Chris Sabato

Chris Sabato combines athletics communications with hands-on engineering. His public biography describes his role as Director of Athletic Communications at Willamette University, where he works across video, photography, graphics, and the athletics brand. He has also built custom programs to make small production teams more effective.

Stadium Sound is his free, open-source soundboard for sports and live events. It organizes music and effects into named banks, supports playlists and keyboard triggers, and offers private monitoring so an operator can preview a cue before sending it to the venue.

An arena or school operator can prepare walk-on music, introductions, and timeout cues before an event, then trigger them without searching through ordinary media folders. Track trimming and loudness tools help prepare the material; a separate headphone output is useful when the operator needs to check the next cue discreetly.

Radar follows Sabato because his tools start with recognizable production problems. His broader public work also includes broadcast automation and custom dashboards. Stadium Sound is a practical production application, while his writing about building other tools with artificial intelligence adds context to how that work is evolving.