from.
Wedge or in-ears: what goes on the plot?
Either, player by player. A wedge is a floor speaker pointing back at the player; in-ears are earpieces fed from the desk. Each one is a monitor mix, numbered from the front of the stage, so the engineer knows how many mixes to build and who hears what. Somebody who needs neither is left off the list.
Does a wedding or function band need one?
Yes, more than most: the venue changes every week and the engineer is often the venue's or the agency's, not yours. A plot and an input list sent when the gig is advanced saves the first half hour of the load-in. If you bring your own PA, it is still the sheet a dep reads to know where they stand.
Can I download it?
Type your email on the page and the PDF is sent to you. A free account keeps the plot, lets you change it and gives every gig its own copy.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes: the plot, the tables and the PDF work on a phone, and you can move an item with a long press. Building a plot from scratch is easier on a tablet or a computer, where you drag items from the library. Your draft stays in this browser on this device until you press Start again.
Every gig with its own plot.
On Band Pro each gig gets its own plot from the standard one, with the deps who are covering swapped in and your logo on the PDF.