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[[File:Mixing_desk_of_larp.png|right|thumb|The Mixing Desk of Larp from the Larpwriter School 2012]]
'''''The Mixing Desk of Larp ''' is a framework for organizing your thoughts about larp design. Look at it as a pedagogical tool more than a theory of larp design.''
When you design a larp, there are plenty of parameters you can adjust. These parameters will obviously have impact on the larp you're designing. The main idea of the Mixing Desk of Larp is that being a larpwright or larp organizer is like being a technician controlling the lights or the sound of a concert or theatre performance. At his disposal, the technician has an array of faders, increasing or decreasing the amount of lights of different colors, the volume of specific sound frequencies or similar. All these faders can be adjusted up or down, adjusting the amount of whatever they're controlling and affecting the performance.
The goal of the Mixing Desk of Larp is to provide a framework for organizing thought about how the changes in these parameters will affect a larp, and what position of the faders are suitable for what larp. An important goal is also to recognize that there are “default positions” for these faders that will influence your larp, even if you don’t make any specific choices about them. These default positions can differ depending on larp group, community or traditions. Being aware of ones own default positions is an important goal of the Mixing Desk framework.
=History=
The first iteration of The Mixing Desk of Larp was created for [[The Larpwriter Summer School]] 2012.
=The faders=