360 to Stadiums: Designing Audio Systems for Modern Touring

by samanthabooneaudio@gmail.com | May 15, 2026 | Home

360 to Stadiums: Designing Systems for Modern Touring For a long time, designing touring audio systems was relatively predictable. You built a system based on a general venue type—or even a few specific venues of the same type. You optimized it for speed and...

Starting the Milan Network at Playback. A Solution for Fly Date Flexibility and More

by samanthabooneaudio@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2026 | Home

Starting the Milan Network at Playback. A Solution for Fly Date Flexibility and More In the current age of touring, where playback rigs no longer provide just a few stereo stems of audio, they now provide show-critical information. This information includes timecode,...

How to Operate on Design First Principles in Live Sound

by samanthabooneaudio@gmail.com | Feb 13, 2026 | Home

You Can’t Untune a Bad Design: Operating on Design First Principles They say, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. In the same sentiment, many engineers often say, “you can’t untune a bad design”. So what does this really mean? It means that operating...

Relay vs Delay Systems: How to Get Consistent Sound to the Last Row

by samanthabooneaudio@gmail.com | Dec 27, 2025 | Home

Getting to the last row: relays vs delays In large-format sound reinforcement, coverage consistency is never accidental. Whether it’s an outdoor festival stretching hundreds of meters past front of house or a stadium pushing audio into the highest tiers, the challenge...

What to Know Before Your First International Tour.

by samanthabooneaudio@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2025 | Home

Things to know before on your first international tour Before you take the leap and the long flight over to europe heres some common “gotchas” that you should consider and know as a tech before doing your first euro tour.  Carnets When bringing gear into or out of a...