Then, just before the service starts, something appears wonky. You see signal present LEDs lighting up on channels that shouldn’t be. There isn’t signal where the should be.
Friday, April 06, 2018
Church Sound: Respect The Rule, Follow The Rule
Then, just before the service starts, something appears wonky. You see signal present LEDs lighting up on channels that shouldn’t be. There isn’t signal where the should be.
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This is very helpful, because oftentimes church tech people are under a lot of pressure compared to even standard theater technicians. Unlike a broadway theater doing many showings of the same show every week where all of the lighting and sound cues are set throughout, churches change the music and the sermons every single week. In fact in some churches the music and sermon varies service to service. This makes it extremely difficult for technicians in churches. Many have to adjust things on the fly, and sometimes they are moving from building to building as campuses will hold services in different buildings at different times. This article provides great insight and advice for church technicians. Some churches have traditional services in a room, and then will follow that up with a more contemporary service in the same room with a setup that resembles a more of a concert environment. This requires technicians to be flexible and adaptable, and often work with pastors and other volunteers who are not particularly familiar with the technical aspects of production.
This article brings up some good points. The most important of all being hat once things work don't change them. I would like to add is don't change them unless you have time to check it and rehearse. I agree with his assessment that tech people have the curious syndrome for pressing buttons or tweaking something without thoroughly thinking it through. One thing I tend to find among people is that most of the time they just want to make things better. The accidents and or changes are never done with a malicious intent. Often if they were to communicate the proposed change to people, it could be shot down or implemented with time enough for a test or for it to be traced through the system. In today's digital age it is becoming more and more possible to make these small convenience changes without causing anything else to change downstream.
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