For darts venues
Anyone who has watched the darts on the telly knows the walk-on is half the show: the song, the strut, the crowd singing along before a single dart is thrown. VibeDeck brings that to your venue. It is a touch-first walk-on music app for the desktop (Windows, macOS and Linux) that runs your player entrances, 180 stings and background playlists from one screen behind the bar, fully offline, from your venue's own imported music library.
No streaming accounts, no buffering mid-final, no laptop juggling between legs. Just proper entrances for your league nights, knockouts and exhibition evenings.
Build a walk-on roster before league night: every player gets their name, a photo and their chosen entrance song. When it is their turn at the oche, tap their tile. The room's music pauses, their walk-on plays at its own independent volume, and when the entrance finishes the background music resumes exactly where it left off. No fumbling with a phone behind the bar, no awkward silence while someone hunts for the right track on a laptop.
Whether you are running a Tuesday night league or a knockout with thirty-two names chalked on the board, every player gets the same treatment the pros get, and each entrance is exactly one tap. Regulars quickly learn that their song is waiting for them, which is half the reason they keep coming back.
A maximum deserves more than a shout from the board caller. Load your 180 sting, nine-dart fanfare, winner cue and bull-off opener onto the cue deck and fire them the instant they happen. The music automatically ducks under the sting, then returns to full volume on its own, so the moment lands without anyone riding a fader.
Between legs and sets, hold push-to-talk to duck every zone and call the next match through your mic: board four, best of five, throw for bull. Release the button and the music comes straight back. It sounds like a produced night rather than a bloke shouting over a jukebox.
The best walk-on songs rarely start at the best bit. VibeDeck's waveform editor lets you trim any entrance visually: skip the long intro, start straight on the chorus, end it before it outstays its welcome. Twenty to thirty seconds is usually spot on for the walk from the bar to the oche.
Automatic loudness levelling holds every track at a consistent volume, so a quietly mastered eighties classic does not disappear after a loud modern anthem, and adjustable crossfade keeps the background playlists blending smoothly while the darts night music does its job between matches.
Colour-coded atmosphere modes let you build the whole evening in advance: a social mode while the early boards warm up, a league mode once matches start, and a big finals mode when it is down to the last two. Tap a mode to load it, then press play when you are ready, so nothing starts before you want it to.
Multi-zone playback keeps the match area, the bar and the beer garden on separate speaker outputs at separate volumes, so spectators get atmosphere without throwers losing their rhythm. Scheduling can switch modes on its own for short-staffed nights, and the Manage area sits behind a PIN, so your setup survives contact with helpful regulars.
FAQ
Yes. Walk-on tracks come from your venue's own imported library, so ask each player for their song, import the file (MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF and OGG are all supported), trim it in the waveform editor and assign it to their roster entry. VibeDeck does not bundle licensed songs or stream from online services; it plays the files your venue already owns.
No. Tapping a player pauses the background music, plays their entrance at its own independent walk-on volume, then resumes the room automatically when the clip ends. Nobody has to remember to press play again between matches, and the background playlist carries on from where it left off.
One desktop machine or touch screen behind the bar running Windows, macOS or Linux. VibeDeck is a local desktop app that works fully offline during play, so a flaky pub connection cannot interrupt a final. Licences are per machine and every plan starts with a free 14-day trial.
Download VibeDeck, import your players' songs and have entrances running before the first leg. Free 14-day trial on every plan, licensed per machine.