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With a focus on helping houses of worship navigate the tricky world of AVL and production, Technologies for Worship Magazine offers educational articles, product reviews, product and industry news, and training opportunities for worship volunteers, technical directors, worship leaders, pastors and anyone else with a passion for excellence in worship production.
Understanding Wireless Audio: Antennas, cables, combiners and splitters
This article focuses on antennas, cables, splitters, and related components in wireless microphone systems. It explains how antenna length, type, and impedance relate to wavelength and signal transmission, and provides guidance for antenna placement indoors and...
Understanding Wireless Audio: Reception
This article outlines how wireless microphone systems ensure stable reception, beginning with the importance of frequency tuning. It describes the shift from crystal-controlled tuning to oscillators based on digitally generated frequencies, which are more resistant to...
Understanding Wireless Audio: Digital Systems
Digital wireless microphone systems offer a major advantage: consistent, high-quality audio even when RF conditions fluctuate. This article dives into how these systems work, explaining how stacked converters eliminate the need for gain adjustments while maintaining...
Understanding Wireless Audio: Audio Front End
Wireless microphones aren’t truly wireless until they’re paired with a transmitter, and getting that connection right is key to sound quality and system performance. This article examines how different microphone types interface with transmitters and the challenges...
Creating an Immersive Audio Experience in Your Church
Achieving an immersive audio experience in your church goes beyond mere sound amplification; it's about creating a worship environment that engages congregants on a profound level. Whether you're planning for a traditional sanctuary, a contemporary worship space, or a...
Top 10 Tips for Selecting LED Lighting
When selecting LED stage lighting for worship settings, it's essential to consider factors that enhance the worship experience while meeting technical requirements and budget constraints. Here's a top 10 list of what to look for: 1/Color Accuracy: LED fixtures with a...
Royal Albert Hall Upgrades In-House Communications System With Riedel’s Bolero Wireless Intercom
Royal Albert Hall installs a new Riedel Bolero wireless intercom system as part of continued expansion and upgrade of its in-house audio equipment and services. Riedel Communications today announced that the Royal Albert Hall has installed a new Bolero wireless...
Morrison Heights Baptist Church Updates Entire Audio Ecosystem with DiGiCo, KLANG, and Fourier Audio
Morrison Heights Baptist Church is everything you’d expect from its name: theologically conventional and traditionally oriented. But while the church’s services tend towards the expected, there is a refreshingly current take underlying it. Their otherwise conventional...
PK Sound Mechanically Optimizes Acoustic Coverage for Historic Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre is one of the most renowned and recognizable buildings in Calgary, Canada’s bustling downtown core. Its unmistakable marquee beckons to passersby, inviting them inside for a live performance immersed in the opulent neoclassical architecture of...
Renkus-Heinz enhances intelligibility at St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church
Iconyx loudspeakers overcome acoustical challenges for a transcendent worship experience Pennsylvania's St Luke Greek Orthodox Church is a breathtaking house of worship, renowned for its magnificent Byzantine architecture and elaborate iconography. The church serves...
Watermark Community Church Brings Congregation Together with L-Acoustics L-ISA Hyperreal Sound and L Series
Watermark Community Church, founded in 1999 as a nondenominational evangelical house of worship seeking to “abide in Jesus, make disciples, and enjoy life together,” has since launched several new campuses, today serving over 9,000 weekly attendants. The church has...
Creative Technology Calls Upon Pliant Technologies for Expansive Hybrid Corporate Event
With the help of Creative Technology, a leading provider of innovation, technology, project management and operational support to the live events and systems integration markets, and Leo Events, a global events company, a major retailer recently hosted its annual...
Meyer Sound Delivers Sonic Transformation for Eastridge Church
LEOPARD and 2100-LFC Support High-Impact Worship with Clarity and Consistency Eastridge Church in Issaquah, Washington, recently upgraded its main campus with a new Meyer Sound LEOPARD® system that meets the high production values and diverse audience demands of its...
V1 Church chooses the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic for FOH and broadcast
V1 Church chooses the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for both front-of-house (FOH) and broadcast needs at its Brooklyn, NY campus, which also serves as its main broadcast location. V1 Church in Brooklyn is dedicated to fostering personal growth and spiritual...
Brightline Lighting Delivers a Breakthrough in Low Voltage Lighting Control and Performance with New Turnkey System
Brightline Lighting introduces an all-in-one, low voltage control system for variable white lighting over a single DMX cable. Designed to provide seamless compatibility with low voltage professional AV systems, the AV/720 lighting control system offers a simple...
Richard Meredith Selects DPA for Challenging Location Sound on “The Piano”
“The Piano,” which just wrapped its third season, is an acclaimed UK reality competition that invites undiscovered, amateur pianists to perform emotionally charged music amid the bustling sounds of some of the country’s busiest train stations. The concept of the show...
Wherever creativity takes the stage, AC Americas is there to power the possibilities
Introducing AC Americas AC Americas, your North American distributor of world-class Lighting, Audio, and Video products, is excited to announce the amalgamation of A.C. Lighting Inc. and A.C. ProMedia into one organization, ready to serve all of your Lighting, Audio,...
GLP appoints MDR Lighting as New Zealand distributor
GLP has confirmed MDR Lighting as its new distributor in New Zealand, effective 1st May. 100% New Zealand owned, MDR Lighting has had a strong presence in the entertainment and production industry for more than 20 years and represents a top tier list of brands. Says...
Royer Labs Introduces the R-12 Active Ribbon Microphone
Versatility hits new highs with Royer’s latest addition Recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of ribbon microphones and related accessories, Royer Labs is pleased to announce the R-12 Ribbon Microphone, designed for both studio recording and live sound...
Riedel Communications Teams Up With GT Racing Team Garage 59
Riedel Communications has partnered with U.K.-based endurance GT team Garage 59 to deliver a fully integrated communications solution that is already playing a key role in the team’s phenomenal start to the 2025 racing season. Leveraging Riedel’s Bolero wireless...
