Friday, October 02, 2020
Secrets to Great Webcast/Broadcast Audio
Church Production Magazine: Most churches broadcast their worship services to some sort of mass media transport such as the Internet (video streaming), radio, TV channel, to other campuses, or they just record them for distribution later in audio CD, DVD, or Video-on-Demand (VOD). Unfortunately, not many churches have a good audio signal in their broadcast.
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This article seems to not understand who their audience is. They talk about how most churches don't have a quality sound system or those who are able to make the sound system work for local and distant viewing. If your group cannot afford to hire a sound tech who is able to deliver a quality sound for recording, then most of the technical info in the article is going to be too over the head of most people. I was able to understand most of it only because I've had classes that covered the topics and some practical experience working on electrical teams in a theatre.
I think the option of having the sound go into a mixer with separate outputs is the best for most venues. The FoH sound can be balanced for the specific needs of the organization while allowing a second output for digitization later.
I think this article shows well how every single aspect of the theater should be properly balanced to create a successful display, and not one part should be neglected. I know that there would obviously be a difference between managing sound for the live performances and the broadcasted version, and I hope that people learning more about the broadcasted version could help even after COVID for more spread for broadcasted version of live theatrical performances. In Korea, there were a few musicals that were broadcasted. While many audiences and fans appreciated that, they had a poor audio mixing, as there were huge volume gaps between when the actors were singing and just talking. I think those kind of problems could have been dealt with this kind of articles. This was a long article, but I still liked it since it seemed that they assumed the reader had almost no knowledge about sound, and I liked how they provided several options to deal with various situations instead of just giving one per category.
My mom has always had grand ambitions for a podcast/talk show-style event. When quarantine started, her visions were finally realized, but she had many problems with production, sound probably being the biggest of them. Between how to operate wireless mics and receivers so that a guest could sit in a socially distanced environment to mixing and mastering audio on-the-fly, I started to realize how much more important sound design is with everyone tuning in from home, whether they're listening to more podcasts, trying to take part in religious services, or just be able to hear their professors or bosses over Zoom. This article specifically is made for the second of the options (given as it is from churchproduction.com) and it assumes some technical know-how from the beginning, but not an extreme amount. When reading, I found myself thinking about how useful information like this would've been for my mother, and wished that more high-quality guides like this one existed for more general production purposes.
I love that everyone is making the conscious effort to continue creating art or creating in general even in the midst of a pandemic and even if it means switching mediums. I think podcasts and broadcasts are a great way to communicate with a variety of audiences and make sure your content is being heard. Also with all the technology now, you can see the stats of your podcast or whatever it is that you are streaming and see if it is worth the switch or if your content is resonating with the audience. It’s a good way to keep track of your success and shift it accordingly- i think a lot of people are finding themselves embracing the pandemic and the obstacles in the way of making things the way that we are used to making things work. It’s really nice and refreshing to see and I hope the positivity keeps up.
I love that everyone is making the conscious effort to continue creating art or creating in general even in the midst of a pandemic and even if it means switching mediums. I think podcasts and broadcasts are a great way to communicate with a variety of audiences and make sure your content is being heard. Also with all the technology now, you can see the stats of your podcast or whatever it is that you are streaming and see if it is worth the switch or if your content is resonating with the audience. It’s a good way to keep track of your success and shift it accordingly- i think a lot of people are finding themselves embracing the pandemic and the obstacles in the way of making things the way that we are used to making things work. It’s really nice and refreshing to see and I hope the positivity keeps up.
First off I am loving that a site like this exists and that these articles are actually a thing, because televised church broadcasts are a huge deal, speaking from past experiences. I also think that this is a good resource to theaters thinking about broadcasting in a tv slot or other various outlets like the article mentions. I am also amazed that this is eight pages long, and appears to be very thorough. I originally thought something like this should belong on a sound blog or journal, but this site appears to be a resource for church productions and I think that's really cool! I do think this info should be out more out there especially for theaters and hope this gets passed around. Also from just a surface level reading, this information doesn't seem too complicated which is nice for those who may have just been handed the task of broadcasting their churches services, or are looking to do so.
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