How to Troubleshoot Common Church AVL Problems
When something stops working, start at one end of the signal chain and move in one direction.
Random button pressing is not a troubleshooting strategy.
Follow the microphone signal path
Take a microphone as an example.
Is the microphone producing signal? Is the receiver receiving it? Is signal reaching the console? Is the channel muted? Is it assigned correctly?
Is signal leaving the console? Is the DSP receiving it? Are the amplifiers on?
Work through the path logically.
The same idea works in video and lighting.
Find the last place where everything is correct. Then find the first place where it isn't.
The problem is somewhere between those two points.
Teaching volunteers this simple way of thinking is dramatically more useful than teaching them a hundred individual fixes.
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About the author
Chris Eslinger is a founder and partner at Ignite Sound + Stage and Creative Production Director at Greenwood Christian Church. A contributor to Technologies for Worship Magazine, he helps churches improve audio, video, lighting and volunteer workflows through practical, hands-on training.
Read Chris's Yamaha DM7 mixing console review in Technologies for Worship Magazine.
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