Worship

Audio quality for the spoken word should be of utmost importance when it comes to church sound. It is common to address things like loudspeakers, acoustics, EQ, and compression when we think about manipulating the sound quality. And those things are very important.

Video isn't going anywhere. In fact, video is perhaps the fastest growing ministry tool available to churches and believers all around the world. We recently shared a helpful article that covered seven ways video can save your pastor time, and these suggestions can easily parlay into opportunities to share the Gospel and ministry of your church with a wider audience.

ProPresenter is worship software that sits at the conjunction of "powerful" and "easy to use." That doesn’t mean that everyone who sits down in front of it will immediately know how to use it, though. In fact, it’s so powerful, that you might not know where to look to do what you want, s

In-ear monitor systems are a great way to control stage volume and craft a better main mix. There are three primary things that a good in-ear monitor system does: Reduce the volume and acoustic energy on stage Give the performer on stage control over their own monitor mix Reduce microphone bleed and feedback problems

Technology has made the transformation of a worship sanctuary possible with the relatively new art of Environmental Projection, or EP. For some churches, this is a completely new concept. If you haven't heard of EP or, if you're in the infant stages of running EP at your church, this article aims at assisting you with setup options for every budget, from small to mega church. We've shared a similarly formatted worship software guide, and it seems that many readers appreciate having their options laid out in terms of church size and budget.

How many types of media does your church store? Just in my office alone, I have eight types, not counting hard drives and an solid state drive (SSD) or two. VHS, S-VHS, 8MM, DVD, Mini-DV, DVC-Pro, Zip disk, and SD cards. I might even have a VHS-C tape around here somewhere, if I looked hard enough. You might have more. Maybe it’s BetaCam, 3/4”, or even various film stock.

Placing loudspeakers and having them sound good involves a lot more than just pointing some speakers in the general direction of the listening congregation. While your church might hope that it would be this simple, it isn't. There are many “rules” for loudspeaker placement that are blatantly violated every week — especially with portable church sound systems.

Microphones are the first tools to use to capture sound and send it through the sound system. They’re amazing, really. But, as with many things in life, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. We don’t like to hear about that, but in this particular case using too many microphones could cause some serious sound system problems.