AVL SYSTEMS
MIXING FOR LIVE BROADCAST | Jeff Hawley
“Totally life changing energy!” “I felt completely mixing challenges is recreating that sort of substantially since the initial boom of the
enveloped by the sound and the spirit.” “It magic on the small screen in realtime and technology in the early 2000’s. There are lots of
seemed like I was right up there with the band.” without a net. great resources available to figure out what sort
“The choir and worship band just synced up so
of streaming equipment and system design
perfectly and the whole congregation was lifted As with many areas of digital technology, the makes sense for your church. In this article,
up along with them!” basic aspects of high end video streaming we’ll assume you have the basics handled —
which once took rooms full of equipment, a broadcast mixing console bringing in multi-
The sizzling backbeat crack of the snare specialized professional staff, and a huge track audio in a dedicated physical space
drum, the indescribable sense of community monetary investment can now be replicated by isolated from the live room sound at the source.
and belonging and coming together—those a few bits of gear which you could toss into magical live musical moments. We’ve all been your backpack. Churches of all sizes offer live This sort of isolated and sterilized scenario is
to a concert or worship service where the web feeds of their services, ranging from a part of what makes the audio mixing gig so
audio and the lights and the entire presentation single camera ‘archival’ quality up to epic multi- difficult. A good chunk of the cohesion and
combined into something greater than the sum camera concert film level productions. energy in the live environment comes from the
of the parts.
crowd, the reverberation of the space, the sheer
Many
In my opinion, one of the most difficult audio
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web volume and the number of molecules moving in
streaming systems and prices have dropped the air. Your broadcast booth and the listening
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