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V9.37June 22, 2026Preset bundles in the rig editor tooexpand ↓
  • Categorized rig presets now also show in the "Add equipment" picker inside the rig editor — not just on stages. Picking one drops a copy of all its equipment into the rig you're editing, as a reusable bundle you can then move and tweak.
V9.36June 21, 2026Preset tiles in Add equipment look like equipmentexpand ↓
  • Rig presets that appear in the "Add equipment" picker now look like the rest of the catalog: a small thumbnail preview of the rig and a ★-prefixed name — no more "Rig preset" label.
V9.35June 20, 2026Presets as catalog equipment, contributions default, rig copy-dragexpand ↓
  • Admins can now give a Rig Preset an equipment category (Admin → Rig presets). A categorized preset leaves the stage's "Rig Presets" sidebar and instead appears in the "Add equipment" picker under that category — pick it to drop the whole rig onto the stage. Leave it on "None" to keep it in the sidebar as before.
  • In the rig editor you can now Ctrl-drag (⌘-drag on Mac) a piece of equipment to duplicate it — the same copy gesture you already had on a stage.
  • Admin → Contributions now opens to the "Open" items by default; use the "All" filter to see everything.
V9.34June 19, 2026Fix: rotated equipment shifting when a rig is placed on a stageexpand ↓
  • Fixed a bug where a rotated piece of equipment inside a rig (e.g. an angled wedge monitor) would shift to a different spot once the rig was placed on a stage. It now appears in exactly the same position on the stage as it does in the rig editor and on prints.
V9.33June 18, 2026Tidier stage view + Stage Equipment listexpand ↓
  • The stage plot is less cluttered: an item's name tag now appears only when you roll over it (a rig or a piece of stage equipment). Selected items keep their tag shown.
  • New "Stage Equipment" tab in the right panel (next to "I/O") that lists every item on the stage, grouped by rig — handy as a backline checklist.
V9.32June 17, 2026Fix: Save & close on a shared rig edited from a stageexpand ↓
  • Fixed editing one of your rigs from a stage: when the rig is shared, choosing "Save & propose update" no longer pops a spurious "leave this page?" prompt. The tab now closes cleanly after saving, and the stage updates to show your changes.
V9.31June 16, 2026Stage printout: only page 1 landscapeexpand ↓
  • Stage printout now keeps the patch pages in portrait — only the first page (the stage plot) is landscape. Previously the later pages were being stretched onto landscape too.
V9.30June 15, 2026Stage printout fixesexpand ↓
  • Fixed the stage printout: the header and the stage plot now fit together on a single landscape first page (previously the first page was splitting into three — header, plot, then footer — and staying portrait).
  • The stage plot is now scaled to fit the page, and the following Patch pages render in portrait as intended.
V9.29June 14, 2026Redesigned stage printoutexpand ↓
  • Stage printouts are now laid out for the crew: page 1 is landscape with just the stage plot, page 2 is the "Patch (to production)" list, and page 3 is "Patch (from production)" — each on its own portrait page.
  • The patch tables now auto-size their font so the whole list fits on a single page, and the "Rig · Component" column stays on one line.
  • Every page repeats a header with the stage name, date, and Fortissimo logo.
  • Removed the "Placed rigs" table from the printout — the plot and patch lists carry the detail.
V9.28June 13, 2026Fix: saving Rig Presets & Stage Templates from the admin areaexpand ↓
  • Fixed: editing a Rig Preset or a Stage Template and hitting Save now works for any admin. Previously the save silently failed unless you happened to be the admin who originally created that preset/template.
  • Added a "Save & close" button when editing a preset (returns to the Rig Presets list) or a template (returns to the Stage Templates list).
V9.27June 12, 2026Fix: deleted equipment stays deletedexpand ↓
  • Fixed a bug where equipment deleted from the admin catalog would quietly reappear after each new deploy. The starter catalog now only seeds into a brand-new, empty database — once you've curated your catalog, your deletions stick.
V9.26June 11, 2026Start a rig from a preset, password reset, and stage-usage badgesexpand ↓
  • Rigs you create from a preset — by dragging a preset onto a stage, or with the new "start from a preset" option — are now named "… (from preset)" so they're easy to spot in My Rigs.
  • New rig: you can now start from a Rig Preset (just like starting a stage from a template). Pick one and you get your own editable copy.
  • Forgot your password? There's now a "Forgot password?" link on the sign-in page that emails you a secure reset link.
  • Admins can reset any user's password from Admin → Users — it generates a temporary password to hand to the user.
