Shoflo built its name on rundowns for live production and was later acquired by Lasso, where it operates as Lasso Rundown. Acquisitions change products, and teams that used Shoflo mainly for one thing — keeping a show on time — often find themselves re-evaluating what they actually need.
MaestroTimer covers that timing core in the browser: a running order of named timers, live countdowns on every screen that needs one, and cues to the people on stage. This page lays out what it does and where each tool fits, so you can judge the overlap for your own shows.
What happened to Shoflo?
Shoflo was a rundown and show-flow platform for event and broadcast production. After its acquisition by Lasso, it continues as Lasso Rundown inside Lasso's event-production suite. Existing workflows continue there; the surrounding product, however, is a production platform, and its scope goes well beyond timing.
That scope is the fork in the road. If your team relies on a full production suite, an integrated rundown inside it makes sense. If what you actually open the tool for is the clock — who is on, how long they have left, what comes next — a dedicated timer does that job with less around it.
What MaestroTimer covers
MaestroTimer is built around rooms: one room per show, and every surface of it is a link you share.
The timing core:
- A running order of timers, each carrying a name, a speaker, and notes — the list reads as a rundown, not a stack of durations.
- Three ways to start each item: manually, linked so it auto-advances when the previous timer ends, or scheduled to begin at a set time of day.
- Countdown and count-up, for fixed slots and open-ended segments.
- Wrap-up thresholds that change the timer's appearance as time runs low — the speaker sees the warning without being told.
- Messages to the stage: bold, colored, or flashing, shown live next to the countdown.
- Five views, each its own link — controller for the operator, viewer for the stage screen, agenda for the room's schedule, moderator for the host, operator for the show caller.
- A live connections view listing every device attached to the room, so you can confirm each screen is receiving before doors open.
Which tool fits which team
Lasso Rundown lives inside an event-production platform, and that is its strength: if your show already runs on a suite — crew, gear, scripts, streaming — a rundown that shares that home pulls the production together.
MaestroTimer is deliberately narrower. It assumes you already have your production stack and only lack the timing layer: something every screen can open in a browser, that a show caller can drive from a phone, and that nobody has to install or license per machine. Setup is a room and a link, which also makes it practical for freelancers who walk into a different venue every week.
The honest test is your last three events. If the rundown tool earned its keep beyond timing — scripts, streams, crew coordination — a platform fits. If every feature you touched was about time, you were paying platform weight for a timer.
Trying it next to your current tool
A timing tool can be evaluated without migrating anything: create a room, rebuild one show's running order as named timers, and open the viewer on a spare screen at the next rehearsal.
Because every view is a link, the trial run costs one browser tab per screen. The agenda view gives the room the schedule, the stage screen gets the countdown, and the live connections list confirms who is actually receiving — the same shape a show night would have.
FAQ
Is Shoflo still available?
Shoflo was acquired by Lasso and operates as Lasso Rundown within Lasso's event-production platform. The standalone Shoflo product no longer exists under that name.
Is MaestroTimer a full production platform like Lasso?
No, and it does not try to be. It covers the timing layer — running order, live countdowns, cues, and synced screens — and leaves the rest of your production stack alone.
How does a rundown work in MaestroTimer?
Each agenda item is a timer with a name, speaker, and notes. Link the timers and the show advances automatically as each one ends; the agenda view shows the whole order to anyone with its link.
What does the crew need to install?
Nothing. Every view is a URL: stage screens, the show caller's phone, and the host's moderator view all open in a browser.
Rebuild one rundown and run it live
MaestroTimer runs in the browser: one room per show, a running order of named timers, and every screen synced through a link. Wrap-up colors, stage messages, and a live connections view are built in.