For those of you who don't spend a lot of time tweaking your church's system (because you know you are breaking the rules, but diplomacy talks to lower musician's volume have stalled), I'm at the point of realizing it has become somewhat of a part-time job. Don't get me wrong; I don't mind doing it, but I think a lot of the work has crept into my domain without me really paying much attention.
When I started, I was just a member of the team. And while I'm all for promotion or whatnot, there is a lot to do and too few people willing to do it (Is that just a condition, or the way it is supposed to be?) It's at that point where you fix one thing and move on to the next immediate, glaring problem. Oh well, it's a common church soundguy problem, as evidenced by the many threads on similiar topics in the ChurchSoundCheck archives.
Anyway, I'm moving forward. I've just about got all the rudimentary info I need to get the database of media assets I've been wanting. I'm using MySQL as the database server and a free program called DaDaBIK to get data into the table eaisly without having to run a ton of "INSERT INTO" statements. With the items in the DB, I'll be able to search and compare sermon topics and references from the past five or six years, with an eye toward using the information to make "tape series" (which is an idea I hear a lot about, but several have found difficult to do), and also to have someone ghostwrite books based on the recorded teachings (another idea thrown around, but difficult without some tech infrastructure). Eventually, it will be on the web and serchable, and one day hopefully people will be able to get downloads of them without leaving home, especially with the many secure ways to take donations online nowadays.
I also put in a Behringer Feedback Destroyer (budget is at a bare minimum), and as expected, it quickly found feedback for every available filter. I knew that, but it does have potiential.
I also ran tests to all but prove conclusively the high frequecy drivers on our largest speakers (probably 20 years old) are out. They are horn-loaded Motorola piezos, and though they still make some like it (as CTS/Motorola), I haven't had luck finding exactly which ones would be a good replacement -- If not the whole speaker itself.
Add to that I have finally gotten a serviceable laptop (with some screen issues, which I might have solved) and I feel pretty good about the progress over the past few weeks.
Now, seeing as how I ramble on here, I really want to put some work into developing my main web page where I can better organize tips and information for better use. (Sigh.) Yet another project.
When I started, I was just a member of the team. And while I'm all for promotion or whatnot, there is a lot to do and too few people willing to do it (Is that just a condition, or the way it is supposed to be?) It's at that point where you fix one thing and move on to the next immediate, glaring problem. Oh well, it's a common church soundguy problem, as evidenced by the many threads on similiar topics in the ChurchSoundCheck archives.
Anyway, I'm moving forward. I've just about got all the rudimentary info I need to get the database of media assets I've been wanting. I'm using MySQL as the database server and a free program called DaDaBIK to get data into the table eaisly without having to run a ton of "INSERT INTO" statements. With the items in the DB, I'll be able to search and compare sermon topics and references from the past five or six years, with an eye toward using the information to make "tape series" (which is an idea I hear a lot about, but several have found difficult to do), and also to have someone ghostwrite books based on the recorded teachings (another idea thrown around, but difficult without some tech infrastructure). Eventually, it will be on the web and serchable, and one day hopefully people will be able to get downloads of them without leaving home, especially with the many secure ways to take donations online nowadays.
I also put in a Behringer Feedback Destroyer (budget is at a bare minimum), and as expected, it quickly found feedback for every available filter. I knew that, but it does have potiential.
I also ran tests to all but prove conclusively the high frequecy drivers on our largest speakers (probably 20 years old) are out. They are horn-loaded Motorola piezos, and though they still make some like it (as CTS/Motorola), I haven't had luck finding exactly which ones would be a good replacement -- If not the whole speaker itself.
Add to that I have finally gotten a serviceable laptop (with some screen issues, which I might have solved) and I feel pretty good about the progress over the past few weeks.
Now, seeing as how I ramble on here, I really want to put some work into developing my main web page where I can better organize tips and information for better use. (Sigh.) Yet another project.
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