Touring engineer Gryphon Graham has introduced Load-In, which can build a stage plot and labeled stage input list from a variety of sources and then export the results as a native file for numerous consoles, including different Avid, Allen & Heath, DiGiCo, Behringer/Midas and Yamaha models.
Available as an iOS app or on a browser, the software can ingest information from a variety of sources—a rider, typed or photographed list, spreadsheet and more—and then use it to produce the desk’s own native file, a PDF input list, printable labels and a stage plot.
The software uses five different tabs—Show, List, Strip, Stage and File—and a change made in one area appears across all of them. Show draws the intended console; List shows the full input list built from the stage plot; Strip opens a channel’s filter, EQ, Gate and Comp workspace; and Stage is a drag-and-drop stage plot for creating a stage drawing.
Using the software is pretty direct—drop a drum kit on the stage plot and 10 labeled channels appear; drop a playback rig and they are all named. Pick a desk, export, and the names are already on the strips.
The export preview states exactly what the selected workflow writes, preserves and leaves out. Exported files hand off through the device’s own share sheet, so a file can be sent to a desk or a laptop via AirDrop. The software currently supports exporting to a variety of desks; check the Graham’s goforshow.io website for specific models.
A free version of Load-In is available, allowing to three saved plots (submitting an email in the app unlocks unlimited free plots), native X32/M32 console files, CSV export and PDF/PNG with a small watermark. The US$59 “Pro” edition adds unlimited plots, clean PDF/PNG, more console workflows and DAW templates.
