The Sound of Southern Gospel - Jan 2003, Monthly ArticlesSound Advic

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The Sound of Southern Gospel - Jan 2003

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My wife prepares herself for each concert we go to. She knows that when we get there, the first thing I'll do is look at as much of the equipment that I can see. I quickly look and see if what they are using is what I would use.

As most of you reading this, I love southern gospel music. Unfortunately, some groups or churches are sold a system they are told is good and will meet their needs or that they've heard another group or church using and decide that it must be right for them too. This misconception can cause your worshipers/audience to be distracted by what is going wrong and not on God.

Improperly set EQ settings, wrong microphone selection and poor gain structure are some of the real causes of people complaining and walking out. They will tell you it was too loud which may have not been the case at all, but was an effect of one of the above mentioned problems.

Thus bringing me to the point of this new monthly article. I want to help performers, technicians, church leaders and worshipers to understand what is happening with the sound at your favorite southern gospel concerts and churches. I hope to explain technical problems in "english" so that we can all enjoy our worship experience without having to go broke from stuffing cotton in our ears. I will be accepting questions and responding to them through this article.

Until then…keep listening to the "Sound of Southern Gospel!"

Josh Hoevelmann

Reader Comments

Yes I agree I have been a sound techican for 12 years in churches and in country music alot of people don't realize how important the gain/eq/ even the wrong mics that can make or break tje whole worship time i am like i check everything out when we go places it is hard for me to sit there when something is wrong

Commented by On 01/01/2003

I am all ears. I look forward to helpful tips that can improve on what I can do.

Commented by On 01/02/2003

Bring it on. Just learning about this stuff and need help. Thanks in advance.

Commented by On 01/03/2003

THANKS FOR THE ARTICLES ON SOUND SYSTEMS. I HAVE BEEN AN INSTALLER FOR 25 YEARS & HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES IN AUDIO. IF WE CAN BE OF ANY HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US AT SOUND BROKERS & INSTALLERS, TALLADEGA, AL. 1-877-856-3227, OR AT OUR E-MAIL. THANKS

Commented by On 01/04/2003

This has been needed for a long time. I just hope some of those "knob jockeys" out there take this advice to heart. (You mean there's more to being a sound tech than this? :puh:....:puh:...Ok, it's on! LOL!)

Commented by On 01/05/2003

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