If you’ve been on our team long enough, you know that things are always changing around here. Our latest change is one that affects our incredible PRO / CG ops the most. We’ve never liked how they looked through the glass, so we decided to bring them into the control room with everyone else. Actually… there is a better explanation which I explain in another post. You can read about it by clicking here.

Effective today, the location of the PRO / CG operator has changed. They are now stationed in the control rooms to the right of the directors. Don’t worry… we’ve moved your creature comforts too. You still have preview monitors and your double-headset with control over program audio. I know that this change may come on a short notice, but let us know what we can do to help alleviate some of your worries.

So if you show up for duty one Sunday and things aren’t the way the used to be… you will now know why.

Thank you volunteers for all that you do. For those of you that have asked, here is last Sunday’s opener.

We’ve also updated the cabling too. There is now a disconnect (see below) at the camera so you don’t have to velcro anything. There is only one way to connect the video and tally cables, this should be pretty self-explanatory.

Select the appropriate one, then click on the first slide in the presentation. The slides will automatically alternate creating a flashing effect to draw attention to the reminder. Please remember to “clear all” when you are finished with the reminder. There is a “clear all” slide in each presentation to make it easier to clear the slides.

For example, we want titles and notes to go out to the campuses, but we don’t want lyrics and parent calls from Waumba and UpSreet to go there. This has become more confusing lately since we’ve added titles and lower thirds to GFX1, our traditional lyric computer. Therefore, whatever is coming from GFX1 will go live if you take it on either DSK 1 or DSK 2. A general rule to remember is titles / notes are on DSK 1 and lyrics / parent calls are on DSK 2.

Here are a few common bad scenarios:

1)Not waiting for a graphic (usually worship leader title) to clear before taking lyrics live - The audience sees the title build, go away, then come back, then go away again, then lyrics.

2) Taking a title, lower third, or note on DSK 2 - Campuses and NPO will not get that graphic.

3)  Taking a parent call on DSK 1 - That parent call will go on the web and to the other campuses.

We have finally upgraded the most technical part of our video rig… our review system! The old one finally bit the dust. Our new system is a computer based DVR system called EyeTV. It is running on a Mac Mini.

To use the new set-up, on the receiver select East Dir or West Dir accordingly to display that source. The new remotes are Apple Remotes.

The West is the white remote and the East is the silver remote. Press and hold the “Menu” key on the Apple Remote. This will bring up a menu (and make the picture full screen if it isn’t already). Navigate to “Recordings” using the up and down arrows on the remote. Select “Recordings” using the center button on the remote. Next, select “Currently Recording” then select the actual recording. (It will be labeled with the current date and service time). Once the recording is selected, choose “Play from Beginning”. This will start the recording at the beginning of the service. To fast-forward, press and hold the right arrow of the remote. To pause / play, press the center button of the remote. That is it. You are now ready to review!

Quick List:

• Select East Dir or West Dir on receiver
• Press and hold the menu key on the remote.
• Navigate to Recordings / Currently Recording / 9 A.M. Review
• Play from Beginning.
• To play / pause, press center button
• To fast-forward / rewind, press and hold the arrow keys on the remote.