About BandAid

BandAid is an macOS and Windows app for your music group developed by Appic. Collect song meta-data, tabs and lyrics and distribute it to the group members during rehearsal or concerts using BandAid RemoteView. Visualize lyrics and chords syncronized to backtrack. Control your equipment with OSC (Open Sound Control) and/or MIDI and light fixtures with DMX. Split audio using "state-of-the-art" AI technique into separate stems, transpose chords, pitch audio, slow down playback speed and much more to facilitate learning and become a better musician/band.

See below some functions and views in BandAid - there is much more in BandAid as Multiple mp3-sources (Backtrack, Reference Audio, Recording,...), Multitrack playback, BandAid Browser (yes a web browser!), a Practice Tracker, a Song Database Manager, a Playlist Editor, User-defined YouTube tutorial Links, SpotifyURL Link, ...

BandAid is customizable and a BandAid Community will be launched in 2025 for sharing customizations (Themes, Language Translations, View Templates, ...) but above all BandAid Song Definition files (bsd-files) that define songs in BandAid. We hope you will join!

Some History

BandAid originates from an application thats been used in the band RECOVERY for more than 15 years. This app and the BandAid app has been used on many gigs and has never failed.

BandAid Player - Lyrics View

Above a screenshot of BandAid Player showing the Lyrics View. Suitable if you are playing without a backtrack. The playlist is docked to the screen edge (not showing).

BandAid Player - Training Tools

Above a screenshot of BandAid Player in dark mode with many functions enabled to facilitate the rehearsal of a song. The playback is looped around the solo section of the song. The song is transposed two semitones up and the audio pitched to the same degree. The song is played at 70% speed to more easily learn the solo. The song guitar chords are showing. The user defined Command Grid is showing with commands to control external equipment. The playlist is docked to the screen edge (not showing).

BandAid Player - Karaoke View

Above a screenshot of BandAid Player showing the Karaoke View. Suitable if you are playing along to a time-syncronized backtrack.

BandAid Preferences

BandAid Song Editor

Above a screenshot of BandAid Song Editor. Create song lyrics, tabs, and syncronize lyrics to a backtrack/reference audio file. Define MIDI, OSC to control equipment and DMX commands to control light fixtures when the song loads or time-syncronized to audio playback.

BandAid RemoteView

Above a screenshot of BandAid RemoteView. The band members connects tablets/phones to BandAid over a local network and view lyrics/scrolling lyrics/tabs/meta data/playlist in the web browser. The view changes when a new song is selected in BandAid Player, tempo changed, the view scaled in BandAid Player or the song edited i BandAid Song Editor. The tempo button in the lower right corner flashes according to the song tempo.