Churches use music. Some of them have pretty advanced setups with dozens of microphones for the choir, speeches and instruments, all of which is mixed down and send to a speaker setup that has to cover weird acoustic rooms and also transmitted by radio to people with hearing aids etc.
Organists also use some wild midi setups at home for practicing. A surprisingly big part of free VSTs are made for that specific purpose.
I don’t really like religion or churches, but I have massive respect for their audio guys who sets up the equivalent of a big stadium concert every Sunday using hand downs from the thrift store and free software.
Churches actually do really cool stuff sometimes. unfortunately they are similar to governments, unions, and any other kind of community effort in that they require significant time investment from good people to ensure that their community and it’s leadership are safe and effective.
Churches use music. Some of them have pretty advanced setups with dozens of microphones for the choir, speeches and instruments, all of which is mixed down and send to a speaker setup that has to cover weird acoustic rooms and also transmitted by radio to people with hearing aids etc. Organists also use some wild midi setups at home for practicing. A surprisingly big part of free VSTs are made for that specific purpose.
I don’t really like religion or churches, but I have massive respect for their audio guys who sets up the equivalent of a big stadium concert every Sunday using hand downs from the thrift store and free software.
Churches actually do really cool stuff sometimes. unfortunately they are similar to governments, unions, and any other kind of community effort in that they require significant time investment from good people to ensure that their community and it’s leadership are safe and effective.
Great rant - what an awesome dude!
Also, Covid got even small churches to stream Sunday services online, many of which have continued.