Church Soundguy

It's always been amusing to watch the band set up. The guitarist brings his amp, a few pedals, and maybe a couple of guitars. The bass player brings his instrument, and often his own amp. The drummer uses the church's drum kit, but he brings his own sticks and takes the time to tune and position the

I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about Nexo speakers over the past few years. I’ve listened to various of their models, and I’ve been impressed enough to recommend them for a couple of rooms, particularly given the outstanding support I’ve been getting from them. But I haven’t really known the Nexo

Veteran Technical Director and CCI Solutions Church Relations Director, Duke DeJong helps you get started creating modern worship stage designs. Churches across America both big and small are looking for ways to enhance their worship spaces with color and texture. I love this trend because it

By Duke DeJong Church Relations Director, CCI Solutions A while back, I got the rare opportunity to work with the youth band at our church. These guys have an incredible heart and passion to worship and have loads of raw talent which translates into a powerful time of worship. When they lead, as a

Clarifying and defining key power aspects with constant-voltage (or high-impedance) systems Electric power companies have a good idea that has been applied to audio engineering. When they run power through miles of cable, they minimize resistive power loss by running the power as high voltage

25, 70.7 & 100 Volts; U.S. Standards; Just What is "Constant" Anyway?; Voltage Variations -- Make Up Your Mind; Calculating Losses -- Chasing Your Tail by Dennis A. Bohn Constant-voltage is the common name given to a general practice begun in the late 1920s and early 1930s (becoming a U.S. stan

An in-depth yet easy-to-understand discussion of wireless systems, how they operate, issues that can plague performance, and solutions that do the trick in the vast majority of situations.Editor’s Note: This article provides straightforward explanations of the primary issues that account for a full

Bobby Owsinski, author of the The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, Second Edition, identified the seven characteristics of an Amateur mix in this article. Now that those seven have been identified, let's look at what we can do to avoid them. 1. Inconsistent Levels "Instrument levels that vary from

Are your drums too loud? By David McLain with Jeremy CarterAny time a band has some of its sound coming through the main PA system (usually vocals and electronic instruments) and some of the sound coming from the stage acoustically (most notably the drums) you have problems. The drummer must