VUE Supports Church Sound University education for worship sound practitioners

Church Sound University Educates Worship Sound Practitioners throughout the US Church Community

March 3, 2020 . Orange, CA

Church Sound University (CSU) is a multi-city event bringing a wealth of knowledge to those seeking to learn the basics of audio production. VUE is proud to support CSU in its effort to help improve the knowledge, skills, and production techniques so that attendees can attain consistent sonic quality at every worship service and event.

The curriculum has been specifically tailored to focus on the KEY essentials for church tech teams, including sessions that provide understanding key sound system components from microphones, loudspeakers, and mixing consoles, 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.

Taft Avenue Community Church in Orange, CA, hosted the first CSU training event. The mixing course presented by Samantha Potter was conducted in the main sanctuary at Taft. It featured al-4 acoustic linearity subcompact line arrays pole-mounted on each side with an hs-20 subwoofer on the floor to cover the low-end. Potter demonstrated mixing basics through the al-4 system. The unique clarity of the Beryllium high-frequency drivers shined as she showed the audible effects of various EQ adjustments on a solo female vocal. Potter also used a VUE hm-108a stage monitor positioned on the floor for monitoring her mixing instructions.

In a separate room, James Stoffo walked attendees through the world of wireless microphone technology. This room featured a single hm-108a pole-mounted. Fidelity was again important despite the smaller room. The hm-108a performed wonderfully when 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 for optimal performance.

In the larger room, Mike Sokol covered the basics of microphones and loudspeakers. Sokol described 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 visualizing how loudspeakers function, VUE provided internally illuminated cut-a-way 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.

VUE’s Brandon Rinas was inundated with questions, comments, and demo requests from various church representatives during the coffee and lunch breaks. Rinas was impressed with how many people interacted during the courses and posed questions to him regarding audio solutions.

The Orange, CA training was the first of six Church Sound University sessions scheduled across the country. VUE will be at all five of the remaining events. We look forward to assisting attendees in need of basic and in-depth knowledge to improve the sound in their church.