RiderSmith

A stage plot is one page of a tech rider; the rider is the whole document a venue receives, and for most bands it is a Word file with last year's phone number in it. RiderSmith is an assembler, not another editor: it builds the document from parts your other tools already hold.

Who it is for

• Touring and gigging bands who send the same rider to every promoter.
• Tour and production managers who need a versioned rider per venue and date.
• Bands touring abroad who want an English rider from a German interface, or the reverse.

What it is designed to do

• Sections you toggle and reorder — contact, FOH & PA, monitoring, input list, wireless, backline, power, stage plot, schedule, hospitality, merchandise and custom notes, each with its own table.
• Standard blocks in the rider's language. A library of written boilerplate for PA, monitoring, power, hospitality and more. The rider's output language is set per rider, independently of your interface language; your own text stays exactly as typed.
• Imports from the suite — the input list and plot image from Stage Plot Generator, the wireless plan from FreqSense, the site power total from PowerSense, set timings from SetlistForge — with a hint when the source has changed since you imported it.
• A branded PDF with your logo and band photo, page numbers and a "last updated" stamp; print as the lightweight alternative.
• Versioning by duplication — copy the rider for the next venue and date.