3/10/2010 in Tech Arts by micah:
Last Monday, we released the first episode of the Geeks and God Podcast since I became one of the hosts. There were a lot of lessons to be learned in the process. Here are a few of the things I discovered.
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11/24/2008 in Tech Arts by micah:
Tonight's rehearsal of our annual musical drama, A Christmas Tale, was a night of different perspectives. I wasn't really thinking when I snapped this photo with my cell phone, but it fits.
When we started out tonight, neither of my lighting guys were there, so I stuck my teenage daughter on the...
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10/30/2007 in Tech Arts by micah:
While mono is perfect for podcasting, some output formats, such as radio or audio CD creation should be produced in stereo. Here are some simple steps to convert mono to stereo when recording in Audacity.
(Note: This process is not going to create a "true" stereo, track. It's really only two-...
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10/24/2007 in Tech Arts by micah:
I may need to come back and write a better introduction to this, but I thought I'd share my relatively simple podcast template.
There are a number of really good ways to deliver podcasts, but a very simple way is to write a simple directory index using php and the getID3 library.
This template is...
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7/19/2007 in Tech Arts by micah:
When we first moved into our current sanctuary in 2001, we set up a wild assortment of connections to feed cassette and CD recording, FM hearing assist, the 70V system for the cry room, and so on. This short-lived arrangement became very cumbersome until we found a good solution that included...
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11/1/2006 in Tech Arts by micah:
In the previous article, I explained how to use Audacity to process a recorded sermon to ready it for podcasts and radio broadcast. The resulting WAV file is rather large, and cannot be conveniently stored or streamed, and so it should be converted to MP3 format. The LAME encoder is used to create...
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10/31/2006 in Tech Arts by micah:
We normally record directly from the sound system onto the computer at my church using Audacity, but there are times when the message must be imported from a CD for processing. Recording the audio portion of the CD introduces an extra conversion (from digital to analog and back again) that is not...
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10/31/2006 in Tech Arts by micah:
Pastor Tim's sermons are available on the Cornerstone Web site. We now support streaming, download, and podcasts as delivery methods. This page documents the methods used to prepare sermons for the web.
Update October 2007: These instructions are also being used to process the recorded intros and...
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10/31/2006 in Tech Arts by micah:
Update January 18, 2012: It has come to my attention that Kjaerhus Audio appears to be out of business. I've removed the dead link from the body of the post. Check the comments for more recent links, as it appears the classic plugins used in this tutorial are still available from alternative links...
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9/12/2006 in Tech Arts by micah:
Here are some photos I took about three years ago. There have been many updates since these were taken.
Main Sanctuary
View from FOH, with return view inset.
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