Worship Audio Production
Getting Real: What is Your True Motive for Serving on Your Church Production Team?
Getting Real: What is Your True Motive for Serving on Your Church Production Team? So you love your role on your church worship team. You undoubtedly look forward to working together with your teammates in coordinating and producing a well-organized, fluid, church service – or special event. Bless you for that. Wonderful! You are using…
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“In One Ear and……In The Other: The Implementation of an In-Ear Monitoring System” Part 1
“In One Ear and……In The Other: The Implementation of an In-Ear Monitoring System” Part 1 I’ve been at my current church since 2013 and during this time we have facilitated multiple upgrades such as new digital boards, projectors, mics, etc…. However, we recently embarked upon the addition/implementation of a total in-ear monitoring for all musicians…
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Stay Alert Behind the Mixing Console
Stay Alert Behind the Mixing Console The music starts to softly fade. A moment of reflection is upon us. And a calm rests as we prepare our hearts for the sermon. A prayer is begun. Then suddenly, a burst of mid-sentence invocation jolts us from our reflective state. Whoa! That was unexpected. What happened? Someone…
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Church Audio Compression for Dummies
Church Audio Compression for Dummies “The compressor…that mysterious black box (or blue or red in some cases) that sits next to the soundboard…the piece of gear that I never touch because I don’t know what I’m doing…nice blinking lights but I don’t have a clue of how to use it.” If that’s you, then keep…
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Sound Engineers — With great power comes great responsibility
Sound Engineers — With great power comes great responsibility Regardless of whether your church is mega-sized or mini-sized, there are some best practices that all sound engineers should be doing. There’s more to being a sound engineer than meets the eye. The following list may seem long, but you will know you are doing good…
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Church Audio: Confessions and Revelations
Church Audio: Confessions and Revelations A couple days ago I read Psalms 150. I love that chapter and how it talks about praising God with the clash of cymbals and resounding cymbals – that must be loud. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise…
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Working Together – Sound Techs and Worship Leaders
Working Together – Sound Techs and Worship Leaders Working in church tech can make you feel a little isolated sometimes, especially running sound. You show up early to get ready. You stay late to put everything away. And you’re always doing something “behind the scenes”. But as you know, we are part of something much…
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What Does It Mean To Be A Sound Engineer?
What Does It Mean To Be A Sound Engineer? Not everybody sets out with a dream to be a sound tech for their church. What Does It Mean To Be A Sound Engineer? Some people evolve into the position by default. Sometimes you just happen to be in the right place at the right time…
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Stop worship distractions from happening in your sound system
Stop worship distractions from happening in your sound system. Let me know if this sounds familiar: The congregation and worship team are united, surrounded in a spirit of reverence and praise. As the music begins to fade, a moment of prayerful reflection settles. But something punctuates that still and quite place. It’s a persistent buzz…
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How to do a Sound Check (Part 3)
How to do a Sound Check Part 3. We’ve learned why we need to have a soundcheck, and we’ve learned what I consider to be the difference between a line check and a soundcheck. So now it’s time to get into what else needs to happen during the soundcheck. In Part 2 we talked about…
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