Monthly Articles

Sound of Southern Gospel - Nov 2003

After recent comments on the article, I’ve decided to respond to a couple of those and to discuss subwoofers

Sound of Southern Gospel - Oct 2003

It's one of the first things you look at when you step into a venue. It's also a large part of feedback problems in the front of house speakers. It's amazing what a difference proper speaker placement can make in the sound of your system

Sound of Southern Gospel - Sept 2003

How do you get your bass singer to sound that way? Of course then the questions like, what kind of microphone do you use or recommend is quick to follow. Well, I'm going to briefly talk about microphones for bass singers.

The Sound of Southern Gospel - Aug 2003

People have written letters to editors and even discussed it on a recent message board on this very website. Yes, I'm talking about southern gospel concert audio levels. Too loud? Not loud enough?

The Sound of Southern Gospel - July 2003

I'm going to continue on and try to put together a budget minded system for "the average" quartet. This will include just the bare necessities and ideas that I think will get the job done for the least amount of money

Sound of Southern Gospel - June 2003

If I had to pick two parts of a sound system, that I had to deem as the "most important," I would say that it involves where the sound begins and where it ends

Sound of Southern Gospel - May 2003

How much bearing does the quality of the audio at southern gospel concerts have on people's decision on how "good" the group is? It's something that should be overlooked by the average concert goer

Sound of Southern Gospel - April 2003

If you attend a lot of southern gospel concerts, this article is for you. Have you ever gone to a southern gospel concert and been disappointed with what you heard?

Sound of Southern Gospel - Feb 2003

In the beginning of southern gospel music there was at the most two microphones and a piano. So what happened? The fans came along and filled up bigger places and technology advanced for better sound. However, when running sound, remember it all starts with your purchasing of the equipment.

The Sound of Southern Gospel - Jan 2003

Improperly set EQ settings, wrong microphone selection and poor gain structure are some of the real causes of people complaining and walking out. They will tell you it was too loud which may have not been the case at all, but was an effect of one of the above mentioned problems