Play Acoustic Editor

Firmware Manager

⚠ This dialog bypasses the editor's firmware check. Flashing the wrong firmware can brick the device. Use the standard Upgrade flow on the firmware banner unless you're recovering from a failed update.

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MIDI: …

Flash Firmware

Choose .syx file…

A safety-net backup is taken before flashing if the device responds to MIDI.

Recovery — Push Backup

Pushes presets and global setup. The editor's firmware check does not apply here.

Load ?From file — Open a .tch file from your computer.
From device — Download all presets and setup from a connected Play Acoustic via USB. Auto-connects if needed.
Preset packs — Load from the built-in preset library.
New — Create a blank file with one empty preset.

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Save ?To file — Save current presets and setup as a .tch file on disk.
To device — Send changes to the connected Play Acoustic. Only sends what changed since last load/save. If loaded from a file, sends everything.

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To device

Snapshot ?Save — Save current state in memory. Auto-saved on load.
Restore — Revert to last snapshot.

"Send to Device" on presets is a live preview — doesn't affect saved state.

Preset ?Selector — Pick a preset to edit. ● = modified, + = new.
New — Add an empty preset.

No preset file loaded

Load a .tch file (preset pack or device file) to edit presets.

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Save ?To file — Save presets as a .tch file to your computer.
Send to device — Upload changed presets to the connected Play Acoustic.
Send all — Upload all presets (full sync).

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Send to device

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Slots: Shift up No warning Factory ?Slots — Number of visible slots in the list.
Defragment — Renumber all presets sequentially (1, 2, 3...), removing empty slots.
Shift up — When deleting a preset, shift all presets below it up to fill the gap.
No warning — Skip the confirmation dialog when deleting presets.
Factory — Show factory preset placeholders for empty slots 1–110.

Load a file in the Presets tab first

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Load a .tch file to import from

🎤 Perform

MIDI Source ?Select the MIDI port that Stage Traxx or another app sends on. This port is used for both receiving song triggers and FX preset automation.

Load ?Load a saved live configuration (FX presets, footswitch settings, HIT mapping). Samples are built-in examples you can try immediately.

Save

?Automation — HIT toggles the per-preset HIT block on the device; PRESET shows the currently-loaded slot; the four boxes activate FX configurations on top of the current preset.

MIDI: Each FX box can learn an external CC (edit mode) so other apps like Stage Traxx can trigger them remotely. Clicking a box again reverts to the state before it activated. Automation

HIT

MIDI mapping

Same CC for both. On sends value 127, Off sends 0. PC sends the program change (no value byte).

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?Footswitch indicators — shows the state of CC 102–107 received from the device's physical footswitches (Switch-3/Switch-6 pedal). These only activate when the footswitches on the device are configured to send MIDI CC.

Example: Configure a footswitch to CC102, then use it to start/stop a song in Stage Traxx.

Modes:
⇆ Toggle — flips on/off each time the CC is received.
⚡ Instant — flashes briefly on each CC.
↻ Loop-In — sends a looper input setting to the device (Vocal, Guitar, Aux, etc.). These are mutually exclusive — only one can be active.

Off — disables the button (dimmed). Use edit mode to configure. Footswitch

Load ?From file — Load a saved setlist (.json).
New — Create an empty setlist.
Samples — Try the built-in sample setlist with five demo songs.

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Save ?Save — Save the setlist as a .json file to your Documents folder.

Stage Traxx ?Import a Stage Traxx 4 backup (.st4b). Each ST song becomes a setlist row with title, artist, BPM, key and PC trigger pre-filled. Lyrics + FX timeline are also saved for the lyrics-view window.

Live Slot ?The preset slot on the device that gets overwritten with each song's preset. Keep the device on this slot during performance — the preset data changes underneath it.

Import from Stage Traxx

1. Pick a backup file

No file picked

In Stage Traxx 4 → Settings → Backup → Create Backup, then share the resulting .st4b file to a location your browser can read (Files / iCloud Drive / Downloads). Either Database backup or Full backup works — we only read the songs / playlists, audio files in a Full backup are ignored.

2. Pick a playlist

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3. How to merge

Append to current setlist Replace setlist songs (keep preset bank) Refresh from Stage Traxx (keep preset assignments)

After import, refine each row in the setlist UI — change preset, override BPM/key, edit the song name.

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Acoustic Play Editor

Firmware Manager

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Flash Firmware

Recovery — Push Backup

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