Author: BallastMedia

Ground Loops

If you’ve worked with a sound system you have probably at one point heard a ground loop, but may not know it for what it is.  It usually manifests itself as a 60Hz buzzing sound.  Sometimes you hear this buzzing in the main speakers or monitors, or it may occur on your recording.  So what…
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Recording direct to mp3

Many churches record thier sermon’s to mp3.  Usually they record in one format, on a CD, as a wave file, or some other method, and then encode to mp3, in a two step process.  I’m always looking for ways to streamline and simplify the process, especially when volunteers are involved.  Here is a way that…
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Super, a free program to encode video to and from different formats

Working for a church, I love open source (free) software that works really well and makes my life easier.  Super is one of those programs.  If you do any kind of media/video work on a PC, you should become familiar with Super.  It will encode video from one format to another.  While sometimes it can…
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Widescreen in Power Point

Have you ever been given a ppt file that was created on a 4:3 monitor, but you want to project it on a widescreen projector?  Usually when you project this type of file, there are black bars on the left and right sides of the screens and the content is still 4:3. Here is how…
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