Last week, Dave, Jason and I had a lively discussion of the relative pros and cons of the two most prominent types of loudspeaker systems on the market today; Line Arrays and Point Source speakers. A lot was up for grabs, and you’ll find out quite early that we all have some pretty strong opinions [...]
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RSS S-MADI Bridge; First Thoughts
Yesterday we unboxed and hooked up our pre-production S-MADI Bridge loaned to us by Roland Systems Group. It was a momentous occasion. I’ve been eagerly expecting this since I saw it at InfoComm several months ago. The S-MADI is an interface that bridges the gap between MADI and REAC, the proprietary protocol used by the [...]
Rechargeable Batteries—After the Switch
Almost six months ago we made the switch to rechargeable batteries. Next month, I’ll be doing some follow up tests to see how well the battery capacity is holding up, but for this post, I thought I’d share some thoughts on how our process has been working out. To recap, we have stopped using alkaline [...]
Mixing 21st Century Style
Though I’ve now had the magical iPad for about a week now, yesterday was the first time I had a chance to actually mix a service with it. The service in question was our Sr. High ministry, which normally meets in another room on campus. However, due to some scheduling stuff, they were meeting in [...]
August Webinar: Point Source vs. Line Arrays
Our August webinar is scheduled this month for Tuesday the 24th at 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT). Dave, Jason & I will be discussing the relative pros and cons of traditional point source speakers and line arrays, and when one may be a better choice than another. As you know, these days, line arrays [...]
Why M-48 over Aviom
I tend to be a little non-conventional. A few years ago when everyone wanted a Yamaha M7, I wanted an RSS M-400. Now it seems every church is going with an Avid Venue; I went with a DIGiCo. And while Avioms still seem to reign supreme in the personal mix space, I’m going with the [...]
DIGiCo SD-9 Review
We the SD-9 in for a weekend before our SD-8 arrived and several people have asked my impressions of it. I’ll tell you what I think of it in a minute, but first let’s go over some specs. The SD-9 is the smallest (currently) in the newer SD line from DIGiCo. The naming structure may [...]
Real World Snapshots
Continuing the previous post on snapshots, today I’ll discuss some things that I’m doing with them every week. Real World Examples Here is my snapshot list for this past weekend. As you can see, there is a snapshot for every major event of the service. I’ll walk you through the snapshots for an example of [...]
Using Snapshots for Fun and Profit
I posted this on Twitter a few days ago; “Hi. My name is Mike and I’m a snapshot addict.” Now that I have a FOH console that has a fantastic snapshot function, I’ve started using them with greater frequency and effect. Someone asked if I could explain the use of snapshots on Twitter and I [...]
Using the Matrix for Consistent Record Levels
One of the challenges we face as church sound engineers is to get consistent levels on our recordings. Almost every church I know of records it’s services, either on Hard Disk, CD, Video, Cassettes (the horror!) or a combination of those. Unless you have a dedicated recording mixing position, getting the levels consistent on those [...]
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