  • Your rig list and the rig editor now show when a rig is currently placed on one or more of your stages.
V9.25June 10, 2026Presets become your own rig on placement, plus drag-to-placeexpand ↓
  • Placing a Rig Preset on a stage now makes your own editable copy in "My Rigs" and places that — so you can adjust, rename, share, or delete it like any normal rig, with no effect on the shared preset. (Place it twice and you get two independent copies.)
  • More ways to put a rig on a stage: the "Place on stage" button as before, or just drag a rig's name (collapsed or expanded) — or its preview image — straight onto the stage. It drops where you let go.
V9.24June 9, 2026Full-screen stage, rig-size warnings, and list/editor nicetiesexpand ↓
  • Editing a rig from a stage: there's now a Cancel button to back out without saving (it asks first if you have unsaved changes).
  • On the Rigs and Stages lists you can click anywhere on a row to open it — no more aiming for the name.
  • Rigs that get copied into "My Rigs" when you build a stage from a template are now named "… (from template)" so they're easy to spot.
  • Stage editor: a new ⛶ Full screen button maximizes the stage graphic and hides the left rig list while keeping the patch panel visible. Hit Restore (or Esc) to go back.
  • Rig editor: the measurement bars now change color with size — green under 7 ft, yellow from 7–8 ft, red beyond 8 ft. The first time a rig tops 8 ft in either direction, you'll get a one-time heads-up that it's a big rig.
V9.23June 8, 2026Undo, plus equipment-admin fixesexpand ↓
  • Press Ctrl+Z (⌘Z on Mac) in the rig editor or the stage editor to undo your last change — moves, rotations, adds, removes, and patch edits all step back one at a time.
  • Fixed: in the equipment admin, the Category field is now a proper dropdown. Pick an existing category, or choose "➕ Add a new category…" to type a brand-new one. (It used to be a text box whose dropdown only ever showed the current value.)
  • Fixed: the "Create" button when adding new equipment now activates correctly — it was stuck disabled after the slug field became auto-generated.
V9.22.1June 7, 2026Fix: Save & close on a shared rig edited from a stageexpand ↓
  • When you edit a rig from a stage and it's shared with others, "Save & close" correctly shows the "propose update to recipients" reminder first — and now, once you confirm, it actually closes the tab and returns you to the stage (previously it stayed on the rig editor).
V9.22June 7, 2026Collaboration polish, edit rigs from a stage, and equipment tidy-upexpand ↓
  • The dashboard Collaboration card now shows an at-a-glance summary: rigs you've shared out (→), rigs shared with you (←), and a red badge counting anything new that needs your attention.
  • The top navigation now shows a red badge on "Collaboration" with the number of unread messages.
  • On the Collaboration page, a share you've sent that's still waiting — an unaccepted invitation, or a proposed update — now has a "Send reminder" button that emails the recipient a nudge with a link to act on it.
  • Every printout now carries a "Powered by Fortissimo.live" footer.
  • Edit a rig straight from a stage: double-click one of your own rigs on the stage to open it in the rig editor. Make your changes, hit "Save & close," and the stage updates to match.
  • When you build a stage from a template, the rigs on it are your own private copies — so you can edit them this way, while the template's originals stay untouched.
  • In the Add equipment dialog, "My Equipment" now sorts to the top, and each of your own items has small edit (✎) and delete (🗑) buttons — rename it, swap its graphic, or remove it.
V9.21June 6, 2026My Equipment uploads, copy-drag, and upright patch chipsexpand ↓
  • Upload your own equipment: in the Add equipment dialog there's now an "Upload my own" button. Give it a name and a graphic and it lands under a private "My Equipment" category, visible only to you. Size is read from the image at 4 px/cm.
  • Hold Ctrl (or ⌘ on Mac) while dragging a rig or piece of stage equipment to drop a copy — great for repeating the same wedge or backline position. (Rigs shared with you stay single-use, so they just move.)
  • Patch chips now always stay horizontal and on top, even when the equipment they belong to is rotated — their position still follows the rotation, but the text never turns sideways or hides behind gear. Applies on screen and in print.
V9.20June 5, 2026Stage Templatesexpand ↓
  • Admins can convert a stage into a reusable "Stage Template" (from the stage editor → Convert to Template). A template leaves your stages list and is edited in the admin section.
  • When you create a new stage, you can now start from a template. Pick one, give your stage a name, and you get your own fully-editable stage — with private copies of the template's rigs, so nothing you change affects the original.
