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

Steel Tongue Drum Stage Plot Icon

The Steel Tongue Drum icon draws a percussion instrument at a believable footprint instead of a placeholder box. On a stage plot it sets a realistic mic count for a position that is almost never generic, which is what lets a venue crew read the plan in a single pass.

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

Category: Percussion (44 icons)
Input list: 1 channel
Mic or DI default: Dynamic
Plan: Included free

Use this icon in the editor All Percussion icons

Using the Steel Tongue Drum 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. Percussion sits stage right or stage left of the kit, close enough to lock in with the drummer and far enough away to keep mic bleed manageable. 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. Percussion rigs need more stands than anyone expects. Count short booms straight off the drawing before the truck is packed.

On the input list

Steel Tongue Drum produces one channel on the input list, defaulting to a Dynamic input, a short boom stand and phantom power off. It sorts at position 2 in the drums first, vocals last channel order that front of house engineers expect. Change any of it per plot; the default just means you rarely have to.

Console exports

Because the input list is generated rather than typed, it exports straight to console: X32 and M32 scene files, Wing scenes, and CSV channel names for the Allen and Heath, DiGiCo, and Yamaha families. See the console guides.

More Percussion

44 icons share the Percussion section of the palette. These are the ones most often placed alongside Steel Tongue Drum.

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Gear that usually shares the plot

Sets a realistic mic count for a position that is almost never generic is only part of the picture. These icons come from Drum Kits, Mics and Strings & Wind, the sections that most often appear on the same drawing.