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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Chuck Wilson 04/16/13 03:01 PM,When working with sound at church, we all know just how many things can go wrong. The kicker is usually when they go wrong, which invariably seems to be at the worst possible moment. The church I belong to, like most, doesn’t have a great sound system. We sure would like to have one, but like many, we’ve chosen to make do over the years. One day, I asked the senior pastor what his primary goal would be if we… View this story
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Chris Huff 04/10/13 08:58 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. The drummer called in sick. The bassist’s car broke down. The guitarist had a family emergency. Whatever the reason, you are now missing an instrument in the band. It’s time to adjust your mix to fill in the hole. There are two ways of treating missing instruments: 1) Make it obvious in the mix. For example, if the only electric sound in the band was the electric guitar then mix it… View this story
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Mike Sessler 04/09/13 09:48 AM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. I listen to a lot of podcasts. Several hours a week, I’m at the gym working out (which is why I’m so buff), listening to a podcast. One thing that drives me nuts is having to constantly adjust the volume on my iPhone because the level of the podcast is all over the place. I used to listen to a lot of sermons from other churches; some large churches that you would have… View this story
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Monday, April 08, 2013
Craig Leerman 04/08/13 03:31 PM,While digital gets most of the press, analog still does much of the work when it comes to signal transport. A well-designed and organized cabling system not only saves time during load-in/out, but also makes troubleshooting easier. Setting up a labeling system is simple and saves a lot of time in the long run. The first thing to do is take stock of what you have. While some sound companies like to keep all XLR cables the same length, most… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Analog • Interconnect • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Friday, April 05, 2013
Pat Brown 04/05/13 08:04 AM,For most humans, there is nothing easier than breathing, seeing, smelling and hearing. We do these things without thought, and even take them for granted. Our senses were given to us to help us exist in a physical universe. They are transducers that allow physical stimuli to be converted into a form recognized by the brain. We are bombarded with stimuli every waking moment, and our brains are continuously processing the information to help us function in our environment. Of… View this story
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Thursday, April 04, 2013
Kent Margraves 04/04/13 10:51 AM,Provided by Sennheiser. Ever had a comment from a worshipper, whether positive or negative, regarding the live sound experience – and it differs totally from what you thought you just heard and mixed? Large room acoustics (particularly room modes), loudspeaker selection / orientation / optimization, audience size and participation, and several other factors all contribute to the fact that the live sound experience is different in every seat in your worship space. If it is a great room with… View this story
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Gary Zandstra 04/03/13 11:55 AM,With the rise of personal monitor mixers, the Sunday morning sound tech has had to worry less and less about the monitor mix for the musicians. However, there are still a large number of churches which either do not have personal monitor mixers on stage. Or, only some musicians have personal mixers and some musicians like the vocalist still have their monitors controlled at front of house. One very compelling reason to keep control of vocalist monitor mixes at the… View this story
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Pat Brown 04/03/13 11:36 AM,There are a number of possibilities for rating a power source. The most straightforward is a simple rating for continuous available power, a product of the maximum voltage (pressure) output times the maximum available current (flow) from the amplifier. This “Volt-Ampere” rating represents the largest number that could be used to characterize the amplifier. For the “ideal” amplifier, we could simply multiply the DC rail voltage times the maximum current available from the power supply into a purely resistive load.… View this story
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Bob Katz 04/03/13 10:11 AM,Having some trouble getting the bass to sit just right in your mix? Veteran Mastering Engineer Bob Katz is here with a brief video tutorial demonstrating bass eq technique that can easily be applied across your entire workflow. For more great advice from Katz, check out our ongoing series Stamping Out The Slippery Language When Taking About Decibels. Enjoy the video, embedded below. Focal Press View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Blog • Video • Study Hall • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Engineer • Processor • Signal • Software • Studio • System -
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Chris Huff 04/02/13 11:28 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. There is a huge advantage of mixing music over mixing speech; you can blend sounds when mixing music. That is to say, if you have one instrument or vocalist you can’t quite get right in the mix, you always have the other instruments and vocals to fill in and blend in with that particular problem channel. When it comes to mixing speech, i.e. the pastor’s voice, you don’t have that benefit.… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Engineer • Microphone • Mixer • Processor • Signal • Technician
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