  • New "Stage templates" tab in the Admin section to edit or unconvert templates.
  • Templates are global — every user sees the same set when creating a stage, perfect for standard house layouts.
V9.19June 4, 2026Place a rig more than once on a stageexpand ↓
  • Rig Presets and your own rigs can now be placed on a stage as many times as you need — handy for repeated wedges, identical backline positions, or a row of the same riser. Each placement gets its own patch numbers, flag positions, and name-label position, fully independent of the others.
  • Rigs that were shared with you stay single-use per stage (place one, and it leaves the available list).
  • The placed-rigs sidebar numbers repeated rigs (e.g. "#1", "#2") so you can tell instances apart.
  • Everything that tracks a placement — patch list, drag-to-move flags, unused-port toggles, name labels — now follows each individual placement, on screen and in print.
V9.18June 3, 2026Equipment admin polishexpand ↓
  • Adding equipment no longer asks for a "key/slug" — it's generated automatically from the name.
  • Removed the "Render kind" picker — equipment renders from its uploaded graphic, so the field no longer did anything.
  • Replacing an equipment graphic now actually shows the new image everywhere — including rigs and stages it's already placed on — instead of the cached old one.
  • Confirmed you can change an equipment item's category when editing it.
V9.17June 2, 2026Rig Presetsexpand ↓
  • Admins can promote any of their rigs to global "Rig Presets" (from the rig editor → Promote to Preset) — as many as you like. A promoted preset leaves your My Rigs and becomes editable only in the admin section.
  • On the stage screen, available rigs are grouped: Rig Presets first, then rigs Shared with me, then My rigs.
  • Every user can place Rig Presets on their stages — useful for house kits, backline packages, and standard setups.
  • New "Rig presets" tab in the Admin section to edit or demote presets.
  • Note: rigs placed on a stage have a fixed size (only position + rotation are adjustable).
V9.16June 1, 2026Measurement units + imperial grid + rig measurement barsexpand ↓
  • New "Measurement units" preference (Imperial or Metric) under Preferences. Imperial is the default. It drives the rig editor scale, the new rig measurement bars, and the default units when you create a stage.
  • Stages defined in feet now draw a 1-foot minor / 4-foot major grid, with an imperial reference scale. Metric stages keep the 10cm / 1m grid.
  • New stages now default to 24 ft wide by 16 ft deep.
  • The rig editor now shows green measurement bars hugging your equipment: one across the top for total width, one down the left for total depth — in your preferred units — so you can see how much space the rig occupies.
V9.15May 31, 2026Release email polish + draggable rig-component labels on stageexpand ↓
  • Release emails no longer include a hardcoded date — your email client already shows the send time in your local time zone.
  • Local builds (PUBLIC_URL pointing at localhost) skip the admin release email, so only real deploys notify everyone.
  • Stage editor: the name labels of components inside a placed rig can now be dragged. The new position is saved as a per-stage override, so the underlying shared rig isn't modified.
V9.14May 30, 2026Deploy emails to admins + icon-path fix + draggable rig-name flyoutexpand ↓
  • Admins now get a release email on every deploy that ships a new version. The body is the same set of release notes that appear on the home page.
  • Fixed the equipment-images health report: it was looking under /public for icons uploaded after V9.9 (which live in the /uploads volume) and reporting them as missing. Now it routes /uploads/* paths to the right directory.
  • Stage editor: the rig-name flyout label can now be dragged. The new position is saved as a per-stage override, so the underlying shared rig isn't modified.
V9.13May 29, 2026Category safety net, proposal change list, draggable name labelsexpand ↓
  • Manage Categories: every delete now asks for confirmation, even draft categories. Deleting a category with items in it requires picking a replacement first — no silent moves.
  • Manage Categories also surfaces an "Orphaned items" section listing equipment whose category is empty or has stray whitespace, with a reassign dropdown so you can fix them in place.
  • New categories you add in Manage Categories now show up immediately in the New / Edit equipment dropdown.
  • Proposal preview: under the side-by-side rig images, a "What changed" section now spells out every difference — components added, removed, renamed, moved, rotated, resized, ports added/removed, and whether notes changed.
  • Equipment name labels on rigs and stages can now be dragged. The new position is stored per component (rig editor for rig-internal labels; stage editor for stage-level equipment). Defaults still anchor above the bbox top.
V9.12May 28, 2026Sidebar polish, invite-via-link, manage categoriesexpand ↓
  • Preferences: screen and print chip sizes are linked by default. Bump one and they both move. Click the chain icon to set them independently. Fixes the common case where users set "Screen" expecting print to follow.
