The ultimate live performance hub. Manage your hardware, software instruments, and PDF scores in one place. Your professional stage setup, simplified.
Camelot is an application created to address the most complex live performance needs with a simple and guided workflow. It combines in one app, a convenient and beautifully designed digital performance workstation that in the past could only be achieved with a complex setup made of connecting different applications and devices together.
Camelot is a Setlist Manager, a Software Instrument & FX Host, a PDF Music Score reader, a Multitrack Audio Player, and the most advanced Audio/MIDI Patchbay and Router. All in one piece of software:
● Hardware Instrument presets:
select your instrument Smart Map and go! With no MIDI knowledge!
● Software instruments and effects (AUv3)
Play with your favorite software sounds & FX (Auv3 format) and enjoy switching from one scene to another WITHOUT SOUND INTERRUPTION!
● MIDI keyboards and MPE controllers:
connect any MIDI controller directly or with a USB hub;
● Advanced MIDI routing:
duplicate, filter, and route any MIDI messages with ease;
● Powerful MIDI Transformers:
Message Transformers convert CC messages from one number to another.
Trigger a chord by pressing one note
Remap/rescale any CC or velocity curve.
Easily play different scales or harmonize/shift parts;
● MIDI and Bluetooth remote controls:
Remote scene switching, start/stop buttons, or assign track levels to external pedals, faders, or controllers;
● Smart Scene Switching:
It’s a unique feature on iOS!!! There is no AUv3 host capable of switching sound with NO AUDIO INTERRUPTION and clever MIDI messages management, that does not truncate MIDI instances & routing. Stop using production tools for live performances!
● Tempo Sync with MIDI Clock and Ableton Link, with dedicated output for metronome (click)
● Lyrics and Chords attachments with custom annotations:
each Scene recalls PDF or images that you can visualize during the performance. The attached file can be saved at the desired zoom level and scroll position. Stop using paper chord, lyrics, or music score books!
● Audio backing tracks, Timeline & Automations:
attach Audio Tracks, add auto-play and auto-stop markers, and even add Scene automation. You can have multiple audio tracks with separate audio outputs and, at the same time, use the Timeline to automate Scene switches at specific points in the sequence;
● Audio Inputs and Routing:
Manage any audio input source: mic, guitar, bass, or hardware synth.
Add effects to any internal or external audio source in Camelot.
Endless audio routing options with dedicated audio send connectors;
● Manage your Performance with ease: Forget about the complications of last-minute Setlist changes. Rearrange, move and duplicate Songs with simple Drag & Drop directly on each Setlist.
How Camelot is organized:
● Setlists - a collection of Songs
● Songs - can have one or more Scenes that each include a Timeline. When you select a Song in Camelot, you load all the resources needed to play that Song (i.e., Virtual Instruments, FX, and Audio Tracks).
● Scenes - recall and organize Hardware instruments presets, MIDI connections, Software plugin presets, and Music Score Attachments. You can switch freely from one Scene to another with no interruption in the sound.
● Layers - the building blocks of each Scene. Layers allow the connection between MIDI Input Controllers and the Items. Layers manage the MIDI and Audio flow for all the Items that are loaded on them.
● Items - Individual Hardware or Software Instruments and FX.
I had been performing using a combination of ForScore and AUM—as the former can send program changes to the latter. Then Camelot went on sale and I went for it. Its performance-oriented architecture allowed me to conceive of a more ambitious project than I could have carried off in the former set-up—so I thank the app for that. One limitation I encountered was external controllers having to operate at a global level. Camelot is organized into "scenes" which are made up of "layers", which are themselves comprised of "items." So when I set my expression pedal to control the level of layer 1, or, say, the level of layer 2, item 3, the pedal would continue to do so in every sequential scene. At first I thought of Stravinsky's concept of limitations being freeing for a composer, and so I created a spreadsheet to keep track of controller assignments—inserting empty filler layers to avoid the assigned layer or item affecting parameters I wanted left alone. Another limitation was lack of control over AUv3 parameters. You could tweak them in the interface but you could not assign external control over them unless the app had an internal midi learn feature. This meant having to abandon some favorite apps that didn't offer this. (I could not trigger a "freeze" in Magma with a sustain pedal, for example). Another limitation is poor tech support. When I pointed out an issue with controller curves not taking effect at the layer or item level, the tech person I was corresponding with ceased responding. All this is to say that if you can work OK within these limitations and somewhat archaic structure, the app is otherwise reliable and can produce amazing results. I, however, have moved on to Camelot's competitor, Keystage, which has a responsive developer who keeps the app vital.
