One rider.
Every crew.
Every stage.
Backlion turns “who plays what” into a complete technical rider, then carries it all the way through the house patch, the desk, the changeovers and the monitor mixes. Bands, engineers, stage managers and venues work from the same page, from a Tuesday club night to a three-day festival.
Free for bands. No account needed to build, print or export a rider.
From the band’s laptop
to the stagehand’s pocket
One living document moves through the whole production. Every change is agreed before doors.
Build
The band says who plays what. Inputs, mics, DIs, wedges, stage plan, power and lighting fill themselves in.
BandsHand in
The venue sends a slot link. The band hands in its rider; the venue always sees the latest saved version.
Bands → venueFreeze
Lock the version you build the stage from. Later changes arrive as clear lists to accept or decline.
ProductionPatch
Every band lands on your house lines. Desk patch, console layout and shortages follow.
EngineersShow day
Changeover checklists per crew on every phone. Musicians ask for monitor tweaks from theirs.
Whole crewBuilt for everybody
with a laminate
Walk up to a patched desk
Every band of the day lands on your house lines by role, with the band’s own channel numbers next to yours. Pick the exceptions; Backlion works out the rest.
- Desk patch that only offers what your console can do
- X32 / M32 scene per band, CSV and worksheets for other desks
- 48V, stand-ins and shortages flagged before load-in
| Line | Label | Mic / DI | The Cat | Paper Tigers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KICK IN | Beta 91A | 1KICK | 1KICK |
| 2 | SNT | SM57 | 2SN T | 2SNARE |
| 9 | OH L | NT5 | 8OH L | 6OH L |
| 13 | BASS DI | J48 | 10BASS | 8BASS |
| 15 | FENDER | SM57 | 13GTR3 | 9GTR1 |
| 41 | LEAD VOC | SM58 | 17VOC | 12VOC 1 |
Requests on a screen, not shouted across the stage
Mixes come straight from the rider. During soundcheck and the show, musicians ask for more or less from their phone; you mark each request received or done.
- Wedges, IEM mono or stereo, split mixes
- Bus-to-mix sheet for every band
- Requests expire after five minutes, so nothing stale hangs around
MON Pieter
Know what’s short before the van leaves
Bands name the amp or kit they prefer and what else is fine. Backlion matches it against your inventory: exact, preferred, substitute, or band brings.
- Shortages per day, with spare stand-ins from your stock
- Equipment pages with the peak need per day for the hire company
- Drum riser list for the side stage
The band’s wishes, with positions
Colours, things to avoid, strobe, haze and front light, straight from the band. Musicians with a spotlight get a numbered special, measured in metres on the same stage plan.
- Refocus steps in every changeover
- “No strobe” on the show-day checklist, where you need it
Changeovers that run on rails
For every switch between two bands Backlion writes a checklist per crew, with positions in metres from stage right. Tick off steps on any phone.
- Backline, patch, monitors, lighting and desk steps
- Running order worked out from set lengths and changeovers
- Phone app: Now, Stage, Console, Routing, Views
A pro rider in ten minutes
Add your musicians and pick what they play. Backlion draws the line-up, equipment matrix, stage plan, input list, monitor mixes, power and lighting wishes.
- Print in six languages, or two side by side
- A full stage plan and a small-venue plan
- Every saved version kept; bandmates on the same rider
Every band, every version, one source of truth
Invite each band with a link, freeze the rider you build from, and see later changes as concrete steps (“add wedge at 1.1 m from SR”) to accept or decline.
- Status of every band at a glance
- Multi-day events, several stages, your whole team
- Print bundles for every department
Everything backstage.
One place.
Riders
Build one technical rider and keep it current for every department.
Stage plans
Drums, amps and wedges placed for you on a top-down plan. Drag anything.
Patch lists
Colour-coded house lines for FOH, monitors and stage, for every band of the day.
Changeovers
A checklist per crew that the team ticks off between acts.
Console setup
Desk patch, channel names and X32 scenes, ready before load-in.
Show day
Everyone works from the same frozen version, on their own phone.
From the back room
to the main stage
Three bands, one engineer, one X32
The engineer is also the stage manager and the backline tech. Backlion gives you the patch, the changeover list and the scene file.
Free for bands.
Plans for every crew.
Bands never pay to build or hand in a rider. Engineers, venues and production companies pick the plan that fits their stages.
Solo
For one engineer and one stage. Patch, console, changeovers and the crew app.
From €12.50 / month →Crew
Shared riders, patch lists and changeovers for the whole crew, with band invites and monitor requests.
From €32.50 / month →Venue
Every stage, one frozen version. Multi-day events, unlimited crew.
From €82.50 / month →