  • Stage editor: the Available rigs sidebar is collapsed by default. Hover over it to see full details. Expanding a rig now also shows a small visual preview of how the rig is laid out — alongside the date modified, → / ← patch counts, and component list.
  • Reorder modal renamed: "Reorder PATCH TO PRODUCTION" / "Reorder PATCH FROM PRODUCTION". Rows are simpler — number, name, source equipment. The +48V badge, mic name, and notes are gone from this view (they live in the inspector). Fixes a bug where ports with +48V could squeeze their name off-screen.
  • Rig print: the "shared by X" tag no longer appears on every component or row — the page header already shows who shared the rig. The Outputs section is now titled "PATCH TO PRODUCTION".
  • Sharing a rig with someone who doesn't have a Fortissimo account now sets them up automatically. They receive an email with a magic link; clicking it asks them to set a password (which also verifies their email) and drops them straight on the collaboration page with the share waiting.
  • Your rigs page: rigs you own are listed first, then a separate section per sharer — each section is headed by the sharer's avatar and name.
  • Admin → Equipment: new "Manage categories" button. Rename a category in place (bulk-updates every piece of equipment in it). Delete a category (with a forced reassignment if anything still uses it). Add a draft category to prep before assigning equipment.
V9.11May 28, 2026Equipment rename in emails + dashboard explainers + sidebar polishexpand ↓
  • The catalog-health email admins receive at boot now says "equipment" instead of "instrument" — matches the rest of the UI.
  • All text that floats over rigs and stages — patch chips AND component flyout labels — now uses one shared size set in Preferences. Bump it once, everything stays in sync.
  • Stage editor: the "Available rigs" sidebar is wider and each rig is a collapsible row. The summary line shows the name and (shared by …). Click to expand to see date modified, footprint, → and ← patch counts, and the component list — without leaving the stage.
  • Add-equipment picker now shows the full name on hover, in case the row truncates.
  • Dashboard: the Rigs and Stages cards have a small (i) icon. Click it for a short explanation of what each one is for — useful when you're onboarding teammates.
V9.10May 27, 2026Equipment icon scale guidanceexpand ↓
  • Admin Equipment form now tells artists exactly how to size icons: draw at 4 pixels per cm (≈10 px / inch). A 100 × 50 cm bass amp = a 400 × 200 px image. When you pick a file, the form reads the image's pixel dimensions and auto-fills the default W and H in cm so the on-canvas size matches what the artist drew. You can still tweak the cm values by hand if you want a different physical size.
  • Guidance shown inline: max 2048 × 2048 px, 2 MB, PNG with transparent background preferred. Files over the max get a soft warning.
V9.9May 27, 2026Print/share/upload fixesexpand ↓
  • Fixed: printing a rig or stage no longer errors. The print page rendered the patch chips through a module that was tagged as browser-only, which broke server-side rendering and returned a 500. The chip rendering is now split so the server can render it without that detour.
  • Fixed: viewing a stage someone else shared with you now works — same root cause as the print fix.
  • Fixed: uploading a display picture (and admin equipment icons) now serves the file at the URL we tell you. Previously the file was saved but unreachable. If your profile picture still shows broken, re-upload it from My profile.
  • Uploaded images now survive deployments. Previously each redeploy wiped runtime-uploaded files; a persistent volume now stores them safely.
  • Added a real favicon so the browser stops 404-ing on it.
V9.8May 26, 2026Stage chip polish + numeric chip sizes + user menu + My profileexpand ↓
  • Stage patch chips are now left-justified — the colored bar at the left of the chip is the anchor point.
  • Stage patch chips default to just the patch number. Hover over a chip to expand it to the full "Out N: <port>" / "In N: <port>" label. Less clutter at a glance; full detail when you want it.
  • Preferences: chip size for screen and print is now a direct pixel value with + / − buttons (range 6–24 px). Replaces the Small / Medium / Large choices. Existing settings carry forward automatically.
  • The top-right shows your name + display picture as a dropdown. Click it for "My profile", "Preferences", and "Sign out". Preferences moved out of the main nav row.
  • New "My profile" page — change your display name and upload a display picture. Visible to collaborators on shared rigs and stages.
V9.7May 25, 2026Preferences for patch-chip size + admin renamed to "Equipment"expand ↓
  • New Preferences page — find it in the top nav. Pick the size of patch-chip labels on screen and in print independently. Small, Medium, or Large. Saved on this device.
