Live Design International (LDI) 2024

Learn how experts organize information across consoles: Fixtures, groups, palettes, cues, views, and much more. Explore the theory and relationships behind designers, programmers, and all the data and responsibilities they share. This session is perfect for new programmers or for existing programmers wishing to brush up on their skills.

This session takes fundamentals into show creation process. Industry professionals examine myriad productions and how they each operate differently. Cover cuelists, busking, magic sheets, macros, and advanced tricks and stories from speakers on how they got it done.

This seminar delves into the biology, and physics of color so that we can understand how our bodies react to color and light. We will also look at how to use the latest measuring tool TM-30.

Explore the equally simple and complex nature of effect building. Learn how experts create stunning looks using basic math, selections, offsets, spreads, and clever thinking. We also cover the networking knowledge every programmer needs as well a  touch on the strange and unique requests we're often asked to fill in the ever-evolving world of live design.

Whether live streaming is a recent adventure for you, or you just want to know how to make your live streams sound more engaging and achieve the best sound possible, then this course is for you.  

In this presentation we'll look at best practices for live streaming, microphone techniques, how to set up a broadcast mix if you are managing front of house and the broadcast mix by yourself and how to set up your broadcast mix if you have a dedicated person to mix for the live stream. These concepts are applicable for all broadcast live streaming applications.

Industry veterans offer their insights on starting, developing, and maintaining a career in this fast-paced industry. Learn how to negotiate rates, set up a business, pay your taxes, arrange travel, and all the other skills required to be successful.