Dugout Cue
Dugout Cue
Pre-cued walk-up clips for every batter in your lineup — tap once from the dugout and the song starts instantly, right on the hook.
Coming soon to theApp Store
Dugout Cue is a walk-up song player for the parent or coach running music from the bench. You build the lineup once — each batter gets a name, a number, and a trimmed clip of their song — and during the game one giant tap fires the current batter's clip the instant they step out. One tap stops it with a clean fade.
The difference is in the audio plumbing. While the current batter's song plays, the on-deck batter's clip is already decoded and loaded, so the next tap plays a ready buffer instead of seeking through a file. The audio session stays warm between batters and holds its output route, so a Bluetooth speaker doesn't reset its volume or stumble on the next song.
Songs come from your own Apple Music library or your own files — MP3s, voice memos, imported audio. An optional on-device announcer can call each batter by name and number, previewable before you ever rely on it, and the whole roster can be exported so a backup parent can run the same lineup.
The on-deck clip is decoded and armed while the current one plays, so the tap fires the song with no spinner and no seek delay.
A card for every batter with name, number, and their trimmed clip. Current batter is big and armed; on-deck is pre-loaded.
Set in and out points on a waveform, pick the hook, and use fade in and out that actually fades.
The session stays warm and the output route stays locked between batters — no volume starting at zero on each song.
Import from your Apple Music library or bring local files, MP3s, and voice memos. The app plays audio you already have.
An optional on-device voice announces each batter — 'Now batting, number 7' — with a preview so you hear it before game day.
Add each batter with name and jersey number, then attach a song from your library or files.
Mark the in and out points on the waveform so the best sixteen seconds — the hook — is what plays.
On game day, the current batter's card is front and center. Tap to fire the clip, tap to fade it out, and the next batter is already cued.
Export the team lineup so the backup parent can load it and run the music when you're away.
A walk-up song is the short music clip played as a batter walks from the on-deck circle to the plate — usually ten to twenty seconds of a song they pick. It is a fixture of youth, high school, and pro baseball and softball. Dugout Cue exists to play those clips at the right instant, batter after batter.
Yes. Dugout Cue holds your whole batting order with a trimmed clip per player and fires each one with a single tap from the bench. It is built for the ten-second window between batters, with the next clip always pre-loaded.
Most music apps start streaming and seeking the file only after you press play, and a Bluetooth speaker can add its own wake-up lag — together that can mean many seconds of dead air. Dugout Cue avoids this by decoding the next batter's clip in advance and keeping the audio session warm, so the tap plays an already-loaded buffer.
Choose the most recognizable moment — usually the hook or the drop — and cut roughly ten to twenty seconds around it. In Dugout Cue you set in and out points on the song's waveform, preview the clip, and add a fade so it ends cleanly when the batter reaches the box.
Yes. Dugout Cue plays audio you own: tracks from your Apple Music library, local files, MP3s, and even voice memos. Since the clips are your own audio on your own phone, playback works without a signal at the field.
Some player apps close or reconfigure the audio session after each track, which makes certain speakers renegotiate volume and start the next song at zero. Dugout Cue keeps one continuous audio session running across the whole game and locks the output route, so the speaker keeps its level from batter to batter.
Ten to twenty seconds covers the walk from the on-deck circle to the plate at most levels; many leagues cap it around fifteen. Trim to the hook so the best part plays immediately. Dugout Cue lets you set the exact in and out points per batter and fades out cleanly on your stop tap.
Dugout Cue includes an optional announcer that speaks each batter's introduction — name and number — using on-device speech, so it works at a field with no internet. You can preview every announcement in advance, and the voice covers your whole roster.
Keep everything local: the clips, the lineup, and the announcer must not depend on streaming or a server. Dugout Cue stores trimmed clips of your own audio on the device and plays them through your speaker, so a dead-zone field changes nothing.
Yes. Dugout Cue exports the team lineup — batting order, names, numbers, and clip settings — so a backup parent can import it and run the same music. Handing off the dugout job takes one share.
Generally no — streaming services don't allow other apps to play or trim their protected catalogs, and apps that suggest otherwise disappoint at the field. Dugout Cue is upfront: it plays your Apple Music library and your own files, which is exactly why it can pre-cue clips and start them instantly.
They follow the batting order, which means the operator needs the next clip ready the moment the current at-bat ends. Dugout Cue mirrors your lineup as a card stack: the current batter is armed front and center, the on-deck batter is pre-loaded above, and finished batters fall away.
Build the lineup before the season — then fire every walk-up song right on the beat.
Coming soon to theApp Store