You are responsible for creating a safe environment on the stage. Don’t think of the sound booth as your only domain. Your domain includes the stage. It contains elements that can cause bodily harm just because of their existence. For example, a microphone cable could be in the wrong place and ... Read More
I was visiting a church to check out their Aviom system and noticed the funniest thing. An Aviom unit (personal monitoring system) was close to the front of the stage and had a long cord leading into the first row of the congregation. Unless a musician was going to play from the ... Read More
The djembe (a type of drum) is a great musical instrument that blends well into the church worship setting. However, microphone placement for the djembe is not a hard and fast rule. Here are the guidelines you can use for providing the best amplification.Djembes are either mic'd with a ... Read More
Moving an amp offstage into an isolation booth can help reducing stage noise, increasing room on the stage, and improving the sound of the amp through the house speakers. Leave it to Radial to help electric guitarists work with isolation booths. I'll leave it to Radial to describe their SGI ... Read More
Talk of microphones usually revolves around the type (condenser or dynamic) and the polar pattern (cardioid, omni-directional, etc.), but there is more to a microphone. The "more" is the microphone's Frequency Response. Microphones differ in the way in which they respond to different ... Read More
Headphones can be your best friend or your biggest hinderance to providing a great sound. Headphones are used so you can isolate the sound you want to hear and tweak that sound via volume or eq settings accordingly. Seems like it would be perfect for using for an entire service, ... Read More
Mix-minus is a particular setup for a mixing console, such that the output to a specific device contains everything except the input from that device. The advantage of a mix-minus is the elimination of echoes and feedback.A mix-minus signal is sometimes also known as a 'clean feed' or a ... Read More
Check out the post of Basic Mic'ing Techniques for Piano from ChurchAudio.I'm finding some worship team pianist's like to play a regular piano instead of an electric such as the Clavinova. While a baby grand does have a great sound, toss in a guitar, some drums, and a whole congregation ... Read More
