Playbacker

Local web application for managing playback on live music performances (metronome, cues and backing tracks).

Rational

Usually people use Ableton Live, Logic Pro or any other DAW for performances. I had issues with this kind of setup: too big, clumsy and does require a lot of time and manual work. There's MultiTracks' Playback, but you have to pay a subscription to get important functionality. Also, it doesn't seem that robust.

Solution

Make my own app! 😃

• Works only on macOS
• Configurable channel map
• Storage based on simple YAML files

Installation

pip install playbacker

Or better of with pipx:

pipx install playbacker

Usage

• Set up configuration, setlist and song storage files (see /example directory)
• Run playbacker <PRETTY DEVICE NAME FROM CONFIG>, for example, playbacker default