Aug 10, 2026 · 48 min · 16 segments
In Episode 147, the hosts discuss how to determine when and/or if it’s time to upgrade an existing mixing console. What’s needed for your particular worship style and/or space, input counts…
James AttawayHost
Gary ZandstraHost
So we both have been involved in, you know, mixing, um, most of it in house of worship, but other venues and so forth as well, and we know that our instrument, so to speak, is the...
So at least our interface is the sound console, you know, that, that sits in front of us.
And I'm definitely old enough to remember back to, you know, the pure analog days of, you know, the, uh, Shure Vocal Master, where I had-
... you know, just knobs to turn channels up and down, and I think there might have been, like, a bass boost or something.
It was kind of, you know, just, uh, mixing and ma- you know, matching the levels.
You know, to- today, where, you know, a modern digital mixing board can have everything in it from, you know, effects to, um, the EQ, to compression, to gate, and more of it than you could ever even want to use, you know? Uh, a lot of the boards obviously have EQ on every channel, but will have compression and, um, gates available on e- every channel, uh, as well as maybe even other, you know, dynamic processing, um, that's there.
[smacks lips] And then, you know, add into that the number of inputs and outputs and so forth.
Like, I, I remember, you know, mixing on a little 12-channel board, you know? And that was, that was a big deal, you know? And, uh-
Uh, and then I- I'll give Mackie the credit for this probably of kinda coming out with the compact mixers, you know, that became very popular, um, and, and so forth.
And then obviously Behringer introducing the X32 kinda changed our whole digital realm, and today there's continuing, you know, iteration on it.
Uh, before the podcast, we started recording here, you were ta- you and I were talking about a newer company, um, Violet, that, you know, is trying to make it into the market, that it's basically a stage box that's also a mixer, that's also, you know, uh, an interface to other devices and, you know, so forth.
So there has been a lot of change and so forth in, you know, our instrument, you know, so to speak.
So let's talk today about, hey, is it time to upgrade, you know, my mixing board? And if so, you know, what, what do I look at? How do I approach it? And, you know, um, what, um, what are the key factors? What's, you know, what's important, um, that I take note of and factor into the decision?
So we both have been involved in, you know, mixing, um, most of it in house of worship, but other venues and so forth as well, and we know that our instrument, so to speak, is the...
So at least our interface is the sound console, you know, that, that sits in front of us.
And I'm definitely old enough to remember back to, you know, the pure analog days of, you know, the, uh, Shure Vocal Master, where I had-
... you know, just knobs to turn channels up and down, and I think there might have been, like, a bass boost or something.
It was kind of, you know, just, uh, mixing and ma- you know, matching the levels.
You know, to- today, where, you know, a modern digital mixing board can have everything in it from, you know, effects to, um, the EQ, to compression, to gate, and more of it than you could ever even want to use, you know? Uh, a lot of the boards obviously have EQ on every channel, but will have compression and, um, gates available on e- every channel, uh, as well as maybe even other, you know, dynamic processing, um, that's there.
[smacks lips] And then, you know, add into that the number of inputs and outputs and so forth.
Like, I, I remember, you know, mixing on a little 12-channel board, you know? And that was, that was a big deal, you know? And, uh-
Uh, and then I- I'll give Mackie the credit for this probably of kinda coming out with the compact mixers, you know, that became very popular, um, and, and so forth.
And then obviously Behringer introducing the X32 kinda changed our whole digital realm, and today there's continuing, you know, iteration on it.
Uh, before the podcast, we started recording here, you were ta- you and I were talking about a newer company, um, Violet, that, you know, is trying to make it into the market, that it's basically a stage box that's also a mixer, that's also, you know, uh, an interface to other devices and, you know, so forth.
So there has been a lot of change and so forth in, you know, our instrument, you know, so to speak.
So let's talk today about, hey, is it time to upgrade, you know, my mixing board? And if so, you know, what, what do I look at? How do I approach it? And, you know, um, what, um, what are the key factors? What's, you know, what's important, um, that I take note of and factor into the decision?
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