Topic: Production

Church Audio: Deeper musical experience…Don’t let the musicians have all the fun.

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Deeper musical experience…Don’t let the musicians have all the fun. by Jonathan Umfleet November 4, 2011 Church Audio

In becoming a lifelong student of audio, it is always to your benefit to broaden your musical experience. Recording your main service worship band can push you toward that goal. Not that you plan on going platinum or getting any Dove awards any time soon, but you and your team can all learn a lot. [...]

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Church Audio: Compression for Dummies…how to get the most out of all the blinking lights

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Compression for Dummies…how to get the most out of all the blinking lights by Jonathan Umfleet October 20, 2011 Church Audio

“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 reading. Although a compressor is, [...]

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Church Audio: Expectations for Sound Engineers — With great power comes great responsibility

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Expectations for Sound Engineers — With great power comes great responsibility by Jonathan Umfleet October 6, 2011 Church Audio

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 when you can do it all and are able [...]

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Church Audio: Confessions and Revelations

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Confessions and Revelations by Jonathan Umfleet September 29, 2011 Church Audio

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 him with timbrel and dancing, [...]

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If you’re called to be a sound engineer for your worship team, what does that even mean?

DSCF2540.JPG by Jonathan Umfleet September 20, 2011 Church Audio

Not everybody sets out with a dream to be a sound tech for their church. Some people evolve into the position by default. Sometimes you just happen to be in the right place at the right time and voila’, you’re doing Front of House duties for your worship band. First off, if you are sound [...]

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Church Audio: The Art of Mixing Part 2

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: The Art of Mixing Part 2 by Kris Johnson May 25, 2011 Church Audio

Before reading this Blog post please read The Art of Mixing Part 1. Parametric EQ The Parametric EQ is the EQ that is set on the actual input channel.  This is not to be confused with graphic EQ that is inserted in a channel and is used to notch certain frequencies and is usually configured [...]

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Church Audio: The Art of Mixing Part 1

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: The Art of Mixing Part 1 by Kris Johnson April 29, 2011 Church Audio

Finding the right sound levels can be very challenging and frustrating.  There are many things that go into developing your mix so that it achieves the level of great sound that is enjoyable to the ear.  The items that will be detailed below presume the venue system is properly tuned.  If this is not the [...]

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Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part Two

Thumbnail image for Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part Two by Conrad Weaver April 18, 2011 Church Video

Last time we began a discussion on the use of visuals in our worship services. We looked at several examples we find in Scripture where God used visuals to catch the attention of people he wanted to communicate to. Today, I’ll start us on a path of thinking about all of the visuals we use [...]

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