Del Mize at Trinity Church International
Thirty-three acres, a school, two venues, a new 65,000-square-foot student center, 5,000 worshippers – and one sound guy who still finds time to feed his "musical monkey" on the side.
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Volume Control Strategies for Houses of Worship
We put the question of volume control strategies to the ProAudioSpace tribe (still not a member? Go to www.ProAudioSpace.com – now!) and obviously hit a chord. We got almost 100 responses – some of them very detailed – outlining individual approaches and strategies. Here are just a few excerpts from those responses. You can find them all in the Forums section of PAS.
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Ear Candy for Eye Candy: Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Not for nothing, but it's slightly doubtful that there were any eyes scanning the top of television sets around the country during this year's broadcast of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show looking for speaker boxes. Could be wagered, in fact, that all eyes were firmly placed on hostess Heidi Klum and models Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes and Miranda Kerr.
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Community of Christ International’s Auditorium and Temple
Sitting, literally, under the stage of the Auditorium at the Community of Christ's international headquarters in Independence, Mo., event media systems coordinator Bob Haworth is thinking about the changes he's seen at the place where he's worked for the past 40 years.
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Heil HDK-8 Drum Mic Kit
Heil HDK-8 Drum Mic Kit
OMG!!!!!! Heil drum mics are my new BFF!!!!! Now that I've made myself sound like a Valley Girl, I'll try to compose myself and act like the audio professional that I am. (Hah!)
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dbx DriveRack PA+
dbx DriveRack PA+, front and back
It has been more than 10 years since dbx introduced the first DriveRack. To say that the DriveRack has been a success is a huge understatement. This product line has changed how many sound technicians set up and manage their sound systems. Not to mention how so many installations are designed with DriveRacks as part of the system.
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Clark Pushes Beyond AVL
Buckhead Church, a campus of North Point Community Church in Atlanta, Ga.
After graduating from college with a degree in electrical engineering, George Clark started to look around for something to do. His older brother, Houston, had a business degree and years of experience in information systems as a software salesman. He was looking for something different to do.
Read More »I Thought I Saw a Mixer In My Laptop
We've been seeing tons of hardware audio consoles with sophisticated software. Now here's a twist from RML Labs: a software console that has no hardware. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but let's take a look at a cutting edge audio application that is not tied to a specific piece of hardware. The program is called SAC or Software Audio Console, and it has some pretty impressive features.
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The Gift of Feedback
Artwork by Tony Gleeson
I was mixing sound for a church Christmas production consisting of a choir with 94 voices, a 20 voice children's choir, two flutists, a double bass, percussion, viola, harp, piano and a pipe organ.
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Stage Monitor Selection and Placement
Placement matters.
Have you ever heard the saying, "Ask 100 engineers that question, and you'll get 100 different answers?" That can be said about how stage monitors are selected and placed. Whether it be wide dispersion, narrow dispersion, horns in, horns out, wedge angles, horn throat sizes – the list goes on and on. There are hundreds of products out there and just as many ways to achieve the same goal.
Read More »Crossing Over
Every month, I try to write something that will be useful to all of you out there, whether you volunteer your services at your house of worship or you mix and install worship sound systems as a part or all of your income. This month I would also like to include those of you who work with live sound, but not necessarily in the house of worship sound arena.
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Taking Our Own Inventory
Artwork by Andy Au
As I am writing this article, it is that time of year once again. As you are reading this article, that time of year is already on the wane. But despite my inability to plan ahead so that you might be able to read a timely piece of poignant journalism, let me be one of the last to say "Happy New Year."
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