The Church Sound Podcast with Prentiss L. Thompson

The CSP Crew talks about the importance of the volunteer in the church or should we say the Ministry of Helps.  A volunteer is someone who contributes their time, skills and experience to an organization or group and gives their time for free.  They are. no,  we are the  foundation of all departments and we all start as volunteers. Corinthians 12:27-28 - "Now you are the body of Christ, and each o...

Prentiss L, Thompson illustrates the Do's and Don'ts of lavalier placement and why its important. Its show and Tell time   education link; https://youtu.be/hONzIqjFeT0 How far should a lapel mic be from your mouth? However, as a general rule, it's recommended that you position the mic on the chest, about a hand-span distance (20-30cm) from the mouth. This will give you a natural, uncoloured sound.

Our guest Jon Taylor is Technical Sales Lead at Presonus. The CSP crew engage an a solution based discussion around Presonus products and how it applies to a church of any size and its growth. We discuss Live-streaming and manufacturer fulfillments in 2021 centered around the new world of Covid-19.  So sit back grab a cup of joe and Listen, Laugh and Learn. 

Listen to the top 3 tips for Pastor from a audio engineer.  Sometimes leader and audio team are not on the same page. This can cause frustration and this could lead to larger issue. Take a listen and pass it on.  

This episode will cover the questions the church will have or should have for a audio engineer from the Praise and Worship singer, to the church musician and a Pastor when looking to hire a full engineer. take a ringside seat and Pastor Caleb interviews Prentiss L. Thompson as a perspective candidate. Listen, Laugh and Learn.   

What are the top three tip for a church musician?  Music is a essential part of  a church, the songs bring people into the arms of God and the musician has a huge part in the connection. Listen, Laugh and Learn as Prentiss L. Thompson breaks down his top three tips.

Prentiss L. Thompson provides some insight from a engineers perspective. Listen to a few audio tips that could help all praise teams and singers.   

Training a usually last on the list at most churches, however it is very important.  The question is not why you need training it’s how to get training. Listen, Laugh and Learn as the CSP crew talk through a few solutions.  The definition of ‘insanity’ is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results .  Training options:  -Purchase a course for the staff -Hire an enginee...

The top three tips a church engineer need to provide an awesome worship experience.  These are important tips and trainings for all audio staff engineers. The application of these tips can and will transform the sound of your church.  1- Line Check 2- gain staging 3- EQ and compression   

Assessment is the systematic basis for making inferences about the learning  it is the process of defining, selecting, designing, collecting, analyzing. in other words: Where is my church now  - Where is my church going - How do I get there W hat should the church evaluate? Worship  - Praise Team - Musicians - Audio Video Live Team - Equipment - Preaching / teaching - Security - Special events Ord...

Prentiss L. Thompson explains third party digital snakes. These snakes can work with any console whether analog or digital. However they require two components, an input box and a output box. Listen and Learn.  

Frank Brown Jr. the lead engineer at Agape Family Worship Center he is considered your favorite engineer's, engineer.  From CNBC, W.N.E.T., MTV, VH1, ESPN, SCI-FI Network, Access Hollywood.  He started touring as an audio engineer for hip hop artist such as Zhiggie, Grand Puba, Onyx, SuperCat. After seeing his work, R&B artist such as Joe, 3LW, Imajin and Destiny’s Child hired Brown to work on...

Prentiss L. Thompson breaks down digital snakes. In digital snakes , the regular audio is encoded to digital with the assistance of converters. All the channels and their signals are packed and transferred with a single wire to the mixer and then reconverted to the analog signal again

The CSP Crew talks about the beauty of the beginning and how to cherish it.  The start of a church, a Live stream. business, a marriage or an idea. It is power in the start.  If you look, you’ll find evidence of a small beginning. God always gives you seed—even if only a little, tiny seed—something that causes you to hope. Focus on that seed. Rejoice over that seed. It’s a sign of greater things t...

Audio snakes are long cables that run from your stage to your soundboard. They enable all of the instruments and vocals to be plugged into one signal cable and also control the amount of cables going to and from the soundboard.  What Are The Benefits Of Snakes There are numerous benefits of having a snake in a church setting; the lack of cabling running to and from your mixer, the stepping and dam...

The CSP Crew talks about leadership through the mind of a AV / Multi media leader as a message to a Pastor. Being a Pastor is a hard job listen to  a few insights that may help from the media team. 

Sena Slaughter returns to talk a common issue in the church with CSP crew. How can person with strong moral principles and core values still be the wrong person for an Audio video Live position.

Prentiss L. Thompson answers question #5 of the small church series. He presents a few options to get great audio with a mobile device to increase the quality of your church livestream. Get this product the iRig Stream 2: https://amzn.to/3gyvwDP

Serving in a AVl Ministry can be a whirlwind and at times become more important than getting what you came to church for. Staying spiritually nourished, the CSP crew talks through a current issue with a solid solution.

Prentiss L. Thompson breaks down the easy fix for bad audio in a LiveStream. The solution is understanding Mic level and Line Level. Which is louder and WHY??? Connecting a line-level source to a mic-level input will cause the sound to be loud and distorted because the line-level signal is much stronger than what the mic input will accept.

The CSP Crew talks Cameras. Live Streaming, Training concepts for Church Production with Director Andre “Crazy One” Griffith who began as the host of The C1 Radio Show on 88.7 FM WNHU, Connecticuts premiere radio show for Holy Hip Hop and Rhythm & Praise. The C1 Radio show is on four stations, 88.7 FM WNHU, Yes LordRadio, C1 Radio Show via West Coast Fiyah, Star Radio and UStream.tv. Listeners...

Prentiss L. Thompson breaks down how to make your Livestream more Lively by using crowd microphones. The two main types of microphone pick-up patterns that every church should have are; Condenser mics and Cardioid Dynamic mics. These unique patterns respond differently to frequencies and choosing the correct microphone for your church setting and instrument is important, Listen, Laugh and Learn

Since the Covid pandemic churches have gone through many changes and stages of ministry. Some pushed forward, others stood still many died away. This new way of doing church has birthed a new department along with a new set of skills. This new department is called: A.V.L. (Audio Video Live) Listen, Laugh and Learn.

This is question #2 in the SMALL CHURCH QUESTION series. How can we solve this problem " The stage is Too TOO TOOOOO loud. Please help!!!! We have answers just listen.

The Church Sound Podcast celebrates one year. Listen, Laugh and Learn as a show favorite joins conversation Pastor Richie Righteous.