  • On-screen chips are now a consistent visual size regardless of how zoomed you are. No more chips growing and shrinking as you zoom in and out of a rig or stage.
  • In print, every chip is now uniform — no more big rigs getting big chips and small mics getting tiny ones. Pick the size that suits your eyes or your audience and it applies everywhere.
  • Admin "Instruments" area renamed to "Equipment" to match the rest of the app.
V9.6May 24, 2026PATCH FROM PRODUCTION collapses + chip drag fix + stage chips match rigexpand ↓
  • On the rig editor right panel, PATCH FROM PRODUCTION rows are now collapsible — same compact summary (blue bar + In N + port label + chevron) as PATCH TO PRODUCTION, expanding to reveal the label / kind fields. The section now reads consistently with the outputs section.
  • Fixed: patch chips on the rig and stage canvases can be dragged again. A recent unification of chip visuals had inadvertently disabled hit detection inside the chip body, so click-and-drag did nothing.
  • Stage patch chips now use the same text format as the rig editor — "Out N: <port label>" / "In N: <port label>" — so a single chip style governs every patch flag everywhere (rig editor, stage editor, rig print, stage print). On the stage, the number is the global patch number; the label provides the cross-rig disambiguator. Any future styling tweak still propagates everywhere at once.
V9.5May 23, 2026Unified patch chip + kit print chipsexpand ↓
  • All patch chips — rig editor canvas, stage editor canvas, rig print, stage print — now route through a single shared visual. Any future tweak to chip styling (colors, padding, font, etc.) will apply everywhere at once.
  • The rig print page now shows the same patch chips as the editor — replacing the small dot-style port markers used previously.
V9.4May 23, 2026Patch-flag fixes + share refresh + Delete-onlyexpand ↓
  • Fixed: dragging a patch chip on the stage no longer shifts the chip to the right after release. The drag handler was storing kit-space coordinates while the renderer expected component-local coordinates; now both round-trip cleanly.
  • Fixed: dragging a patch chip in the rig editor no longer jumps the underlying instrument. The drag event was bubbling up to the parent component, which read it as "the component was moved."
  • Stage patch chips now use the same chip style as the rig editor — white background with a colored bar (green for outputs, blue for inputs) and the patch number.
  • After sharing a rig, the "Shared with (N)" button at the top of the editor now appears immediately — no manual refresh needed.
  • The Delete key still removes a selected item on the rig or stage canvas; the Backspace key no longer triggers a removal (too easy to hit accidentally).
V9.3May 23, 2026Draggable patch flags + per-stage overridesexpand ↓
  • Replaced the V9.2 green centre-of-element patch box. Each port now gets its own small flag chip — green for outputs, blue for inputs.
  • Rig editor: flag chips replace the old green/blue port dots. Each chip shows "Out N: <port label>" (or "In N: <label>"). Drag a chip anywhere within the component to set the default position for that patch flag. Those positions carry over when the rig is placed on a stage.
  • Stage editor: flags on stage show the global patch number ("→ 13" for outputs, "← 4" for inputs). Drag any flag to a new spot — the position is saved as a per-stage override that doesn't modify the rig (so shared rigs are safe). The rig's default still applies for any flag you haven't moved.
  • New "UNUSED PATCH" section in the stage right panel. Open any patch row, click "Mark unused on this stage" — the port drops out of PATCH TO / FROM PRODUCTION and appears (dimmed, strike-through) in the new section. Hit "Restore to patch list" to bring it back. Patch numbers don't renumber when you hide a port.
  • Works for shared rigs too: the unused state and flag overrides live on the stage, so you can hide a port from your stage without touching the original rig.
V9.2May 23, 2026Stage UX polish + green patch overlayexpand ↓
  • On every right panel — rig editor, stage editor, admin instrument form — PATCH TO PRODUCTION is now listed before PATCH FROM PRODUCTION. The selected-component view in the rig editor matches the not-selected view's ordering.
  • When you select a component on a rig, the compact PATCH TO PRODUCTION rows no longer cram the mic name into the summary line — the row looks identical to the "no selection" view (label + +48V badge + chevron). Click any row to expand for editing.
  • Press the Delete or Backspace key to remove the currently selected item on a stage or rig — same effect as clicking the "remove" button in the sidebar, but without leaving the canvas.
  • Rigs placed on a stage now display per-component flyout labels for each piece of equipment inside them (in addition to the rig-level name flyout), matching how individually-placed stage equipment is labeled.
