Free Stage Plot Maker

A stage-plot generator and designer for working bands — draw the plot, get the input list, export a page a house engineer can tape to the desk. No account. Nothing leaves this browser.

Venues want a plot and a list with the advance. The advancing lesson covers what to send; this tool is the drawing. Audience is at the bottom. Drop inputs and the channel list fills in beside the stage.

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Input list

Drop a vocal mic, DI or other input onto the stage and it appears here, numbered.

The maker stays free with no account.

What is a stage plot?

A stage plot is a one-page, top-down drawing of your band on stage: where each player stands, where the amps, drum kit and keyboards sit, and where every microphone, DI box and monitor wedge goes. It is drawn from the audience's point of view and travels with an input list — the same information as a numbered channel list, drums first.

The house engineer uses it to patch the stage before you arrive, so soundcheck is confirmation instead of discovery. A clear plot is the difference between a fifteen-minute changeover and a forty-minute one.

What to include

Every performer, their instrument and where they play from
Every input that needs a channel — vocal mics, instrument mics, DI boxes — numbered to match the input list
Monitor wedges and how many mixes you need, or in-ears if you bring them
Backline you carry versus backline you expect the venue to provide
Power drops: where amps, pedalboards and keyboards need a socket
Band name, a contact number, the show date and a version date on the page

How to send it

Export it as a PDF or PNG and attach it to the advance email with the input list, a few days before the show. Keep one file per lineup — a trio and a five-piece are two plots — and put the date in the filename so nobody patches last year's version.

For the rest of the advance — rider, times, what to ask the venue — start with the Sound Guide's live-sound lessons.