Greetings! This article discusses loudspeaker placement in houses of worship. Note that if your application is live portable/touring sound, weekend band, or other application, please contact me (see below) for a more application-specific discussion of your needs because those applications can be vastly different than the installed systems discussed here.

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On the typical mixing console, each channel strip includes a knob at the top that behaves like a volume control.

Meanwhile, the fader at the bottom of the channel strip also controls volume.

Why are there two controls that appear to do the same thing?

You’ve probably heard sound systems that issue a fairly audible hiss in an otherwise q [...]

Greetings! I will tell you up front that this article is in regards to speaker placement in Houses of Worship. Please feel free to enjoy the article, but if your application is live touring sound, weekend band, or other application, please contact me (see below) for a more application-specific discussion of your needs as those applications can be vastly different than the installed systems discussed in this article.

In this issue, we'll discuss speaker placement and how it relates t [...]

This is installment #3 of our sound system discussions.

OK. The band is well rehearsed. They have good equipment, and it's properly set. They sing in tune. The balance between instruments and voices is perfect. The execution of the material is flawless. The guitars are perfectly in tune with the keyboard. The Front of House engineer (you) is doing a great job mixing and every nuance is in place.

So why doesn't it sound like concerts we go to? There are quite poss [...]

Do I really need that steering wheel on my car, or can I just buy it later? This is the second discussion on sound system operation.

It seems like a silly question, doesn't it? Do you have a 31-band graphic equalizer in your sound system? If you don't, I am certain that you are unhappy with your sound. Additionally, if you do have one and it's not properly set, I am equally certain that your sound is not what it should be.

In this article we are going to explain what a 1 [...]

Greetings! This is the first of a series of articles designed to make your activities as a sound engineer more fun, less stressful, and ultimately more successful.

If you use a console style mixer, as opposed to the all-in-one "top-box" style, you have certainly noticed that the knob at the top of the channel strip behaves like a volume control. Your fader at the bottom of the channel strip also controls volume. Why do we have two controls that appear to do the same [...]