Church sound: The hierarchy of importance

By Guest Blogger | April 28, 2014

  Graphic taken from the Sound Tech and PA Training for Churches DVDs. What is the most important element in the church sound system? One of the most common misunderstandings I encounter during discussions about sound systems is based around the concept of “the most important part of the sound system”. This usually appears in the […]

What should your congregation hear in the mix?

By Andy@Musicademy | November 12, 2013

If you are limited to just 3 things Last week on Facebook I posted a bit of a loaded question; List, in the order of importance which voices/instruments in your worship team you think the congregation needs to hear the most (with 1 being the most important). Then, if they could only hear three things […]

Announcing the New Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Pro Wav Player

By Andy@Musicademy | May 29, 2013

We’ve been promising a major update to our MultiTrack Player for some time. It’s finally here and includes the ability to loop, repeat and jump song sections as well as import your own song wavs. We believe our new Player to be the SIMPLEST and the BEST VALUE MultiTrack package around. You will save even […]

Ask the Expert – Is there a digital solution for worship bands to the problem of chord charts and sheet music?

By Guest Blogger | May 21, 2013

We had an email from Dave at Cheam Baptist: “We have been wondering how best to provide sheet music for our musicians and are looking for an alternative to using numerous different songs of fellowship books. One option is to gradually build up a library of individual sheet music for each song then create an […]

Why we need to freshen up our worship. And why loops can help.

By Guest Blogger | May 17, 2013

Creativity in Worship (Why I use loops) A few years ago I moved to a new house situated along the flight path into Manchester airport, one of the busiest airports in Northern England. The first few weeks consisted mainly of broken sleep and sudden shock as yet another noisy plane would cut through the air […]

How to plan for DIY Acoustic Treatment

By [email protected] | February 20, 2013

No matter how good the monitors or the digital to analogue converters that recreate your waveforms are, it is almost certainly the room in which you’re sat that will be letting you down sonically. Many of us, working domestically these days, have smaller than ideal spaces in which to monitor and record. So what can […]