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Meeting Rooms That Just Work
Wouldn’t it be nice if everything just worked? Imagine: no more frustrating struggles to get your gadgets to function, one-touch simplicity, and meetings where things get done. Audio-Video Group can’t guarantee that everything in your life will be frustration-free, but we can help you construct a meeting room that will be. There is nothing more exasperating than glitches in your audio or video systems that hold up a meeting and prevent you from sharing important information. Don’t let that happen in your meeting room. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could walk into your room and have everything work perfectly,…
Leaving PowerPoint and Going Pro
A PowerPoint presentation has its place, but that place isn’t on the screen during your worship service. Your worship presentation should enhance your message; it shouldn’t be dull. Today, there are a variety of presentation programs to help you give your service a professional, high-quality feel. To help you out, at Audio-Video Group we’ve identified three options for presenting content during your church program. Chances are one of these options is the right fit to take your worship experience to the next level. EasyWorship Let’s start with one of the most basic options out there: EasyWorship. This is a…
The Things You Didn’t Know About AV Maintenance
Let’s be honest: AV maintenance probably isn’t something you think about very often. In fact, you probably think about the condition of your audio or video system only when you want to use it, because that’s when you want it to work. If you want your equipment to function properly and last longer, however, you’ll need to give it a little bit of tender loving care in the form of maintenance. At Audio-Video Group, we’re always concerned with maintaining AV products so that you can get the best use out of them. To that end, here are three things that…
Christmas in July
It might only be July, but it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas. Did you know? According to a recent Gallup poll, 62% of all Americans attend some type of Christmas service. That’s 22% more than attend on a usual Sunday. As thoughts of Christmas approach, do you have the right system to handle the extra ears and eyes in your congregation that the season brings? With increased attendance, Christmas is a great time to connect with people whom you don’t see regularly or maybe for the first time, but it can also pose a few problems, mainly…
3 Hot AV Products from 2014 Infocomm Show
The weather isn’t the only thing that’s hot this month. At Audio-Video Group, we’ve identified the three hottest products that can fill your AV needs for this summer and beyond. Each of these products were featured during this year’s InfoComm conference in Las Vegas, a well-known hotspot for the latest and greatest in AV technology. Whether you are looking for a stunning video system or a comprehensive way to mix your audio, you won’t want to miss these three items. 1. Crestron Digital Media Switcher What’s so special about a Crestron Digital Media Switcher? It’s simple: 4K capabilities. …
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Case Study
St. Joseph’s was ready for a sound system and technology refresh for the Nave. The current system worked, but was dated and not meeting the needs or expectations of the congregation. Once Audio-Video Group was part of the process, we were able to come alongside the church and help navigate the process of understanding the different features available with today’s technology. In the end, a strong balance between features and budget was met for a new system. A particular point of interest (or feature) from the church’s perceptive was to include an automatic, or hands free solution, to control the…
FCA Banquet – Case Study
Did you know that we offer Audio, Video, and Lighting Event Production services as well? Last March Frederick’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) teamed up with Audio-Video Group (AVG) for their year-end Victory Dinner. FCA, if you don’t know, is a great organization that works with the coaches and students in our schools to provide strong moral and athletic mentorship. Each year they recognize the coaches and students that participate within their program at the Victory Dinner. This year FCA wanted to increase the production value of the event to better match the quality of involvement they receive from its…
Sounds of Success: 5 Basic Mistakes in Live Sound
When it comes to audio systems, everybody knows that the most important thing is having a “good sound”. Unfortunately, beauty is in the eye of the beholder- or in this case, the ear of the listener. And while good sound can be evasive, bad sound can be glaringly obvious. Here are five basic mistakes to avoid, in the hopes that you can get closer to pinning down the sound that you want. Mistake #1: Bad levels Levels, or the volume of each instrument or component in your mix, are important. We’ve all had to suffer through an event where it…
Take The Field
Everyone looks forward to summer. The long, warm days make it easy to sit back and relax, but you don’t want to be caught napping when it comes to your AV system maintenance. You should take advantage of the empty halls to make sure that everything will be ready to go when school is back in session. For Audio Video Group, summer is the time to address a variety of issues before they affect you during the school year. As your students take a vacation, we take the field. When we do, here are some common issues that we often…
In Your Inner Ear! A Personal Monitoring Systems Primer
Personal monitoring preference is well, a personal issue. When you ask artists or performers you might get one answer, and sound technicians might give you a very different one. So what is the right way? Let’s break down personal monitoring so you can form your own opinion. The biggest problem with personal monitoring is allowing the artist to hear what they need to hear, while preventing the monitors from interfering with the sounds going into the space. It takes a good engineer to pull this off correctly. In many cases, the sound is muddy, unbalanced, and distracting. So the only…