Church Sound: Plan For Failure To Achieve Success By Mike Sokol • May 22, 2019 I often hear stories about church leaders who won’t let the sound team “turn any knobs” on the mixing console. The leaders expect a great… Read More
Mic Techniques For Taming The Live Stage By Bruce Bartlett • May 17, 2019 Approaches for controlling feedback and leakage as well as fostering delivery of clean, natural sound Read More
In The Studio: “Music 101” For Recording Engineers By Bruce A. Miller • May 13, 2019 If you’re a doctor, you can’t operate if you do not know what you should and should not cut. If you’re a mechanic, you can’t… Read More
LAB Best Threads: Audio Veterans Share Their “First Gig” Stories By PSW Staff • May 2, 2019 "I just started learning how to run sound from a sound tech I met through a local band called Sweaty Bob..." Read More
The Old Soundman: Salary & Benefits By Old Soundman • April 22, 2019 What’s wrong with this Steve guy? Here he has a lifestyle that 80 percent of humanity cannot even dream of achieving, and he wants to… Read More
Church Sound: Worship Leaders On Important Traits Of Sound Operators By Gary Zandstra • April 2, 2019 Mix skills and system knowledge can be undermined without two other key factors... Read More
Church Sound: The Intentional Tech By Mike Sessler • March 26, 2019 One of the most challenging aspects of doing production in a church setting is that church happens every week. During the week we have meetings,… Read More
The Psychology Of Recording By Joe Gilder • March 20, 2019 A few years ago my friend Kevin and his wife flew all the way out to Nashville from LA to record vocals for his album… Read More
Tell-All Tech: Repairs? You Need Repairs?? By The Tell-All Tech • March 1, 2019 Some would say we’re taken for granted. Others might say we’re misunderstood. Still others occasionally say “thank you.” Who are we? Your humble servants, equipment… Read More
Career Calling: Are You Qualified To Be An Audio Engineer? By Ken DeLoria • February 25, 2019 Take this simple test. Carefully compiled from decades of experience and using the latest auto-psycho-algorithms, it will provide guidance in your career choice. 1. Do… Read More
Church Sound: The Path To Worship Mix Success By Gary Zandstra • February 20, 2019 After mixing sound at worship services for more than three decades, and teaching dozens of others along the way, I’ve formulated these “10 steps to… Read More
The Craft Of IEM Mixing By Dave Stevens • February 19, 2019 Guidelines that foster quality results and happy artists. Read More
Phase & Polarity: Causes And Effects, Differences, Consequences By Chuck McGregor • February 18, 2019 The terms "polarity" and "phase" are often used as if they mean the same thing. They do not. Read More
Evaluating A System Budget For House Of Worship Clients By Curt Taipale • February 5, 2019 Editor’s note: We went all the way back to 2011 for this article. The information and techniques are still quite relevant, even if those cassette… Read More
