Effect-ive Strategies
With his Oct. 2024 “On the Digital Edge” column, Steve La Cerra shares some road-tested tips for managing effects in your FOH (and monitor) mixes. Try some of these on your next gig!
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Miking Choirs
Along with an SPL boost for the on-site congregation, miking choirs is necessary to capture the choir for livestream services and recordings. With his Oct. 2024 “Sound Sanctuary” column, John McJunkin provides miking tips for choirs of all sizes.
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Now Hiring: Audio Techs
Good help is hard to find, but as Baker Lee explains with his column in the Oct. 2024 issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine, no matter what equipment one has, it’s only as good as the people setting it up and running the show.
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Considering Stage Volume in P.A. System Tuning for Concerts
A system engineer’s goal is to keep the P.A. system as consistent as possible. However, what happens when the stage volume exceeds the P.A. close to the stage? Sam Boone, who has been designing and deploying large format, low-variance systems for installs and touring productions, discusses this and other essential topics.
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Putting an In-Ear Sound Level Analyzer to the Test
How loud are your IEMs, really? Steve Savanyu checks out Sensaphonics’ dB Check Pro in-ear sound level analyzer, described as a “speedometer for your ears” — and something that could help put the brakes on hearing loss.
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Specialty Microphones
In his “On the Digital Edge” column in the September 2024 issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine, Steve La Cerra takes a look at some out-of-the-ordinary microphones that are useful in a wide variety of sound reinforcement applications.
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Bass – How Much is Too Much?
These days, as many church installs approach (or surpass) rock ‘n’ roll rigs, it’s tempting to push LF SPLs to the limit. But how do you determine what’s appropriate? John McJunkin examines the bottom line in his “Sound Sanctuary” column in the Sept. 2024 edition of FRONT of HOUSE magazine.
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Staying Relevant
As Baker Lee notes in his Sept. 2024 “FOH-at-Large” column, when it comes to audio gear, it’s easy to fall behind. One day you wake up and the cutting-edge technology that was your mainstay has been dulled by the latest, greatest and sharpest state-of-the-art equipment.
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Inside the Surround Sound for ‘The Outsiders’
Cody Spencer, who won the 2024 Tony Award for Sound Design of a Musical for ‘The Outsiders,’ shared with Bryan Reesman the nuances of the L-Acoustics L-ISA system used for the production as well as speaker placement tweaks and the challenge of tracking actor movements without trackers (because they had a tendency to be ripping their shirts off and fighting in the mud).
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Where’s My (Regular) Console?
We’ve all been there. Show up to mix a festival date and that console you were promised is a no-show, replaced by something you haven’t used — or maybe never heard of. With his “On the Digital Edge” column in the August issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine, Steve La Cerra shares survival tips to get you through the set.
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Maintaining a Crew
Even for paying gigs, “it’s hard to get good help,” and in a typical church setting, dealing with unpaid volunteers and novice techs is no picnic. Eventually, they can be trained, but keeping them motivated is an ongoing issue. In FRONT of HOUSE’s August 2024 issue, John McJunkin offers advice and inspiration.
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Brace Yourself for the Inevitable: Surprises
Unexpected twists may be fun at a kid’s party, but last-minute discoveries like “the freight elevator’s been out for a week,” can test the mettle of even the most seasoned production pros. Baker Lee looks at this all-too-common situation with his FOH-at-Large column in the August 2024 issue.
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