3/31/2023 0 Comments Audio signal path church sound![]() ![]() The most common mic for this use would be a small diaphragm condenser mic such as a Shure KSM 137 or similar. )Īs for specific mic types, again it depends on your desired quality level. Adjust front/back and up/down until you get the desired mix of all the sounds you want or until the aesthetic police arrest you. I would start with a placement of 2/3 toward the front and 2/3 toward the ceiling and, if using only one, slightly off center. Do-able but very impractical.Īssuming your purposes are strictly for recording or distributing elsewhere (not amplified inside the sanctuary) and you don't mind having the congregation singing/background noise included, then find one (if mono) or two (if stereo) good quality mics and position it (them) so they pick up the best mix of all the organ sounds and the congregation/praise band as desired. You would have to rewire the amps internally, tap off at a line level from each rank generator, and feed a separate sub mixer to get a manageable signal to the board. If your Allen organ is like ours, there are no direct outputs that mix all the ranks together. The best approach depends on your desired outcome. If your desire is strictly for recording and live-stream then you have a lot more flexibility than if you expect to reinforce the sound as well.īecause an organ is such a massive instrument, to try to "direct mic" each rank would be a nightmare. Personally, I am feeling 50/50 on the decision but the more input the better! That being said, I don't want to completely overwhelm our very faithful organists nor end up with a digital organ that we fail to get to sound like a true organ (a necessity to not frighten the older members of our congregation). It will actually cost us more to keep our current Allen organ, purchase and mount new speakers, get it serviced, and then have it rewired in it's new home in the sanctuary. An additional concern is then for guest organists for weddings and funerals and how they would feel playing a digital organ. Without conventional stops and swell peddles, they felt a little lost and could not consider it a "real" organ. ![]() That being said, they would not pack their music and leave if we were to go that route. I took two of my organists to a great music store last week to test out some digital organs (they found the Viscount Legend to have the best feel) but they felt completely overwhelmed by the impending learning curve transitioning over to a digital organ would require. I'd be happy to chat further if you want.Īdom, thank you so much for you insight. Additionally, if you buy a digital organ like this (or another similar product), it may give the ability to be more versatile in including it with your praise team as it may have pad sounds (I have not checked). It's not cheap, but I don't know how much you're planning on spending on speakers and just know that organ repairs can be expensive as well. I give an example below of a digital organ and pedals. Not from the aspect/desire of scrapping the organ, but because there are newer more modern takes on the organ that you can plug into a sound system to give better sound/recording quality and better control to the sound engineers (although they are usually digital instead of analog like older organs - matter of taste as far as sound goes). If you don't have a pipe organ, I would wonder if the organ is "anything special" and whether it is something you need to stay attached to. Disclaimer: I am neither a sound engineer nor an organ specialist, but a musician who knows a bit about it all. ![]()
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