Thank you all.
I-score seems very promising and I'll look into it and the kollabs/ds library.
Peter nailed the issue spot on. All that Pd allows me to do has made my work and my thought processes evolve and that's amazing. In the "real world", however, I rely on technicians who do not use it and I always have to find ways to make friendlier interfaces. Most of the times, I end up operating things myself and that's absurd: theatre plays where I'm stuck for the entire run, with the venue's sound tech by my side, not doing it because it's not the "play/pause, fade in/out, cross fade on a mixer's knobs and faders, kind of thing"…
Of course I can go the commercial way and use Qlab. The thing is: if I can get technicians to work with Qlab (I did that, already), could I build something myself?I-score and kollabs/ds, attached to an external controller (there are cheap MIDI / DJ options who are just like the "regular stuff"), could do the trick.
I'll keep searching for that balance between flexible and customized performance control and ease of use for "others". And yes, I'm aware of the dangers of trying to reinvent the wheel.
All the best,
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