qwertyGO! by SIR Audio Tools is not a traditional corporate productivity tool like Notion or Slack; rather, it is the ultimate audio-triggering productivity app built to streamline workflows for live performers, podcasters, radio hosts, and theater technicians. By transforming your standard computer keyboard or MIDI device into a highly organized soundboard, it removes the friction of clunky media players and maximizes your technical efficiency.
Below is an overview of how to master its main features to optimize your live audio setup. Playback Control Modes
The core of qwertyGO! relies on customizing how a sound behaves when a key is pressed. You can assign individual files to different play modes:
Play Once (Multiple): Every keypress fires the sound from the beginning, allowing overlapping audio.
Play Once (Stop/Start): Pressing the key once starts the audio; pressing it again stops it immediately.
Hold to Play: Audio plays continuously only as long as you hold the physical key down.
Loop Modes: Loops the track between set markers, either indefinitely until pressed again or strictly while held down. Advanced Audio and Multi-Channel Routing
The app functions as an Audio Plugin Host supporting VST and AudioUnit plugins, meaning you can shape your audio natively using EQ or compression without routing to an external Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Multi-Channel Out: Supports a 16-channel output option.
The “Click-Track” Trick: You can route a musical backing track to the main audience output while simultaneously generating a click-track/metronome to a separate channel dedicated solely to a drummer’s in-ear monitors. Automation with Queues and Groups
To keep your hands free and reduce cognitive load during a fast-paced live show, use internal grouping:
Queues: Map multiple sound effects or music tracks to a single hotkey. Each time you press that key, qwertyGO! progresses to the next track sequentially.
Mute/Trigger Groups: Group specific sounds together so that triggering one element (like a dramatic sound effect) automatically kills or mutes another background track. Universal System Compatibility
OS Support: Operates natively across both Windows and macOS platforms.
Display Optimization: Features high DPI-awareness on Windows and Retina-aware code-signing on Mac to keep text legible on high-resolution stage monitors.
To help you get started with your specific layout, what type of live audio or event are you configuring this for, and what operating system are you running? qwertyGO! | Manual – SIR Audio Tools
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