Ensemble Stage: Seating Chart

Draw stage layouts and seating charts on iPad/iPhone and share them as PDF or image. Concerts, competitions, and new-member seating, faster than pencil and paper.

Do you spend hours every time you make a stage layout?

Suisogaku Setting is an iPad and iPhone app made specifically for creating stage layouts (seating charts) for school wind bands, orchestras, and community ensembles. Register your member list, choose the parts, and let the app place them automatically. After that, just drag with your finger to fine-tune. You can finish a clean layout far faster than with PowerPoint, Excel, or hand drawing.

■ Who it is for

・Student conductors, band presidents and vice presidents, section leaders ・Faculty advisors, instructors, stage managers and stage crew ・Anyone who rebuilds a seating chart for every concert and competition ・Anyone who has hit the limits of making layouts in PowerPoint or Excel

■ Why a layout takes only a few minutes

Register your members (manual entry or bulk import via CSV) Choose the stage (music room, gymnasium, small/medium/large hall, competition stage, and more) Select parts and place them automatically (straight lines, arcs, and multiple rows) Drag with your finger to adjust Export and share as PDF or image

The app handles the work of arranging, so you can concentrate on how to arrange.

■ Main features

◎ Automatic bulk placement for large groups Place selected parts or members in a single straight row, a single arc, or multiple rows all at once. You can specify the number of rows, the number of players, spacing, radius, and the direction the conductor faces, and check the result in a preview before confirming. Whether you have 60 players or 120, rearranging takes only a moment.

◎ Adjust exactly as you want, directly with your finger Drag to move, rotate, align, distribute evenly, group, and lock. Pinch to zoom, and use two fingers to pan. Every operation can be undone immediately.

◎ Designed for real wind band settings Players are shown with an instrument color, an abbreviation, and their name. You can also place large instruments such as piano, double bass, timpani, marimba, and drum set, as well as chairs, music stands, platforms and risers, and the conductor's podium.

◎ Bulk registration of your member list via CSV Import names, phonetic readings, grade or year, instruments, and more all at once. For instrument abbreviations and English names (Cl, Trumpet, and so on), the app suggests standard names automatically, and you can always review them before importing. Your existing member list is never overwritten without your confirmation.

◎ Export as PDF or image to suit each purpose Produce different outputs from the same data for members, for stage crew, or for submission to the hall. You can choose a version with names or without names. A4 landscape is the standard, and export as PNG or JPEG, printing, and standard sharing are supported.

◎ Gentle notices about overlaps and overflow The app shows advice when something extends beyond the stage or when a seat has no member assigned. The final decision is always yours.

■ Use it with confidence

・All features are free to use. No watermark is added. ・No account registration or sign-in is required. ・Member lists and layouts are stored on your device, and you can create and edit them offline. That means no worries in music rooms, gymnasiums, or halls without a network connection. ・Personal information you enter or capture is never sent outside the device without your permission.

■ Where it helps

Regular concerts / competitions / ensemble contests / rehearsals / welcome events for new members / graduation concerts / stage transition meetings / preparing documents to submit to the hall

Spend the limited time you have in club activities on music, not on arranging seats. Please try it for free.

You can also view, check, and make light edits on iPhone.

This app is designed primarily for creating and editing on iPad.