Digital Console 101 Presets enable you to store EQ, compression, producing video content for brands like Line
As cruel as it sounds, when it comes to modern and effects at the channel level, enabling you 6 and Gretsch. Compressing and/or limiting
Church production, analog consoles are in to recall this information at any time. Rather audio is a must when marrying it to video.
many ways becoming more and more like the than training a new sound tech how to EQ and Although the MixWizard at my Church has
fax machines of yesteryear. In many ways, it is a compress vocals, they simply need to know served us well, the lack of built-in compression
what you see, is what you get kind of workflow. how to recall one, if for example you have to and the routing wizardry it would take to imitate
Digital consoles on the other hand offer a huge swap out a vocalist at the last minute. what digital boards are designed to do kind
of makes the point for me. Gear is designed
range of options that Churches are increasingly
needing to incorporate. So, let’s take a moment Scenes are effectively a collection of presets to serve a specified range of needs. As your
and walk way through what some of these that enable you to instantly recall a range of needs grow, your gear needs to have the ability
advantages are and how they impact your presets and routing configurations. Say for to reflect that. From video/streaming feeds to
workflow. example you have the exact same vocalists baby rooms, digital consoles are the perfect fit
and musicians every Sunday. By spending for the modern Church.
Digital Effects Processing is one of the an afternoon crafting presets for each input biggest benefits of using a digital console. The source, then saving that group of presets as a NEXT ISSUE
ability to deploy and fine tune compression at scene, the following Sunday you can recall that Now that we’ve (hopefully) leveled the playing
the channel level is huge in terms of choosing scene, and voila, you’re ready for worship! field, in the next issue we’ll be taking a deeper
dive into how Action Church is utilizing a full
how much space something is going to get
dynamically in the framework of your mix. Many Routing in combination with all of the above range of Allen & Heath gear to meet their needs
digital consoles also offer models of iconic is where digital consoles really become across all their campuses.
studio gear, enabling your mix team to bring production game changers for the modern the studio experience to your worship platform. Church. I’ve worked for over a decade
This is huge.
Action Church an