Vinay Rana

Vinay Rana

Live Sound Engineer

Versatile and experienced Sound Engineer with 8 years in touring, broadcast and special events.

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Live Sound.
Built from Passion.

Versatile and experienced Sound Engineer with 8 years in touring, broadcast and special events. Adept at delivering exceptional audio across a wide range of genres and venue sizes, from intimate club shows to arena-scale productions. Highly proficient across leading digital consoles and audio-over-IP infrastructures.

Education Production Arts (3 A-Levels) – A*A*A* The BRIT School for Performing and Creative Arts, London 2021 – 2023
8+ Years Experience
Arena Scale Productions
300k+ Broadcast Viewers
FOH Monitors · Systems

Career & Credits

Sound Engineer

Patchwork London · London

May 2025 – Present Current

Although my role is Sound Engineer, my work covers areas across technical operations, workflow optimisation, and live events delivery.

Office / Technical Operations

Manage and improve internal workflows using Airtable, developing structured systems that increase efficiency and project visibility. Enhance internal communication through Slack and cross-team coordination. Contribute to company-facing content and social media, while designing and implementing processes that improve overall operational performance and consistency.

On-Site / Live Event Delivery

Deliver high-level technical support across live events, operating as FOH Engineer, Monitor Engineer, and System Engineer. Lead system setup, optimisation, and performance, ensuring reliable deployment and high-quality audio delivery in fast-paced environments.

Live Sound Engineer

RG Jones Sound Engineering · London

Feb 2023 – May 2025

Prepared and configured professional touring audio systems, including microphones, IEMs, consoles, outboard, amplifiers, and PA. Ensured all packages met project specifications to a high technical and presentation standard.

Technical Preparation

Built and wired custom racks, carried out full signal flow testing, and resolved faults efficiently. Delivered on-site setup and operation as both technician and mix engineer, maintaining consistent audio quality across live events.

Disciplines Covered

Gained broad experience across multiple disciplines, including patch, stage, RF, KLANG, PA systems, control systems, FOH, and monitors.

Infrastructure Development

Developed internal technical infrastructure, including a company-wide fixed IP addressing scheme for networked audio systems and scalable project templates to standardise system configuration and deployment.

Audio-Visual Volunteer

BAPS Neasden Temple · London

October 2017 – Present Current

Manage the sound department, overseeing volunteers and audio systems for weekly assemblies and ensuring seamless operation.

Responsibilities

For larger events, handle all aspects of audio from planning to execution, providing expert support and troubleshooting as the Lead Sound Engineer. Mixed broadcast for international events viewed online by over 300,000 people.

Live Sound Engineer – Work Experience

Britannia Row Productions · London

February 2022

Work experience placement at The BRIT Awards 2023, The O2 Arena, London.

Pre-Production

Spent just under a week in the warehouse building the racks for The BRIT Awards 2023 and getting control systems operational.

On-Site at The O2 Arena

Rigging and assisting with tuning PA. Built and patched local console racks and multiple dollies containing power distros, UPS’, Amplifiers, IO Racks, Analog Splits, RF Rx & Tx. Prepared and brought consoles online ready to be programmed by the operators (Optocore loop integration, patch outboard gear, Waves Servers).

Skillset

Mixing Consoles

  • DiGiCo – Complete Suite
  • Yamaha – LS, QL, CL, PM, DM
  • Allen & Heath – DLive, SQ
  • Soundcraft – Si, Vi

PA Systems

  • Martin Audio
  • L'Acoustics
  • d&b

Audio Networking

  • DANTE
  • MADI
  • SoundGrid

RF Systems

  • Shure Wireless Workbench
  • Sennheiser Wireless Network Manager

PA Software

  • L'Acoustics SoundVision
  • Martin Audio Display 2, 3 & VU-Net
  • Meyer Sound Galileo
  • Smaart v8 & v9

Audio Processing

  • Waves Superrack
  • KLANG
  • Lake
  • Newton
  • Prodigy

Media & Production

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Avid Pro Tools
  • Apple Logic Pro
  • Reaper
  • Ableton Live

Office & Systems

  • Advanced Windows OS & Mac OS
  • Office 365 Apps
  • Airtable
  • Slack

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