To: Desdemona
Microphones should be far, FAR away from everybody, especially sopranos singing descants, assuming the church has decent acoustics. They upset the balance and usually the audio quality is not that good.
You do NOT need a microphone in our church. Our director is constantly reminding us that a well developed tone will (as he puts it) "just sweep down the nave < whoosh! > and bounce off the back wall". And it does. I don't have a big voice, but it can be heard all the way up front without a mike.
32 posted on
11/29/2009 7:02:15 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
Part of the problem is carpets on the floors. It soaks up sound so, mics are just a part of life. And the fact that, unfortunately, musicianship levels and the finer details like intonation are not uniform. There are also still a good number of priests out there who are just as happy with volunteers of whatever sort as people who really know what they are doing.
34 posted on
11/29/2009 7:26:29 PM PST by
Desdemona
(True Christianity requires open hearts and open minds - not blind hatred.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Our Church has HORRIBLE acoustics!! It was built in the 1960’s ‘Prayer Barn’ style, and is just U-G-L-Y!
68 posted on
11/29/2009 8:50:50 PM PST by
SuziQ
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