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Friday, April 26, 2013
Kent Margraves
04/26/13 08:10 AM,
This article is provided by Sennheiser. I mix several worship services, but recently had a chance to enjoy a couple of productions from the audience’s perspective (a rare experience!). As an audience member, I was soon reminded of the fact that audio techs sometimes forget (or just don’t know) about audio gain staging for wireless microphones. The clipped (overloaded, distorted) sound on the wireless head-worn microphones during loud vocal passages was certainly distracting—no one wants to hear that! Audio…
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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…
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Kent Margraves
01/09/13 01:05 PM,
Provided by Sennheiser. The worship mixer’s job is executed in the mix position during worship, but its success is mostly established outside the mix position, prior to worship. 1. Know The Music Beforehand Get whatever rehearsal music media is available to the worship team for review (legally). Learn the arrangements by listening during the week. Not only will your mixes come together quicker for each song, you’ll also anticipate things like guitar solos or false endings before they happen—not…
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Kent Margraves
08/17/12 03:48 PM,
Provided by Sennheiser. Many worship venues have made the transition from “wedges” to “ears” for stage monitoring purposes, and often find that this can be a surprisingly tricky process. Essentially, wedges are loudspeakers that are laid sideways and angled up and at the performers. The signal content, or “mix,” in each monitor or group of monitors is customized for the performer’s needs and sometimes will sound quite different than the house mix that the audience hears. Wireless personal monitors…
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Thursday, August 09, 2012
Kent Margraves
08/09/12 10:28 AM,
This article is provided by Sennheiser. Have you ever seen an artist remove one earphone on stage? Why is that? One common reason is that they “can’t hear” or are uncomfortable with their mix when wearing both earphones. They are certainly comfortable with their raw/open ear(s), as they’ve been using them reliably for a long time! But if the monitor mix is really needed and is suitably delivered to the earphones, they should wear them. One good way to…
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Kent Margraves
11/14/11 10:11 AM,
This article is provided by Sennheiser. Have you ever experienced a case of microphones squealing feedback before they are loud enough in your PA mix? Even with great mics and a wise layout, sometimes you could still use more gain-before-feedback (GBF). We’ll take choir miking as our example for discussion. We usually mic choirs with several cardioid condenser microphones, right? The feedback that occurs here is caused by the microphone(s) hearing itself being amplified in the PA system. The…
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Kent Margraves
08/17/11 10:40 AM,
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This article is provided by Sennheiser. Live instrument mic’ng is no picnic. Especially when there are multiple elements on a stage that an audio mixer wants to capture and reproduce properly. With acoustic drums, the issue is compounded exponentially given that in order to isolate each drum “voice” correctly, you really need a heck of a lot of mics. Or do you? There are a thousand ways to mic and mix a drum kit with success. Conversely, there a…
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Friday, July 01, 2011
Kent Margraves
07/01/11 10:02 AM,
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