SMEC Sound Manual

1. Panel Explanations
   1. Sacristy
      1. Here are output volume settings for the individual microphones and CD player/recorder in the Sanctuary.
   2. Parish Hall
      1. Here are output volume settings for the individual microphones, and sanctuary volume for inside the Parish Hall.
      2. On a hidden screen, are the input volumes from the various microphones into the CD Recorder.
         1. This can be used to balance the microphones and then re-route the output to a streaming or recording device capable of recording more than an hour.
2. Key Locations:
   1. Flower Room
   2. Sacristy
   3. Stage:
      1. Lecturn
      2. Pulpit
      3. Altar Adjacent
   4. Choir Hole
      1. Floor
      2. Wall
   5. Camera
   6. Middle of PH Floor
   7. Far Wall of PH
   8. PH Closet
   9. Tucker Hall Nusery
3. After power failure all mic levels must be readjusted. Even though they appear to be set correctly, the power failure causes a communication issue with the control panels. The fix is to touch each volume control. It will go to zero. The level then must be put back to the previous level. These levels are in the photographs of the manual. It is recommended to use the +/- buttons to raiser/lower the output levels of each mic.
4. The breaker
5. Power-hum, over-bleed, feedback, etc.
   1. Immediately mute the microphone or associated input.
   2. If this is not possible, the volume of microphone should be lowered prior to the next live event. Lacking the ability to execute real-time control, it is better to have the microphones lower than needed, lest the feedback become an overwhelming issue.
6. Quirks of the system
   1. There is no ability to adjust output volumes and simultaneous listen to the results.
   2. There is no ability to adjust output volumes of the microphones during live events without someone in the Sacristy and another person in the audience, reporting the results.
   3. There is no ability to record an event lasting more than 70 minutes. The effect is that the recording must be triggered immediatedly preceding a service.
      1. I was able to record events by stationing a recording device of my own on the headphone output of the TEAC Recording deck and have it programmed to start recording 15 minutes prior to an event and to stop recording 30 minutes after an even, in the case of the even starting and finishing at times other than anticipated.