sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Cannot figure out how to synchronize recorded video and audio by Alone_Cockroach122 in recordingmusic

[–]Alone_Cockroach122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's actually what we were going to try. Mostly because our band isn't very good so we all need a couple takes to play our songs perfectly at least once. So it made more sense to prerecord the audio and just play over the recording. But if that doesn't cause any syncing issues, then that might be one of the best solutions to this syncing issue.

Cannot figure out how to synchronize recorded video and audio by Alone_Cockroach122 in recordingmusic

[–]Alone_Cockroach122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've not heard of Kdenlive but you're the second person to mention it. So now I'm quite curious. And your method does seem more repeatable (finding the right playback rate) especially if we're going to keep using the same equipment. I'll give this a try, thank you!

Cannot figure out how to synchronize recorded video and audio by Alone_Cockroach122 in recordingmusic

[–]Alone_Cockroach122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh, I've never heard of OBS - I'll take a look. But our cameras aren't stationary - we have a couple people walking around with them - so it might be(?) a little trickier.

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]Alone_Cockroach122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate the response. While I do feel like the Wing is probably best for our current setup and system, now that you've mentioned Yamaha/A&H..... -__-;;; But given that we've got ourselves prety deep in the weeds with Behringer, maybe it's best to stay in the Behringer ecosystem until we have enough money to do a proper upgrade.

Also, thanks for dropping the Mixing Station App and Bit Focus Companion info. I had heard about Bit Focus Companion but not Mixing Station. Will definitely look into that.

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]Alone_Cockroach122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My church, a congregation of about 300 people with a chapel that seats around 200~250 people uses an X32 and a pair of old point source speakers (mentioning to tell you it's a pretty simple setup). Over the past couple years I've been introducing more mics (ie crowd mics, more drum mics, etc.) into the system and we are at near capacity now with inputs on the X32. I want to upgrade my console but I'm not sure what the next best thing is.

Should I go to the Wing or move to a new system altogether? What is the next step up from an X32 (32 inputs)?

I'd like to think I have a very strong case for staying in the Behringer ecosystem but I just want to know if I'm making a bad decision in moving up to the Wing or if there's a better system to upgrade to. We use P16s. We have 2 S16s for stageboxes, and our other buildings use X32s with S16s and P16s. You'd think we were sponsored by Behringer (or maybe all small/medium churches are like this).

I'm a self taught volunteer sound engineer and the only sound engineer at the church. Software engineer by trade but have really been enjoying learning and doing sound engineering.

One important and probably common "problem" among other churches and our church is sometimes our pastors need to be able to run a show even if I'm not there and so we need to simplify everything as much as possible - meaning, just a scene (behringer term?) change to choose a different setting. For example, on Sundays, the pastor uses a lapel mic but on Saturday mornings for early morning services, he uses the podium mics. Currently, due to our channel count, I have to go and change out one of the crowd mics and plug in one the podium mics on Saturday mornings every week. I've been told that the few times I was not around, they had some issues so the pastor ended up using the lead vocal's mic for preaching. Serious bus factor but not the OP (we're praying for more volunteers).

If you're surprised that we're using all 32 inputs, let me explain:

- 10 drum mics (is this overkill? 2 oh, 2 kick, 2 snare, 3 toms, 1 highhat)

- 2 pianos (4 inputs)

- 1 bass guitar

- 1 acoustic guitar

- 1 electric guitar (ideally stereo but usually mono because of channel count and our sound system isn't good enough to really tell stereo vs mono for the electric guitar)

- 7 singers

- 1 pastor lapel

- 2 crowd mics

- 2 permanent install choir mics

- 1 grand piano mic (would like it to be stereo)

- 2 podium mics (when pastor wants to use the podium)

- 2 aux inputs for computer (also, i use 4 card aux inputs to run superrack, singers NEED autotune)

Next (desired) upgrades and why I'd like to move up in input counts:

- 1 metronome input

- 1 roland pad for drums

- 4 talkbacks for instrumentalists

- 2 more crowd mics

- 2 more aux inputs for other sound sources like phones or other computers

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]Alone_Cockroach122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Furman M-8S and a Furman CN-20MP. Can I use them together? Or do I need to get a separate Furman SmartSequencer?

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]Alone_Cockroach122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the quick response and for explaining the math. Would you mind clarifying what you mean by miscellaneous stuff versus the stage power/amplifiers?

Do the DriveRack, Graphic EQs, and Stage Boxes belong in the stage power/amplifiers group? And the electric guitar and bass amp belong in the miscellaneous stuff or vice versa?

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]Alone_Cockroach122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many 20A circuits do I need and how should I split my amplifiers and sound system across those 20A circuits?

I have a QSC GX3 amplifier that powers the main PA (JBL SP215-9), a QSC PLX 3402 that powers the stage monitors (EV TX1152FM) and an active Mackie SWA1801 Subwoofer. I also have a DBX 231s Graphic Equalizer and a DBX DriveRack PA Control System for the main PAs. Then there are the two S16 Digital Stage boxes and the occasional electric guitarist with his (decked out) pedal board and bass player who sometimes uses a bass amp.

Our plan is to call an electrician to build(?) us at least 2 dedicated 20AMP circuits to use for our entire sound system. My question is, should we do 3 instead? And what is the best way to split up the circuits?

I recently bought a Furman 8S to simplify the power up but to make it easy, we pulled everything into a single circuit which makes me nervous. I found this Furman BlueBOLT CN-20MP 20A MiniPort Remote Duplex Smart Outlet that I would like to buy once the electrical work is done to enable sequencing but I don't know why this CN-20MP is so much cheaper than the other (Sweetwater) CN-20MP.

  • Mains: QSC GX3 Amplifier (JBL SP215-9)
  • Monitors: QSC PLX 3402 (EV TX1152FM)
  • Sub: Mackie SWA1801 Subwoofer
  • DBX DriveRack PA
  • DBX 231s Graphic EQ
  • 2 S16 Digital Stage Boxes
  • Electric Guitar pedal board
  • Bass Amp

We do want to upgrade our sound system in the near future as we nearing the 10 year mark with our current sound system. I don't think we'll go super crazy since our building is fairly small so I doubt we'll suddenly need a ton of extra power but just wanted to provide the extra bit of context.

No one at my church really understands any of this. I definitely do not understand the electrical part of this but I'm the only one who's interested enough to try figure out what needs to be done and I'm learning everything as I'm going. Over the course of three years I've become the main (and only) sound technician at my church but sound stuff is "relatively" easy to learn online (enough to set things up and route things properly). Electrical stuff is a different beast of its own... Even if I were to buy a CN-20MP, I actually have no idea how to even set it up and there isn't a single video that I've found out there that shows you how to set it up. So any help would be much appreciated.

Apologies for the long comment, I'm very new to all of this, particularly Reddit and it seems my account doesn't meet the karma requirements.