Straight answers on church sound, livestream, ProPresenter, lighting, and volunteer systems, for the person doing it all themselves.
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October 3, 2026 · Sound
The room sounds fine and the people watching at home can't hear the pastor over the band. That's what happens when the stream gets the house mix. Here's how to give the stream its own bus on an X32 and build it on purpose.
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September 29, 2026 · Livestream
Nobody hands a volunteer a streaming manual. This is that manual, the four things that actually make or break a small church livestream, in the order to learn them, with a full plain-English guide for each.
Read more →August 22, 2026 · Sound
Nobody hands a volunteer sound tech a map. This is that map. The five things that actually cause most small church sound problems, in the order to learn them, with a full plain-English guide for each.
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September 28, 2026 · Livestream
Someone messages during the stream to say the pastor's mouth and voice don't match, and the instinct is to blame their internet. Most of the time it's not their internet, it's a setting on your end. Here's where sync drift actually comes from and how to fix it for good.
Read more →September 27, 2026 · ProPresenter
Someone's staring at the timeline the whole intro video plays, finger hovering over the mouse, waiting to click the second it ends. There's a setting that does that for you. Here's how to set up ProPresenter media triggers so the software handles the timing instead of a person.
Read more →September 25, 2026 · Leadership
It's rarely a resignation letter. It's a text, or someone just stops showing up, and suddenly the one person who knew where everything was and how it all worked is gone. Here's what to actually do in the next few days, and the next few months, so it doesn't happen the same way twice.
Read more →September 23, 2026 · Lighting
The room looks fine in person and washed out or muddy on the livestream, and the instinct is to blame the camera. Most of the time it's lighting, and most of the time fixing it doesn't start with buying a rig. Here's what to prioritize when the lighting budget is basically zero.
Read more →September 19, 2026 · Livestream
There's one of you and the service doesn't pause so you can catch up. Here's how to set up cameras, presets, and settings ahead of time so a single operator isn't trying to do five jobs at once during a live service.
Read more →September 16, 2026 · Sound
Somebody donated a digital board, or the budget finally allowed for one, and now Sunday morning runs on a piece of gear that works nothing like the one everyone learned on. Here's what actually changes, step by step, so the switch doesn't blow out a mix mid-service.
Read more →September 12, 2026 · ProPresenter
The worship leader glances offstage, unsure what's next, and the pause lasts just a beat too long. Stage Display fixes that, and it's easier to build than most people think once you know where the settings actually live.
Read more →September 9, 2026 · Sound
Somebody's watching from a hospital bed or a couch three states away, and the stream sounds thin and muddy while the room sounds fine. That's not bad luck, it's one mix trying to do two different jobs. Here's how to actually separate them.
Read more →September 5, 2026 · Livestream
Bitrate, keyframe interval, and RTMP explained plainly, so your livestream stops buffering right when it matters most.
Read more →September 2, 2026 · Sound
Buses, sends, and outputs explained plainly, so livestream, monitors, and the house each get the feed they actually need.
Read more →August 29, 2026 · Lighting
Addressing, universes, and daisy chains explained plainly, so lighting makes sense to whoever's running the board on Sunday.
Read more →August 26, 2026 · Sound
Speakers, board, cabling, and gain structure in the order that actually works, step by step, not the order the boxes came off the truck.
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