Show dictionary · Audio
Input List
Also: channel list · patch list
An input list is the numbered table of every audio source in the show: channel 1 kick, channel 14 lead vocal, each with its microphone or DI, stand type, and stage position. It is the shared map that lets the patch, the console file, and the line check all agree.
In practice
The input list is the audio department’s contract with itself: the A2 patches by it, the FOH and monitor consoles are programmed from it, and the line check walks it in order. Festivals maintain a master version per stage so every band maps into a stable patch and changeovers stay survivable.
Good lists carry the boring details that save minutes under pressure: phantom power flags, stand types, sub-snake assignments, and stereo pairs marked as pairs. The list and the stage plot travel together in the rider; one says what, the other says where.
How you’ll hear it
"Input list says 24 channels, the console file has 26; someone added talkbacks and told nobody."
Related resources
Part of the eventools.io Show Dictionary, a free glossary of live event production terminology.