Key takeaway
Key takeaways
- Exact models, not categories, on the equipment list
- Spares for anything that would stop the show
- Power sanction plus generator changeover confirmed
- One named show-caller holding the cue sheet
DJ & Premium Party Sound: pre-show checklist
Equipment & specification
- Booth standard confirmed: 2 – 4 x Pioneer CDJ-3000 with DJM-A9 or DJM-V10, Pro DJ Link
- Booth monitoring confirmed: Dedicated send, two coaxial or compact cabinets at ear height
- Dance-floor SPL target confirmed: 100 – 105 dBA on the floor, clean with limiter headroom intact
- Sub configuration confirmed: Centre cluster or four-box arc, never a bare left-right pair
- Low-frequency band confirmed: Useful output to 35 – 40 Hz with crossover at 80 – 100 Hz
- Itemised list naming exact models, not categories
- Spares for mics, cables, processors and any single point of failure
Power & safety
- Venue sanctioned load confirmed in writing against the rig's draw
- Silent generator sized with automatic changeover
- Earthing check completed and logged
- Rigging certification and load calculations signed off
- Cable covers on every walkway and crowd line
People
- System engineer named and briefed
- Booth technician named and briefed
- Lighting operator named and briefed
- Effects technician named and briefed
- Laser operator named and briefed
Timings
- Load-in slot agreed with the venue in writing
- Sound check and line check scheduled
- Full technical rehearsal booked with real presenters and real content
- Venue curfew and strike window confirmed
Content & handover
- Booth layout drawing with patching and power detail
- Dance-floor coverage plan showing sub positions and top aiming
- Lighting plot with the busking layout and programmed look list
- Effects firing plan with safety exclusion zones marked
- All video, audio and slides delivered 72 hours ahead in the agreed format
What this checklist is protecting you from
What can go wrong
How we prevent it
- What can go wrong
Left-right subwoofer placement creates loud and dead patches across the dance floor.
How we prevent itSubs are centre-clustered or built as a four-box arc, then checked by walking the floor with a meter before doors.
- What can go wrong
The DJ cannot hear the booth monitor over the main system and starts mixing badly.
How we prevent itA dedicated monitor send on its own cabinets at ear height, level-matched at soundcheck with the artist actually standing in the booth.
- What can go wrong
A visiting DJ arrives expecting a mixer model that was never confirmed.
How we prevent itThe booth spec is confirmed in writing at T-3 weeks and a second mixer travels in the truck on any headline night.
- What can go wrong
Laser beams drop into the audience plane as the crowd surges forward.
How we prevent itBeams are masked and aimed above head height at build, the exclusion zone is physically barricaded, and the operator holds a kill switch all set.
- What can go wrong
CO2 jets empty halfway through the set because the cylinder count was guessed.
How we prevent itGas is calculated from the number of programmed hits plus 40 per cent reserve, and cylinder pressure is checked between artists.
- What can go wrong
Shared power between lighting and audio produces audible buzz through the booth.
How we prevent itSeparate phases for audio and lighting with a single common earth reference, and balanced patching throughout the booth.
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Published 26 July 2026 by the Prime AV Solutions production team.