Church Sound University (CSU) is a multi-city educational event for those looking to learn the basics of audio production with particular reference to houses of worship. Its curriculum has been specifically tailored to focus on essentials for church tech teams, including sessions on key sound system components along with technologies like RF wireless and networking. They also offer instruction to improve skills for mixing, EQ, miking, recording, webcasting, and overall electrical safety.

Accompanying Allen & Heath, db Technologies, Rational Acoustics and Meyer Sound, Vue audiotechnik is supporting CSU in its effort to help improve the knowledge, skills, and production techniques, so that attendees can deliver consistent quality at every worship service and event.

Taft Avenue Community Church in Orange, California, hosted the first CSU event, whose mixing course was conducted in the main sanctuary and featured al-4 acoustic linearity subcompact line arrays pole-mounted on each side of the stage with an hs-20 subwoofer on the floor to cover the low-end. It was presented by Samantha Potter, who demonstrated mixing basics through the al-4 system.

In a separate room, James Stoffo walked attendees through the world of wireless microphones. This room featured a single Vue hm-108a pole-mounted, demonstrating different wireless microphones from handheld dynamic microphones to cardioid lavaliere. Stoffo presented tools and tips to aid in wireless frequency management and optimizing reception. He also covered microphone placement, transmitter, and receiver placement.

In the larger room, Mike Sokol covered the basics of microphones and loudspeakers, describing the basics of point source loudspeakers and line arrays. Vue’s House of Worship Sales Engineer, Brandon Rinas, was on-hand to assist with details about line array applications. To aid in visualising how loudspeakers function, Vue provided internally illuminated cut-away al-4 and h-12 speakers so everyone could see inside the speaker enclosure. The systems featured cut-a-way internal drivers to help understand how each part of the loudspeaker worked. Sokol addressed the crowd through a pair of h-8 compact high definition loudspeakers. The clarity was impeccable and essential when Sokol demonstrated the polar pattern response of various microphones. The attendees could clearly hear when Sokol spoke into a microphone correctly and detect the most subtle loss in clarity when he demonstrated improper microphone use.

‘It was apparent most had attended CSU because they needed to improve the sonic quality at their church,’ reports Vue Audio House of Worship Sales Engineer, Brandon Rinas. ‘A lot of people work as volunteers and have little knowledge of the gear they have at their church. The education CSU provides is invaluable for everyone; now, they have the basic knowledge to achieve great sound and troubleshoot common audio problems when they arise.’

This was the first of six Church Sound University sessions scheduled across the US, taking in Kansas City, Atlanta, Dallas, Raleigh and Baltimore.

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