Real Gear. Real Gigs. No Fluff.
Practical, no-fluff reference sheets and templates built from real gigs. Preview any of them below, then grab it for a buck or two.
Live Sound Gain-Staging Cheat Sheet
Stage Plot Template & Icon Set
Connector Pinout Reference Card
Dante Network Quick-Start Cheat Sheet
Wireless Mic & RF Basics Cheat Sheet
We pulled apart a piece of old software — VACS Client Workstation, built to control Jim Gamble’s hand-built DCX-60 live sound console — and rebuilt its control surface as an interactive browser demo. Drag faders, hit mutes, watch the meters move. Then read how the real thing actually worked, plus the touring history behind the console it was built for.
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Watch how to build a clean, professional stage plot for free in Google Docs, no special software required. Then grab the Stage Plot Template & Icon Set, a ready-made set of stage-plot icons and a fillable input list, so you can skip drawing every shape from scratch.
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- Live Sound Basics Series — Signal flow, EQ, aux sends, VCAs, stage directions and more.
- How-To Guides — Practical guides: multitrack recording, Audacity, troubleshooting.
- Dante Networking — Coverage and explainers on Dante audio networking.
- Live Gigs & Systems — Real rigs, real venues — see how working systems get set up.
- What's In YOUR Kit? — Community-submitted gear kits from working engineers.
- Industry Interviews — Conversations with engineers, manufacturers and insiders.
