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Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen zum Erstellen von Stage Plots, Input Lists, Monitor Mixes und Tech Ridern mit Techrider.live.

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Pink Noise for Live Sound: Test a PA Safely

Pink noise is a broadband test signal, not a tuning target. Learn what equal energy per octave means, how to compare PA zones and audience positions, why one RTA trace is not the room, and what to …

15. September 20261:17Video-Tutorial

Mixer Pad Switch vs Gain: Stop Input Clipping

A pad and a gain control change level at different points. Learn how to find the first overloaded circuit, choose between microphone, DI, and console pads, reset gain, and document the confirmed in…

15. September 20261:17Video-Tutorial

Speaker Impedance Explained: Ohms, Loads & Amplifier Matching

Understand speaker impedance for live sound: nominal versus actual load, what parallel cabinets do, how to match an amplifier and loudspeakers, and how to document every output channel.

13. September 20261:21Video-Tutorial

PA Headroom Explained: Peaks, Clipping & System Margin

A practical guide to PA headroom in live sound: what the margin really means, where clipping can happen, how to find the first failing stage, and what belongs in a technical rider.

13. September 20261:14Video-Tutorial

Front Fill vs Delay Speakers: Coverage & Timing Explained

Compare front fills and delay speakers in a live PA: which audience zones they serve, how feeds and timing differ, and what belongs in the technical rider.

13. September 20261:15Video-Tutorial

Subwoofer Crossovers Explained: Mains, Subs & Alignment

A practical guide to live sound crossovers: how mains and subwoofers share the frequency range, why there is no universal crossover number, and how to document the processing boundary.

13. September 20261:18Video-Tutorial

FOH vs Monitor Engineer: Who Mixes What at a Live Show?

The FOH engineer mixes for the audience. The monitor engineer mixes wedges and in-ear monitors for performers—but the handoff goes much deeper than two consoles.

11. September 20261:18Video-Tutorial

Technical Rider vs Venue Tech Pack: The Advance Explained

An artist technical rider describes the show. A venue tech pack describes the room. Neither replaces the other—and treating a request or inventory list as a confirmed promise causes show-day problems.

11. September 20261:19Video-Tutorial

Active vs Passive PA Speakers: Power, Cabling & System Design

Active PA speakers contain amplification. Passive speakers depend on an external amplifier—but that is only the start of the system decision.

11. September 20261:19Video-Tutorial

Line Array vs Point Source Speakers: Which PA Design Fits?

A line array is not automatically a better PA system. The right design depends on audience geometry, coverage, throw, trim height, sightlines, fills, delays, subwoofers, processing, prediction, and…

11. September 20261:09Video-Tutorial

Stage Left vs Stage Right: The Performer’s Perspective Explained

Stage left and stage right are always from the performer's perspective facing the audience. Learn the mirror relationship with house left and house right, plus the simple difference between upstage…

25. August 20261:19Video-Tutorial

Pre-Fader vs Post-Fader Aux Sends: Monitors, Effects & Routing

What changes when an aux send is pre-fader or post-fader? See why monitors often start pre, effects often start post, and why pre-fader does not automatically mean pre-EQ, pre-compressor, or pre-mute.

25. August 20261:18Video-Tutorial

Gain Staging for Live Sound: Headroom, Noise & Clipping Explained

Gain staging is not one knob: how to set useful signal levels from source through preamp, channel, bus, processor, and amplifier — while leaving headroom and fixing the first stage that actually clips.

25. August 20261:15Video-Tutorial

Live Sound Signal Flow: From Microphone to Speaker

Trace a live sound signal from the source to the loudspeaker—and learn how to find the first boundary where it fails. This visual explainer follows stage I/O, the console, buses, outputs, system pr…

25. August 20260:13Video-Tutorial

Stop Typing 30 Channel Names on Your X32

Still typing channel names one by one before soundcheck?

11. August 20260:13Video-Tutorial

Will This X32 Import Overwrite Your Mix? No.

Worried that importing channel names will overwrite your existing show scene?

11. August 20260:13Video-Tutorial

One Channel List for X32, M32 & Yamaha RIVAGE PM

Build your input list once, then export mixer-ready channel names and colors for Behringer X32, Midas M32, or Yamaha RIVAGE PM.

11. August 20261:13Video-Tutorial

Microphone Stand Types for Live Sound

Straight stands, tripod booms, short booms, and desktop stands each solve a different live-sound problem. Learn how to choose the right stand for vocals, instruments, amplifiers, drums, and compact…

11. August 20261:13Video-Tutorial

Line Check vs Soundcheck: What’s the Difference?

A line check confirms that every input reaches the right channel at a usable level. A soundcheck goes further: the band plays, balances are shaped, monitors are adjusted, and the room mix is refine…

11. August 20261:11Video-Tutorial

XLR vs TRS: Which Connection Should You Use?

XLR and TRS can both carry balanced audio, but the connector shape does not tell you the signal level or wiring by itself. Learn where each connector fits, what to verify before patching, and how t…

11. August 20261:09Video-Tutorial

Mic Level vs Line Level: Live Sound Signals Explained

Mic level is the low output from a microphone; line level is the stronger operating level used between mixers, interfaces, and processors. Learn why mismatches cause noise or distortion—and how to …

11. August 20260:16Video-Tutorial

Stop Typing 30 Channel Names on Your X32 | Techrider.live

Export channel names and colors from one technical rider to Behringer X32, Midas M32, or Yamaha RIVAGE PM. The export contains no gain, routing, EQ, dynamics, fader, or mute values.

10. August 20261:05Video-Tutorial

What Is Phantom Power? 48V Explained + Safe Patch Order

How can 48-volt phantom power travel through the same XLR cable as audio?

9. August 20261:06Video-Tutorial

Balanced vs Unbalanced Audio: XLR, TRS and Noise Rejection Explained

A connector can physically fit and still carry the wrong signal.

9. August 20261:07Video-Tutorial

IEM vs Wedge Monitors: Which Is Better for Your Band?

In-ear monitors are not always better than wedges. Compare stage volume and feedback risk, isolation and mobility, RF planning, and how to document a hybrid monitor plan with stable mix IDs and fallbacks.

9. August 20261:02Video-Tutorial

What Is a DI Box? Active vs Passive DI Explained | Live Sound Basics

What does a DI box actually do—and why is it more than a simple 1/4-inch-to-XLR adapter?

9. August 20260:49Video-Tutorial

What Is a Tech Rider? Stage Plot vs. Full Technical Rider | Techrider.live

What a tech rider is, how a stage plot differs from a full technical rider, and why a live, always-current rider beats emailing static PDF attachments.

9. August 20261:22Video-Tutorial

Build a Solo Tech Rider in 10 Steps | Techrider.live

Build a complete solo tech rider — stage plot, input list, and monitor mix — from a blank stage, in about 80 seconds.

7. August 20260:26Video-Tutorial

Your Tech Rider, Finally Current — techrider.live

Your tech rider, finally current.

7. August 2026