http://www.churchmedia.net/forums en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:12:21 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.churchmedia.net/forums http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/high-definition/45519-help-building-controller-sony-fcb.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:26:52 GMT Can someone point me in the right direction. I have a project in which I am looking to use a Sony FCB-H11 HD bock camera. I need to build a controller that will allow me to use 3 momentary rocker switches to control the zoom, iris and focus. It must be a standalone controller that is not connected... Can someone point me in the right direction. I have a project in which I am looking to use a Sony FCB-H11 HD bock camera. I need to build a controller that will allow me to use 3 momentary rocker switches to control the zoom, iris and focus. It must be a standalone controller that is not connected to a PC.
Here is a link to controller that is a sort of what I'm looking for:
Remotevisionsource has something close to the type I am looking to build. ]]> High Definition wad2k http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/high-definition/45519-help-building-controller-sony-fcb.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/leadership-issues/45518-our-new-schedule-3-services.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:18:12 GMT Alright, so, this thread is not so much to ask a question as to hopefully help out people in the future who are looking to fit in more services. When we first began looking at adding a third worship service to our Sunday mornings, we didn't have a lot of resources to help us get started. Hopefully this might help the next church that needs to do it.

Alright, so, our church runs 550-650 in small groups (probably 700-1000 in our worship services). We are a Southern Baptist church, if that's relevant at all.

Our previous schedule was thus:
Blended worship service (orchestra and choir/praise team) 8:30-10:00
Contemporary worship service (praise band) 10:30-12:00
Small group session 1 8:30-10:00
Small group session 2 10:15-11:45

We were running out of small group space, so we needed to create more. Undergoing a building program was not feasible, so we began to look at doing a third service.

A lot of discussion went into this (obviously), and some tough decisions were made. Among them was our choice to cut the services from 90 minutes to 70. We used to have roughly 25-30 minutes for music, 50 minutes of preaching and the other 10-15 minutes as devoted to offering, announcements and whatever else we needed to do that particular Sunday morning. Our layout now is 25 minutes of music and 35 minutes of preaching, with 10 minutes to fit in the rest. Cutting 15 minutes off of the sermon was not something we easily decided, as we did not want to follow the trend of simply preaching a "sermonette." The pastor ultimately decided that as long as the content is there, that is plenty of time for a sermon.

Our new schedule is:
Blended worship 8:20-9:30
Blended worship 9:45-10:55
Contemporary worship 11:15-12:25
With small group sessions running during all 3 worship services

Because of the tightening of the new schedule, we realized that we need a way to keep us on time. Since our members entrust us with their time (specifically our volunteers in the preschool and children's areas), we need to honor their trust by starting and ending on time. If we, on a consistent basis, start and/or end late, we show them that we do not value them or the time they are giving us.

So, in order to help us accomplish this, I began the search for a countdown timer as you can see being used at conferences and things like that. I know ProPresenter has a built-in countdown, but we work on a PC and don't have the new ProPresenter for Windows yet, so I needed another option. I stumbled across this Countdown Clock from Outside The Box Ministries (I am in no way affiliated with them), and I have to say it's a pretty useful tool. It certainly has its limitations, but it also showed us that having a countdown is extremely useful for being on time. We have used it the past two weeks and have been right on time in every service. We set the clock so that it counts down to whatever time that is 10 minutes before the services end (9:20, 10:45, 12:15), and then we know the service needs to launch when the countdown says 60:00 left, and the pastor needs to moving into the invitation when the timer hits 00:00.

We launched our third service this past weekend (September 5th) and it was a huge success! We added about 100 new people to our small groups, with who knows how many more in worship. We are excited to see God doing some great things in our church!

One exciting opportunity about this schedule is that we have some people in our church who stay for all 3 services. They will attend worship in one slot, then go to their small group, and during the third slot they find somewhere to plug in and serve. An exciting thing for those of us who always need more help in our areas of ministry!

I'm not saying that this schedule is ideal or even viable for other churches, but it works great for us, and hopefully it might be a good starting point for some of you that are working your way down that path. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. ]]> Leadership Issues TongBlack http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/leadership-issues/45518-our-new-schedule-3-services.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/graphics-ideas/45517-reaching-up-reaching-reaching-out.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:02:18 GMT My brother's church has adopted "Reaching Up, Reaching In, Reaching Out" as a mission statement.

