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StageBox Black Friday pricing starts at 40% off, which puts Tracktion's live keyboard host at $77.40 until Nov 6, 2026.
Built for keyboardists who perform live, StageBox runs your plugins on its own without a DAW and keeps your songs organized in setlists. It runs VST3 and Audio Units instruments and effects, so you can build a stage rig out of the same software you use in the studio.
The maker says the aim is studio-quality sound on stage with no compromises, in a package that stays simple to operate mid-gig.
The idea came from Matt Robertson, a 3x Grammy-nominated composer and musical director. He was frustrated with stage solutions that felt overly complicated or compromised, so he teamed up with Jules Storer (JUCE/Tracktion Engine) to build his own host.
The result is a program that puts ease of use and efficiency first.
You design instrument and effect setups with any VST3 or Audio Units plugin, then assemble them into Songs and Sets. Reordering a setlist is a drag and drop job in an at-a-glance interface.
StageBox loads VST3 and Audio Units instruments and effects, and lets you organize setlists however you like, from creating and editing to reordering. Songs can combine several instruments as stacked layers or keyboard splits, and any instrument can be reused across songs to speed up preparation. Effects can be attached to individual sounds or to a whole song, several MIDI controllers can be managed without fuss, and each layer can be routed to its own hardware audio output. The interface stays uncluttered and shows only what matters while you perform.
Sharing instruments between songs also helps with resources. The maker points to RAM savings when you work with large sample sets.
The maker lays out where a DAW falls short on stage:
StageBox is built around each of those points.
StageBox works with MIDI controllers and multi-output audio interfaces. That lets you set up custom control layouts and audio routing for each live scenario, big or small.
The maker also says a modern laptop beats a traditional stage keyboard on processing, storage and playback power. You aren't limited to the presets on a hardware board either, because any VST3 or Audio Units plugin can go into the rig.
System requirements: macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon recommended), or Windows 10 or 11 64-bit.
Yes. The StageBox Black Friday deal takes 40% off Tracktion's live keyboard host, bringing it to $77.40. The offer runs until Nov 6, 2026.
StageBox hosts VST3 and Audio Units software instruments and effects. You can layer or split instruments inside a song, apply effects per sound or per song, and share instruments between songs to save resources.
The maker says DAWs lack quick Sound and Song navigation, flexible setlists, per-song MIDI mappings and external MIDI program change song selection. StageBox is built for those jobs, plus seamless transitions and shared instrument resources.
StageBox runs on macOS 13 or later, with Apple Silicon recommended, and on Windows 10 or 11 64-bit. It works with MIDI controllers and multi-output audio interfaces for custom control and routing setups.
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