The first-ever CFX Essentials mini-conference, to be held in Charlotte, NC April 28-29, will feature seminars from two tracks, packed full of information to benefit your worship team. This week, Worship Facility will take a look at the Hybrid Worship Production Track....
Audio

L-Acoustics Syva and X Series Ensure Speech Clarity for At-Thohir Mosque Congregation
Strategically located on the perimeter of the Podomoro Golf Complex in a leafy suburb of Jakarta, At-Thohir Mosque was built by the extended family of automotive magnate, the late Teddy Thohir. The graceful, pearlescent house of worship features 29 domes meant to...

45 Tech Takeaways From the ChurchGear Podcast 2022
In 2022 we recorded 2,378 minutes of podcast content with some of the most knowledgeable and known leaders in the church tech space. We talked with legends like Scott Ragsdale and Lee Fields as well as many techs who are currently in the day-to-day tech trenches like...

Gain vs. Volume
Last month, I received a question from a subscriber who recently was promoted within his church’s tech crew and started to be the main audio mixer (A1). He was given this position quickly after the usual operator left the position. He only had basic audio...

Grace Church of Des Moines Upgrades with Martin Audio TORUS
Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Conference Technologies Inc (CTI) recently completed a sound system integration at the nearby Grace Church, replacing the former PA system, with the constant curvature technology of Martin Audio’s TORUS array. This is the latest of a...

Waves and Avid Announce Compatibility of Waves V14 Plugins with Avid VENUE™ | S6L Consoles
Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, has announced that Avid VENUE™ | S6L consoles are now fully compatible with the latest version of Waves plugins (V14). All Waves V14 SoundGrid-compatible...

Reinforcing Joyful Noise
Christ the King Lutheran Church, known as “The Music Church” by locals, has been a small but significant presence in southwest Houston, TX since 1944. With an appreciation of history, tradition, and classical, faithful music, the church was recently faced with a...

Learning Series: Overcoming the Challenge of Accommodating Special Needs Through Design and Technology
Although churches are technically exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), many of these requirements have now been instilled into the International Building Code, which any organization, including churches, must adhere to when making changes to a...

Times Square Church Gets with the Times Using L-Acoustics
Times Square Church (TSC) on West 51st Street in Manhattan’s Theatre District has a long and diverse history. Initially built by Warner Brothers in 1930 as a movie palace known as the Warner Hollywood Theatre, the venue later transitioned into the Mark Hellinger...

Who Is My Neighbor? The Myriad Benefits Of Technical Team Outreach
It’s a sad fact but very few of us know much– if anything– about the congregations and/or production crews all around us.

Christ Community Church Upgrades Loudspeakers with Eastern Acoustic Works
Surrounded by the scenic views of Alamogordo, the 800-seat Christ Community Church was struggling to provide quality audio with their aging and original PA. With the decision made to upgrade their system, the task of finding a modern solution capable of delivering...

Church of the Highlands Expands to New Location
Since its founding in 2001 by pastor Chris Hodges and a core group of 34 people, the growth of Church of the Highlands has been nothing short of astounding. In that time, the multi-site megachurch has grown to two dozen campus locations, mostly in central Alabama and...

University Park United Methodist Church Upgrades to Wireless Audio
When the University Park United Methodist Church in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park, Texas, suffered flooding last year, it was decided to repurpose some of the affected spaces as part of the larger renovation, adding two new classrooms, a gathering area and a...

Medianet AV Specs JVC for Video Applications in House of Worship
As an audio, video, livestreaming, and lighting solutions provider, Medianet AV installs and supplies production services and equipment to a variety of organizations―most commonly churches throughout Ohio and the surrounding areas. To deliver the high-quality image...

Nazareth Lutheran Church Finds Cost-Effective Solutions for Acoustic Upgrade
Established in 1871, mainly by the diaspora of Danish farmers flocking to Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the territory’s fertile soil, Nazareth Lutheran Church has undergone various changes in the past 150 years. Like many other houses of worship, one of those updates was a...

Special Features Abound in the Expo Center at CFX 2022
The two key features of every industry conference are the seminars and the expo area, and what makes the Church Facilities Expo (CFX) the premier event for Worship Facilities is the quality of the seminars as well as the sheer number of vendors at the expo and the...

Risk Management: What Churches Should Be Looking For With Systems Integrators (Part 2)
This time we look at risks of a more non-technical nature that are important to understand as well.

Audio Issues for Today
Learning how to create great audio for both the in-person and online audience doesn’t have to be as difficult as you’d think

Vital Church Sound System Maintenance Tips
All of these aspects are important and necessary to keep your system performing optimally.

Improving Communications for Miami’s Iglesia Comunidad De Fe
When church officials at Miami’s Iglesia Comunidad de Fe were looking to upgrade production communications and replace their existing wired intercom, they turned to Media Director and technical guru Denis Orozco to find a solution. Through Mix3 Sound, a Florida-based...