Ability to bring instruments to front or send to back via menu. Lock instruments horizontally or vertically relative to size of stage. Lock instruments by distance to sides or bottom of stage. Mix numbers on monitors.Īlign instruments by edges. Ability to save groups of instruments to reuse.Īdded Copy/Paste to instruments. Many new instruments, including percussion, strings, horns, etc. Seems like something venues or up and coming bands could use. Curtains - backdrop & wings, adjustable.įree Stage Plots. Ability to expand Stage and Input List.Ībility to draw & fill shapes on stage. Finally, an application dedicated to creating stage plots for professionals. Keep your stage layout, input list and monitor mixes all on one page to print or email as a JPEG. I've tried to find a plan I could re-use for our band but couldn't find anything good I could copy.Ĭreate professional, accurate, and easy-to-read stage plots for stage managers and sound engineers. I recently had to provide a detailed plan for a show, and it was a pain to come up with the good stage plan. Stage Plan for Rock Bands Developing perfect stage plan (aka stage plot) for the show Many clubs in our area are requesting band rider and band stage plan. I'm just saying it looks like a grade-school art project look AND would be perceived by many to whom it should matter, as unprofessional & useless. YMMV, and if it has worked for you thus far, there's no reason to stop. Something with the clip-art like on freestageplots would likely be laughed at, and probably completely ignored. My experience working production at venues from 200-2k capacity, and for a sound/backline company that provided PA for up to 10k crowds, is that a clean & simple block shape plot with simple text is what's standard AND what's preferred (and most functional). That will be, in most cases, a sound engineer/house FOH guy, etc. I have far better things to spend my time on that concerning myself with how visually appealing my stage plot is.įunctional for WHOM? The assumption would be that the stage plot is for someone who is not familiar with your band. I just want it to be functional, and for me it is. If I get a chance tonight I'll try to upload something from home. It's just easier to move/manipulate shapes without affecting everything else on the page in Excel than Word (for me). I use the Insert/Shapes menu to place shapes (rectangles for amps, circles for drums/cymbals, trapezoids for wedges, etc.) on/over the cells. When using Excel, I do not format the actual cells for shapes, etc. Kmart, you have a template you can share? Do you set the row/column sizes to be square like graph paper? Google Docs is blocked by the work network, so I can't upload anything. Guido- I do mine using Excel - it's way easier to create and manipulate shapes and Word-Art text in Excel than to move shapes around the text in Word (At least it is for me: I tried to build a plot in Word before, but it's a PITA to do a simple one). Are easier to understand on the fly than images. It looks like something a grade-school kid would make. Here's what I use: I've seen that free stageplots tool before.
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