In our last article, MIXING, we laid the groundwork for what mixing is and how to get started. I hope you re-read and absorb all that is in that article, whether you are a beginner or have lots of experience. Even though I already know it all, I still learn something new or gain new insight whenever I hear from other professionals who might have a different take on a subject (wait – how i...
MIXING is a term used to describe the operation of combining several audio sources into one. It is achieved using an audio mixing console. These range in size and complexity from two inputs and one output to 56 or more inputs and sixteen or more outputs in analog consoles, and can usually be stacked for double that. There is no actual limit as to how complex a console can...
Ever plug a mic into to a jack on stage and not find its signal in the mixing console? Frustrating, isn’t it? Where has that signal gone? Here signal, here, signal..?..
Nothing influences the sound of a voice in a recording or amplified through a sound system more than the mic that is used to capture that sound. Once the sound is picked up by the mic and translated into a voltage that is sent down a wire to be amplified, there is nothing more that can be done to that voltage, now called a "signal", to make it sound more like it did at the front of the micropho...
As I visit many churches in the course of my craft, I get the opportunity to see a large number of styles and practices of sound operators in churches of various sizes. A few things consistently stand out to me but the most obvious and predominant is the varying use of channel EQ.
