Time Line
Founded 2025 · 6 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Time-line Live is macOS software that analyzes live music in real time using local machine learning to predict musical events (builds, drops, breakdowns) and convert them into OSC and MIDI commands for lighting, visuals, and show systems. It is aimed at live production teams working with DJs, integrating with tools such as Node-RED, Ableton Link, Resolume, Unreal Engine, GrandMA, and ChamSys.
Also known as Time-line · Time-line Live
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Time Line (time-line.io) develops Time-line Live, macOS software that analyzes live music as it is played and converts the resulting musical information into control commands for show systems. A Mac running the software connects to DJ decks over Ethernet; as each track is loaded, machine learning analyzes the audio locally to produce a stream of musical metadata that includes upcoming musical events, BPM and event progression. Detected events — builds, breakdowns, drops, breaks and fake drops among them — can be predicted ahead of time and turned into OSC and MIDI commands for lighting consoles, media servers and other show equipment.
The product positions itself against the two conventional approaches to live production, fixed timecode timelines and manual operation, by synchronizing show systems to the music itself so that performers can improvise while automation follows. Additional capabilities described by the company include rich real-time event metadata, automatic detection of deck transitions, and event-driven OSC/MIDI automation built through Node-RED workflows (for example, mapping a rhythmic build to a strobe that ramps up into the drop). Analysis runs entirely on the local machine with no internet connection required, and the company states that tracks are never uploaded, stored or shared and that local analysis is used only for music event detection.
Business model
Software licensing for macOS, with a planned two-tier structure: a Free tier including DJ deck connectivity plus deck and waveform monitoring, and a Pro tier adding real-time prediction of upcoming musical events (Key Points) and OSC/MIDI automation of lighting and visuals.
Tiered product plans, free and paid (Pro), to be offered at launch; Pro pricing had not been announced.
Traction
The product was pre-launch, with a waitlist and an early access program announced as coming soon; the website refers to use by production teams.
Latest developments
Time-line Live for macOS was described as coming soon, with Free and Pro plans to be available at launch and early access opening to interested production teams.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Positions Time-line Live as an alternative to timecode-driven or manually operated show control, synchronizing automation to live music rather than to a fixed timeline.
Predicts upcoming musical events rather than only reacting to them; adapts to changes in a live set so artists can improvise; runs entirely offline on the operator's Mac; provides automatic deck transition detection and customizable Node-RED workflows for mapping musical metadata to OSC and MIDI.
Technology
Local machine-learning audio analysis running on macOS. The software ingests audio from DJ decks connected via Ethernet, analyzes each loaded track on-device, and emits musical metadata including predicted upcoming events, BPM and event progression. Outputs are delivered as OSC and MIDI, and interoperate with Node-RED, Ableton Link, Resolume, Unreal Engine, GrandMA and ChamSys. Operation is fully offline.
Go-to-market
Direct pre-launch demand capture through a waitlist and contact form on the company website, supported by product documentation and a blog, with an early access program for interested production teams.
Live production teams working with DJs and electronic music performances, including lighting designers, visual operators and show control staff using lighting consoles and media servers.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe company announced that Time-line Live for macOS is coming soon, with a Free plan (DJ deck connection, deck and waveform monitoring) and a Pro plan (real-time musical event prediction and OSC/MIDI automation) available at launch; early access was opened to interested production teams via a waitlist.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Time Linetime-line.io · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Time Line do?
- macOS software that analyzes live music in real time and turns predicted musical events into OSC/MIDI show cues.
- Who are Time Line's investors?
- Time Line's investors include Volta Ventures.