Changelog

What is in each version of Downstage — and, while it is in beta, what is not there yet.

0.9.0 — beta

October 2026. The first version to leave our own rehearsal room.

On stage

• Songs from locators, in arrangement order or in a setlist.
• Quantised jumps to any song: tap, it turns amber, Live jumps on the bar line.
• Sections, from > locators or a SECTIONS track, with notes in {braces}.
• Repeat and Skip to for the section you are in, and a timeline of the song.
• Loop a section until you release it, using Live's own arrangement loop.
• Runs on or stops after for each song, with a clean stop into a STOP locator.
• Stop needs a hold while playing; Resume carries on from where you stopped.
• Lock, per device, against stray taps.
• Click and cues level and mute from the iPad.
• A set clock, and song lengths worked out from each song's own tempo.

Screens

• One layout for an iPad, and reshaped ones for Split View at two-thirds, half and a third, and for an iPad held upright.
• A view-only band view for everybody else's phones.
• http://downstage.local, so there is no address to remember.

Backstage

• Setlists: any number per Live set, drag to reorder, a note per song, a slot length.
• Section locators: add a locator for every section, a song at a time or all at once.
• Passcode, a list of connected devices, a latency test and spelled-out warnings.
• One-button install of the Live connector.
• A menu-bar icon with Live's status and the addresses for the iPad.

Not there yet

We would rather you knew.

• Windows. Mac only for now.
• A signed installer. macOS asks you to press Open Anyway the first time.
• A native iPad app. The controller is a web page, which is why it cannot keep the screen awake or use a MIDI pedal.
• Cancelling an armed jump. Live cannot be asked to forget one; ask for a different jump instead.
• Looping a whole song, and loops that repeat a set number of times.
• A wider mixer. Click and cues only.
• Lyrics and chords. Use your charts app beside it, in Split View.
• MIDI control of Downstage from a pedal or controller.
• Automatic updates. New builds are installed by hand.