An acoustic guitar produces a wonderful range of sounds from warm bass tones to crisp high notes; a range of 70hz to 700hz. Because guitars are made out of different types of wood, they can produce different overall sounds. Some guitars have an overall warm sound, others are bright, and ... Read More
How to Help the Hearing-Impaired
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
How to Run A Flawless Wedding
Wedding horror stories abound. They remain in the memory of the bride and groom. Those memories might be of anger, frustration, or anxiety. When something goes wrong in a regular church service, you fix the problem and move on. People might remember, but it's usually no big ... Read More
Djembe Microphone Techniques
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
Gain – Keeps Your Signals Cleaner, Longer
Obviously, this isn't about Gain, the detergent. However, the proper use of gain will give you cleaner signals with less noise. The word gain is usually associated with your sound board in regards to setting the gain level. Using the gain knob on a particular channel, you are ... Read More
Understanding Crosstalk and How To Eliminate It
It's 3rd grade lunch period at the local elementary school. Kids are talking and eating at their tables. Crosstalk is when you are talking with the kid seated across from you and then other kids start talking and next thing you know, everyone is talking and no one is listening! ... Read More
Sonic Space : Not The Final Frontier.
Sonic space is the frequency range that an instrument or a vocal sound takes up when it is played. That's the short definition but it's like saying paint is red or green in color without talking at all about what happens when you paint one color over another when the paints are still wet.If we ... Read More
Walk The Room, Don’t Walk The Line
Failure comes when we forget the fundamentals, be it basketball, chess, or live sound production. Here's the typical situation a sound tech encounters on a Sunday morning...1. Walk into church - usually with coffee in hand.2. Set up the appropriate equipment on the stage.3. Walk into the ... Read More