Prompter

Prompt blocks and line types

A prompt block is a timed display unit. Double-click the prompter lane to add one, then select it and edit it in the inspector. Each row can be a lyric, guide, direction, or image.

For two touching blocks, drag the notch at the bottom of their shared boundary to resize both while keeping their total duration. The normal clip edges trim individually. Aligning prompts to beats uses whole beats even when half-beat snapping is selected.

Lyrics carry performer colors and name chips; guides add notes, directions show boxed instructions, and images can show blocking diagrams. Blank rows remain as spacing. In merged songs or songs with named in-song boundaries, the title includes the current part name as playback advances.

Block editor: select, then edit

Choose Editor, Text, or Popup in the inspector. The visual editor and separate window let you check row type, performers, alignment, and font size on a near-show 16:9 canvas. Text mode accepts line-separated text.

Click to select a row; double-click or press Enter to edit. Shift-click selects a range, Command/Ctrl-click adds or removes a row, and Command/Ctrl+A selects all rows. Toolbar changes apply to the selected rows together.

Enter splits at the caret; Shift+Enter commits the row and exits editing; Alt+Enter inserts a break within the same row. Command/Ctrl+Enter inserts a row below and Command/Ctrl+D duplicates. Backspace at the start joins the previous row; Delete in selection mode removes selected rows.

PageUp / PageDown selects the previous / next prompt. Esc first exits text editing, then clears row selection, then closes the popup window. Command/Ctrl+Z while typing undoes text input. Enter used to confirm IME composition does not split a row.

Remove empty lines in the toolbar deletes empty rows together; image rows and rows containing only inline breaks are retained, and the operation can be undone. A new empty row made by Enter at the end of text is cleared by another Enter, Shift+Enter, or Esc. Rows inserted with + or Command/Ctrl+Enter remain as intentional spacing.

Use the left handle to reorder rows, + to insert below, and the trash button to delete. Bulk changes undo together. Copy, cut, and paste selected rows to another block while retaining performers, row types, and images.

Keyboard shortcuts →

Insert, replace, and position images

Add PNG, JPEG, GIF, or WebP with the image button, drag and drop, or paste. Files are copied to the project’s Assets folder. Select an image and choose Replace to change it while retaining its size and placement.

Select an image and choose Crop, then adjust its corners or edges. The original remains intact; Reset crop restores the full image. The editor and served display use the same crop.

Normal images use a percentage height and can be resized with top or bottom handles. Drag the image itself to reorder it. A first-row image can occupy the left edge and a last-row image the right edge; the lyrics reflow into the remaining width.

Edge images use width instead of height (40% by default). With both edges occupied, each is capped at 40%. Drag an image to an edge to pin it, or back to the center to restore a normal row. Image size and placement are shared through collaboration.

Performers, chorus, and display settings

Select the prompter track to configure its display in the inspector. New prompts start as ALL; each lyric row can have multiple performers. Changing a row to a guide or direction preserves its performer assignments.

Split-color duet text and split-color performer chips are separate switches. You can keep the text white while showing colored name chips. Turning off split-color chips gives each performer a separate pill.

Dim parenthetical chorus affects chorus text in parentheses and chorus rows identified by Lyrics Timing. Show harmony performers (off by default) adds small +name chips after the lyric. Reading annotations detected during organization stay in the stored text but are hidden on the display.

You can set the maximum rows per page (4 by default), scroll or shrink overflowing blocks, countdown bars, and seconds / beats / blank space between clips. Advance display offset shows the prompt early without changing audio timing.

Preview the next prompts

Under Show next prompt in the prompter-track inspector, set color, font size, and lookahead. Older projects retain their single-line preview until changed; Revert to legacy restores it.

Auto follows the current lyric font at 100%, 75%, 50%, or 20%. Fixed prioritizes the requested size; if necessary, lyrics and preview shrink together. More lookahead leaves less room for the current lyric, so check readability on the show display.

Look ahead by 1–10 readable rows or 1–5 clips. Image and blank rows do not consume the readable-row count; image-only clips do not consume the clip count. Gaps show their duration in seconds: they do not count as rows, but count as one item in clip mode.

The waiting display also previews upcoming content. This remains visible with Show next prompt switched off. The editor, in-app preview, pop-out, LAN display, and composite recording view use the same presentation settings.

Lyrics Timing: organize and place lyrics

Open Lyrics Timing from the timer in the prompter lane, paste your material, and organize it. Review removed titles, credits, and notes alongside sections, performers, chorus, reading annotations, and harmony performers before placing the lyrics. Correct the text where needed.