  • When printing a rig or stage, the flyout labels scale to the size of the item — between font size 8 (small mics) and 20 (large rigs) — so labels stay readable instead of always rendering at the same small size.
  • On stage layouts and stage prints, each placed element (rig or stage equipment) now shows a green PATCH overlay box at its centre, listing the patch numbers it covers — "→ 1, 2, 3" for outputs (to production) and "← 4, 5" for inputs (from production). Compact range notation when patches are contiguous.
V9.1May 22, 2026Collapsible PATCH TO PRODUCTION + +48V phantom powerexpand ↓
  • When a component is selected in the rig editor, stage editor, or admin instrument form, the PATCH TO PRODUCTION list now shows compact summary rows (label + mic + +48V badge) that click to expand for editing. Matches the not-selected view, so the layout feels consistent.
  • New +48V (phantom power) attribute on each output. Tick the checkbox in any output editor — the +48V badge then shows up in the compact rows everywhere (rig overview, stage panel, patch modal), and a "+48V" tag appears next to the port name in the print outputs tables. Inputs are unaffected (phantom is a snake-side concern).
V9May 22, 2026Database-backed instrument catalog + admin CRUD, raster-only renderingexpand ↓
  • The instrument catalog now lives in the database. Admins can create, edit, and delete instruments from a new "Instruments" page in the admin area — including uploading a replacement raster icon and editing the default "Patch to production" / "Patch from production" port templates that get copied onto new placements.
  • Procedural drawings are gone. Every instrument renders as its raster icon both in the editor and on print. Missing icon files show a dashed placeholder with the component label and trigger an admin email at next boot.
  • On this deploy, brand-specific instruments without a raster (most of the old amp, monitor, keyboard, and individual-drum entries) were removed from the catalog. Any rig or stage already using one of those instruments had it removed too — admins receive a one-time summary email when this happens.
  • Print pages now show the same chip-style "callout" labels above each instrument that you see in the editor, instead of the older below-the-bbox text.
  • On the rig editor right panel, the section titles "Outputs" and "Inputs" are now "PATCH TO PRODUCTION" and "PATCH FROM PRODUCTION" to match the stage view.
V8.11May 22, 2026Print pages match the editor visualsexpand ↓
  • The rig print and stage print pages now show the same raster icons (drum kits, microphones, etc.) you see in the editor. Previously the print path always drew the procedural shape, so kits and mics looked different on paper than on screen.
  • When a raster icon file is missing or fails to load, the print quietly falls back to the procedural drawing — no broken-image glyphs.
V8.10May 22, 2026Admin moderation + stage-level free equipmentexpand ↓
  • Admin: the /admin user list now shows each user's contribution count and last-activity date, and can be sorted by most recent contribution. Click any name to drill into that user's feature requests.
  • Admin: per-user drill-down lists their feature requests newest-first, filterable by status. Each row has an editable response field and a status dropdown. Saving fires an email to the contributor with the new status + response text.
  • Admin: a new /admin/contributions page shows every feature request across the site newest-first, filterable by status, paginated in chunks of 100. Each row links back to the contributor's drill-down.
  • Contribution statuses expanded to Open, Agreed, Done!, Closed, Dismissed, That's Silly, and Nice Try. The user's own dashboard shows the new status pills.
  • Stage editor: a new "+ Add equipment" button drops any catalog item — drum kits, amps, monitors, mics, keys, furniture — directly on the stage, separate from any rig. Each placed item is fully editable (size, rotation, I/O counts, per-port mic, notes) and joins the stage's "Patch (to/from production)" lists alongside rig ports.
  • Stage print: stage equipment renders on the diagram and appears in the patch tables under "Stage equipment".
V8.9May 22, 2026Generic microphone iconsexpand ↓
  • The vocal and wireless microphone entries in the "+ Add equipment" picker now use generic raster icons instead of the procedural shape, matching the visual style of the new drum kit icons.
  • Existing rigs that already include a vocal or wireless mic component keep their existing visual and label — only the picker entries changed.
V8.8May 22, 2026Generic drum kit catalog with raster iconsexpand ↓
  • Replaced the brand-specific drum kit catalog entries (Pearl, Yamaha, DW, Tama, Ludwig) with eight generic configurations covering 4-, 5-, and 6-piece kits, each with and without an aux snare. The 5-piece comes in two flavours: two rack toms or two floor toms.
  • Each entry uses a real raster icon as its on-stage visual — much more recognisable at a glance than the procedural drawing.
