You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish (And Other Keyboard Basics)
There are a lot of sounds that can come out of a keyboard along with being able to shape those sounds in unique ways. Here are some keyboard mixing basics.
Chris Huff
Direct Boxes – What They Do, Why They’re Needed, and Why Price Matters
Time to talk direct boxes and all the related questions. What’s the difference between an active direct box and a passive one? Is there a difference in audio quality between a $40 passive DI and a $200 passive DI?
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Sound People
How well we work determines the results of our work. Here are habits that every sound tech needs to adopt and develop.
The Six Things No One Told Me About Church Audio
There are the days of dealing with requests to raise the temperature, lower the blinds, or provide directions to somewhere within the church…all within ten seconds of the service starting.
Ten Tips to Break out of a Limited Mixing Mentality
It’s only when we open our eyes to what’s possible do we really have a chance at creating a great audio mix. Here are ten tips to help you get there.
5 Steps To Create A Sound-Mix Blueprint
You are the final musician on that team, mixing all of their sounds together into a song lifted up in worship. What have you done to learn that song?
New Audio Products for 2018
The more we go digital, the easier it is to create a mixer that has everything but is a pain in the you-know-what to use because the designers didn’t consider the workflow.
Your Wireless Microphones Might Be Illegal Tomorrow
Wireless microphones and in-ear systems that use the 600 MHz band, in the United States, will soon be doing so illegally.
Four Bad Habits of Mixing and How to Overcome Them
There are four ways in which live audio production can sound unprofessional or otherwise detract from the event.
Mixing Acoustic Guitars
Sound quality starts at the source and with an acoustic guitar, you can’t get much more source than the wood used for the front and back of the guitar.
Chris Huff
Chris Huff is the founder of the Behind the Mixer. Started in 2008, it’s the training hub for church sound techs to learn audio mixing, stage work, and working in the unique church environment.
