The first AI-native platform for the marching arts
Write the show. Hand every performer their dot. Hear what the judges said.
Countoff brings drill design with Drill3D, performer dot books with synced audio and AI-transcribed judge feedback into one platform for marching bands, drum corps and winter guard, with contests, judging and public scores next. Built by marchers, for marchers.
Free performer accounts on every plan. Imports your existing coordinate sheets. Works on the phone your students already carry.
One workspace for the whole season
Design, rehearse and adjudicate without changing tools
Design in 3D with Drill3D
Drill3D, the design studio inside Countoff, writes drill on exact high school, NCAA, NFL and indoor geometry. Snap to quarter steps, check spacing, and turn every set into a cinematic render of your show.
Drill designDot books that play
Every performer gets their coordinates, step sizes and a count-synced audio player with their section stem or their own part. Phone, tablet or laptop, online or off.
Dot booksJudge tapes, transcribed
Adjudicators record from their phone. Countoff transcribes the tape, aligns every comment to the drill and summarises by set and section before the ensemble is off the field.
Judge feedbackReal-time co-authoring
Designers, arrangers and directors edit the same show at once. Every edit syncs live, with per-set and per-dot locks so nobody steps on a change.
See how it works
AI-native, not AI-added
The AI is in the workflow, not bolted on the side
Other tools were built before this was possible. Countoff was designed around it: every transcript, comment, score and coordinate becomes something the platform can reason about with you.
Every judge tape becomes a rehearsal plan
Tapes are transcribed with the vocabulary of the activity, aligned to the drill by count, and summarised into strengths, fixes and section notes. Ask the tape a question and get an answer with a timestamp.
A season of feedback, read for you
Recurring themes, what got fixed, what is new. Score sheets photographed on the bus feed the same picture, so the numbers and the comments finally sit in one place.
Photograph a coordinate sheet, get drill
Paste or photograph a printed coordinate sheet from your current drill software. Drill3D reads it, checks it with you and merges it into the show.
Notes each section can actually use
Turn a director-level tape into a plain-language digest for the trumpets, the battery or the guard, and share it with one tap.
How it works
From first set to finals week
Write or import the drill
Start from a blank field or bring in the coordinate sheets you already have. Rosters come from a spreadsheet; every rostered performer gets a free account.
Performers open their dot book
Dots, step sizes and a path on the field, with the music playing in sync. Save it for the bus, the hotel and the field with no signal.
Judges record, the platform listens
A phone, a record button and a "show starts now" tap. Transcript, set-aligned summary and rehearsal plan are ready before the critique.
Built for every field
Exact geometry, from the practice lot to Lucas Oil Stadium
High school, NCAA and NFL hashes, WGI floors and basketball courts are modelled to the inch. Dots are always written against the drill hash, even where the painted hash differs.
Built by marchers, for marchers
We carried the dot books. We sat in the judges’ box. We wrote the drill.
Countoff is made by people who marched, taught and adjudicated, and who got tired of a pipeline held together by PDFs, memory cards and the night before band camp. We build the tool we wanted at every step of that pipeline.
Coming to Countoff
One platform for the whole activity
Drill, rehearsal and feedback are in the beta today. Next, Countoff grows to cover everything around the show.
Contests and circuits
Hosts and circuits run registration, schedules and results in one place, and every unit gets its day sheet and its feedback.
Judges and adjudication
One judge profile across every circuit, a recorder tied to each performance and sheets that work offline in the press box.
Public scores and recaps
Live running order, results, recaps and season standings for fans, parents and press.
Community and forums
Directors, designers, instructors and judges talking shop with the people who do the same job.
Knowledge base and training
Tutorials for every part of the platform, instructor resources and judge education.
Marketplace
Show designs, drill and swag from the designers, ensembles and makers of the activity.
Questions
What people ask before they join
What is Countoff?
Countoff is a platform for the marching arts that combines 3D drill design, performer dot books with synced audio, real-time co-authoring and AI-assisted judge feedback in one browser-based workspace. It is built for high school bands, drum corps, winter guard and indoor percussion, and for the design studios, judges and contests that serve them.
What is Drill3D, and how does it relate to Countoff?
Drill3D is the drill design studio and show engine inside Countoff: exact venues, quarter-step drill, real-time co-authoring, imports, exports and 3D views of every set. Countoff is the platform around it: programs and rosters, dot books, judge feedback, and next contests, judging, public scores, community and training. One account works for both.
What does “AI-native” mean here?
The platform was designed around what is now possible rather than adding a chatbot to an old program. Judge tapes are transcribed with the activity’s vocabulary and aligned to the drill by count, coordinate sheets can be photographed and turned into editable drill, score sheets are read into numbers, and a season of feedback is summarised into rehearsal plans and trends. Every AI result is shown with its source so staff can check it.
How do I get access?
Countoff is in closed beta. Join the waitlist with a few details about your program and what you want to test; we invite new ensembles in waves and every beta program gets a real person during onboarding.
Bring your program into the beta
Countoff is being tested with a small group of high schools, drum corps, indoor units and design studios. Tell us about your ensemble and we will be in touch when the next wave opens.