Great app but audio input from Motu M4 is broken
papaskunk
This issue existed both before and after the recent update. When I create a new layer with a source of audio inputs from my Motu M4, it acts like it does not “hear” the input. The inputs are appropriately mapped to the interface’s inputs, and are not red (like when the device is unplugged), so it sees and knows about them. However, the triangle never flashes as I would expect it to when receiving input (this is the method I use to confirm it is receiving midi, but in that case, with midi inputs as the source, it’s a circle).I also know the interface is functional, because (a) I have level meters on the interface and (b) the identical configuration works in a competitor’s app I also own, so I know it is sending the audio over USB. My hardware synth has no onboard effects, so I need to route the audio through auv3s. I would love to have this fixed and get back to using Camelot as I prefer its UI, but there appears to be no way to get support for the iPad version, and I don’t have a desktop version.
Major update = major improvements
LeesKeys
I see that all the other reviews are at least a year old. I don’t think it’s fair to judge the current version based on these. I have been working with 2.01 for a couple of days and although there is a learning curve, it’s very easy to progress. The interface is very well thought out and easy to use. Other than one app which did not play well with Camelot, I’ve had no freezes or crashes. I’m using Camelot strictly as a software manager for plug-ins so I can’t speak to its response to hardware-based keyboards. Not giving it five stars at this point simply because I haven’t worked with it long enough to thoroughly wring it out. If you’ve been put off by earlier reviews about this app being buggy, I encourage you to give it another try. Right now it’s on sale.
First Impressions
Playing Keys
Camelot Pro is definitely going to evolve into a powerful utility for managing live performance. I found the app useful, but not bug free (not surprising for an initial release). For some reason the app lost output audio setting for my Montage and required an uninstall/re-install to resolve. Also may have been related, but data sync didn’t seem to work correctly after I aborted an attempt. Could have been operator error. Doing data sync on all banks takes considerable time. Finally, online documentation was a bit sparse. Definitely a lot of potential. Once I resolved, the app worked fine and has decent user interface.
NEW
- Layer view: added MIDI Learn Scene Mapping to map (locally) Layer and Item commands (volume, solo, mute), including external keyboard controls and plugin parameters, directly by clicking on the GUI at the local (Scene) level.
- Remote Control (Global): redesigned interface with a setup wizard for selecting commands, plus the ability to select Scenes, Songs, and Setlists via MIDI note input.
- Remote Control (Global): extended mapping support to up to 16 racks (Setlist and Song), matching the Scene layer behavior.
- Remote Control (Global): when disabled, the Remote Control setup section is greyed out and no longer editable.
- Remote Control (Global & Local): added bi-directional MIDI support.
- Remote Control (Global & Local): added a “Pick-up” option to prevent parameter value jumps when moving an assigned knob or fader.
- Remote Control (Global): added the ability to remove the Studiologic SL mk2 from the Remote Control device list.
- Remote Control (Global) / Timeline: added Next/Previous Marker and Next/Previous Scene Marker commands.
- Timeline: markers are now editable only in Edit Mode to prevent accidental marker moves.
- Improved analytics tracking and reliability.
- Layer/Rack Items: Expanded support to more than 8 parameters per item, including plugins.
- Automatically enables iOS Network Session if it is disabled.
- Added Global Transpose to the Remote Control command list.
- Implemented Channel Pressure (Aftertouch) support for both Global and Local MIDI mappings.
- Added Remote Control import/export to the Main Menu.
- Improved audiograph performance in specific UI contexts.
FIXED
- Fixed a crash on iOS when reloading a song using long-press panic (SL MKII integration).
- Fixed an issue where songs with identical names were incorrectly highlighted (SL MKII integration).
- Fixed sidebar list refreshing too frequently when tempo sync was enabled.
- Fixed an issue when replacing the metronome’s main audio output in songs/setlists imported from another device.
- Fixed sidebar not updating the song/scene name after renaming.
- Added option to remove “StudioLogic SLMK2” from the Remote Control device list.
- Fixed an issue where some AU plugins didn’t show preset names correctly in Camelot (e.g., King of FM).
Version 2.5.0
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