Does anyone have ideas about a graphic that might represent this? He's looking for something that could be used from business cards to banners and pretty much everything in between. ]]> Graphics Ideas osborn4 http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/graphics-ideas/45517-reaching-up-reaching-reaching-out.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/live-audio/45515-old-mics-bad-need-new.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:16:08 GMT My church choir mics are going to heck and we would like to purchase 3 new mics. we dont have alot of money, I would prefer the mics not cost over $100 a each. Here are the setup specs. 3 people need to be on each mic, the mics will be appx 6 feet apart from each other and about 10 feet from the... My church choir mics are going to heck and we would like to purchase 3 new mics. we dont have alot of money, I would prefer the mics not cost over $100 a each. Here are the setup specs. 3 people need to be on each mic, the mics will be appx 6 feet apart from each other and about 10 feet from the stage monitors. If someone can give me some names of mics that fit this i would appreciate...thanks :)

in case this info is needed our sanctuary is appx 70' x 30' with appx 40' ceiling. Through trial and error we have minimized the great echo but these old mics have got to go. ]]> Live Audio dblkman http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/live-audio/45515-old-mics-bad-need-new.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/looking-for-a-graphic/45514-whats-gods-will-graphic.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:42:06 GMT Hey Guys,
I'm having designer's block. My pastor is doing a series he did about two and a half years ago called "What's God's Will?". I did a graphic back then that I never was satisfied with and don't want to ressurrect it. He really loved the original but gave me permission to redo it. But, he wants me to stick with the same concept. The original was a picture of a crossroad in sepia. The text "THY WILL"/"MY WILL" was crisscrossed on the roads where they shared the "Y". I found the picture by googling "crossroad" and it is very low quality and in the wrong ratio.
I'm now leaning towards a pole with multiple signs pointing in different directions. Each sign would have a topic about what we ask God's will for. Things such as, "Should I date this person?", "Should I take this job?", etc. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ]]> Looking for a Graphic jksbc http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/looking-for-a-graphic/45514-whats-gods-will-graphic.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/technical-miscellaneous/45513-sending-audio-files.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:50:10 GMT I need help fairly quick! I have a good friend who has been asked by a couple churches to send them audio files of his sermons for their review as they consider him to as a pastoral candidate. The files are simply toooooo big to send an MP3 by email... So I was going to upload a video to youtube,... I need help fairly quick! I have a good friend who has been asked by a couple churches to send them audio files of his sermons for their review as they consider him to as a pastoral candidate.

The files are simply toooooo big to send an MP3 by email... So I was going to upload a video to youtube, since I have several that I have caught on my camera... I'm getting all kinds of problems trying to do this, infinate loop issues and all kinds of stupid errors...

So I need someone smarter than me to tell me how to make a audio file available to someone via email, internet, or simular method...

I was supposed to have had this done by 9/7/10 9:00am... I've spent the entire weekend trying and have failed... HELPPPPP ]]> Technical Miscellaneous JLR http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/technical-miscellaneous/45513-sending-audio-files.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/audio-monitors-and-systems/45512-stage-monitor.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:17:12 GMT I need to add a powered monitor. A 10-12 inch one. My budget is 300. what do you think of the BEHRINGER F1220A or any other suggestions Thanks Jim I need to add a powered monitor. A 10-12 inch one. My budget is 300. what do you think of the BEHRINGER F1220A or any other suggestions
Thanks
Jim ]]> signjim http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/audio-monitors-and-systems/45512-stage-monitor.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-audio/45511-have-you-noticed.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:26:12 GMT It seems to have been an ongoing thing recently that has really bugged my wife (because I bring it up all the time) that on all these TV shows that have labs, conference rooms, electrical rooms, etc. that they really like to use EQs, compressors and other rack equipment in the backgrounds. I like... It seems to have been an ongoing thing recently that has really bugged my wife (because I bring it up all the time) that on all these TV shows that have labs, conference rooms, electrical rooms, etc. that they really like to use EQs, compressors and other rack equipment in the backgrounds. I like to try to "name that unit" and it's not to impress her... Am I the only one that seems to pick up on that and laugh at Hollywood for misusing or misinterpreting such things? The latest one I saw was a repeat viewing of one of the Bourne movies... in the background was an older Behringer DSP8024 EQ and I could tell cuz I've used a couple wayyy back when. Anyone else do this or am I the only one?

Name a couple of instances if you can... White Collar on USA was another one I laughed at for the use of a couple of Lexicon MX300's... next to a computer used to trace a call if I remember right ]]> General Audio Chkurgrnd http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-audio/45511-have-you-noticed.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/eat-encourage-applaud-and-thank/45509-church-media-day-2010-a.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:30:26 GMT September 26, 2010 This last week of September has been a day, on and off, to recognize the people who work on the media in your church. From simple PowerPoint or other presentation software to full blown video editing and photo composition. Please set this day aside to recognize those who labor... September 26, 2010
This last week of September has been a day, on and off, to recognize the people who work on the media in your church. From simple PowerPoint or other presentation software to full blown video editing and photo composition.
Please set this day aside to recognize those who labor behind the scenes, but who's work is visible weekly.
Thanks.
C. ]]> cmchamp http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/eat-encourage-applaud-and-thank/45509-church-media-day-2010-a.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-computer-and-software-discussions/45508-digital-audio-input-computer-mixerboard.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:11:46 GMT Hello all, I hope I am posting this in a valid forum for a question such as this. Our mixer board is a Pevey 24 FX - so it has some onboard digital audio capabilities. I am a novice to digital audio (except for the basic MP3/Ipod/Iphone world) The board has a USB A and a USB B style audio... Hello all,

I hope I am posting this in a valid forum for a question such as this. Our mixer board is a Pevey 24 FX - so it has some onboard digital audio capabilities.

