Topic: Church Audio

Church Audio: Digital Mixers

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Digital Mixers by Kris Johnson October 25, 2010 Church Audio

There is no question digital mixers are having a profound impact on the pro audio world and this impact is also in the church world as well.   The cost of digital mixers have reduced significantly and many companies are making low end digital mixers which come in very cheap.  Looking at the overall bang [...]

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Church Audio: Mixing is NOT…

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Mixing is NOT… by Kris Johnson October 20, 2010 Church Audio

The art of Chruch Audio mixing is something I have studied and practiced for the majority of my life.  During my 20+ years of experience here are a few things I have learned that audio mixing is not: Mixing modern worship sound is NOT a personal attack on any musician or singer.  It is the [...]

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Church Audio: Clear as Mud…

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: Clear as Mud… by brian maddox October 14, 2010 Church Audio

today’s post concerns a bit of a pet peeve of mine.  i promise to try to keep my inner snark as under control as possible.  apologies in advance if i don’t achieve great success with that. what i want to talk about today is ‘how to communicate information regarding sound in a concise and intelligible [...]

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Church Audio: The Match Game

Thumbnail image for Church Audio: The Match Game by brian maddox September 27, 2010 Church Audio

okay, today’s post is gonna be short and [hopefully] sweet.  i wanted to talk about a mistake i see an awful lot of churches make with their sound systems.  simply put, i see an awful lot of systems whose components don’t ‘match’. i don’t mean color.  and i don’t mean something technical like ‘impedance’ or [...]

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The Importance of a Full Runthrough

Thumbnail image for The Importance of a Full Runthrough by brian maddox August 16, 2010 Church Audio

okay, i had an interesting morning this morning and it inspired me to post a little note… this sunday we were doing a special song ‘beauty from pain’ [by superchick].  my lovely and talented wife had prepared a video for this and so the band was playing ‘locked to video’ using a click track on [...]

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In-Ear Monitors :The Really Fine Print

by brian maddox June 24, 2010 Church Audio

in my last post i talked a little about the finer points of in-ear monitors. this time around we’re gonna get even finer.  [more fine?] there are a couple of inherent hazards in dealing with in-ear monitors.  one of them affects singers [and sometimes horn players], and can be a particularly pesky issue to deal [...]

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In-Ear Monitors :The Fine Print

by brian maddox May 11, 2010 Church Audio

okay, in my last post i did a little overview of in-ear monitors.  what they are.  what they do.  all that neat stuff. so, now for more of the rest of the story… God created a truly remarkable sense when he gave us our hearing.  with only two ears we are able to hear completely [...]

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In-ear Monitors: an Overview

by brian maddox April 23, 2010 Church Audio

okay, we’ve all seen them.  those ‘hearing-aid looking things’ that everybody on tv seems to be wearing.  so what’s the deal? well, if you’ve been on a stage before you know about monitors.  and you also know how loud and silly they can get.  guitar player plays too loud.  singer needs more level in his [...]

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