TFWM AUDIO E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
TFWM's Audio E-Newsletter is also produced bi-weekly and features two articles, a special 'SoundPress' section with links to different companies which offer audio products and solutions for Houses of Worship, and links to articles and features from the most recent edition of TFWM.
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TFWM Audio E-Newsletters, 2011
| Date | Title | Author |
| June 7, 2011 | Help! | Ray Rayburn |
| Worship Space Acoustics - Part 2 | Eric Seifert | |
| May 26, 2011 | Getting There | Ray Rayburn |
| Worship Space Acoustics - Part 1 | Eric Seifert | |
| May 9, 2011 | Wireless Update – May 2011 | Ray Rayburn |
| Electrical Power Voltage – Part 3 | Ray Rayburn | |
| April 26, 2011 | Electrical Power Voltage – Part 2 | Ray Rayburn |
| Making (Legal) Copies of Songs for Rehearsal | Curt Taipale | |
| April 12, 2011 | Category Cabling – Part 2 | Ray Rayburn |
| Perfect Acoustics? – Part 3 | Steve Barbar | |
| March 29, 2011 | Electrical Power Voltage | Ray Rayburn |
| Perfect Acoustics? – Part 2! | Steve Barbar | |
| Category Cabling – Part 1 | Ray Rayburn | |
| A Voice Crying in the Wilderness! | Bob Young | |
| February 28, 2011 | Microphone Modeling | Ray Rayburn |
| Perfect Acoustics? | Steve Barbar | |
| February 14, 2011 | Superbowl & Church Sound | Ray Rayburn |
| Shoot it Before it Multiplies | Curt Taipale | |
| January 31, 2011 | Attitudes | Ray Rayburn |
| Background Noise in Worship Spaces | Ted Pyper | |
| January 17, 2011 | Antennas for Wireless Microphones | Ray Rayburn |
| Isolating the Guitar Amp | Curt Taipale | |
| January 3, 2011 | Gain Structure | Ray Rayburn |
| I Hate Hum | Frank DeWitt |
TFWM Audio E-Newsletters, 2010
| Date | Title | Author |
| December 20, 2010 | Where is Your Mix Location? | Ray Rayburn |
| Solving Microphone Problems | Bruce Bartlett | |
| December 6, 2010 | Why Test? | Ray Rayburn |
| Audio Test Signals | Curt Taipale | |
| November 22, 2010 | The Audio Engineering Society | Ray Rayburn |
| Build Your Own Digital Mixing Console? | Jeremy Johnston | |
| November 9, 2010 | Coverage - An Important Part of Sound Design | Ray Rayburn |
| Running A Soundcheck | Kevin Watts | |
| October 27, 2010 | Stuff Happens | Ray Rayburn |
| The Mix Musician | Dale Alexander | |
| October 12, 2010 | Wireless Changes Are Coming | Ray Rayburn |
| Training People on Microphone Usage | Bruce Bartlett | |
| September 28, 2010 | What Makes Up a 70 Volt System? | Ray Rayburn |
| Tech Team Get-Togethers | Curt Taipale | |
| September 14, 2010 | Rodney Dangerfield at Church | Ray Rayburn |
| The Role of the Praise and Worship Team Members | Kevin Watts | |
| September 2, 2010 | Why Should I Care About This 70 Volt Stuff? | Ray Rayburn |
| Are Tech Support Teams Needed at Practices? – Part 2 | Jeff Johnson | |
| August 17, 2010 | Outside the Box, Outside | Ray Rayburn |
| Are Tech Support Teams Needed at Practices? | Jeff Johnson | |
| August 4, 2010 | A Time To Mend - Part 3 | Ray Rayburn |
| Caring For Your Microphones | Bruce Bartlett | |
| July 20, 2010 | A Time to Mend – Part 2 | Ray Rayburn |
| Overcoming Mic Challenges Part 2 | Bruce Bartlett | |
| July 6, 2010 | A Time to Mend | Ray Rayburn |
| Overcoming Mic Challenges | Bruce Bartlett | |
| June 22, 2010 | Be Still | Ray Rayburn |
