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Stu McDoniel

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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2012, 05:40:34 PM »

So I am running the sound Sunday and just into the announcements, I hear a funny sound almost like feedback, just loud enough to be annoying.  A few folks, including the pastor's wife, stopped by the booth to see if I heard it too, and a few folks just looked back from their pews with kind of a dirty look.  The sound would vary in pitch, almost like music.  Even with all of the main faders at zero it was still there.  So I turned off all but the FOH amp, it was still there.  The guy running projection had a fancy BlueTooth hearing aid remote, so he turned it off; no change.  I was thinking it might be one of the 14 new 300 watt CFL's we placed in the sanctuary a few months ago, but I didn't dare turn off the lights to see if that was it.  This goes on for half of the service until a lady leaves.  When she reenters the sanctuary, it starts up again.  Turns out it was her oxygen concentrator whistling.  Knowing that, I was finally able to relax and enjoy the rest of the service.
OK FUNNY.............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4JYM67IIUc
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2012, 06:30:00 PM »

OK FUNNY.............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4JYM67IIUc
THANK YOU!!

I saw this at a tech conference a few months ago and couldn't find it on Youtube for the life of me.
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2012, 12:24:21 PM »

+100 on hearing aid feedback. I was doing sound when we visited a Church we designed and installed the sound system for - took about 30 minutes to realize that I was not going to get rid of this. Was difficult because it would last for maybe 2-4 seconds and then disappear for 5 minutes.....


I've had peoples hearing aids do the same thing.

Sometimes we just have to grin and bear it.

Frank DeWitt

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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2012, 04:38:23 PM »

Being a sound guy is like being a hockey goalie.  Everything is fine and no one pays any attention to you until you do something wrong.  Then there is a loud noise and everyone turns and looks at you.

BUT  We also get to hear the plan of salvation in our headset as we adjust the volume so all can hear, and then hear the pastor say "Yes, I see that hand, Praise God."

I mix the most important program material on earth and I have the best job there is.   Grin
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2012, 04:59:17 PM »

I was attending (not running sound) the funeral for my great aunt.  In the middle of the special music, what sounded like a rifle shot filled the sanctuary.  The sound operator lowered the volume of the system and several veterans ducked.  Many eyes turned toward the sound board. Turns out an over-inflated wheel on a baby carriage blew.  The force was strong enough to bend the rim of the wheel, and it made a heck of a noise.
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2012, 05:06:29 PM »

Being a sound guy is like being a hockey goalie.  Everything is fine and no one pays any attention to you until you do something wrong.  Then there is a loud noise and everyone turns and looks at you.

BUT  We also get to hear the plan of salvation in our headset as we adjust the volume so all can hear, and then hear the pastor say "Yes, I see that hand, Praise God."

I mix the most important program material on earth and I have the best job there is.   Grin


AMEN!!!!!!! And that is why we do what we do!

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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2012, 07:11:22 PM »

Before we ran all of the sound, the local funeral director would play the requested CD of special music over the old PA system.  Well, we had a very large funeral of a well liked guy who loved his country music.  So during the service when they cued up Garth Brook's popular song "The Dance", they inadvertently cued up and played his other hit "Friends in Low Places".  I am not kidding.   All 250 in attendance just roared, and the pastor commented that the deceased had the last laugh. I was in the basement running the video switcher for the only funeral we ever videoed.  I wish I had kept a copy.
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2012, 01:06:29 AM »

Before we ran all of the sound, the local funeral director would play the requested CD of special music over the old PA system.  Well, we had a very large funeral of a well liked guy who loved his country music.  So during the service when they cued up Garth Brook's popular song "The Dance", they inadvertently cued up and played his other hit "Friends in Low Places".  I am not kidding.   All 250 in attendance just roared, and the pastor commented that the deceased had the last laugh. I was in the basement running the video switcher for the only funeral we ever videoed.  I wish I had kept a copy.

I selected the music for my brother's funeral who died a few years ago of a drug overdose after decades of battling substance abuse. 

Grateful Dead "He's Gone" received a warm reception.  "9 mile skid, on a 10 mile ride,... He's gone, and nothing's gonna bring him back"  It was a well fitting theme song for Mike's life, and one of his favorite bands that he first saw live at Watkins Glen in '73. I was grateful Mike died in comfort on his couch, I think he would have ended up living under a bridge within another year.
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2012, 08:35:11 AM »

Hey everybody,
I'm new to the forum although I have visited here for research but I just joined today. Anyway I run sound at my church which meets in a gymnasium. I don't pretend to know everything about running a sound system but I'm pretty confident that I can find my way around any (analog)soundboard. Last night at church we had some people sing the special music who we have never had in church before, they used to be part of a church quartet but since have retired, they do still sing special music, plus their new church-pastor sang with them.
My problem was they came with a track to sing with almost ten minutes before service was to start, so I didn't have much time to do a good sound check and get the eq's right, and to add to that there was a lot of people in the gym so it made it much harder to hear the mix. There weren't any complaints as to how it sounded in fact one of singers said that it sounded good. But the main problem for me was the monitor mix which I was getting feedback, because the pastor who sang kept asking to be turned up in the monitor, and he sings so loud that he barely needs a mic.
I have a few theories as to how to avoid this next time, but I will take any advice.
Thanks
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2012, 08:53:51 AM »

Hey everybody,
I'm new to the forum although I have visited here for research but I just joined today. Anyway I run sound at my church which meets in a gymnasium. I don't pretend to know everything about running a sound system but I'm pretty confident that I can find my way around any (analog)soundboard. Last night at church we had some people sing the special music who we have never had in church before, they used to be part of a church quartet but since have retired, they do still sing special music, plus their new church-pastor sang with them.
My problem was they came with a track to sing with almost ten minutes before service was to start, so I didn't have much time to do a good sound check and get the eq's right, and to add to that there was a lot of people in the gym so it made it much harder to hear the mix. There weren't any complaints as to how it sounded in fact one of singers said that it sounded good. But the main problem for me was the monitor mix which I was getting feedback, because the pastor who sang kept asking to be turned up in the monitor, and he sings so loud that he barely needs a mic.
I have a few theories as to how to avoid this next time, but I will take any advice.
Thanks

Hi TC, welcome.  FYI, you need to change your account to use your real name or you'll get locked out. Forum rules.

Then use the search function to search for 'monitor feedback". It is discussed frequently and there has been a lot written about it, even very recently.

REgards,
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Re: Ah, the stress of running the sound board
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