rapscaLLion
Active Member
Hey,
The church I attend has been having problems with the audio system since about six months ago. This system consists of:
-2 speakers and another distro speaker for people sitting off to the side
-3 small monitors for the stage
-1 amp each for the speakers, distro and monitors (I think)
-1 really old diamond studio board
-12 or 16 (not sure) hardwired mic inputs around the room
-8 wired mics (at least) and one wireless mic
The equipment is crap because the church was broken into, and a lot of great equipment was stolen a few years back. We have made do with what we have so far, but in the past few months we have been noticing an ever increasing problem: The use of wired microphones causes static crackle every so often. The floor is carpet, which is immediately suspect, but I am told that these problems are a recent development. The mic ins and speaker outs travel through a socapex connecter, of which there are two wall units were this connects to the board and amps. It could be static electricity, or it could be broken mic cables, but it is really driving us crazy. We have budgeted money to fix the problem and get new sound equipment (especially a new mixing board), but we'd like to know what the problem is before we invest in anything new.
If anyone knows any possible causes for this, or anything we can try to fix the problem, I would appreciate some advice
The church I attend has been having problems with the audio system since about six months ago. This system consists of:
-2 speakers and another distro speaker for people sitting off to the side
-3 small monitors for the stage
-1 amp each for the speakers, distro and monitors (I think)
-1 really old diamond studio board
-12 or 16 (not sure) hardwired mic inputs around the room
-8 wired mics (at least) and one wireless mic
The equipment is crap because the church was broken into, and a lot of great equipment was stolen a few years back. We have made do with what we have so far, but in the past few months we have been noticing an ever increasing problem: The use of wired microphones causes static crackle every so often. The floor is carpet, which is immediately suspect, but I am told that these problems are a recent development. The mic ins and speaker outs travel through a socapex connecter, of which there are two wall units were this connects to the board and amps. It could be static electricity, or it could be broken mic cables, but it is really driving us crazy. We have budgeted money to fix the problem and get new sound equipment (especially a new mixing board), but we'd like to know what the problem is before we invest in anything new.
If anyone knows any possible causes for this, or anything we can try to fix the problem, I would appreciate some advice