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Friday, December 16, 2011
PSW Staff 12/16/11 01:22 PM, 0 CommentsFollowing a convincing demo of a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system during its annual Christmas concerts, Evangel Church in Kansas City, MO was convinced that they had found the ideal audio technology to fully support its services. The congregation soon rallied to marshal its resources, eventually investing in a nearly identical Meyer Sound system, designed and commissioned by Greg Slape of Special Event Services in Winston-Salem, N.C. “We immediately fell in love with the Meyer system,” says Tim… View this story
Filed in: AV • Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Poll • Concert • Installation • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Monday, December 12, 2011
Tim Vear 12/12/11 03:30 PM,An important consideration in microphone use is acoustic interference, which can occur whenever delayed versions of the same sound are mixed together, acoustically or electrically. With mics, this may happen in several ways: mics of reverse polarity picking up the same sound, multiple mics picking up the same sound from different distances, a single mic picking up multiple reflections of the same sound, or any combination of these. The results are similar in each case, and include audible peaks and… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Audio • Education • Engineer • Microphone • Studio • System -
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
05/31/11 06:41 PM, 0 CommentsWhat started as a meeting of fifty-five people in the Wharton living room in 1983 grew to become Cornerstone Church, one of the landmark mega-churches of the South. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Cornerstone recently outgrew its 3,200-seat sanctuary, prompting the church to consider building a satellite facility. Because a large contingent of congregants were making a two-hour round-trip drive from Bowling Green, Kentucky, it made sense to situate a satellite sanctuary there. The church purchased an old U.S. Postal Service… View this story
Filed in: AV • Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Poll • Installation • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Jon Baumgartner 05/31/11 09:30 AM,On the typical mixing console, each channel strip includes a knob at the top that behaves like a volume control. Meanwhile, the fader at the bottom of the channel strip also controls volume. Why are there two controls that appear to do the same thing? You’ve probably heard sound systems that issue a fairly audible hiss in an otherwise quiet room, as well as distortion when someone speaks loudly or when a singer gets aggressive. Both of these problems are… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Analog • Audio • Consoles • Digital • Mixer • Processor • Sound Reinforcement -
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Curt Taipale 04/05/11 10:53 AM, 0 CommentsFor speech, the job of the sound technician is simple - to see to it that every word is heard clearly, preferably at a comfortable listening volume. On the other hand, the music mix is very much left to the taste and discretion of the sound technician and the music minister, and in general, it should sound like a professional recording. That is to say, a musically pleasing blend of the instruments and voices, enhanced with the tasteful use of… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Opinion • Training • AV • Audio • Engineer • Installation • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Technician -
Monday, April 04, 2011
Al Keltz 04/04/11 09:01 AM, 1 CommentMurphy’s Audio Law #10: “The probability of having sound system failure is inversely proportional to the amount of time remaining until the performance.” We’ve all experienced it - something in our system not working properly or not working at all, and too often, it happens just before the start of a performance. Although the first instinct might be to take a “shotgun” approach and start checking plugs, connections, cables, etc. in a random fashion (i.e., “panic”), a tried-and-true troubleshooting method… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Audio • Engineer • Interconnect • Measurement • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System • Technician -
Friday, April 01, 2011
Kent Morris 04/01/11 09:25 AM, 0 CommentsEqualizers, by their nature and name, are supposed to redress imbalances in a sound system. Unfortunately, equalizers, whether graphic, parametric, or shelving in nature, are only as good as the person using them. Knowing where to turn the knob or push the fader is usually a dark science, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The first step in proper EQ technique is to realize the knobs go to the left better than they go to… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Training • Audio • Ethernet • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Technician -
Monday, February 07, 2011
Dale Alexander 02/07/11 07:01 PM, 0 CommentsThe question that is at the top of the list when we talk to pastors and music ministers: Why can’t we hear the choir? For a church with an active choir ministry this can be one of the most volatile challenges they have to deal with. The solution to the problem is usually not a simple one. In many evangelical churches, the choir is still an extremely important element of the worship service although the musical styles have evolved from… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Concert • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Monday, December 27, 2010
Tom Walter 12/27/10 03:12 PM, 2 CommentsAn Apple iPod is priced at less than $100 for a basic model. The “name brand table radio” that some are convinced provides provides concert hall sound quality is priced at $350 and up. A simple portable CD player with headphones is priced at $20 and up. What do all of these have in common besides being mass-produced consumer audio devices. By and large, each is only used by one listener at a time. Now, what if I quoted a… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Opinion • Poll • Study Hall • Business • Installation • System -
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Pat Brown 10/12/10 12:48 PM, 0 CommentsFor 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
Filed in: AV • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • AV • Audio • Education • Installation • Measurement • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System
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