They do suffer from the issue of needing the speaker to remain close to the microphone, preferably facing it. Stand MicrophonesĪs it sounds this is a microphone designed to be placed on a stand, these have a few advantages, they are easy to setup, if you have a lot of people involved in the service using one microphone keeps things easy. Vocal microphones are for singing not talking, some will do both well but not all, vocal microphones are typically less sensitive than speech microphones so they do not pick up sounds of other singers or instruments as a result they need to be positioned very close to the singer's mouth. Choose one that is designed for speech, microphones are designed for different purposes such as vocals, instruments, drums, or speech and the wrong one may not sound or perform well. Not all microphones are created equally, a cheap microphone bought off the Internet for £20 will not perform the same as one from a reputable manufacturer such as Shure or Sennheiser, costing £200+, get the best you can afford. One word of warning, a recording of a service can take between 1.5 → 3GB of space so make sure there is sufficient space to record the entire service. If it is possible to place a laptop or desktop near the mixer, then it makes sense to record directly into Audacity as that is what we are going to be working in later. Through a mixer (sound desk) into Audacity or some other digital recorder, if your church already has a mixer to provide sound reinforcement, then this is certainly your best option. The different types of microphone are covered later. If you must use an MP3 recorder then it is better to buy an external lavalier microphone to clip to the speakers clothing or a headset microphone. The easiest method is to place an MP3 recorder on the lectern in front of where the speaker will stand, this requires very little setup and is fairly cheap but usually quality is fairly poor and if the speaker moves or turns away from the recorder, the volume level will drop off. This guide will not go into great detail on this but will give a brief overview of the options available.
The aim of this guide is to show you how you can record sermons to Audacity and prepare them ready for upload to your church website.īefore we can begin to prepare the audio, we need to record it and there are several ways to do this and you will need to choose the best method for your church.
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