r/livesound

75K archived posts · Dec 2010 – Sep 2026

Live Sound - a place for sound humans

r/livesound

This subreddit is dedicated to live sound professionals and a discussion of topics relating to the profession. Please familiarize yourself with the rules.

Created Dec 21, 2009

117KMembers (last snapshot)

75KArchived posts

This is a place for questions, links, and discussions about the professional Live Sound world.

r/livesound FAQ wiki
Official IRC Channel
LiveSound on Telegram (Ask to be added)

-Weekly Threads-

"No Stupid Questions" Thread

-Training Links-

-Rules-

Keep The Discussion Limited to Live Sound
Be professional and courteous to each other
Search the sub/wiki page for your question before posting it
Read the manual and search Google for an answer before posting about it
Basic/Simple questions belong in the 'No Stupid Questions Thread'
No Purchase Advice or Gear Recommendations Outside Of The 'Buyers Advice Thread'
No Low Effort Content/Fluff/Memes
No discussion of Rigging, Electricity, Radio Broadcast, Safety-of-Life or Legal issues.
No Discussion involving and/or targeting Politics/Religion
Do not identify yourself, your coworkers, or your clients, without permission. No Name Dropping.
No advocating piracy/illegal software or media.
No for sale or job advertising posts
No product identification posts

These rules are implemented at the moderators' discretion.

You might find these other subreddits useful:

-Audio-

r/audio - General
r/smaart - Smaart Software
r/audioengineering - Studio
r/audiophile - Home
r/audiopost - Film/Video
r/commercialAV - ProAV
r/postaudio - Exchange Services
r/WeAreTheMusicMakers - Musicians

-Lighting-

r/lightingdesign - Lampies
r/WeAreTheLightMakers

-Video-

r/vjing - VJ'ing
r/projection_mapping - Projection Mapping
r/videoengineering - Video
r/broadcastengineering - Broadcast Engineering

-Amusement-

r/audiomemes - Funny Stuff

-Outside Links-

www.soundgirls.org - Great resource for women in our field

Other communities

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