I am a novice to digital audio (except for the basic MP3/Ipod/Iphone world)

The board has a USB A and a USB B style audio input ports. I have read the manual concerning these several times, but it is quite short on actual "instruction" on how to use them.

Can I send an audio signal from a laptop through a USB cable to one of these slots, and run it through our P/A system?

My thought is that a digital signal (if I can get it) will be clearer than what I am able to get from the earphone jack on the front of the laptop. The earphone jack works ok, but if the volume is up very much, there is a fair amount of noise coming with the track. I am hoping to get a sound from our laptop as clear as what I can get from our actual CD player.

Any advice on this? Should I be trying to get a digital signal into the mixer, or am I going the wrong direction here? ]]> General Computer and Software Discussions JJSTEELE http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-computer-and-software-discussions/45508-digital-audio-input-computer-mixerboard.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/presentationmanager/45506-how-do-you-change-text.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:40:21 GMT I'm feeling really stupid, and I'm sure I'll feel even more stupid when I get the answer. I watched the videos, and I looked through the online docs, but I cannot figure out how to change the size of text I've added to the screen. I can change the typeface, rendering, color, all kinds of other things... just not the size.

Lane ]]> PresentationManager LaneLester http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/presentationmanager/45506-how-do-you-change-text.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/amplification-and-speakers/45505-subwoofer-upgrade.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:32:12 GMT What would be a good subwoofer to cover about 1500 people? I'm sure that's a vary vague questions, so I'll give more information if needed.

I was thinking two dual 18" units powered by two QSC RMX2450s. We have two dual 12"s from Community in our student worship center. They're older units but sound pretty decent. Would their dual 18" units work well?

Our main worship center has about 10 - 12" Renkus-Heinz speakers with 3 delay lines. The crossover is already in place but unfortunately the subs were listed as "future" on the main install. ]]> cw4u http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/amplification-and-speakers/45505-subwoofer-upgrade.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-discussion/45504-book-keeping-programs.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:36:21 GMT I was just appointed to do the church books. We are using excel right now, just wondering what everyone else is using? We have about 40 to 50 people attending church on a Sunday service. God Bless, Mark I was just appointed to do the church books. We are using excel right now, just wondering what everyone else is using? We have about 40 to 50 people attending church on a Sunday service.

God Bless,
Mark ]]> General Discussion mfausz http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-discussion/45504-book-keeping-programs.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/audio-mixers/45503-soundcraft-series-5-a.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:00:03 GMT Does anybody have an opinion or experience with the soundcraft series 5 mixer? How would you rate it in comparison with the new MH consoles or AH GL consoles? Does anybody have an opinion or experience with the soundcraft series 5 mixer? How would you rate it in comparison with the new MH consoles or AH GL consoles? ]]> Audio Mixers lwong http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/audio-mixers/45503-soundcraft-series-5-a.html http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-audio/45502-what-your-typical-levels-sunday.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:28:55 GMT I am having in issue with people saying things are to loud (older) and people saying its not loud enough (younger). We have three services but run two the same (one blended the other contemporary) then the traditional service. I was running the two services around 90-95db and the traditional around... I am having in issue with people saying things are to loud (older) and people saying its not loud enough (younger). We have three services but run two the same (one blended the other contemporary) then the traditional service. I was running the two services around 90-95db and the traditional around 85-87db. After the vocal minority said the traditional service was to loud I was advised to run all the services the same so I slammed them all down to 85b and not a step above. I am sure all of you know is hard especially when you add drums to the mix. its sounded horrible today. Mostly because you could not hear any of the high end which i think is because our system is an older one and I need to replace the horns but thats another time. Anyways the question is what are you running your services at that you are getting a great mix but pleasing to everyone? When I was running the contemporary at 90-95db I got more complements that they had heard thing in our services that they had never heard before. Maybe I am being drastic to slam everything to below 85db but not sure what to do.

A new Media Director looking for direction
Josh Gussler ]]> General Audio macjunkie http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-audio/45502-what-your-typical-levels-sunday.html