Teaching Church Audio Artistry | Church Sound Systems
Welcome to the new design! You will benefit from it. A great deal of thought went into the design decision and it's one that I think can be applied to sculpting a mix. Deciding how to mix music depends on: The people (age, preferred worship style, etc). The room acoustics The preferred style mandated by the church etc. Therefore, when I thought about the site, I thought about you. I thought about the experienced sound techs and those new to the field. I thought about what [keep reading]
It's official! People who entered the contest got the email last week but I thought it best I announce it on the site was well - and in case the winner hasn't seen the email. The winner of the CCI Solutions SPL Meter / Cable Tester giveaway is... I know, I know, you want to know if you won. Before you scroll down, I need to say two things; 1. The winner was picked using the random number generator at random.org. 2. Thanks to CCI Solutions for sponsoring this contest. I encourage [keep reading]
Imagine the pastor walking up to you and saying "We will be moving our church service to the public park for one weekend." Guess who is in charge of moving the audio system? You are! This very thing happened to Scott Pippen. Read on to find out how he succeeded in accomplishing this task. Scott chronicled his adventure on his blog. Before you jump over to read about that adventure, please take note of a few points he makes; Working in an outdoor venue means you are dealing with [keep reading]
Entering the contest is easy and on Tuesday, July 12th, I'll announce the winner of the CCI Solutions SPL Meter/Cable Tester Combo! This giveaway is sponsored by CCI Solutions. CCI Solutions is more than an AV equipment company. They even design and build systems for worship facilities all over the country. They have CTS-certified sales tech's that are very familiar with the church audio and video arena. Most of their tech's are involved within their own church a/v teams. The [keep reading]
GearFest allowed me the opportunity to listen to both Robert Scovill and Alan Parsons. Two great music producers but in vastly different segments of production; Scovill with live sound and Parsons with studio recording. You'd think these two people would be worlds apart in what they presented last weekend. However, they both brought to light something you and I need to know because it will cripple us or catapult us into future success. Technology is a funny thing. Over the years of [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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