| First Glance – InfoComm 2010 | Curt Taipale | |
| June 8, 2010 | More Cowbell! | Ray Rayburn |
| Miking Your Choir for Sound Reinforcement | Bruce Bartlett | |
| May 25, 2010 | What is this “Balanced” stuff? | Ray Rayburn |
| Getting Better Lav Mic Performance | Bill Johnson | |
| May 11, 2010 | Make Lemonade | Ray Rayburn |
| Boundary Microphones: Sonic Problem Solvers | Bruce Bartlett | |
| April 27, 2010 | The Game of What If | Ray Rayburn |
| Batteries for Church Audio - Part II | William “Chip” Sams | |
| April 14, 2010 | Big and Little | Ray Rayburn |
| First Seek Advice | Dale Shirk | |
| March 30, 2010 | Do you have a license for your wireless microphones? | Ray Rayburn |
| June 12th is Coming: Are Your Wireless Microphones Legal? | Curt Taipale | |
| March 16, 2010 | Microphone Usage for Sound Reinforcement | Ray Rayburn |
| Should We Go Digital or Stay Analog? Digital Consoles Part 2 | Curt Taipale | |
| March 2, 2010 | Microphone Usage for Recording Part 2 | Ray Rayburn |
| Should We Go Digital or Stay Analog? Digital Consoles Part 1 | Curt Taipale | |
| Feb. 16, 2010 | Microphone Usage for Recording | Ray Rayburn |
| Batteries for Church Audio – Part I | William "Chip" Sams | |
| Feb. 2, 2010 | Room Acoustics | Ray Rayburn |
| More on the Dead Cats | Doug Jones | |
| Jan. 19, 2010 | How the Pros Shop | Ray Rayburn |
| Way Cool Websites, Part 2 | Curt Taipale | |
| Jan. 4, 2010 | New Year's Resolutions | Ray Rayburn |
| Dead Cats? | Doug Jones |
TFWM Audio E-Newsletters - 2009
| Date | Title | Author |
| December 22, 2009 | Gifts | Ray Rayburn |
| It's Not About the Gear | Curt Taipale | |
| December 8, 2009 | Christmas Gifts for Techs | Ray Rayburn |
| Way Cool Website | Curt Taipale | |
| November 24, 2009 | More on the Mix Pyramid | Ray Rayburn |
| IEM Mixing Part III | Kent Margraves | |
| November 9, 2009 | The Mix Pyramid | Ray Rayburn |
| IEM Mixing Part II | Kent Margraves | |
| October 26, 2009 | AES Convention Highlights | Ray Rayburn |
| Know Thy Stuff | Curt Taipale | |
| October 12, 2009 | Electrical Power for AV | Ray Rayburn |
| I Love Analogies | Garret Maki | |
| September 28, 2009 | Equalization | Ray Rayburn |
| IEM Mixing Part 1 | Kent Margraves | |
| September 14, 2009 | Ceiling Speakers | Ray Rayburn |
| Laws for Audio Engineers | Rick Chinn | |
| August 31, 2009 | Harmony | Ray Rayburn |
| The Lapel Mic is Dead! | Curt Taipale | |
| August 17, 2009 | The A/V Design Process | Ray Rayburn |
| Why Use Stereo? | Dale Shirk | |
| August 4, 2009 | Listening to Mics | Ray Rayburn |
| Microphones Are Cool Part 2 | Curt Taipale | |
| July 21, 2009 | Questions About Sound Levels | Ray Rayburn |
| Microphones Are Cool | Curt Taipale | |
| July 6, 2009 | Sound Level Meters | Ray Rayburn |
| Get Out From Behind the Console | Garret Maki | |
| June 22, 2009 | Sound Levels | Ray Rayburn |
| Loudness | Douglas Jones | |
| June 8, 2009 | Interconnections | Ray Rayburn |
| Seven Steps to Great Sound | Curt Taipale | |
| May 25, 2009 | Vocal Intelligibility | Ray Rayburn |
| Looping Houses of Worship | Paula Hendricks | |
| May 11, 2009 | Speech Intelligibility | Ray Rayburn |
| How to get Killed | Chris Rayburn | |
| April 27, 2009 | This Week's Lesson: Can They Hear? | Ray Rayburn |
| Amendments to God's Laws of Physics | Curt Taipale | |
| April 13, 2009 | Wireless Changes (The Sky is not Falling) | Ray Rayburn |
