Stagehand

The remote control for the whole studio.

App for macOS

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macOS 26 or later · Apple silicon

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Stagehand's overview – the sidebar on the left, next to it the inputs with a Siri Remote, a Stream Deck, MIDI and infrared, in the middle the state “Redestab” and the actions triggered last, on the right the RØDECaster with its levels, MIDI, the lights and the shortcuts.

Stagehand turns Siri Remotes, Stream Decks, MIDI controllers and infrared remotes into a control surface for RØDECaster, MIDI, lights and shortcuts.

Stagehand turns a remote control into a control surface for the studio. A button press or a swipe on a Siri Remote, a key of a Stream Deck, a MIDI message or a key of an infrared remote triggers what you have set up beforehand: a RØDECaster mutes a microphone, a MIDI command goes out, a light turns red, a shortcut runs – or all of these in a row.

The overview is an instrument panel: what Stagehand listens to right now, what holds, what was triggered last and what Stagehand does. When something the active profile needs is missing, a warning sign in the title bar says so, and a click leads to where you fix it.

Stagehand drives the devices itself, without their makers' software, and only the ones you added to its lists. Its interface is in German; the built-in help is in German and English and translates every label it names.

The pictures on this page were drawn by Stagehand itself, with a made-up studio: a show with Anna, Ben and Clara, a RØDECaster Duo, a Stream Deck and a Siri Remote.

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When this happens, do that

An action connects triggers with steps: when this happens, run these steps. Conditions in between say when not. An action has as many triggers as you like, so the same steps hang on a remote's button, a pad and a Stream Deck key at once.

More about Actions

The page “Aktionen” (actions) – the list with three actions on the left, on the right the action “Mic 1 stummschalten” (mute mic 1) with a Siri Remote trigger, a MIDI trigger, a condition and a RØDECaster step

Siri Remote, game controller, SpaceMouse

Remote controls connected to the Mac become input devices: every button, every gesture on the touch surface, every direction of a stick or of a SpaceMouse's cap.

More about Remotes

The page “Remotes” – the studio remote, a Siri Remote, in the list with its battery level, its drawing on the right

Keys that show what holds

To Stagehand an Elgato Stream Deck is keys and small screens at once: the keys trigger actions, and steps show on them what holds right now – “Mic 1” green while it is open, red as soon as it is muted.

More about Stream Deck

The page of the Stream Deck “Tisch” with its keys – Mic 1 and Mic 2 in green, Redestab in blue, Pause and Applaus

Remote control for the RØDECaster

Stagehand controls the RØDECaster Pro II and the RØDECaster Duo over USB: mute, listen, levels and volumes as steps, changes on the desk as triggers, and a mixer window that shows the device as it stands.

More about RØDECaster

The mixer window of a RØDECaster Duo – six faders with levels, listen and mute, Bluetooth muted, USB 1 listened to, the volume knobs on the right

A red light at the door, status lights on the projector

Lights show what holds right now: a blink(1) as the red light at the studio door, light boards as status lights for every person at the table, on a second screen or a projector.

More about Lights

A light board with three columns for Anna, Ben and Clara and the lights Mute and Sprechwunsch (wants to speak) – Anna and Clara are muted, Clara wants to speak

Every remote in the room

With a second-generation Flirc, Stagehand receives and sends infrared. Every key of every infrared remote in the room becomes a trigger, and a step switches anything that listens to infrared: projectors, TVs, AV receivers, LED strips.

More about Infrared