Everything you'd reach for mid-song. Nothing you wouldn't.

Performers with backing tracks are stuck between a DAW that is dangerous on stage and a stereo bounce that cannot change its mind. PerformLive is the third option.

Drop the drums. Keep the pad.

Every stem is independently mutable while it plays. Breakdowns, a cappella moments, and "just the keys" become live decisions instead of separate bounces.

Hold the room.

Twelve colour-coded pads for atmosphere and one-shots. Tap to start, tap to stop, glowing the whole time they sound. A prayer that runs long is no longer a problem.

The pads and FX section, colour-coded and lit while sounding

A real grid, when you need one.

Bar, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, with start and end markers, 64x zoom, and snapping that follows the grid you can actually see.

The editor grid at high zoom with start and end markers

Cues that land on the bar

Trigger a row while another is playing and the switch queues to the next bar. Transitions arrive musically, not whenever your finger did.

A whole song in one tap

Scenes recall the row, the stems, the tempo, and the pads together. Set changes stop being a scramble.

Your audio, untouched

No auto-warp, no auto-trim, no fades. Tempo is detected and shown, never imposed. What you exported is what the room hears.

From stems to stage in four steps.

Import

Drag stems in from anywhere. Tempo is detected on arrival.

Arrange

Drop them onto decks. Name and colour your rows.

Scene it

Capture each song as a scene.

Perform

Recall, trigger, mute, hold.

Around the instrument.

The library: stems tagged with tempo and key, searchable.

The mixer: a fader per channel, with per-channel output routing.

Settings: audio device, buffer, and MIDI Learn for rows, pads and FX.

The built-in store, ready for loop and stem packs.

Why not just use a DAW?

DAWs are excellent tools for a different job. This is about fit for the stage, not quality.

	PerformLive	A DAW on stage	A stereo track
Per-stem control live	Core function	Possible, buried	Impossible
Designed for touch	Every control	Mouse-first	Trivially
Risk of a wrong touch	Low by design	High	Low
Modifies audio by default	Never	Often	Never
Volunteer-operable	Yes	Rarely	Yes
Bar-quantised cues	Yes	Yes	No
Learning curve	Minutes	Weeks	Minutes

Engineering, not promises.

Files are read, never modified

No warping, trimming, fading or normalising on load. Time-stretch happens only when you explicitly ask.

No network activity

The shipping build makes no network requests at all. Nothing phones home mid-service.

Autosave every minute

Crash mid-set and the next launch offers the recovered session. The project file itself stays untouched.

MIDI Learn on everything

Row triggers, pads, and FX slots each bindable to a controller or a foot pedal.

Questions, answered.

Is this a DAW?

No. There is no arrangement timeline, no plugin hosting, and no mixing suite. PerformLive is for performing finished material. Most users produce in a DAW and perform in PerformLive.

Will it change my audio files?

No. Files are read, never modified. Tempo is detected and displayed but not applied. Time-stretching happens only if you explicitly set a row tempo or engage LOCK.

What formats does it read?

WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and OGG.

Does it work with a touchscreen?

Yes, that is the primary design target. It also works fine with a mouse and keyboard.

Can I use a MIDI controller or foot pedal?

Yes. Row triggers, pads, and FX slots can each be bound via MIDI Learn.

Can I send different stems to different outputs?

Yes. Each mixer channel has an output route for multi-output interfaces.

What happens if it crashes mid-set?

Autosave runs every minute; on the next launch you are offered the recovered session. Your project file is separate and untouched.

Is there a Mac version?

Not currently. Windows only.

The next set is the one to try it on.

PerformLive is in final testing. Ask for early access and you will hear when it is ready, and what it costs, before anyone else.

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