If you’ve missed the previous two posts on rechargeable batteries, you need to go back and read about the test, and the result. Got that? OK, good. So now we’ve run the test, analyzed the results, it’s time to pick a winner, right? Sure, fine. But let me remind you what didn’t win: The ProCell. [...]
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Battery Shootout—The Results Show
Last time, I explained the test parameters, the setup and listed the batteries under test. Go back and read that post if you want to see the test conditions (yes, I had the battery meters set correctly to match the chemistry of the batteries). Today it’s time for the results show. Based on the traffic [...]
Battery Shootout Pt. 1
As a longtime proponent of rechargeable batteries, I have gotten into many, uh, discussions of their relative merits. Some people are curious about them and want to learn more. Others are pretty much biased agains rechargeable batteries of any type (except, presumably, the ones in their phones, cars, laptops, cordless phones, PS3 remotes, etc…). In [...]
Producing The Webinars
I had a lot of questions about how we produced last week’s webinar on IEMs. It took a bit of testing and several different bits and pieces of software. The tricky part was getting both audio and video routed to LiveStream in a way that didn’t cause weird internal processing delay echoes. I was able [...]
Da-Cappo DA-12 Earset Mic
Recently we had the opportunity to test a few mics from Da-Cappo. I’ve been hearing more and more about them of late and was immediately interested in trying one out when my rep offered. We had two different models, the standard DA-12 and a shorter-boomed child’s version. Normally we use the Countryman e6 for earset [...]
Sound Techs and Worship Leaders
Recently I was asked the following question, “What’s the most important part of the relationship between a FOH engineer and the worship leader?”
There are a number of aspects to that—and any—relationship, many of which are very important. It’s great if the worship leader and sound tech are great friends and hang out all the time; [...]
IEM Webinar Tonight
Tonight, Feb 23 at a few minutes past 10 PM EST, 7 PM PST, Jason Cole, Dave Stagl and I will be leading a webinar on IEMs. We’re going to talk about developing a plan to migrate to IEMs, what benefits and challenges come out of such a transition and spend some time discussing the [...]
#Installation Fail—Wiring
On the heels of my last post on getting installs right, it seemed like it was time to re-visit our old friend, #Installation Fail. It’s been a while since we had some fun with, how shall we say, creative installations. I’ve been collecting these for quite some time now, and I won’t reveal where they [...]
Mid-Week Tech; The Illustrated Guide
By popular demand (at least on Twitter), here’s an illustrated guide I created for running our Mid-Week Bible Studies. All that’s needed is a wireless mic or two, house lights and one other area light, and a CD record. However, our system is overly complex and not volunteer friendly (FOH is a PM5D-EX). So, rather [...]
New Danger for Wireless Mics in Churches
Kirk Longhoffer posted an informative article at Church Tech Matters about the future of wireless mics. You should already know about the relocation of the 700 MHz spectrum (if you don’t, click on the DTV & Wireless tab above). And you should already know about the upcoming TVBDs (TV Band Devices; formerly White Space Devices). [...]
