A technical rider published on SoundCheckBox has one permanent address: https://soundcheckbox.com/r/<id>/v/<version>. The same address is printed on the rider's sheet. A person who opens it in a browser gets the interactive page. A program that reads it without running JavaScript gets the same rider as an HTML document of plain text and tables: the machine view described here.
The machine view and the page are built from the same published snapshot. A version never changes once published; when the author publishes again, an older link answers with the newest live version.
| Section | Contents |
|---|---|
| Rider | Version, publication time (UTC, ISO 8601), permanent link, and the rider's fields as the author filled them: Title, Band, Comment, Stage width, Stage depth, Contact name, Contact phone, Contact email, Rider text. Empty fields are left out. |
| Input list | Every input channel of the rider, in channel order. |
| Output list | Every output (monitor mixes, P.A. feeds), in channel order. |
| Gear list | Every gear line of the rider, including cables and power cords. |
| Power | The power summary computed when the rider was published. |
| Machine data | The addresses of the same facts as JSON (machine.json, below), of the full rider data in JSON, and of this page. |
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ch | Channel number. Unique within the rider; the list is ordered by it. |
| Source | What the channel is (instrument or voice), as the author wrote it. not connected marks a channel number held open with nothing on it. |
| Mic / DI | What the channel is taken with: microphone, DI box or line. |
| Type | The author's word for the kind of pickup or line, for example mic, DI, top, wireless. |
| +48V | +48V when phantom power is on for the channel. |
| Stereo | pair with Ch N on the first channel of a stereo pair; the pair is this channel and channel N. |
| Comment | The author's note for the channel. |
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ch | Output number. Unique within the rider; the list is ordered by it. |
| Source | The mix, as the author named it. |
| Receiver | What receives the mix: wedge, in-ear system, P.A. |
| Type | The author's word for the kind of output, for example mono, stereoL, send. |
| Stereo | pair with Ch N on the first output of a stereo pair. A pair counts as two outputs. |
| Comment | The author's note for the output. |
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Name | The item, as written in the rider. |
| Category | The gear category the line is filed under. |
| Count | How many are needed. |
| Owner | Who brings it: Rent (the rental company) or Band. |
| Weight | Weight of one item, as recorded in the rider. |
| Power consumption | Power consumption of one item, as recorded in the rider. |
| Cabling | yes for cables, cords and AC adapters. On the printed sheet these lines are summarised as one line; here they are listed one by one. |
| Comment | The author's note for the line. |
The same facts as the machine view, as JSON, at https://soundcheckbox.com/api/riders/public/<id>/v/<version>/machine.json. The machine view's page head links it with <link rel="alternate" type="application/json">. It contains no stage coordinates and no internal identifiers. A field the author left empty is null.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
format | name (SoundCheckBox machine rider), version of this JSON layout (1), reference (this page), fullData (the complete published rider in the SoundCheckBox rider schema, including the stage layout). |
rider | title, band, version, publishedAt (UTC, ISO 8601), url (permanent link), comment, stageWidthM, stageDepthM (metres), text (rider text, plain). |
contacts | name, phone, email — as on the public page. |
inputs[] | channel, source, micDi, type, phantom48v (true/false), stereoPairWith (the other channel of a stereo pair, on its first channel; else null), notConnected, comment. Ordered by channel. |
outputs[] | channel, source, receiver, type, stereoPairWith, notConnected, comment. Ordered by channel. |
gear[] | name, category, count, owner (Rent or Band), weight, powerConsumption (per item, as recorded), cabling (true for cables, cords and AC adapters), comment. Every gear line. |
power | totalWatts, backlineWatts, paWatts, summary — computed when the rider was published; null if not computed. |
format.fullData in machine.json, and a link in the machine view, give the address of the complete published rider in the SoundCheckBox rider schema, including the stage layout. Text in every field is the author's own and is reproduced as written.