– a wall has gone up from the worship leader and the audience in the room itself .
You want to lead the congregation well by specifically feeling the room so you can guide your people better to enter into corporate worship … but you can ’ t hear them .
THE QUESTION : You may be thinking , ‘ Well , isn ’ t the answer to just ask the tech team to add some ambience mics in the room and then pipe them through your in-ears system ?”. That is a good universal answer in some ways but has a few possible setbacks ( you are only getting a small read on the room from one or two areas where your mics are ) and you can ’ t dial in the personal amount and make the changes on the fly you want for each band member , nor the worship leader .
A drummer may want more of the room mixed in as they may be playing in a covered shield plexiglass “ aquarium ”. The keys player may want less of the room feel to pay attention to the stems better and the worship leader may want to have a room mix they can adjust as the congregation starts kicking into a more fervent worship .
THE ANSWER : Enter ASI Audio . Unlike any other in-ear monitor , the 3DME Gen 2 offers a built-in , active ambient mic in each earpiece with an App to customize the mix . It ’ s like having a lavalier mic on each ear . Brilliant ! But also added is a lower limiter threshold , start up squeal suppressor ( useful if the 3DME is turned on prior to inserting the ear pieces ), an extended battery life ( a full eight hours on a single charge ) and an improved CROS function for players with hearing limits in one ear . I actually have a friend that this would make a big difference to . There is also monitor bypass capability , whereby limiter and EQ functions can still be controlled from FOH or a monitor position when activated .
THE APP : So with all of these functions and capabilities how do you operate it ? Easy . The free App . This is so easy to use , and it took me literally seconds to load . It is simple to navigate and intuitive . Use your Smart phone to raise or lower the ambient mic volume , EQ what you are hearing and make any of the other adjustments right there by yourself . Your tech team folks will love that you can handle this too !
THE WRAP : ASI Audio has solved a major problem and given the worship leaders and worship band members more freedom to lead their churches with confidence .
A well-known drummer friend of mine here in the Seattle area – Donn Bennett - is really road testing these this weekend . He is playing a wedding ! With his normal in-ears he is sealed off from the room . He can ’ t even hear what the bandmates are saying when they yell at him from the stage . They must “ mouth ” the name of the next song to him . He is so glad he can take the 3DME ’ s with him and turn up the room . He won ’ t miss that next song ’ s title and kick off on the wrong tune !
Well done ASI . We are impressed .
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