  • Existing rigs that already use one of the old brand entries (e.g. a saved "Pearl 5-piece") keep their name and continue to render — they're just no longer offered in the "+ Add equipment" picker.
V8.7May 21, 2026Rig terminology, unsaved-changes prompts, production-direction patch labels, linked sizeexpand ↓
  • Renamed "Kit" to "Rig" everywhere a user sees the word — nav, page titles, buttons, dialogs, notification emails. (URLs, internal data, and the existing "Drum kit" equipment kind are unchanged.)
  • Closing or printing a Rig or Stage with unsaved changes now prompts you to save or discard, instead of silently losing edits. Covers tab close, browser back, navigation to another page, and the Print button.
  • On the Stage view and Stage print, the I/O lists are now labeled by signal direction relative to the production rig: "Patch (to production)" for outputs and "Patch (from production)" for inputs. The patch numbers and reorder workflow are unchanged.
  • Component width and height are linked by default in the Rig editor — typing a new value in either keeps the aspect ratio. Click the chain icon between the two fields to unlink and edit them independently.
V8.6May 20, 2026Shared-kit save reminder + "Save as a copy"expand ↓
  • When you save a kit that's already been shared and accepted by collaborators, Fortissimo now opens a confirmation dialog first — it lists every recipient who'll receive the proposed update by email so you know exactly who you're notifying.
  • From that dialog, "Save & propose update to all recipients" runs the normal save (proposing the change to each recipient's copy, just like before). "Save as a copy" instead creates a new kit owned by you with the current changes, leaving the original kit and its shares completely untouched — no proposals fire.
  • Kits with no accepted shares save instantly, same as before.
V8.5May 18, 2026Kit screen polish + audience-orientation reworkexpand ↓
  • New "Provider" field on every kit component — pick "I provide" or "Need supplied" so the rider tells the venue who brings what.
  • Component layout attributes (width / height / rotation) are now collapsed into a panel that opens when you need them, so the inspector is cleaner.
  • Scale reference in the lower-left of the kit canvas — like a map scale bar — updates as you zoom.
  • Per-component flyout labels in the kit editor: every piece of gear shows a small translucent name tag above it, so you can identify items at a glance.
  • "Remove from kit" moved into the inspector at the bottom (red, matching "Remove from stage" on the stage view).
  • Equipment shapes redrawn so the speaker grille of an amp, the front of a drum kit, and the kick-drum pedal hint all point the right way when placed on a stage at 0° rotation. Kits dropped on stage no longer arrive upside-down — they're already facing the audience by default.
  • Experimental raster icons: the Ampeg SVT and Ludwig 4-piece catalog entries can use real images instead of the procedural drawing. Other catalog entries still use the existing iconography.
V8.4May 18, 2026Notifications, share-by-email, collaboration polishexpand ↓
  • Email notifications when you share a kit, when a recipient accepts your proposed update, when a recipient declines it, and when an owner sends you an update to a kit you have a copy of. All emails link to the relevant collaboration page.
  • Declined updates now show up in your Collaboration page under "Declined updates". Hit "Re-propose" to send the same change again, or "Open kit" to make a fresh edit.
  • Sharing a kit with an email that isn't on the site yet now records a pending invitation. When that person registers + verifies with that address, the kit shows up in their inbox automatically — no need for the original sharer to re-do anything. Pending invites are visible in your Collaboration page under "Pending email invites."
  • Stage print pages now include Outputs and Inputs tables with patch numbers, mirroring the kit print page.
  • Stage canvas flyout labels: tighter to the kit's edge, translucent so you can see what's behind them. For kits shared TO you, the label includes "shared by NAME"; your own kits stay just the name.
  • Kit editor: the "Delete" button (when an item is selected) is now "Remove from kit" to match the "Remove from stage" wording on the stage view.
V8.3May 17, 2026Print + stage refinements + patch reorderingexpand ↓
  • Kit print: outputs now live in their own labelled section below the components table (was an overlay in the corner that covered the layout).
  • Stage canvas: auto-fit now fills the viewport (was 90%) and the zoom slider goes up to 5× — equipment looks larger by default and you can push further manually if you want.
  • Stage flyout label is just the kit name now. "(shared by …)" still appears in the sidebar list but stays out of the canvas to keep the stage readable.
  • Stage right panel: per-port disclosure rows (the same style as the kit view), outputs first, with a clickable Patch #N chip on each row.
  • Patch ordering: click any Patch chip on a port to open a reorder modal showing the full ordered list for that direction (outputs or inputs). Drag to reorder; shift-click to multi-select; drag any selected row to move the whole group together. Patch numbers update to match.
