Free for your team
Free resources
Sheets, tools and guides for your church sound team. None of them needs an account. New to the sound desk? Start at the top.
For this Sunday
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Find your step
Six yes or no questions about what you've done at church. They put you on the Sunday ladder and give you the one thing to do next.
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Before this Sunday
For a new volunteer: seven steps to read before your first Sunday at the desk.
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Sunday cards
Four cards for the desk: Before this Sunday, the line check, Sunday first aid and When feedback happens. Print them, or read them on your phone before the service.
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Plan your stage
For whoever plans the stage: put your band, singers and speakers on it, and the channel list writes itself. Print it, or send it to your team as a PDF.
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EQ starting points
Where to start the EQ on six common sources, from the guide's cheat sheet. One page to keep beside the faders.
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Analogue desk quick guide
For a desk with a knob or a button for everything: eight steps from switching on to switching off. One page to keep at the desk.
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Are you Sunday ready?
Ten Sunday moments, from the line check to the livestream: a three-minute quiz to see how you'd do, and why.
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Try two lessons free
Two whole lessons from the training's Level 1, Follow the signal and Speech that stays steady, for anyone, with no sign-up.
For your team and church
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In-ears: the band's guide
For the band: fill in your in-ear set-up once, then give every musician the same page. It says how they get their mix, how to ask for a change and ten house rules.
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How loud is too loud?
Starting volume ranges for modern worship, the WHO's safe listening limit and how to measure. Made to send to your pastor.
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For pastors
For your pastor or leader: how a new volunteer becomes someone you trust at the desk, one step at a time, and how long it takes.
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For your church office (PDF)
For whoever pays at your church: the prices, who we are and how to pay, on one page. It isn't a quote or an invoice.
33 KB PDF
Gear and your room
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Church plant gear plans
For leaders planning a new church: sound, screens and a stream from R50 000 to R750 000, in the order to buy them, with dated shop prices.
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Build panels and a drum screen
Two Saturday builds for a team lead: panels for an echoey room and a drum screen, fire safety first, with prices and the date we checked them.