I so enjoyed this, bro! Thank you for the insight! Keep them coming. God bless! 16) “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:16-17
My heart dropped when I saw that you only uploaded one video 🥲 pls keep them coming!! I would love to see what mics your kit has, and what kit your church has. That snare sounded awesome so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a black beauty. I’m curious what kind of processing you have on your master out as well. Thanks for sharing!!!
Honestly not really. I have a pretty specific tune and mic placement so my processing pretty much stays the same. If something changes during a set then I’ll try and fix it in the processing. Thanks!
waooo genial ver esto que avces desconocemos de oras iglesias, en mi iglesia hya buenos equipos, pero esto es otro nivel, soy de multimedia y guitarrista de alabanza
Great question. It’s definitely something that is important for that big snare sound that’s really popular in CCM. That’s a trick I learned from Chris Greely; I watched him demo it and you get more sustain when you mic in-line. My assumption is that you capture more of the vibrations of the wires, so they sounds less buzzy and more of the full picture if that makes sense. Give it an A/B and see what you think. Honestly, I was really surprised how much it impacts the overall tone of the snare especially when combining both mics.
Yo having just got the 225, love hearing your workflow on it. Mix sounded dope too. Love to chat what your doing in waves with the 225. Would love to just pock your brain bro.
Hey man quick question what is the website you showed at the start with all the songs for the day. If you could let me know that would be perfect I want to use it for our woship team.
Yes I have a cue pack that stays on me at all times. I usually drape my IEMs over my ears so I can pop them in if I need to know where the band is going, or if I just want to give my ears a break. My cue mix is just my solo + talkbacks.
How do you get your mix to sound to level? If that makes sense? I’m on the Worship Team at my church and everyone is just loud (vocals wise). What can we do to blend it better? Also, you guys don’t use click and cues?
We do! I just don’t keep it in my cue mix at foh. I don’t really have a need for click in my ears, MD is usually just fine. It can be really challenging to manage vocal dynamics, but usually compression and getting really intentional with eq decisions on your vocals will help a lot.
hey Matt, do you have any education in tech director, i am a 20 year old who volunteered in tech for a little under 20 years and would love to do something like this at a church
I actually went to school to be a worship pastor, but I didn’t finish. I was blessed enough to be able to self educate on the job. Personally, I wouldn’t recommend going to school, but if it’s something you’re serious about, I’d suggest you finding a mentor thats doing what you want to do. EJ in this video is on a similar path as you. I pray that God will make your path clear and that you find a ministry that aligns with your heart ❤️
We don't have a director calling the shots during our services, so I am not used to it (and ignorant to their use too). That being said, it seems really strange that the director is calling out nearly every chord change (especially in the first song). Aren't the musicians expected to know the songs better than this? I just don't understand the need for the callouts unless the director decides to "go off script" which certainly can happen, but isn't happening every chord change or even every verse/chorus change. Can you give any insight into the philosophy used at your church? How do you find the balance in what you call out?
This is a really great question with many different answers tbh. In short, yes we definitely do expect our musicians to come prepared and knowing their parts. Ideally, our MD is the “mouth piece” of our WL to the band. We do lots of flow and rarely start the set knowing how everything is going to go. I think in this set, we practiced 3 songs and ended up flowing through probably 6-7 during the hour. Having an MD allows us to make sure everyone is on the same page even if we do an unconventional chord progression that may fit the flow better. ESPECIALLY on older songs that the original arrangement might sound really outdated next to a more modern one in the same set. The other reason it’s helpful in this specific context is that a few of the musicians on this team are still very new to their instruments and it can be a bit overwhelming trying to keep up with some of our more seasoned worship leaders. So, yeah it’s definitely not a replacement for preparation, and he was probably calling some stuff he didn’t “need” to. MD is a huge topic and my worship pastor and I actually talked about it a bit in our last podcast (The Faith Worship Podcast - EP 3) if you want to hear more about what we had to say about that!
We really like it. Little bit of a learning curve and the UI could be a bit cleaner, but it does the job. You definitely need a good set of IEMs to take full advantage of the 3D stuff, but it actually does make a big difference. I thought it would be gimmicky but if you take the time to set it up properly, it makes your iem experience so much more natural and enjoyable. All in all, it doesn’t beat a monitor console, but it absolutely beats an aviom.
I’m planning a session walkthrough video, but assuming you’re talking about verb: I’m using RVerb with a 3s decay, 80ms pre delay, and R-DeEsser before the unit. I’ll elaborate in my session video. 👍
lol honestly the GoPro mic didn’t really capture what was happening. The head was completely off like not even finger tight. I jokingly hit it just to see what it sounded like. Snare wires in CCM can be a little challenging to dial in bc you usually want them as loose as you can get them w/o a ton of excess buzz. I almost always have to reset the wires when I tune.
Sundays we target 90-92dBa. That tends to feel really nice in this space. If it’s a really high energy set, I’ll run a touch hotter. For the 11am service, I usually end up opening it up a little bit. Sundays never average over 95dBa. This event was all over the place; since it was an hour long set I kept lots of dynamic range to give everyone some ear breaks and to better suite the moments. I don’t usually look at SPL that much, but my assumption is I was probably in the 92-95dBa range.
@@MattDoesAudio thanks for the reply! Our room seats ~1200 and I aim for a 92-93dBa average as well, sometimes just a touch hotter if the song is high energy. Just curious what others are doing.