V8.2May 17, 2026Kit + stage UX polishexpand ↓
  • Kits dropped onto a stage now default to 180° rotation, so the back of the kit faces upstage out of the box.
  • Both editors auto-fit on first open: stage fills the viewport with a little padding; kit fits all items with about 20% room around them. Your manual zoom changes are remembered after that.
  • Kit editor right panel, when nothing is selected: per-port disclosure list for every output then every input across the kit. Click any row to see component, mic/kind, and per-port notes.
  • Stage editor right panel: per-port tables for outputs (Component / Name / Mic-Patch / Notes) and inputs (Component / Name / Kind). Replaces the old comma-separated cells. (Updated again in V8.3 to use disclosure rows instead of tables.)
  • Kit print: I/O table overlaid on the bottom-right of the layout drawing. (Refined again in V8.3 to a dedicated section below the components table.)
V8.1May 17, 2026Release notes sectionexpand ↓
  • New "What's new" section on the home page and dashboard — running notes style with the newest build at the top. Older entries collapse to a one-line summary; click any heading to expand.
V8May 17, 2026Beta-site experienceexpand ↓
  • Submit feature requests from your dashboard — one per day, sent to the team.
  • Stage create form has a metric ↔ feet toggle. The unit choice is remembered per stage.
  • "Upstage" / "Downstage / Audience" labels now sit on the kit and stage drawing pages.
  • Per-input kind picker on kit components: Line feed / Wired monitor / Wireless IEM.
  • Per-output microphone picker — Direct Connection (3.5 mm / 1/4" / XLR) first, then Shure, Sennheiser, AKG, Audio-Technica, Rode, Beyerdynamic with their common live mics.
  • Per-output notes (DI box, gain, phantom power…).
  • During beta, every outgoing email is BCC'd to the team for monitoring.
V7May 17, 2026Going live + adminexpand ↓
  • Live-beta amber banner on the home page and dashboard.
  • Admin area for promoting and demoting users between user and admin roles. Safety rails: can't demote yourself or the last admin.
  • Continuous deploy — every change pushed to the repo updates the live site in 2–3 minutes.
  • Real Amazon SES email — verification emails actually land in your inbox now.
  • Nightly Postgres backups with 30-day retention on the server.
V6+Mid-May 2026Refinementsexpand ↓
  • Kit delete warns about dependent shares + stage placements, and cascades cleanly if you confirm.
  • Stage delete confirmation.
  • Kit-editor rotation pivots around the component center now (was rotating from the top-left corner).
V6May 2026Email verification + share-by-PDFexpand ↓
  • Email verification on sign-up.
  • Share a kit by emailing a PDF when the recipient isn't a Fortissimo user yet.
  • PDFKit-based kit-layout PDF generator.
  • More realistic overhead icons: tuning lugs on drums, kick pedal, speaker grilles + cones on amps, trapezoid wedges with cones, two-stacked discs on hi-hat, proper black-key pattern on keyboards.
  • Kit-inspector rotation slider (replaced the dropdown).
V5May 2026Equipment catalog + text labelsexpand ↓
  • Categorized "Add equipment" picker with ~50 brand entries across drum kits, individual drums, bass and guitar amps, monitors, mics, keyboards, and stage furniture.
  • Free-form text labels on both the kit and stage canvases.
  • Stage print view drops the "shared by" suffix to keep the layout clean.
V4May 2026Collaborationexpand ↓
  • Rotation pivots around the visual centroid of items, with a dashed bounding outline on selection.
  • Side-by-side proposal preview when an owner edits a kit you've received.
  • Collaborator stage view — see other users' stages where your kits are placed (read-only).
  • Direct messages between collaborators, scoped to stages or kit-share relationships.
V3May 2026Share controlsexpand ↓
  • Withdraw a share (owner side) and "Remove from library" (recipient side).
  • Placed kits on a stage are transparent by default — outline shows only on selection.
  • Rotation slider centered at 0, ±180.
V2May 2026Sharing + brandingexpand ↓
  • Fortissimo branding (blue accent, tagline "Perfect at every stage").
  • Shared kits are read-only for recipients. Owner edits propagate as update proposals; recipients can suggest changes back.
  • "(shared by X)" labels throughout.
  • Mic component, kit + component notes, z-order controls.
V1May 2026First working versionexpand ↓
  • User accounts, kit editor with instrument blocks, stage editor with placed kits.
  • Copy-on-accept sharing.
  • Print views for kits and stages.