ALL ABOARD The Polar Pattern Express! Not the movie. 😁 Today, we will explore microphone polar patterns and examine specific applications suited to microphones with various polar pattern types. What Is A Polar Pattern? Each microphone has a polar, or pickup,...
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How “Unplugged” Is Your Unplugged Worship?
An accordion player, a banjo player, and a trombone player finally got a paying gig at a small bar on New Year’s Eve. To everyone’s surprise, the trio was a hit! The crowd loved the show, and at the end of the night, the pub owner said, “We’d love to book you again...
Live Sound Loudspeaker Demo at CFX 2024
The Live Sound Loudspeaker Demo at CFX 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, showcased various audio companies like TW Audio, Renkus-Heinz, Electro-Voice, Biamp, Crest Audio and alcons. All these companies demonstrated a portable system and a compact line array system. ...
Faith Community Church Goes Immersive With EAW®
Faith Community Church (FCC), a contemporary-style worship congregation based in Tucson, Arizona, provides engaging immersive services with unique audio technology from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW®). FCC had a plan to update its aging audio system to a traditional...
Sound Devices Achieves Industry Milestone with A20-HH Digital Wireless Handheld Microphone
Sound Devices, an Audiotonix company, has launched many disruptive technologies over the years, and it is once again changing the game with the introduction of the A20-HH digital wireless handheld microphone. The A20-HH not only combines the best audio and RF...
The Ethics of Auto-Tune in Live Worship: Are We Striking the Right Chord?
I have a good friend who works in the film industry as a colorist. He spends his days refining every single frame of a movie or show, making sure that each shot has just the right tones, shadows, and highlights to match the director’s vision. Nearly everything you...
Powersoft Quattrocanali Packs a Punch at Upstate Church Haywood
Three Powersoft Quattrocanali 8808 DSP+D and one Quattrocanali 2404 DSP+D amplifiers are at the heart of a state-of-the-art new audio system delivering maximum power, efficiency and connectivity to worshippers at Upstate Church Haywood in Greenville, South Carolina,...
RF Venue® Introduces the Next-Gen DISTRO5 HDR RF and DC Power Distribution System for Wireless Microphones
RF Venue® has introduced the DISTRO5 HDR, its next-generation and highest-performance antenna and power distribution system for any brand or model wireless microphone system. Building on the success of the renowned RF Venue DISTRO4, the DISTRO5 HDR uses low noise...
Cottonwood Creek Church Expansion Sonically Covered by TT+ Audio
Cottonwood Creek Church, based in Allen, Texas, has recently concluded its “Make Room” campaign which most notably increased the size of its main worship center by 800 seats to near 3000. As a result of the expansion, the existing sound system was inadequate to cover...
Our Newsletters Had a Makeover!
You may have noticed a new title when you opened up your emailed newsletter today, or maybe a slightly different look to the masthead. You're not imagining it, the titles did change. To celebrate a full year of our vertical newsletters, we've altered the titles to...
Keep Calm and Cue the Camel: Surviving Christmas in Church Production
It’s that time of year again—the season that comes around with clockwork precision, yet somehow always feels like it sneaks up on us. For those of us in church production, the question looms: are we ready? Does the thought of another Christmas season conjure up the...
Alcons Audio Officially Introduces The WR20 Stage Monitor
Following a preview earlier in the year, Alcons Audio now officially introduces the WR20 high performance stage monitor sound system. The passive-filtered system brings the well-recognized dynamic and ultra-low distortion Alcons signature sound in a slim and...
LEA Professional Brings Audio Clarity to Stanford Baptist Church
Stanford, Kentucky, is a small yet charming city in the southernmost part of the Bluegrass region. Founded in 1775, Stanford is one of the oldest settlements in the state and boasts a rich history with landmarks like the William Whitley House, the first brick house...
Virtual Soundcheck: Band You’re Dismissed, I’ll Take It From Here.
If you ask a church audio team what would help them the most, the answer is usually more time. I covered this in a previous article on the ever-shrinking soundcheck time churches are willing to allot. To be fair, some engineers pushed back, arguing that their churches...
Brown Note Productions Employs RF Venue Wireless Audio Essentials for Austin Stone Church
Austin Stone is a six-site church in the Austin, Texas area. The church’s southwest campus serves a congregation that had previously been meeting in a school as a set-up, tear-down church for about 11 years. Finally, they were in a position to build a...
CFX Preview: How to Choose an Integrator and Manage the Process
At this year's CFX 2024 Conference, I’ll be speaking about "How to Choose an AVL Integrator and Manage the Process." As a companion piece, I thought it would be good to share some thoughts on this forum. Having spent many years working within church AVL integration...
Making the Transition from Floor Wedges to In-Ear Monitors (IEMs)
As both a musician and worship leader, I have personally navigated the transition to in-ear monitors (IEMs) and understand the challenges performers face during this process. Additionally, as an experienced audio engineer, my perspective from both sides of the stage...
All Creation Sings in 360° Immersive Sound at Museum of the Bible
Two blocks south of Washington, D.C.’s National Mall, home to the capital city’s many historic monuments and institutions, stands the six-story, 430,000-square-foot Museum of the Bible. Since 2017, the museum has welcomed millions of visitors through its 40-foot...
Don’t Miss the Loudspeaker Demo at CFX!
Live Sound International's Loudspeaker Demo at CFX is a one-in-a-lifetime listening and evaluation experience for both compact and portable loudspeakers in a controlled listening environment. Any church considering an audio system purchase should take advantage...
Whatever Happened to Acoustic Guitars in Worship?
Over the last several years, there’s been a noticeable shift in the role of acoustic guitars in modern worship music. In many churches, the acoustic guitar has been sidelined or even muted entirely in the mix. This trend has even become the subject of jokes among some...
A Staffer, a Contractor, and a Volunteer Walk Into a Bar
Church audio engineering is both an art and a science, requiring a blend of technical skill, musical intuition, and a deep understanding of the worship experience. However, the approach to managing this critical aspect of worship varies widely among churches. Some...