Soundcheck & Guides

Welcome to Your Live Performance Field Guide

Welcome to The Stage Manual, your complete guide to mastering Set Sidekick both off-stage in preparation and live in performance. Set Sidekick is engineered specifically for gigging musicians to eliminate the clutter of traditional digital binders, giving you a lightweight, zero-distraction stage console for managing song libraries, ChordPro charts, backing tracks, and setlists. Whether you are organizing a 4-hour repertoire in your rehearsal space or running a live show under hot stage lights, this manual breaks down every tool and feature so you can play with total confidence.

Explore the Manual by Workflow

The Stage Manual is divided into three comprehensive operational guides structured around how you prepare and perform:

• Song Preparation Guide: Your prep studio manual for building a master database, formatting transposable ChordPro charts, attaching backing tracks, setting intro scroll delays, and assembling custom setlists before showtime.

• Live Performance Guide: Your stage console guide for running live shows—featuring auto-scrolling lyrics, 1-tap key transpositions, router-free peer-to-peer band syncing (Jam Mode), Teleprompter view, pre-show red-flag health checks, and sound pads.

• System Options Guide: Your global setup manual for configuring visual themes (Stage Dark, Cool Slate, Daylight), global font styling, metronome count-ins, local file mirroring, and database backup security.

Engineered for Offline Stage Reliability

Every feature in Set Sidekick is built with stage safety, speed, and simplicity at its core. Because your songs, charts, and audio backing tracks live directly inside your iPad's local storage, Set Sidekick operates 100% offline—ensuring zero lag or crashes over weak venue Wi-Fi [71–72, 79]. Use the guides above to discover stage pro-tips, keyboard shortcuts, and pre-show verification tools so you can keep your eyes on the crowd and let Set Sidekick handle the technical heavy lifting.