Laptop stage plot icon. This public preview carries a watermark; the version inside the editor does not.

Laptop Stage Plot Icon

The Laptop icon tells the production team that this production device is part of the show. On the plot it reserves table space, power, and network for gear that runs the show, which is information the venue needs long before the truck arrives.

Place it, rotate it, and give it a label that matches the language your crew already uses. The export keeps all of it.

Category: Misc Tech (4 icons)
Input list: No input list rows
Mic or DI default: Not an audio source
Plan: Included with Pro

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Using the Laptop icon on a stage plot

Where it goes on stage

Stage position is the thing that gets argued about at load in, so it is worth drawing accurately. Control hardware sits offstage or at the side of the stage, where an operator can reach it without crossing the performance area mid show. If the room forces a compromise, move the icon and export again. A fresh PDF is cheap; an argument at load in is not.

What the crew needs to know

One thing worth writing down. List power and network requirements in the plot notes. This gear fails quietly and takes the show with it.

On the input list

Laptop is not an audio source, so it adds no rows to the input list. It is there to make the drawing accurate: it reserves table space, power, and network for gear that runs the show, and the channel count stays clean because nothing silent is padding it out.

Console exports

Channel names travel with the plot. Export a scene file for an X32, M32, or Wing, or a channel name CSV for dLive, Avantis, SQ, DiGiCo, and Yamaha CL and QL. See the console guides.

More Misc Tech

4 icons share the Misc Tech section of the palette. These are the ones most often placed alongside Laptop.

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Gear that usually shares the plot

Reserves table space, power, and network for gear that runs the show is only part of the picture. These icons come from DJ Equipment, Video and Stageboxes, the sections that most often appear on the same drawing.