Colby Griner is the production director at First Baptist Brunswick, and he walked me through their entire tech setup.
He's been there about two and a half years. Their services are multi-generational, traditional hymns alongside contemporary songs, and the setup has to handle both.
A Soundcraft SI Impact, about four years in. Colby's planning to move to an Allen & Heath Avantis for more processing.
The whole audio infrastructure runs on a Dante network, which ties stage audio, in-ears, and broadcast together.
A typical Sunday is acoustic, electric, bass, piano, Nord, drums, a full orchestra, and a choir.
Click and tracks run in Ableton off a MacBook Pro on the Dante network, controlled by the drummer. Having tracks on Dante instead of a stereo feed means the engineers get individual channels to work with.
Eight Shure ULXD handhelds, and an Avion system for in-ears covering around 30 people on stage.
Musicians build their own mixes, which takes a large chunk of work off front of house. With 30 people on a platform, that's not optional.
Canon C70s running over Teradek Ace 500 for low-latency wireless, mixed with PTZs and manned cameras.
The video director cuts on a Blackmagic ATEM 2ME.
ProPresenter 7 on an iMac handling graphics, video, lyrics and sermon slides.
A Blackmagic DeckLink Duo pushes lower thirds out to broadcast and stage displays to the band and production team.
Vista 3 software with an M1 hardware controller. Elation DaVinci movers and Chauvet Colorado washes.
Sunday mornings stay simple because of the natural light in the room. They open it up with a hazer and more stage lighting for special events.
A Blackmagic Smart Videohub 40x40 handles every input and output. Any source to any destination, whether that's the stream or the projectors in the room.
Streaming goes out through a Resi Prism, which holds up even when their internet doesn't.
Pro Tools on the Dante network for the online mix, with individual channel control, sent back to the video switcher.
A PreSonus FaderPort gives whoever's mixing actual faders instead of a mouse.
He closed the tour talking about his volunteers. It's a big system in a historic building, and it runs because a team of people show up and run it every week.
That's the same thing I'd say about our much smaller room. The gear list is the easy part to show. The team is what makes it work.
You can follow Colby on TikTok at @ColbyGriner.
However big your setup gets, the question stays the same: can somebody besides you run it on a Sunday? That's what the Church Notion System is built for.
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