JoeCo BandMate - 24ch Balanced Analogue Backing Track Player

The JoeCo BandMate is a dedicated 24-channel backing track and MIDI playback unit built from the ground up for live performance. Where laptop-based playback systems introduce complexity, software dependencies, and failure points, the BandMate keeps it simple: load your tracks and setlist onto a USB stick, and the unit handles the rest — automatically queuing each song in order so you can stay focused on the stage, not the technology. With 24 balanced analogue outputs, MIDI output for controlling pedals, lighting, and external gear, per-channel phantom protection and an earth lift switch, it brings professional-grade reliability to the kind of playback setup that touring bands and theatre productions depend on every night.

The BandMate was designed for bands, artists, and production companies who need backing track playback to be rock-solid and operationally invisible. The setlist workflow is the key to this: rather than navigating file browsers or cueing tracks manually, you build your setlist in the BandMate app before the show, and the unit automatically advances through it in order. False starts are handled gracefully — the SKIP and FALSE START buttons on the front panel give you instant control without breaking the flow of a performance. The footswitch input means a single tap from the floor is all it takes to start the next track, which suits solo performers and bands where a dedicated playback operator isn't available.