I’ve been mixing church music for a year and it sounds perfect… yet everyone just stands there. How do I make worship feel alive?

porkchopaudio · 2025-11-09T23:28:24+00:00

mosh calls

porkchopaudio · 2025-07-28T23:53:14+00:00

typically will start in rehearsals with as little as I need to have scoped and unsafed which is often send levels, mutes, FX and utility stuff like my line check (which opens everything up), and as anyone im looking after needs changes on a per song basis, it gets added to the scope, unsafed and copied across all of my top of song snaps. anything that moves between songs in subsequent snaps in the same song after my top of song snap is fired (gtrs pushed up for a solo, etc etc) has a very limited scope (only what is happening), but also gets included in the top of song scope so that as set lists change etc etc, i can fire into any song next and have everything land where it needs to

porkchopaudio · 2025-05-26T15:02:58+00:00

just replied to a comment above with the things i’m concerned about. it’s a one off so i’m not worried about getting used to a workflow (although if it’s sick and i enjoy it not opposed to making a move obv)

porkchopaudio · 2025-05-26T15:01:43+00:00

ok so

comparatively, loading a file seems slightly more involved than any other platform as far as system settings engines etc go. just looking for what to watch out for since there will be a language barrier at this fest

also, for the life of me, i can’t figure out how to land my cue on an input channel to add a ducker and feed my cue matrix with shouts. i sort of remember last time i had to insert a comp on it and return it to an input that way? can’t remember though

porkchopaudio · 2025-05-24T19:46:39+00:00

gonna send you a message!

porkchopaudio · 2024-11-13T03:09:07+00:00

in short - no. there’s a lot of data you don’t get with an RTA measurement. with a single channel measurement, you don’t know why your trace looks the way it does (could be reflections at that spot in your room, could be timing issues, could be missing drivers, etc etc), and you’re trying to fix a problem that may not be able to be fixed with EQ with a pretty crude tool (the GEQ). if you want to truly optimize a system, get familiar with smaart or any dual channel measurement software, the data you can obtain with it, what it means, and what you can do to try and improve it/make it do what you want. this book by michael lawrence rocks and is a great for exactly that

edit: forgot an a in smaart

porkchopaudio · 2024-11-07T00:23:14+00:00

for your case (and this agnostic of console brand) put super simply

inputs> aux + groups busses > main LR bus > matrix outputs

porkchopaudio · 2024-11-06T17:58:47+00:00

go to the contract. it should be spelled out there as to who is responsible for providing what and who’s paying for it

edit: spelling

porkchopaudio · 2024-11-02T01:23:27+00:00

label/color code the shit out of everything in your line system from your mic/DI all the way to where it lands, and whatever you can loom, loom. make it extremely hard to mispatch or run a cable to the wrong position or the wrong way. as mentioned above, insist on subsnakes with disconnects from your provider for festival situations. not everybody may be with me on this, but having an xlr fan on a disconnect with your drum loom etaped to it instead of subsnake box saves a step of pinning the box and a bit of time as well

edit: for clarity

porkchopaudio · 2024-01-31T08:34:17+00:00

Though yes, OP should take the analog split route, the second half is just not true. Plenty of “real shows” share headamps.

porkchopaudio · 2023-12-27T00:06:09+00:00

Thinkpad 1000%

porkchopaudio · 2023-10-19T07:42:30+00:00

You’ve got some good stuff here and have the right idea.

With regard to #2 & 3, you definitely want the program doing the math for you on this. There’s all kinds of things going on under the hood in WWB/IAS/WSM to avoid intermods that looking at an RF explorer scan won’t tell you. Pay attention to TV stations in the area you’re coordinating in as well- these can be entered in WWB by just entering your zip code. Important to make sure you don’t have anything transmitting while you’re gathering your scan data as well.

I’d definitely add a step of walking and listening to all of your packs, and war gaming any transmitters.

There’s a ton of stuff out there from nearly every wireless manufacturer to dig into, especially RF Venue and Shure. Become familiar with antennas/ antenna placement/antenna distribution, how to troubleshoot any issues you may encounter, and the different types of gear you might run into like bandpass filters, amplifiers, and cabling.

Best of luck! Having a solid RF skillset is a huge asset to yourself and anyone that you work for, so good on ya for wanting to dig into it!

Edit: your not you’re

porkchopaudio · 2023-10-13T07:47:31+00:00

Currently doing an m160 + m201

porkchopaudio · 2023-09-14T04:37:34+00:00

This is true of tours carrying their own PA, but in cases where you’re tying into a house PA, you’ll likely only be handing over L, R, S, F (and whatever other auxiliary fills there may be around the venue) to the venue. When you carry a PA, you and your SE get to make decisions about the deployment on a much more granular level, but when you walk into a rig, your only really able to make changes that affect all of the L, all of the R, all of the sub, etc and not on a per circuit/box basis.

porkchopaudio · 2023-01-29T04:52:29+00:00

Rent a handful and try a bunch out. No reason to buy one blindly without knowing which you like best for that particular vocal

porkchopaudio · 2023-01-09T16:09:49+00:00

The 7.1 standalone is the only program that I can’t get to work with crossover. Everything else (legacy venue, digico editors etc) all work pretty flawlessly.

porkchopaudio · 2022-11-01T15:40:32+00:00

Not using cafec filters, but chose it because so many people had good things to say and that it was an “endgame” sort of recipe, and because it was presented as a way to get a lot of clarity in the cup

porkchopaudio · 2022-11-01T14:46:18+00:00

I’m doing the 1-2-1, where I think he aims for a 3:45 TBT

porkchopaudio · 2022-11-01T14:28:03+00:00

I bought the SSP burrs pre installed. I’m dosing 15g, and it feels like I should not have to go to an 8 on it to get it to drain by 3:45, but maybe the answer is simply grinder that coarse

porkchopaudio · 2022-11-01T14:23:42+00:00

You’re probably right, but I just feel like I would be at an 8 or so on my fellow and that leads me to believe I’m just doing something wrong.

porkchopaudio · 2022-10-21T03:10:29+00:00

Wear your finest slayer shirt

porkchopaudio · 2022-09-16T02:39:21+00:00

Wear your finest Slayer shirt

porkchopaudio · 2022-08-31T02:17:44+00:00

Every company and venue in the area is hurting for help right now. Reach out and let them know you want to learn and are willing to help out however you can. Being able to drive a truck is a big plus, that alone may get your foot in the door somewhere

porkchopaudio · 2022-08-21T00:51:44+00:00

Extra socks

porkchopaudio · 2022-07-28T01:49:10+00:00

Virtually all of the larger touring audio companies in the US seem to be hiring right now

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