The sound engineer dashboard

Your sound engineer tools in NextSet give you the show rundown, access to the live timer, a job board for finding new gigs, and a QR code so fans can tip you at the booth. This article shows you where to find all of it.

Two ways to reach your tools

Depending on how your account is set up, your sound engineer tools are in one of two places.

The dedicated sound engineer dashboard

If your account's primary role is Sound Engineer, NextSet drops you straight into your own dashboard at /dashboard/sound. You'll see a sidebar with three sections — Jobs, Earnings, and Account — and a home screen showing four at-a-glance stats: tips earned this month, upcoming events, total shows worked, and your rating.

Inside the fan dashboard

If you have a fan account and your sound engineer role has been added on top of it, your tools appear as a Sound Engineer section in the fan sidebar. The pages live under /dashboard/fan/sound/ and cover the same four areas: My Events, Job Board, Tips & Earnings, and My QR Code.

Both routes give you the same core tools — the difference is just where they sit in the navigation.

What each section does

My Events

This is your assigned-show list. Each card shows the event name, venue, date, time, and a live badge if the show is happening right now. When a venue has set a director PIN for their event, you'll see an Access Timer button directly on the card. Tap it to open the live timer view for that show.

Job Board

Open gigs posted by venues appear here. Each listing shows the event name, venue, date, and what the role pays. Browse the board to find new work and apply from the listing.

Tips and earnings

Every tip you receive is logged here with a timestamp and amount. The summary shows tips for the current month alongside your all-time total. Tap View All Tips to see the full history.

My QR Code

Your personal tip QR code lives here. Pull it up on your phone and prop it at the sound booth — fans scan it to send a tip by card with one tap. No setup needed on their end. The tip goes directly to your account and appears in your earnings log right away.

Profile

Your public profile: bio, skills, and experience. Venues browsing the job board can see this before they reach out, so keeping it current helps you get noticed.

Timer Control

During a show, the Timer Control link in the Jobs section takes you to the director interface for that event. You need the director PIN from the venue to get in. Once you're in, you can start and stop the timer, add or subtract time, advance to the next act, and switch timer modes — the same controls the director uses. Everything you do there updates the projector and any other screens in the room instantly.

Getting into the timer

The fastest path to the live timer is:

1. Go to My Events.
2. Find the event — it will show a LIVE badge if the show is underway.
3. If the venue has provided a director PIN, tap Access Timer on the event card.
4. The director view opens. You're live.

If you don't see the Access Timer button, the venue hasn't set a PIN yet — ask them to generate one from their event settings.

Common problems

The Sound Engineer section isn't showing in my sidebar. Two things need to be true at the same time: the sound engineer feature must be switched on by NextSet, and your account must have the Sound Engineer role. If you've been told you're set up as a sound engineer but the section is still missing, reach out to the venue that hired you — they can confirm your role is assigned, or contact NextSet support at support@nextset.ca.

I can see My Events but there's no "Access Timer" button. The button only appears when the venue has set a director PIN for that specific event. The venue generates the PIN from their event settings. Ask them to share it with you, and the button will appear once it's saved on their end.

The timer link takes me to a PIN prompt. Enter the director PIN the venue gave you. If you don't have it, message the venue — it's a short numeric code they set in their event's timer settings.

My QR Code page is showing but tips aren't coming through. Make sure the fan scanning your code is completing the payment flow (it takes a card payment, not just a scan). Tips appear in your earnings log as soon as the payment clears, usually within a few seconds.