Weekend Wrap Up - 6/17-18
Since our fearless leader graced us with his skills at pickin' and grinnin' this weekend, I thought I'd take care of the wrap up this go 'round.
First, thanks to Bruce and Dolly for doing a tag-team this weekend. You both were great, and your help was truly appreciated! Thanks to Joe, Dan, Kurt, Fred and everyone else who offered observations and suggestions. All input is appreciated!
Is anyone else as excited as I am about Kingdom Come? That song ROCKS. It was fun to mix, and even more fun to sing! I drove four hours yesterday afternoon and it was stuck in my head the whole time.
As I write this, I am aware of no major complaints or problems from the weekend. Benjamin may have heard otherwise, but I thought things went really well from our end.
In a previous thread we discussed what we could do to try to overcome any technical failure with Pastor's mic. We have to be comfortable with the fact that we are not going to get a sound check from him prior to the service. Won't happen. So, what is our Plan B?
Working with Benjamin we developed a Plan B this weekend. Eventually, it needs to be better documented, but this thread is the first draft at doing so. What did we do?:
We continue to set up and sound check Pastor's primary mic and body pack as usual. However, we also set up and check a second body pack (the spare one) for use with his mic. The second pack is carried by the Armor Bearer, and will be given to Pastor in the event the first pack doesn't work.
There are a number of things we need to keep in mind. Pastor's mic is the only one on the M1 frequency band. All of the other systems (and the spare pack) are an the J1 band. So, if he switches to the back up pack, he will be coming in on a different receiver. I had to think about what frequency to use for the back up pack. Wireless C was used for drama last week, and I think we want to keep that available. We frequently have someone on stage with Pastor for prayer or announcements, and they use the wireless 87 (the one with the green tape, Alternate Lead). We don't usually have Pastor and our lead vocalist on stage at the same time, so I set the body pack to use the same frequency as the lead vocal (Beta 87, yellow tape).
This give us a couple of advantages - the lead vocal runs through a dedicated compressor, just as Pastor. The gain structures of the Countryman and the lead with Pipes singing is similar. Therefore, we should get an acceptable sound right from the start, and we can EQ the channel on the fly to get it better. Thoughts, comments?
What that means is that EVERYONE needs to know that when Pastor switches to the back up body pack, the lead vocal mic can not be used at the same time.
That still leaves us with a weak link in the chain - the Countryman. We don't have anything in place if that mic seems to be the problem. We also don't have a Plan C. Let's see what we can come up with.
Benjamin tells me that a project to add speakers to the lobby is an almost certainty. It will involve getting rid of the two TV's and replacing them with a display over the Welcome Center. I am trying to arrange a demo for tomorrow night using a pair of EV Evid 3.2's. Anyone who is interested can listen and see how these would do for the room. The name Bose has been mentioned for this, but I gather it may be because they are perceived as being unobtrusive. We don't want to put up a couple of SR15's and say that's it. Do any of you have any input?
Don't forget that we have a team meeting at 6:00 tomorrow before rehearsal. See you there!
Kevin
First, thanks to Bruce and Dolly for doing a tag-team this weekend. You both were great, and your help was truly appreciated! Thanks to Joe, Dan, Kurt, Fred and everyone else who offered observations and suggestions. All input is appreciated!
Is anyone else as excited as I am about Kingdom Come? That song ROCKS. It was fun to mix, and even more fun to sing! I drove four hours yesterday afternoon and it was stuck in my head the whole time.
As I write this, I am aware of no major complaints or problems from the weekend. Benjamin may have heard otherwise, but I thought things went really well from our end.
In a previous thread we discussed what we could do to try to overcome any technical failure with Pastor's mic. We have to be comfortable with the fact that we are not going to get a sound check from him prior to the service. Won't happen. So, what is our Plan B?
Working with Benjamin we developed a Plan B this weekend. Eventually, it needs to be better documented, but this thread is the first draft at doing so. What did we do?:
We continue to set up and sound check Pastor's primary mic and body pack as usual. However, we also set up and check a second body pack (the spare one) for use with his mic. The second pack is carried by the Armor Bearer, and will be given to Pastor in the event the first pack doesn't work.
There are a number of things we need to keep in mind. Pastor's mic is the only one on the M1 frequency band. All of the other systems (and the spare pack) are an the J1 band. So, if he switches to the back up pack, he will be coming in on a different receiver. I had to think about what frequency to use for the back up pack. Wireless C was used for drama last week, and I think we want to keep that available. We frequently have someone on stage with Pastor for prayer or announcements, and they use the wireless 87 (the one with the green tape, Alternate Lead). We don't usually have Pastor and our lead vocalist on stage at the same time, so I set the body pack to use the same frequency as the lead vocal (Beta 87, yellow tape).
This give us a couple of advantages - the lead vocal runs through a dedicated compressor, just as Pastor. The gain structures of the Countryman and the lead with Pipes singing is similar. Therefore, we should get an acceptable sound right from the start, and we can EQ the channel on the fly to get it better. Thoughts, comments?
What that means is that EVERYONE needs to know that when Pastor switches to the back up body pack, the lead vocal mic can not be used at the same time.
That still leaves us with a weak link in the chain - the Countryman. We don't have anything in place if that mic seems to be the problem. We also don't have a Plan C. Let's see what we can come up with.
Benjamin tells me that a project to add speakers to the lobby is an almost certainty. It will involve getting rid of the two TV's and replacing them with a display over the Welcome Center. I am trying to arrange a demo for tomorrow night using a pair of EV Evid 3.2's. Anyone who is interested can listen and see how these would do for the room. The name Bose has been mentioned for this, but I gather it may be because they are perceived as being unobtrusive. We don't want to put up a couple of SR15's and say that's it. Do any of you have any input?
Don't forget that we have a team meeting at 6:00 tomorrow before rehearsal. See you there!
Kevin
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