Man, I’ve been slacking already on the blog…

Actually, this last week has been very crazy.  Most of it was spent up in the auditorium control room doing a complete rebuild of our video system.  Because our control room was built so quickly, there was a lot of excess wire hanging around (nothing was cut to length when we built the system, because it was 2 days before opening day).  We knew we needed to get our wires cleaned up, but we also took the week to look at the positioning of some of our gear and how everything flowed.  By the end of the week, the wiring crew had everything patched back together, and on Saturday, all of the cameras were hooked up and tested.  With the exception of one genlock issue with our Sony BRC camera, everything went off without a hitch.

Yeah, there are still a few wires peeking out of places, but trust me, it’s much better than it looked.  And yes, if you’re looking close, you see that we’ve got Macs in there.  People ask me if I’m a Mac or a PC guy, and the answer is ”yes.”  I spend a good amount of time on both platforms, so I try to make them play nice with each other as much as I can.

Even better than than the rebuild, this week we officially signed on our first volunteer video director!  This is something I didn’t think would happen so fast, but it’s amazing (and quite cool) how God provides in your need.  Hopefully we can get a couple more people on the roster for directing our live productions.  I know there’s at least that many hiding out in the congregation somewhere. :-)