Choose two rows, four rows, or paragraphs per block. Play the audio and press Enter or ↓ to place the next block at the current time; G ends the current block, leaving a gap until the next tap. Space plays / pauses, ← / → seeks, and Backspace undoes the last placement. Apply the result to create prompt blocks.

Use Import file… or drop onto the paste field to read txt, lrc, srt, vtt, ttml, docx, or rtf. Timed files pre-fill placements; edits that change the row count discard those timings. PDF and image transcription uses AI credits after confirmation. AI Organize is optional; ordinary organization and manual timing do not require AI.

Apply replaces the song’s existing prompt blocks. When section headings have been placed, it also replaces existing sections; review the counts beside Apply first. For unregistered singer labels, choose to create or link performers, or place without an assignment. Cancel the confirmation to return to your placements and review them.

Chorus, reading, and harmony metadata are saved with the lyrics. Saving in an older app can discard these fields; keep collaborating devices on the same current version.

Build prompter views

In Settings → Project settings → Prompter Views, add, duplicate, or archive views. Start from Performer, Stage Production, Camera / SW, Recording Guide, or General presets, then adjust the name, layout, elements, icon, color, and cue delivery. The former Cue Targets and Prompter Server settings are combined here.

Choose Performer, Stage Production, or Camera / SW layout independently of the view name or role. Default prompter selects the view served by the base URL without a view target.

The header’s Prompter Views menu opens each view in a pop-out or browser and copies its URL. Layout, waveform, and video chips show its composition; a Default badge marks the default view. Move a pop-out to a second display and make it fullscreen for show use.

Lyrics fit a 16:9 canvas, with black bars when the window shape differs. With the same view settings, you can check wrapping and font size in the editor and on the served display.

WiFi / LAN sharing

Enable the prompter server in Settings → Prompter Views (port 17321 by default). Local previews and pop-outs work without publishing to the network.

For other devices, enable Publish to network and copy the desired URL from the header’s Prompter Views menu. Open it on a phone, tablet, or computer on the same network.

If it cannot connect, check the network, firewall port permission, and WiFi AP isolation. LAN publishing and cloud collaboration cannot be active together; choose the display source for the session.

Guide video and waveform guides

Enable Video Engine under Application settings, then enable guide video and/or waveforms in each prompter view’s elements. Recording Guide is a starting preset combining lyrics, waveforms, and video. See Timeline Editing for importing and editing video.

In an audio track’s inspector, enable Show this track as a waveform guide and set its color and label. Prompter Views settings control lookahead time, the fixed now-line position, left text padding, waveform opacity, and related options.

Prompter Views settings set the video edge and size for Performer layouts (bottom, 30% by default). Lyrics and waveforms fit the remaining area. Stage Production and Camera / SW use a fixed top-right video frame. The clip inspector selects which views receive that clip.

Open View → Video Monitor to check the video separately. Video files themselves do not sync through the cloud; provide the Videos folder’s media when moving to another PC.

On a LAN device, tap the video to minimize it and stop receiving video; lyrics and waveforms regain the space. Add ?video=off to the URL to opt out from the start. Video Engine defaults to 8 simultaneous streams (adjustable from 1–16) and 2 per network address. Devices over the limit still show lyrics and waveforms and retry video when capacity becomes available.

Timeline Editing →

Export the prompter as MP4

On Team or higher, choose File → Export Prompter Video… to export the current song or a selection within one song. Choose the view and output file, then a Review / Share (1080p), Lightweight (720p), or High Quality (4K) preset, or set resolution, frame rate, and bitrate yourself.

Export supports the Performer lyric layout. Stage Production, Camera / SW, and composite waveforms or guide video are not included. Optionally include the song’s stereo mix as AAC audio. The estimated size is an upper-bound guide. Rendering follows the served prompter, with cuts between lyrics and no transition animation.

Stop playback and timecode chase first. Playback controls are locked while exporting; cancel from the progress display if needed. Failed or cancelled exports remove incomplete files. The dialog reports when an OS H.264 encoder is unavailable.

Slow Mode for rehearsals

While stopped, choose 0.9×, 0.85×, 0.75×, or 0.5× from Slow Mode in the header for slower playback with preserved pitch. The header turns amber and prompter clients show the speed.

LTC send / receive, MIDI output, and click / count audio are disabled while active. They return when Slow Mode is disabled; reopening the project resets speed to 1×. Recording is unavailable in Slow Mode.