Michael Hill Music

Awesome Blog Post 

Awesome, you are awesome, awesome sauce, some of the overused words we throw around in the church world. Our kid makes an “A” That’s awesome, honey! They accomplish something great, “that’s awesome!” You are awesome. 

Anyone who…

#1 Mixing on "snap-shots" alone 

Before I start this rant, I must qualify this by saying I love the automation/recall features of digital consoles. (some more than others) They are incredibly beneficial tools in today's busy church audio demands. As…

#3 Mixing levels with the sound meter 

One of the coolest apps to come out of the Apple App Store is RTA and SPL meter. This cool toy put affordable tools in everyone's hands.  It also puts these tools into…

#4 Overuse of Plug-ins 

I was talking with a young guy last week about mixing. He was mixing on a digital console, (manufacturer's name withheld) and was using plug-ins. The subject came up about the analog days, and I mentioned…

#5 Mis-use of Compression 

I cannot count the number of times I have walked into a gig as a guest mixer and found that Compressors are adjusted incorrectly. 

Very recently I was mixing at my friend's church, and the bass…

#6 Carving up the house EQ to correct an input 

Carving up the house EQ to fix a LAV/Headset Mic 

I cannot count the number of times when I have tuned a room, and later get complaints about the system…

#7 Abusing the EQ on the channel strip 

In every Sound seminar that I have taught, I use this example to prove a point. When showing people how to eq a mic, I will set the mic up in a…

#8 Improper gain staging 

So much is misunderstood about gain staging in the audio world, especially in the church sound. 

Years ago Mackie gave instructions in their analog owners manuals about setting ‘unity-gain'  "Select solo on the channel you are…

#9 Not knowing signal flow in the mixer 

Not knowing the signal flow in a mixer will be a source of frustration for the Sound person. "Back in the day," a sound person in training had a difficult enough time…

#10 Not knowing signal flow at the front end of the mixer 

I see this quite often in churches, where mic inputs need to be moved, and no one knows what the signal path is. It is essential that you…

Hi everybody, my name is Michael, some of you who know me, 

know me all the way back from high school. 

some of you who know me know me from the military or Tops and Blue, the Air Force Entertainment…