Sound Check and Monitor Mix Sheet
Put the mix that was right at sound check back at show time, and start the next gig from what worked rather than from nothing.
MU-26 1 page
Music and performance · MU-27
Stage Plot and Input List
A free printable stage plot template with a squared area to draw the stage as the audience sees it, and a numbered input list of every source, mic or DI.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Let a venue engineer patch the stage before you arrive, and save the twenty minutes of pointing and shouting that a gig without one costs.
Who it is for
Bands and acts of any size playing venues with house sound, and the engineers and promoters who ask for a plot in advance.
How to use it
- Draw the stage in the squared area as the audience sees it: players, amps, risers, wedges, DI boxes and where power is needed.
- List every input in the order you want it on the desk, numbered from one.
- Say for each whether you bring the mic or DI or expect the venue to supply it, and what stand it needs.
- Fill in the monitor mixes, power drops and backline at the bottom and send the sheet ahead.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The two things a venue engineer asks for before you arrive: a drawing of where everyone stands and what is beside them, and a numbered list of every signal coming off the stage and what it needs.
Write-on lines: Act · Number on stage · Contact / phone · Venue / date
Stage plot — draw it as seen from the audience — mark wedges, risers, power drops and DI boxes
Squared grid
Also printed: DOWNSTAGE — AUDIENCE THIS SIDE
Write-on lines: Stage left (audience right) needs · Centre · Stage right (audience left) needs
Page 2
Input list — in the order you want them on the desk
Table, 20 rows: Ch · Source · Mic / DI · Own / venue · Stand · 48V · Position on stage
Write-on lines: Monitor mixes needed · IEM / wedges · Power drops needed · Backline supplied by · Anything unusual the engineer needs to know first · Total channels · Version / date
Questions
Why is the input list not pre-filled with a standard drum kit?
Because there is no standard band. A pre-filled list gets crossed out more than it gets used, and a channel that is listed but not there wastes an engineer's time. Write what you actually bring.
Should the plot be drawn from the stage or from the audience?
The sheet asks for the audience view, and labels the bottom edge as the downstage side, because that is how most house engineers read one. Whichever you choose, mark stage left and stage right so there is no doubt.
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