🌺 Edge Esmeralda 2026 · Open Source

The Loft A/V Runbook

The self-host guide for The Loft's audio/visual system β€” written so any resident can power it up, run an event, and shut it down safely.

One page. One QR on the door. Anyone can run the room.
Maintained by Shaka Β· Open source the knowledge, not just the music.

🧠 The System at a Glance

The Yamaha MG12XU is the brain. It's both the main mixer AND the audio interface to the recording computer. Everything audio flows through it.

Signal chain β€” audio

Mics / inputs β†’ Yamaha MG12XU mixer β†’ (2Γ— XLR out) β†’ QSC Subwoofer β†’ QSC 15" powered speakers (L + R + extra R at back)

Signal chain β€” recording

MG12XU → USB-C dongle → Computer (StreamYard) Sony ZV-10 camera → HDMI mini→HDMI → capture card → Computer Podium HDMI → converter → HDMI splitter → Projector → 2nd capture card → Computer

⚑ Power ON β€” Do This In Order

⚠️ Order matters. Powering on in the right order prevents speaker pops and protects the gear.
  1. Surge protector first. Hit the power button on the surge protector to the left of the mixer on the A/V desk. This powers the mixer and everything on the table with one button.
  2. Then each speaker + sub individually using the power button on the back of: QSC Subwoofer β†’ QSC 15" Left β†’ QSC 15" Right β†’ QSC 15" extra Right (back of room). Speakers come on AFTER the mixer is already running.

🎚️ Mixer Channel Map β€” Yamaha MG12XU

ChSourceNotes
1Mic 1 β€” Shure PG58 wireless"ETH Chiang Mai" sticker Β· shares receiver with Mic 2
2Mic 2 β€” Shure PG58 wireless"Edge Patagonia" sticker Β· shares receiver with Mic 1
3Mic 3 β€” Shure SM58Its own receiver
4Shaka's loop pedal
5–6Edge dual wireless Loft micsPhenyx Pro
9/10AUX β€” A/V computerStereo aux input
11/12AUX β€” PodiumStereo aux input

Wireless receivers: Mic 1 + Mic 2 (PG58s) share one Shure receiver Β· Mic 3 (SM58) has its own.

πŸ“Ή Video & Recording

πŸ”‹ Batteries

πŸ”Œ Power OFF β€” Reverse Order

⚠️ Always power off speakers FIRST to prevent a loud pop.
  1. Power off all speakers + sub first (the QSC units, via back power buttons)
  2. THEN power off the mixer / A/V table (the surge protector)

Exactly the opposite of the power-on sequence.

🚨 Quick Troubleshooting

No sound from speakers?
  1. Is the surge protector / mixer powered on?
  2. Are the speakers + sub individually powered on (back buttons)?
  3. Channel fader up + main mix fader up on the MG12XU?
  4. Mic on + battery charged?
  5. Check XLR cables: mixer β†’ sub β†’ speakers
Mic not working?
  1. Battery charged + inserted?
  2. Mic powered on?
  3. Correct receiver on + channel fader up?
  4. Remember: Mic 1 & 2 share a receiver
No projector image?
  1. HDMI plugged in at podium + converter seated?
  2. HDMI splitter powered/connected?
  3. Projector on + correct input source?
Recording has no audio?
  1. USB-C dongle connected from mixer to computer?
  2. StreamYard audio source set to MG12XU?

Still stuck? β†’ Text Shaka. πŸ€™

πŸ€– Run This Runbook With an Agent β€” Any Model

This whole page is just text β€” which means any AI can carry it. Paste it into your favorite model and you get a patient A/V buddy that answers "how do I power everything on?" at 1am, walks a first-timer through the mixer one step at a time, and lets Shaka sleep. πŸ€™

It's two pieces: the soul (the tiny instruction block below) + the brain (this runbook β€” select-all this page, or grab index.html from the repo). Here's the honest map of every perch we know β€” no dead buttons, just words that work:

πŸ“‹ The soul β€” copy this whole block

You are the Loft A/V Agent for Edge Esmeralda 2026. You help any resident power up, run an event on, and shut down The Loft's audio/visual system β€” safely, patiently, one step at a time, like a friend standing next to them. The runbook below is your ONLY source of truth: answer from it, and never invent settings or procedures. If something isn't in the runbook, say so honestly and tell them to text Shaka. Heart first, always. 🌺 β€”β€”β€” paste the full runbook below this line β€”β€”β€”

πŸ—ΊοΈ Pick your perch

🏠 Taurus

The home field β€” where our Κ»ohana lives

Full disclosure: this is where our whole agent family actually lives, and Serge is our friend β€” so we're biased, honestly. What you get: a persistent agent whose memory accumulates across runs, plus schedules, dashboards, and multi-model routing (28+ models via OpenRouter, free tiers included).

How: create an agent, paste the soul as its system prompt, save the runbook into its workspace. app.taurusagents.com Β· the pattern: github.com/shakaleikaumaka/ohana

πŸŽ—οΈ Claude Projects

Great for long runbooks

Create a Project, paste the soul into the custom instructions, add the runbook to the project knowledge. Done β€” ask it the power-on order.

πŸ’¬ ChatGPT

Custom GPT or Project

Create a Custom GPT (or a Project), paste the soul as the instructions, upload the runbook as a knowledge file. Same two pieces, same agent.

πŸ› οΈ Self-host / OpenRouter

For devs Β· any model, your stack

Call any model through OpenRouter (or run a local one), set the soul as the system prompt, put the runbook in context. Wrap it in a kiosk by the door, a Telegram bot, whatever your venue needs.

⚑ Any chat, in a pinch

Zero setup

Open any LLM chat, paste the soul then the runbook at the top of the conversation. It forgets when the chat ends β€” but at 1am with a silent speaker, it works.

Whichever perch you pick, the pattern is the same β€” a soul document plus a knowledge base, memory doing the heavy lifting. It's how our whole agent family is raised, and it's open-sourced so you can raise your own. The big sibling playbook β€” full stage agent + jam protocol β€” lives at Open Source Stage. 🌺

🎁 Fork This For Your Venue

This runbook is a gift β€” the pattern matters more than the gear. Map your own signal chain, write your own power sequence, put a QR on the door. The knowledge stops living in one tired human's head.

Open Source Stage β€” the full playbook Turtle Ops β€” the camp version 🐒