Spring Update 2011

Hi,
Lots of upcoming tech stuff this spring and then we can coast through the summer!
Special events - Cara Luft at Riverpark Church tonight 8 pm
The King's Speech movie night - May 13 at NHC
Volunteer Appreciation BarBQue - June 11 at Keith's House

1. Tech schedule is now updated till the end of summer, please check that the dates work for you. Let me know (as some of you have), when you have holidays.
http://www.newhopechurch.ca/docs/schedule.php
2. Light maintenance will be happening in May, I don't have a date yet from the community center but will send it out as soon as I know.

3. "B" system build
We almost have all the parts for the new "B" audio system. This will place the Mackie recording mixer into it's own cart, complete with snake and processing. We will be using this for special events and small services where we need fewer inputs (ie summer). The idea is that one person can set this up.
Some of the help needed is, building the new box, painting, removing snake from ceiling upstairs, installing new systems and resetting processors. If you are interested in helping with this project, please let me know.

4. Bingo has ended...
We will be getting more storage space from the community center which will mean some reorganization of the storage room. On stage the bingo cage will be going so we will be using the entire stage. Help will be needed for basic construction, demolition. TDA

5. Recording techs
Changes to audio recordings. Due to a lack of interest in audio "CD's" we are going to discontinue the making audio CD's each service. From now on we will be recording the entire service and then burning it to disk as a .wav file and a 128kbps mp3. Audio CD's will be made on request only.

6. Video techs
As part of the purchases for the "B" system we are adding another wireless microphone. This new wireless can be camera mounted also, allowing audio to be sent to the camera from the mixer wirelessly. So for the adventurous the whole service could be shot hand held...
See me for details!

7. Sound techs
A part of the "B" system upgrades we will be going to 3 wireless systems, we will be able to configure these as 3 headsets, 2 headsets and 1 handheld or 1 headset and 2 handhelds.

8. Multimedia
We will be going to Powerpoint 2010 soon, provides advanced video support including words over video.

Thanks so much for serving in tech at NHC, God bless you all for your time and effort.
Keith