Teaching Church Audio Artistry | Church Sound Systems
The sound check isn't the only time for mixing. Once the church service starts, you've got more work to do. The good news is it's not as complex as during the sound check. The trick is knowing when to mix and when to sit back and relax. The trick is knowing when to actively mix. You don't need to mix throughout the whole service but you do need to perform some mixing tasks. Know that active mixing is the process of sculpting audio to produce positive results that; meet the [keep reading]
You can get rid of that pesky feedback once and for all! Discover the three ways for ringing out the room and the one that you can perform today. Ringing out a room is a process for eliminating problem frequencies wherein those frequencies are prone to feedback in your room. You might hear it called "tuning the system" or "tuning the room." The last phrase "tuning the room" is actually a wrong phrase to use. You aren't tuning the room, you are tuning the house EQ to work in the [keep reading]
It's easy to get lost in the nuts and bolts of mixing. Remember these ten axioms; because when you're up to your neck in faders and knobs, much of what you are doing comes down to dealing with these ten points. 1. There will occasionally be someone who thinks it's too loud, no matter how carefully you watch your volume levels. Don't take this as a sign of failure. Every person has their own idea of a proper volume level. Factoring in their age, personal music preferences, and [keep reading]
Growing up in a one hundred year-old home, I learned how to fix plumbing problems. One lesson was tracing all the pipes in the basement so I could tell which pipes had fresh water and which ones carried sewage. You might say it was my first exposure to signal flow. Signal flow is the flow of the audio signal from the sources of input to the places of output, from sound-to-speaker, if you will. Learning how to set up the stage, you saw how the signal flows from an electric guitar to a [keep reading]
I’ve made a lot of chili in my lifetime. I’ve made spicy chili, sweet chili, and everything in between. My friends love my different types of chili. And every time I make chili, I ask my wife, “how does this taste?” The reason is because without her help, my success rate in creating wonderful chili wouldn’t be as high. Live audio is much the same as making chili. There are the different ingredients from high frequency EQ boosts to a dash of reverb. You can work up what [keep reading]
I'm Chris Huff and I've been working behind a mixer for over twenty years. Since 2008, I've been helping other sound techs learn all about the art of church audio through behindthemixer.com.
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