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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Church Sound: Church Sound: Four Signs Of A Mediocre Mix, And How To Fix It

Pro Sound Web: Does your mix suffer from these four common mix maladies? If it does, that’s OK because there is a remedy for each one. The next worship service could be your best sounding mix. There are different mixes a sound tech must create depending on the congregational preferences and pastoral requirements.

2 comments:

Rachael S said...

These are some good tips for beginning sound people. I'm not sure why it needed to be a 'Church' sound article; I've heard plenty of mediocre mixes in a variety of situations. When our sound mini went backstage of Jersey Boys, the sound engineer talked a lot about energy, and how he felt like he could control it in the space and he could either do that in an awesome way or in a shitty way. This article definitey touches on 'energy' and its importance.

Brian Alderman said...

These tips are all about listening more attentively. That, I have found, is often the biggest problem of the less experienced sound mixer. They make sure you can hear everything at the same time rather than forcing the listening to explore the sound in a more in depth way. I really like how this article discusses energy- that's something that should be palpable to even the least involved sound mixer. In live events, the mixer is often overlooked, but a spectacular mixer can change the entire energy of the event, as this article proves.