Ten years before I got into mixing worship sound and installing church audio systems, I worked as a recording engineer. Now I have been working in the house of worship sound biz for 20 years so, if you do the math that would put me back in 1985 when I was freelancing as an engineer. I learned a lot about audio during that time of my life.
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I happen to be a firm believer in a low-input/high-output gain structure. I also realize that there is more than one way to arrive at a final live mix, and that it helps if one is not so intractable as to adhere to only one approach. I’m always interested as to how different engineers approach and set up their mix and, because of this curiosity, I found myself in a conversation with an engineer friend of mine who works in many different situations — from concert to corporate, in venues of varying size and structure.
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All of us at FRONT of HOUSE were saddened to hear of the sudden (and certainly unexpected) passing of ML Procise III, who died away in his sleep in the early morning hours of March 5, 2015 at his home near Dallas. He was 62.
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LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — Bob See, founder and CEO of See Factor Industry and one of the leading innovators in rock ‘n’ roll tour packaging, died Feb. 10, 2015. See Factor reported that he died peacefully in his sleep. He was 67.
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This issue of FRONT of HOUSE is focused around the house of worship market, an area where I have a large amount of personal experience. From volunteering at my own small church, to being a hired gun in large mega churches, the majority of my hours logged behind a mixing console have been in the church setting. As a result, I have direct experience in this area, which may make this article rather contrarian to what is usually composed regarding church sound.
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About a month ago, I was researching the article for the January issue of FRONT of HOUSE on Shure products that had made their mark on the sound reinforcement industry during the company’s 90-year history. While doing that, I pulled some files from of my archives on the 1967 debut of the Shure Vocal Master, which was described at the time as the first “portable total sound system.” In truth, it actually was pretty cool for its time, and was quite successful, but what struck a chord in me was the absolute proliferation these had in the house of worship market. And it always amazes me how many times — even in recent years — I could walk into a church somewhere (or a lodge hall or city council chamber, for that matter) and still see those 63-inch silver gray columns in use. The “transistorized” Vocal Master mixer/amps may have long since faded into the sunset, but the transducers live on.
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