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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...
Grace Church & Jeff Sandstrom choose the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for FOH & Monitors
Renowned front-of-house engineer Jeff Sandstrom, known for his work with Chris Tomlin, Passion City Church and Lauren Daigle, has selected the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console, along with the eMo IEM immersive in-ear mixing software, to manage FOH and monitors...
Riedel Artist Powers Steel Mill Comms Upgrade at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks
Riedel Communications announced the successful deployment of its advanced communications solutions at the Hot Mills Department of BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks, Australia’s largest industrial site located in New South Wales on the east coast of Australia....
First Baptist Rogers Deepens Immersion with KLANG:vokal+ Upgrade
Arkansas church’s new worship center updates its KLANG:vokal immersive IEM mixing system with vokal+ software upgrade, complementing the room’s L-Acoustics L-ISA system First Baptist Church of Rogers, Arkansas may be on the traditional side, philosophically speaking,...
Dodd Technologies Deploys Ayrton Lighting, grandMA3 Consoles and MDG Hazers for 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game Events
Dodd Technologies, Inc., which works from page to stage building sets and audiovisual elements that make for memorable events, utilized an array of Ayrton lighting fixtures, MA Lighting grandMA3 consoles and MDG hazers for the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game. ACT...
Tone Proper Transforms Portland’s Iconic Crystal Ballroom With Powerful PK Sound System
The Crystal Ballroom, the Pacific Northwest’s premier historic venue, recently underwent a transformative audio upgrade thanks to audiovisual supplier Tone Proper and the integration of PK Sound’s dynamic loudspeaker technology. Tone Proper implemented PK Sound’s...
Watchfire VariDislay provides a Lifeline
Lifeline Princeton Church of God, which serves the communities around Princeton, WV, recently modernized its worship experience by installing a newly released Watchfire VariDisplay™ in their sanctuary. After a great experience with a Watchfire outdoor display,...
Church Unlimited Elevates Worship Experience with EAW® Adaptive Sound System
Multisite Church Partners with Messenger AVL and EAW to Deliver Powerful, Crystal-Clear Audio Throughout the Sanctuary For years, Church Unlimited has sought to create powerful worship experiences that resonate with every person in the room. But as its Corpus Christi...
France 24 Streamlines Remote Guest Contributions with QuickLink StudioEdge
France 24, the international news and current affairs television network broadcasting in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, has significantly improved its remote guest integration capabilities by deploying QuickLink’s StudioEdge™ and StudioCall™ solutions. By...
Designed To Dazzle: Introducing the Vizi Pix Z19 Pixel-Mappable LED Wash Zoom Fixture with Three Effects in One!
Conceived to help lighting designers unleash their creativity, ADJ’s new Vizi Pix Z19 is a versatile automated wash-zoom luminaire equipped with 19 pixel-mappable, lime-infused primary LEDs. These can generate everything from a tight column of dense light to a wide...
PARAGON Ultra Dimming Firmware Sets New Standard for Dimming Accuracy
Elation continues to innovate and optimize its award-winning PARAGON line with the release of Ultra Dimming firmware and other new features that further refine these advanced, high-performance LED profile luminaires. Ultra Dimming: A New Standard in LED Control...
GLP WildBar 16: Maximum power for indoor and outdoor use
The GLP WildBar 16 – a weatherproof LED bar designed for impressive show moments. With high light output, great flexibility and robust construction, it is the ideal choice for festivals, stadiums, clubs and many other applications. But perhaps most importantly, it...
Imagine Communications Introduces SNP-XS at IBC2025
Compact, ultra-quiet addition extends SNP media processing line into environments where space is at a premium, but performance can’t be compromised At IBC2025 (12-15 September, RAI Amsterdam, stand 1.B73), Imagine Communications is expanding its Selenio™ Network...
Elation Expands Award-Winning PARAGON Series with PARAGON LT
Powerful LED profile luminaire delivers more power and extra options for long-throw impact Elation is pleased to announce the expansion of its award-winning PARAGON series with the new PARAGON LT, a cutting-edge, long-throw LED profile luminaire purpose-built to...
PureLink Ends Partnership with EU Distributor PureLink GMBH
HD Video Switching Pioneer Embarks on New European Sales Strategy PureLink today announced it has ended its longtime partnership with its EU distributor, PureLink GMBH, and has begun carving out new distribution channels, via new sales and logistics partners,...
