Ed Baumann wrote on Tue, 21 December 2010 12:45 |
So after this year's rush to get overflow for Christmas Eve, the church leadership has agreed to hear recommendations for how to upgrade our system (audio and video). Budget would be set by what we ask for. There are two scenarios I envision happening with audio: 1) We push for live streaming of the service for shut-ins/people out of town. 2) We push for better recording/reproduction (CCTV) of the service. Our video system needs a complete overhaul, but that's a side issue. Our current procedure for recording is to hook the record output from the board into a CD burner and mp3 recorder. To get a good recording for reproduction of any kind, we need to get a mix dedicated to the recording. Has anyone made that jump recently and has advice to offer? Budget is not defined, but I'm prepared to ask for the moon so that we can do it right the first time. Ed |
Ed Baumann wrote on Thu, 23 December 2010 15:20 |
The extent of the project is to present a potential budget to take the audio system we have now and bring it up to a professional level for what people hope to do. So what do people hope to do? That's where there is no consensus. I just spent 2 weeks figuring out how we can run an overflow feed to our Fellowship Hall for Christmas Eve (after running it to a small room instead because that's where they wanted it before). This project hopes to present some idea of what it would take so that we don't have to rely on borrowed equipment last minute to pull something off. Congregation has 2 services on Sundays, we expect over 1000 people to come through Christmas Eve. Sanctuary has a balcony for 100 people, floor seats about 600 in pews (if you pack them in). CCTV-> Currently runs off of a matrix output to a Protea digital crossover to an analog modulator to an amp, and out to 5 locations around the church. Recording -> Just pulled off of the recording/replay RCA jacks on the back of the console, split out to mp3 recorder, DVD burner, and CD burner. Various people have suggested areas they would like to see us expand. Some say streaming, some say have overflow since we are getting a bit full in the sanctuary during out second service, and some people complain about the CD quality that we have on hand. |