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  • Wednesday, November 17, 2010
    Properly Communicating With The Folks On Stage
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    Chris Huff 11/17/10 09:30 AM, 1 Comment
    This article is provided by Behind The Mixer.   The first time I fell into the trap I was new to live audio. The pastor’s wireless mic went out mid-service and I walked up to swap in a new battery. Talk about killing the mood of the service, not to mention distracting the pastor. Since then, I’ve heard stories of pastors and even worship teams interrupted by the person in the sound booth. Let’s take a look at how booth-to-stage… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Digital • Education • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    Far-Field Criteria For Loudspeaker Balloon Data
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    Pat Brown 11/16/10 01:20 PM, 0 Comments
    The most common reference distance for loudspeaker SPL specifications is 1 meter (3.28 feet). The choice is one of convenience – any distance will do. The 1m reference simplifies distance attenuation calculations by eliminating the division required in the first step:   Loudspeakers must be measured at a distance beyond which the shape of the radiation balloon remains unchanged. The changes are caused by path length differences to different points on the surface of the device. These differences become increasingly… View this post
    Filed in: AV • Feature • Poll • AV • Installation • Loudspeaker • Measurement • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Church Sound Files: Advice To Would-Be TDs
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    Mike Sessler 11/16/10 09:47 AM, 2 Comments
    This article is provided by ChurchTechArts.   A few weeks ago, a friend of mine wrote a wonderful article giving advice to young TDs. It’s a great read and I concur with everything he says. In large part inspired by his article, I wanted to step back and offer some advice to those folks who are thinking of a career as a TD. There’s an oft-repeated story in the TD world here in SoCal. Someone was considering taking a TD… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Engineer • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician • Audio

  • Friday, November 12, 2010
    Make The Session Run Smoothly By Putting Your Singer At Ease
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    Joe Gilder 11/12/10 02:40 PM, 0 Comments
    This article is provided by Home Studio Corner.   Not long ago I spent some time recording some vocals for a project my brother-in-law was working on. We used a Neumann U87 and ran it through a nice Amek mic pre. All in all It sounded really great. It’s been a long time since I tracked vocals outside of my studio. I’m used to being the only one there, wearing both the engineer hat and the musician hat. If you’ve… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Microphone • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • Thursday, November 11, 2010
    RE/P Files: A Production Analysis Of Eric Clapton’s “Layla”: Part III
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    Paul Laurence 11/11/10 01:30 PM, 1 Comment
    Tom Dowd has participated in as much recording history as maybe anyone around today. During his 28 years in the business, he has recorded and/or produced, among others;, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Herbie Mann, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, The Young Rascals, The Allman Brothers, Stephen Stills, and Joe Walsh This is the third and final segment in a multipart series. If you’ve not yet read part one, it comes highly… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Analog • Education • Engineer • Monitoring • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • Wednesday, November 10, 2010
    The Holiday Production Cheat Sheet
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    Chris Huff 11/10/10 11:11 AM, 0 Comments
    This article is provided by Behind The Mixer.   Lookout! The Christmas program is approaching!  The only think that sneaks up faster than Christmas is the church Christmas program.  For many of you volunteers out there holiday productions can be a daunting obstacle, but I’m here to help! Follow this cheat sheet for your Christmas (or other) productions and you’ll be certain to have everything you need this season. 1. Date/time of the program and any possible make-up date due… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Digital • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Tuesday, November 09, 2010
    When To Hire A Technical Arts Director
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    Mike Sessler 11/09/10 02:32 PM, 1 Comment
    This article is provided by ChurchTechArts.   Many years ago I wrote an article on ChurchTechArts on which the following question was posed. I seem to get asked this question a lot and it’s a great way to lead into this article: “How do you keep your volunteers sticking around? We are a large church approx 3000 members running 5 services and everything is volunteer run.” “The engineer that runs the services that weekend is there for about 20 hours… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Concert • Education • Engineer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Wednesday, November 03, 2010
    The Psychology Of Recording
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    Joe Gilder 11/03/10 02:00 PM, 0 Comments
    This article is provided by Home Studio Corner.   Recently I was doing some recording for my friend Kevin who flew in from LA to record vocals for his album in my studio. We had one week to track vocals for 13 songs. Of course, being friends, we spent a lot of time just hanging out and showing them around Nashville, but 7 days was an ideal amount of time. It gave us plenty of time to focus intently on… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Microphone • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • How To Mix Songs Better & Impress The Worship Leader At The Same Time
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    Chris Huff 11/03/10 10:45 AM, 0 Comments
    This article is provided by Behind The Mixer.   While working a retreat camp a few weeks ago, I asked the worship leader a few questions that showed him I took my job seriously.  Preparing for practice, he was making notes on his song schedule sheet when I approached him.  “Hey Mark, I’ve got a couple questions for you concerning the songs you are playing…” “Sure, what do you need?” “Is the song order I have on my sheet correct?”… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Concert • Education • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician • Audio

  • Tech Tip Of The Day: Microphone Mysteries Revealed
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    Ted Hunter 11/03/10 09:20 AM, 0 Comments
    Provided by Sweetwater.   This Tech Tip Of The Day come to you in editorial form because we wanted explain the benefits of various polar patterns. Variable polar patterns can actually be good for several things. Before we go into them, we should probably briefly discuss what the main polar patterns are. The three “main” polar patterns are cardioid (or unidirectional), figure-eight (or bidirectional), and omnidirectional. You can find far more detailed definitions in past Microphone World features, however, in… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Analog • Digital • Microphone • Signal • Studio • System • Audio