During worship
This morning I took my own advice and went through each song slide prior to the service looking for errors. I didn't find any--at least none that I noticed!--but was able to take note that the version of "Holy Holy Holy" that TW was using had the updated lyrics of "who was and is and evermore shall be". The master slide has the traditional "who wert and art and evermore shalt be". Picking up on things like this is one of the many reasons it is important for the visual lead to be there for practice time.
Video switching went quite well this morning I thought. The DVD from OFPLM was a surprise, but it was given to me in time to preview and make sure it worked. Though it's not optimal to see the title screen and/or DVD controller when launching a video, it was necessary this morning because there was no lead time at the beginning of the DVD. Some things are going to be beyond our control! Something we haven't done in the past, but that might be helpful to do in the future is to always check with the guest speaker as soon as they arrive to see if any visual support is needed. I might even mention this to the pastoral team so that they can convey this in their communications with guest speakers. Thanks to John for being spot on with the sound this morning for the various cues.
During the sermon
I was in a bit of a distracted state this morning and am aware of several errors on my part. The most obvious was putting up the wrong verse slide and leaving it up there for a while before realizing the mistake. TMS had cut out some slides before the service but instead of deleting them from the presentation, I just made note not to use the slides and then promptly didn't pay attention to my notes during the sermon.
TEch - Sound
Ditto all TW's comments on sound this morning. It was well mixed, and everyone could be heard. All cues were spot on this morning as far as I could tell.
There was a slight amount of feedback during almost the entire Scripture reading, which I know was due to the fact that the reader was quite a ways back from and below the mic. We might want to send out a general email to everyone who is part of that team and remind them to raise and lower the mic as necessary so that they are speaking directly into it. But maybe just communicating with the reader beforehand or with Steve to have him adjust it as necessary prior to the reader beginning would be better. Sound would need to be on top of keeping the mic muted until all adjustments have been made. Thoughts on that?
A MAJOR thank you goes out to Doug Ripley for letting us borrow his Epson projector for the past several Sunday mornings (and other events). I discovered a helpful option on the Epson remote this morning: A/V mute. This effectively blacks out the screen while switching from Powerpoint to DVD and back without having to put the cover on the lens like we'd been doing before. If we ever have to use Doug's projector again, please remember this option is available!
God-willing the projector will be re-installed tomorrow morning. Ken Vinik and John Roberts will be taking care of that. We're hoping that Ken Vinik can rig up a 2 or 3 foot extension rod to the mount so that the projector won't have to be tilted very much to hit the wall in the right spot. This will also be helpful with our overheating issues as it won't be so close to the ceiling.
If anyone has any other insights, feel free to add them!
3 comments:
As always, those who publicly read the scriptures should be instructed to speak into the mic. I agree with Brooke. Perhaps Steve can make sure that anyone who will be using the mic, do so with the help, if needed, of Steve or whom ever has that role of being gardian of the mic during the service.
The congregational mic is always muted unless being used. For those on the Pastoral team who may be reading this, guest speakers (not wearing the headset mic) should always use the congregational mic. It has no effects on it and is not sourced to any monitors. I can always EQ on the fly and be where we need to be within 30 seconds or so.
The video clip with the Hunts was a case in point. I had to EQ the hollow tinniness out of the audio so that I could understand what was being said. From the sound booth, it was difficult to understand anything that Mr. Hunt said, until I EQ'd the vocal. This created a problem going back and forth from a female voice to a male voice. Sadly, it was 1/3 into the clip by the time I found a comfortable EQ to handle both vocal ranges. Brooke, I think when you make those recordings, we need to consider using a remote mic instead of the mic on the video camera. I'm guessing that's how it was done. Brooke, please advise on this. Apart from Ed Anderson needing to adjust the mic, and the hollow sound from the Hunt video, the morning was excellant. I confess that I don't often look at the lyrics on the wall. Therefore I don't see what's going on with that. My focus is exclusively on the signal strength, room sound and signals from T.W. Tim, your signal after the message was clear. Point to the guitar and I unmute as soon as you have it in playing position. Point to your mic and I know you want that on too. Good job everyone. The Riplettes did a great job of filling in on the vocals. Brooke, as always, whose better than you? Thanks for the rather large post it notes you leave on the board so even I can't miss them.
Bro'Jo
riplett's...that's funny.
The issue with the sound on DVD's is one that I am aware of. I did not check to see if the camera had audio input when we purchased it, and go figure it doesn't. I just assumed all cameras had aux audio!
I tried using a cheap set of lavaliere mics (as in RadioShack brand) directly into a computer when recording for the Women By Design video a few months back, but the volume was so low that we ended up having to go with the original sound recording from the camera. I actually produced two DVDs on that go--one with the mic recorded sound and one with the camera recorded sound. We tested both in the room a distracting amount of fuzz came through from the mic recording due to the need to jack up the master volume in my editing software.
I'd like to purchase a decent set of lavaliere mics to use when recording. Neither TW nor I know enough about mics to know what we would need to get and how much they would cost. They don't need to be wireless--they just need to be able to plug into the headphone-sized jack on the back of the computer. Until someone can advise on that and the church can get them purchased, we're stuck with the camera's pick up.
Post a Comment