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Artist-Production Communication during Worship
By Kent Margraves, Sennheiser
Ever wish you could communicate discreetly with an onstage artist and vice versa without your congregation
noticing? Well, if your artist uses wireless personal monitors, you already have a way to talk to them - just
carefully route a spare talkback microphone ONLY to their mix. But that's not two-way communication. So how
does the artist talk back to you in the production area?
Assuming we don't want our artists fumbling with an on-stage production intercom interface, here's an idea: place
a spare wireless lavalier system on them. Don't patch or route it to the PA, just route it to your solo/cue bus,
headphones or small powered monitor at the mixing booth (or wherever you want them to be heard). Pretty simple,
huh? Quite useful, too. And a very carefully planned setup might extend this idea to allow artists to discreetly
communicate with each other onstage. (Be sure to include any such wireless mic system application in your total
frequency coordination plan!)
A more elegant solution for the same application comes in the form of a clever feature from Sennheiser. The
"Command Channel option" is available for the SKM 5200 handheld wireless transmitter and 3000 series receivers.
When the vocalist presses the command switch on the transmitter (simple and discreet) the output of the receiver
switches to a second audio port. This second "command" output can be carefully routed to a producer's desk, mixing
booth, broadcast control room or wherever desired - maybe even another onstage artist. This opens up an array of
communication options. For instance, via Command Channel, the worship leader can use his vocal transmitter to
easily warn the lyric/presentation software operator of a change in song order before it occurs… No more live
curveballs from the worship platform!
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"I also would like to thank you and Sennheiser for not only your assistance with the whole TVBD fiasco, but your support of the H.O.W. market in general. It is truly remarkable these days to have a manufacturer of the size of Sennheiser that allows its personnel to interact with the end-user not only through outlets such as CSC, but the rapid personal response to crazy tech guys like me! It is why I can recommend using your products so readily."
Jay Ballard, Director of Technical Ministries, First Baptist Church of Plant City, Florida