Sound

Mindset

The goal is to

• enhance & enable all that happens on stage
• remove stumbling blocks for the congregation
• and strive for clarity, quality & collaboration

Being a sound technician has levels. As comfort with the room, worship team, and the tech improves, so does the depth in which you operate.

1. Everything is just Volume! Use other's feedback and listen for what you can't hear.
2. Building Confidence. Starting to understand how the room & audience affects sound.
3. Everything is just Volume, continued! Creating acoustic space based on what instruments, vocalists, and specific songs are part of service. Knows the motivations behind adjustments being made.

Responsibilities

• Outside Service
  • (when possible) Attend Worship Practice
  • Attend Rehearsals
• Service (-2hr)
  • Pre-Service Setup
    • get the systems on
    • check rechargable batteries for wireless mics & packs (backstage charging stations)
    • check connectivity between computers & sound system
  • Lead Sound Check at beginning of rehersal
  • Work with worship team to get in-ear monitors, instruments, etc. running
  • Safely shutdown and put away everything needed for service
• First week of the month
  • Make sure Translation Sending units are left charging

What is a Sound Check?

3 out of 4 people experience the "high quality sound" based on the clarity of the low-range frequencies. It's where a large portion of your mixing will be done, are my bassist / drums setup correctly? Are we borrowing/boosting low-range of the pianos or other guitars to compensate?

This and many more questions need just a moment or two of experimenting to answer, and that is what Sound Check is for! A couple minutes for you to go through each instrument and voice individually, asking them to give us a sample of what they will be doing in service. Use the mic, and guide the team through 10-20 seconds of solo practice for each person. Be thinking of the following things, and answer any questions that come up.

• check their (gain) and routed levels
• can everyone who wants to hear them in the in-ears hear them?
• Are we comitting to who is on what mic?
• Any out-of-ordinary buzz? feedback?
• Do we need different cables or a different Direct Input (DI) box?

Words to Know

• Allen & Heath SQ7 - Asheboro Soundboard
  • SQ4U – Personal Monitor App
• Behringer X32 – Liberty Soundboard
  • MXQ – Personal Monitor App
• Mixing Station – Sound Technician App
• Power Sequencer – (Asheboro only) ensures amps are last on and first off
• Translation Sending Unit – what sends the live translation to the headsets
  • (black small device beside soundboard)

Troubleshooting

• I can't hear X in my in ears
  1. Make sure the wireless pack or wired adapter volume is at 80-90 %
  2. Select the mixbus and check on X channel's level
  3. Select the mixbus and check its master level
  4. If wireless, resync with the sending unit  (open the battery door, aim at the sending unit, press sync, the receiver should flash)
• The mics are fizzing in and out
  1. Are they being held too close to the bottom of the mic?
  2. Are the batteries charged up?
  3. Did the frequency on the mic get changed? (need to resync with receiver)
• Charging stations are off! Nothing is charged!
  1. They are on a small white smart switch in the wall socket. There is a power button on one end you may press to manually turn it on.
  2. The smart switch turns on for Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays

Random Notes

On the soundboard, we can save "scenes" which are like video game checkpoints. We can return to these settings anytime!

Each week after service we reset the board to the Sunday Morning Default scene. This keeps us consistent and encourages good mixing hygiene.

Questions? Call or text Seth at 336-39801-717807