Getting Started with Relay for Mac

Relay is a Mac dashboard app for live production teams. You can build a custom dashboard with tiles for people, rundowns, wireless devices, timers, webpages, documents, audio levels, transcription, and production integrations.

What You Can Do

  • Build dashboards on a flexible canvas.
  • Add modules for Planning Center, ProPresenter, Resolume, Shure wireless, SPL metering, live transcription, webpages, documents, and more.
  • Switch into Live Mode when the dashboard is ready for production use.
  • Use Automation View to connect triggers, actions, and destinations.
  • Share or mirror dashboard tabs across your local network.

First Setup

  1. Open Relay on your Mac.
  2. Create a new dashboard or open an existing .relay  file.
  3. Add a tile from the toolbar.
  4. Add one or more modules to the tile.
  5. Open Relay > Settings to configure integrations, external devices, OSC, MIDI, LAN sharing, and permissions.
  6. Use Live Mode when you are ready to operate the dashboard during an event.

Common Terms

  • Dashboard: The full Relay document saved as a .relay  file.
  • Tab: A page inside a dashboard.
  • Canvas: The workspace where tiles are arranged.
  • Tile: A movable/resizable container on the canvas.
  • Module: Content inside a tile, such as Planning Center, Time, Webpage, or Shure Wireless.
  • Live Mode: A focused operating mode that limits editing and enables live modules.
  • Automation View: A node-based view for connecting triggers, actions, and destinations.

  • Creating, Opening, and Saving Dashboards
  • Using Canvas View
  • Adding Modules to a Tile
  • Using Live Mode
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