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20 Most Popular Church Mixing Consoles – Poll Results

Early this year I conducted a poll on a church tech Facebook group, I asked members there which mixing consoles were currently being used in their churches. I got a huge response and in the original poll, over 50 different sound console models were mentioned. However, for this article, I decided just to list the…
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5 Best Digital Mixers For Small Churches on a Budget

There has been a significant improvement in music technology in recent years, and professional audio is not an exception to this. The arrival of digital mixers has brought some amazing features, effects and options for sound engineers that in the past would only be available on the most expensive consoles. Many churches have been using…
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What is a high pass filter setting (HPF) for on a mixer?

HPF stand for high pass filter, and it is an audio signal processing technique that cuts off frequencies below a certain cutoff frequency. It allows for more room to amplify the higher, desired sounds that are often lost when the low end of the sound spectrum is amplified too much. The cutoff frequency can be…
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What’s the difference between analog and digital sound consoles?

With the growing popularity of digital mixers, I thought it would be worth doing a post on the differences between digital and analogue mixers as the differences can be a bit confusing. A mixer is a very important component when you are setting up a sound system. The quality of the sound produced is heavily…