worship ‹ Brian A. Petersen

church sound & video production for worship – yamaha m7

Posted on April 19, 2009

by Brian Petersen

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See the following pictures taken from this booth.
Good Friday 2003
Resonate Worship Service 04
School Christmas Program 06
Bethany Chapel 07
Stained Glass 07
Stained Glass 07

For live sound I use a Yamaha M7 48 channel digital console , an analog Mackie 32 and 24 channel 8 buss mixer and an old Yamaha PM 3000 32 channel console. I use Shure Wireless Microphones and Shure wired mics when possible. For kick drums and bass instruments including djembe, I like the Shure Beta 52, the AKG D112, and the Audix D6 is also a popular choice. For electric guitars I prefer Shure SM 57s or the Beta 57As . For vocals the Shure Beta 58A is the standard in the wired or wireless form. The Shure KSM series sounds great on strings, choirs, pianos and anything else you could throw at it. The Rode NTK tube mic is also a favorite of mine for electric guitars, strings, and pianos. The Barcus Berry system is not a recommended choice for pianos although many churches use them.

For audio recording I use a Digi 002 and Pro Tools by Digidesign. I also use Waves plug-ins. A Universal Audio 2108 and a Event Monitors for reference. I like using a LSD2 large stereo diaphragm mic for acoustic guitars and a M-Audio Microtrack 24-96 is a Pro Tools approved hard drive and works great for portable recording.

In this shot I am using Keynote from Apple and I also have two versions of Powerpoint on this Mac. The church has a video projection room with PCs running Mediashout.

I like using Keynote for song projection due to personal preference and it works well with the wireless remote that comes with a MacBook Pro. The wireless controller is the white rectangular unit above the faders on the bottom right side of the mixer. I can walk away from the computer and still switch slides for the next verse or chorus.

I keep 1,600 song files in a folder on my Mac with most of the worship songs that churches use today. I have customized most of these files for my preference and I am familiar with the song layout so I know where the worship leader is going if they move around in the song form. I also have a pretty big picture selection on the laptop that I use for display backgrounds. Many of these come from pictures I have taken and you can see them online in my nature folder.

I use Accordance Bible Software for scripture references and it also makes a fantastic Bible study software as I am in Talbot Seminary in the Los Angeles / OC area.

For video editing I use iMovie and a full version of Final Cut Studio. This includes Motion, Soundtrack Pro, and DVD Studio.

For a great list of recommended audio visual gear for ministry from CCLI check out this link.