Rancho Cucamonga, California-based Above The Crowd Productions (ATCP) offers comprehensive audio, video, and lighting services for events across various industries. Since its inception in 2007, ATCP has evolved from a part-time DJ service into a full-scale event...
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Holiday Lighting Planning
Holiday lighting in a church can create a beautiful, immersive atmosphere that enhances the spiritual experience during sermons and events. Having your lighting plot ready for Christmas is essential because the holiday season tends to bring larger audiences and...
Why YouTube is for Personal Use Only
Are you a ministry leader considering using YouTube videos in your church services? Before you hit play, it’s crucial to understand the legal and moral implications of YouTube use in churches. This guide will help you navigate copyright laws and maintain integrity in...
The Importance of Training Your Tech Team
I always get a lot of questions regarding tech training for worship tech crews. I can't stress enough that training and hands-on experience will always increase your tech crew's knowledge and comfort level. Starting 2025 off with training sessions for your worship...
Unlimited Worship Chooses Waves eMo IEM Immersive In-Ear Mixing Software for eMotion LV1 Live Mixers
Yedidyah Yehezkiel, front-of-house and monitor engineer for Unlimited Worship in Jakarta (credits include Audio System Integrator at GBI Basilea Christ Cathedral, and monitor engineer for Indonesia’s Christian contemporary music artist and worship leader Franky...
The Polar Pattern Express
ALL ABOARD The Polar Pattern Express! Not the movie. 😁 Today, we will explore microphone polar patterns and examine specific applications suited to microphones with various polar pattern types. What Is A Polar Pattern? Each microphone has a polar, or pickup,...
How “Unplugged” Is Your Unplugged Worship?
An accordion player, a banjo player, and a trombone player finally got a paying gig at a small bar on New Year’s Eve. To everyone’s surprise, the trio was a hit! The crowd loved the show, and at the end of the night, the pub owner said, “We’d love to book you again...
Live Sound Loudspeaker Demo at CFX 2024
The Live Sound Loudspeaker Demo at CFX 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, showcased various audio companies like TW Audio, Renkus-Heinz, Electro-Voice, Biamp, Crest Audio and alcons. All these companies demonstrated a portable system and a compact line array system. ...
Faith Community Church Goes Immersive With EAW®
Faith Community Church (FCC), a contemporary-style worship congregation based in Tucson, Arizona, provides engaging immersive services with unique audio technology from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW®). FCC had a plan to update its aging audio system to a traditional...
Sound Devices Achieves Industry Milestone with A20-HH Digital Wireless Handheld Microphone
Sound Devices, an Audiotonix company, has launched many disruptive technologies over the years, and it is once again changing the game with the introduction of the A20-HH digital wireless handheld microphone. The A20-HH not only combines the best audio and RF...
Holiday Video Graphics & Stock Footage
Well it’s that magical time of year, and you want to create a different holy experience at your services, by Incorporating holiday video graphics and stock footage into your worship services you can enhance the atmosphere, convey powerful messages, and engage the...
RWM-CRN1 Wall Mounting Plate Offers Clean Cable Management and Simplified Installation
Sound Control Technologies (SCT), the leader in camera, codec, and table interface solutions, introduces the RWM-CRN1 wall mounting plate for Cisco Room Navigator, delivering a streamlined cable management solution and simplifying installation. “The adapter plate...
Powersoft Quattrocanali Packs a Punch at Upstate Church Haywood
Three Powersoft Quattrocanali 8808 DSP+D and one Quattrocanali 2404 DSP+D amplifiers are at the heart of a state-of-the-art new audio system delivering maximum power, efficiency and connectivity to worshippers at Upstate Church Haywood in Greenville, South Carolina,...
RF Venue® Introduces the Next-Gen DISTRO5 HDR RF and DC Power Distribution System for Wireless Microphones
RF Venue® has introduced the DISTRO5 HDR, its next-generation and highest-performance antenna and power distribution system for any brand or model wireless microphone system. Building on the success of the renowned RF Venue DISTRO4, the DISTRO5 HDR uses low noise...
Worship Facility Gear Report: Projectors
A projector is a device that takes images generated by a computer or another source type and reproduces them by projection onto a screen, wall, or another surface. In most cases, the surface projected onto is large, flat, and lightly colored. You could...
Pinning The Difference in DMX
Some manufacturers seem to being using both 3 pin and 5 pin DMX, which is starting to get house of worship Tech Crews and Directors unsure of what direction they should stock up and in some cases start having issues when trying to substitute a 3 PIn DMX cable for a...
Build Your Live Stream Audience
Churches have an incredible opportunity to grow their reach through live streams. This model of ministry can act as a front door for new guests. It also allows you to reach a wider audience and make a larger kingdom impact. We saw explosive growth through the live...
Montana’s Journey Church Upgrades Production Capabilities with grandMA3 Light CRV
Journey Church, part of the Western Conference of the Evangelical Church, has invested in an MA Lighting grandMA3 light CRV (Control Room Version) console, provided by Bozeman’s Jereco Studios. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in...
RigWheels and eMotimo Unveil the Monorail + Conductor: Single Rail Camera Motion Control System
RigWheels, in collaboration with eMotimo, is excited to announce the launch of the Monorail + Conductor, a completely new type of camera motion control system designed to simplify complex camera movements for film & video and enable motion control to be...
Why Do Some Moving Light Fixtures Move Slower Than Others?
Hello everyone and welcome back to Production Tech Talk with Bill, this month’s question comes from Dominic D from Syracuse, NY, who asks "Why are some of my moving light fixtures moving slower than others?" Well I recently had to trouble shoot this issue as well,...
Worship Facility Podcast: Light Lab
David Leuschner talks to Nick and Marcus of Pro Lights about the skills and equipment needed for effectively lighting a worship service. Key points include: Lighting basics Budgeting White balance and color balance Using a light meter Listen to the episode...