Prepare your sound check, keep your mixer in view, give each musician their own monitor mix and rehearse with backing tracks. Free, local and built for bands.
XR18 / X18 · MR18 · XR12 / MR12 · partial X32 — see capabilities and validation below.
Real screenshots of BandPilot 2.2.4 in simulation. Settings are examples; no hardware audio signal is represented.
BandPilot 2.3.1
Pick up from your last good soundcheck
Link a complete scene and notes to each band, then review changes before recall. Musicians can check their assigned bus and source signal from their phone and recall their latest mix. Sound Workshop adds kick and bass A/B comparison. Connection diagnostics separate network, control and REAPER bridge issues.
Technical rider and stage plot
Musician cards, the patch list and a printable stage plot use the band’s input and monitor assignments.
Try source-specific effects for backing vocals and instruments with a separate level for each monitor. Sound Workshop adds A/B listening and measured advice from a REAPER excerpt.
Switch in Settings → Options · Language, without restarting. Menus, controls, help and confirmations follow your choice. Each musician can also select their language on their phone.
The preference is saved on this device; your song, scene and musician names stay unchanged. More languages can be added on request.Request a language
BandPilot 2.2.4
A closer look at the console
The current BandPilot 2.2.4 design: colour-coded channels, processing and personal monitors. Click a screenshot to enlarge it. Detailed screenshots below are in French.
Full mixerInstruments, faders and channel processing at a glance.Graphic equalizerThe curve, bands and controls for the selected channel.Gate and dynamicsThreshold, range and envelope controls on the channel strip.Personal monitorsEach musician’s mix, with access to bus EQ and compression.
Your workspace, your monitor mixes
Personal layouts remember visible strips, strip width and output-panel visibility by mixer model and screen size. The monitor desk brings each musician’s mix, bus EQ and compressor together.
REAPER bridge 1.2.3 isolates concurrent requests and retries transient file locks without repeating Record.
Simulation screenshot; no fabricated hardware audio measurements.
From preparation to your show
Advanced features depend on the mixer. The matrix explains what is available and what remains experimental.
Sound-check coach
Six steps: connect, map instruments, measure gain, troubleshoot, prepare monitors and save. The coach reads mixer measurements, not your audio.
Simple and Expert mixer
Compact navigation, channel banks, main mix, buses, DCAs and channel processing. Preamp, gate, compression, EQ, sends, effects and routing depend on the model.
Personal monitors
A personal QR link for each musician and their bus only. Faders, mute, saved profiles and capped levels. Control permissions refresh without reloading.
Rehearse with REAPER
With backing tracks or band only: sections, takes, waveforms, presence, original playback, loops and markers. Requires REAPER bridge 1.2.3.
Multitrack recording
Prepare a session, select tracks, record 24-bit WAV and monitor transport. Multitrack USB on XR18/MR18/X18; XR12/MR12 use a stereo USB-stick recorder.
Prepare your show
Song library, setlists, rehearsals and notes stored on your computer. Show transport, sections and song endings with configured REAPER/ReaCue.
Scenes and backups
Capture mixer state, import/export JSON, preview changes and keep a backup before recall. Guided scene recall excludes phantom power by default.
Analysis, accounts and integrations
X-Air meters and spectrum, A/B advice, optional accounts and diagnostics. Optional connected AI uses your own key; ReaCue and native scenes have documented limits.
Try without hardware
Simulation lets you explore and prepare settings. Simulated levels are never presented as real measurements. REAPER remains a real audio application.
The right interface for your mixer
Discovery reads the mixer identity on your local network. Name, brand and controls adapt; unknown models are rejected. Connections start read-only.
Model
Capabilities
Status in this release
Behringer XR18 / X18
16 mono strips + stereo Aux · 6 Aux outputs · 18×18 USB
Main family. Hardware checks performed on XR18; X18 still needs confirmation.
Midas MR18
16 mono strips + stereo Aux · 6 Aux outputs · 18×18 USB
Profile and protocol tested in simulation; hardware validation pending.
Behringer XR12 / Midas MR12
12 inputs · 4 mic preamps · 2 physical Aux outputs
Adapted UI and limits. Stereo USB-stick recording, no PC multitrack interface. Hardware validation pending.
Behringer X32 / Rack / Compact / Producer / Core
32 channels · 16 buses · 8 DCAs · 6 matrices
EXPERIMENTAL / PARTIAL: mixing, EQ, core dynamics and sends. Full preamp, routing, FX, meters, scene and USB support unavailable.
Physical tests were performed on an XR18. Profiles and simulators do not replace validation on every mixer. X32 is not advertised as full compatibility. Detailed compatibility notes
An illustrated tour in under a minute
A montage of BandPilot 2.2 simulation screenshots, without audio or hardware control demonstration. Chapters and a transcript accompany the video.
Yes. BandPilot is free and open source under the MIT license. REAPER is separate software with its own license.
Are all mixers fully supported?
No. Features depend on model and validation. X32 support is partial and experimental. Check the matrix before live use.
Does the coach hear audio?
No. It reads available mixer settings, meters and measurements. Listening advice starts with your description and needs an ear check.
Do I need internet or an account?
Local control works without internet or an account. Computer, mixer and phones must share a local network. Optional connected AI requires internet and your own API key.
What happens to XR18 Studio?
BandPilot is its new name. The repository and legacy technical identifiers are retained to preserve history and data. Back up your scenes before updating.
