OSO — the circle itself

all days · — · — min · Devcon 8 Music Space, Mumbai

DRAFT rider. Built 27 Oct 2026 from the artist’s own words where they wrote to us, and from their application form where they have not yet. Never a guessed connector — where we don’t know, the page asks.

🗓️ Who / when


Nov 3	2:20p the long table (40) · 5:45p the closing jam (15)
Nov 4	9:30a the ambient set (20) · 11:00a the coffee lounge (1h40) · 3:15p the coffee lounge (45) · 5:45p the closing jam (15)
Nov 5	9:30a morning meditations (30) · 11:20a the songwriters' circle (1h40) · 1:40p the songwriters' circle (2h5) · 5:45p the last dance (15)
Nov 6	9:30a the long goodbye — 6h30, the whole day, handover to the Devcon team at 4:00p
Who's playing	Whoever is in the room. Stewards + walk-ups + any artist who stays after their set. The circle has no lineup.

This matters to the patch more than any single artist does: OSO is on the floor for about 16 hours of the four days, and the circle should never be fully un-patched, because the Vamp Rule says silence is the only failure state.

🎒 They bring

Shaka's ukulele + looper (stereo rig)
Alaska's saxophone
The ʻohana's laptop/DJ brain + visuals
Whatever walks in: a tabla, a bansuri, a guitar, a voice, a stranger

🔌 They plug into — connector by connector

#	What	Out of their side	Into the floor	Board
1–2	Shaka's uke looper	stereo pair, ¼"	2 × DI (1 stereo DI) → XLR	2 ch
3	Alaska's sax	acoustic	clip condenser (DPA 4099 / Beta 98-class) — keeps him mobile in the circle	1 ch
4–5	ʻohana laptop / DJ brain	stereo — interface or 3.5 mm, confirm with the ʻohana	2 line inputs	2 ch
6–8	Walk-up spots ×3	anything	always line-checked, always hot — a stranger is one fader away from the circle	3 ch
9–10	Room / ambient pair	—	the ambient mics Amogh listed — the sound of the circle, for the stream and the archive	2 ch

Channels on the board: ~10 for the circle scene, on top of whichever artist is playing. This is where the day's peak channel count really comes from.

🏠 House provides (what Amogh listed, 26 Oct)

Mixer board with open channels — count unknown · after 4 pm the board is shared/open for anyone, which is exactly the circle's spirit
SM57 / SM58 + ambient mics ✅ (the ambient mics are for us — channels 9–10 above)
One 6.35 mm (¼") jack on the floor
PA

❓ Still missing / open

🚨 How many channels does the house board actually have? The committee spec is 32; the room rider's patch is written for 32. Amogh has only said "open channels". This is the one number that makes every other rider on the floor answerable.
1 stereo DI for the uke looper · 1 clip condenser for the sax.
Three walk-up channels kept hot all week — the permissionless layer. If the board is small, this is what gets squeezed, and it's the thing we should defend hardest.
A saved "Circle" scene on the board to return to after every curated set (the room rider's §3 ask).
4 wedges minimum — a circular floor means performers are spread wide and nobody is "front".
Floor seating — rugs and cushions for the Indian classical quadrant, with mics brought down to seated height.
🗓️ Two real schedule clashes to resolve (not ours to decide): Nov 3 DJ Chalk 5:40p + 45 min runs to 6:25p over the 5:45p closing jam; Nov 4 Simulacra 5:25p + 45 min runs to 6:10p over the 5:45p closing jam.

🗺️ Stage plot

(the one place we say "stage" — it's the technical word. Everywhere else: the floor, the circle.)


                       the circle — no front, no conductor
            ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·
       ·                                                 ·
    ·        ~~wedge~~                   ~~wedge~~         ·
   ·                                                        ·
  ·     SHAKA (uke+looper)              ALASKA (sax)         ·
  ·        L|  |R                        [clip mic]          ·
  ·     [stereo DI]                                          ·
  ·                      · CENTRE ·                          ·
  ·     WALK-UP 1      (floor cushions)        WALK-UP 2      ·
  ·     (always hot)     tabla · harmonium     (always hot)   ·
  ·                        bansuri                            ·
  ·     [ʻohana laptop]                        WALK-UP 3      ·
  ·        L|  |R                              (always hot)   ·
   ·       2 line in                                        ·
    ·       ~~wedge~~                   ~~wedge~~          ·
       ·     [ambient mic L]      [ambient mic R]        ·
            ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·
              audience wraps 360° · walk in, don't enter

📣 One line for Amogh

The circle itself needs about 10 channels standing by all week — 2 for Shaka's uke looper (1 stereo DI), 1 clip condenser for Alaska's sax, 2 line inputs for the ʻohana laptop, 3 walk-up channels kept permanently hot, and the 2 ambient mics. Plus 4 wedges and floor cushions. The one number we need from you: how many channels does the board have?

🎛️ Status

Drafted from the room-level rider (RIDEOSO 📋, v1.4) + the blessed arrangement — OSO side confirmed, house side unconfirmed

This is our own rider, so the "bring" column is solid. Everything in "missing" is a question for production — above all the channel count.