![]() We have a very typical church band set-up: Drums, bass guitar, usually 2 electrics, one acoustic, Nord keyboard (usually the lead instrument), a midi synth/pads setup (using Mainstage), and usually 6 vocals on solo mics. ![]() Along the forward facing part of the mixer each of these systems is in a functional box, pressing the view key in the box brings info on that function to the built in screen. Each one needs to be adjusted at sound check for each input (IE: microphone or direct line such as a keyboard) When you press the Home key Josh mentioned you will notice that each one of these items is in a box. Can you describe the process you do during soundcheck? Do you adjust the channel gains for each input? - Concepts (are these things you know or need to acquire knowledge in) 1 - Selecting the active channel on the mixer 2 - Setting input gain 3 - The High pass filter 4 - The Gate 5 - The Equalizer 6 - The Compressor 7 - Buss sends (or aux sends if you prefer the term, monitor or secondary mixes) 8 - The master fader I listed these in order of the chain. So another barrage questions: What is your worship style (or just describe the band)? Trying to understand when you say you operate the mixer for soundcheck. The mechanics change a bit on different mixers but the concepts hold. As an example Don's comment on equalizing. A few more questions so we can recommend some specific things. Ok, that helps us understand what you are doing and you already got some helpful advice. I really like doing it and I want to learn more.I should have taken time to do this sooner 'cause now we're in a bit of a pinch. ![]() I hope that makes sense.I'm sorry, it's hard to explain when I don't have all the pieces. So yes, I would appreciate any kind of training I can get for live rehearsals and virtual sound check. We are going to need to train people to take over the sound department and the training will probably fall to me but I don't want them to learn how I did.I want to teach the big picture. Kind of like knowing how to shift gears on a manual transmission without knowing how the gears work, if that analogy makes sense. I've been a musician for over 20 years so that knowledge has helped with learning how to operate a sound board, but my knowledge is still very basic and it's based a lot on my ear and knowing when it "sounds" right without really knowing the "why" and the technical aspects. Quote from: Melody Dawson on November 10, 2016, 03:48:08 PM At the moment, it is becoming more my role to operate the mixer for live church services (rehearsals and Sunday mornings) as well as the virtual sound checks we do on the recorded rehearsals. ![]()
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