Mixing the Worship Band

Glyn Chapman

Acoustic Arrangements

General Points

• Know your system

• Practice and Learn your craft

• Be practically aware

• Be spiritually aware

• Part of a Team

For Starters

• Correct microphones & DI’s

• Correct positions

• Check radio mic tuning & batteries

• Line Check

• Identify channels on mixer

• Check processors, amps and speakers

Mixer

Group Masters

Channel Masters

L,R,M masters

PFL

Dual Mid Sweep EQ

AFL

Aux Masters

Matrix section

Monitoring,Talkback

AuxSends

Stereo Inputs

Phantom,Polarity,

Gain & HPF

Pan,Mute

Routing

How to set your graphic eq• Pink Noise and RTA• Auto EQ products – dbx Driverack• Ringing Out

Sensitive flat response microphone.Flat EQ on mic channel and graphic.Set gain level just below feedback.Increase each band until feedback and reduce by inverse amount.

orIncrease gain until feedback and reduce offending frequency.

Mid Sweep EQ

Sound Check

• Take control• Set input gain for loud content. PFL to 0dB• Provide foldback (only where necessary)• Decide routing/effects/compressors/gates• Listen and set EQ• Repeat for other channels• Adjust Foldback Mix – Less is More!• Adjust Main Mix• Headphones only for checking

Going Live

• Look & Listen• Adjust mix levels• Mute or reduce levels by 10db when not in

use• Remember why we are there –

to serve Godto serve the needs of the

congregationto serve the leaders and musicians

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