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January 16, 2019

Three Speaker Placement Mistakes That Make You Lose Vocal Intelligibility

When it comes to a church service, or any spoken word event, vocal intelligibility is king. Why? Because it's all a surprise. Everyone in the audience is hearing the words for the first time. Imagine if we tried to have a conversation while standing on the opposite ends of a giant ... Read More

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August 6, 2017

The Mixer-Comparison Spreadsheet

[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

March 10, 2015

How Volume Can Help, Hinder, or Hurt Worship

[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

August 18, 2011

Top Seven Church Audio Budget Tips

[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

August 4, 2011

Gear Review: Rode PinMic and HS1 Headset

[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

June 7, 2011

Controlling a Yamaha LS9-32 Remotely: iPad and Smart Phone Setups

[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

May 3, 2011

The Foundation of the Perfect Mix

[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

March 31, 2011

The Six Types of Kick Drum Microphones

[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. Tailored Dynamics – dynamic mics pre-EQ’d ... Read More

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