[Guest post from Brian Henson] In the process of selecting a new mixer for my church, I wanted to research every option available. In the process, I created a spreadsheet comparing the features and specs of digital mixers, available at the time, that were within our price range. You’ll find a ... Read More
[Guest Post from Robert Naylor, Jr. with his take on volume levels] This is a challenge for all church sound people to consider your volume level and how it may be impacting your worship services. This is not a discussion of specific SPL levels, or contemporary versus traditional worship. I want to ... Read More
[Guest Post: James Knight] It’s almost the end of the fiscal year in the States – and we all know who gets to do the church audio budget... Here are a few pointers – hopefully they’ll be of some use. 1. Know your Church’s mission statement. As a consultant, whenever I undertake a new project I ... Read More
[Guest Post: James Knight] Many of the budding engineers here will have heard of RØDE - they’re an Australian company who started out back in 1967 manufacturing studio-grade microphones from Chinese capsules and purpose-built Australian electronics. Ever since ’94, they’ve been exporting to the ... Read More
[Guest post from Matt Shull] Since I started running sound back when I was 12 years old, I’ve always found that having to walk around the room and listen to the sound and then walk all the way back to the console to tweak something small has been problematic. This is especially true for ... Read More
[Guest Post from Derek Sexsmith] The title on this post is a little misleading. The “perfect mix” could mean different things to different people. But, I think most would agree the foundation for the perfect mix, when mixing a typical “rock” band (drums, bass, ... Read More
[Guest Post from Duke DeJong] I recently have been a part of some discussions regarding the worship mix of various churches and the question frequently comes down to who should have control over what the mix sounds like and how much influence various other people should have. For me this is fairly ... Read More
[Guest Post from Matthew Mcglynn] I often get asked to recommend kick-drum microphones, and in the process of helping drummers and engineers decide what might work for them, I’ve realized that it is useful to classify the available microphones by type. [Note from Chris: While some types of ... Read More
