Wayne’s World
I am running a seminar called, for want of a better name, Wayne’s World. Basically it’s a ramble on all kinds of unrelated issues, a little bit on everything and a lot on nothing. I get phone calls or emails literally every day from friends in ministry, co-workers and even strangers, asking me all manner of technical questions, and this seminar is my FAQ. In 1 hour I am going to try to answer (almost) every question I have been asked. Of course, we will run out of time, so here the top 15 I was thinking of covering.
- Speech recognition on the Macintosh and PC does it work? Should I bother?
- How do I not wreck my battery? laptop, phone, camera, ipod, what’s the difference?
- Basic PA (what is a microphone, amplifier, speaker, and much should I spend on them?)
- What is a good powerpoint remote control?
- How do I plug my computer into a PA sounds system? (What is a DI box? What’s the difference between plugging in a computer or a microphone?)
- Podcasting - what it is and how do I do it?
- How do I record and compress a sermon for the web?
- Introduction to VOIP and why it sounds so bad so often.
- Using smartboards for School scripture.
- Putting video on the web or in keynote (what format, what quality, How to put a video on youtube)
- What is a continuous inking system on an inkjet printer?
To those people intending to enroll in my seminar. Which of these tickle your fancy? Which turn you off? What else would you like to know?
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November 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Hi Wayne, speaking of DI boxes: mine gives a funny distorted sound to my guitar through the house speakers at church (fine if I’m playing Metallica or Nickelback, but hmmm… how many times do I play Metallica or Nickelback at church? That would be none… ;). Now it may be something in the PA system, but I can’t find any other reason than the DI box being the culprit.
Any ideas why, and how to fix?
November 12th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Well sounds like you have a good guitar pickup with a nice strong output, that’s good, but it’s probably too much for either the DI box or the mixer desk. Hopefully you have a ‘pad’ button on the DI box to absorb some of the extra power that guitar us pushing out. A pad on the DI box will be called something like ‘pad’ (funny that) or ‘-20dB’ or ‘attenuation’. Then you can turn it up at the desk to make it louder again. I’m guessing if it was that easy you’d have worked it out? Does the DI have a switch on it? Does it do it when you play quietly?