That is the name I picked for this post, but it doesn't quite peg what I am trying to say. Anyways on to the rant... and yes this will be a rant!
Some of you may know that I a freelance audio engineer. My current client is a church in Orange County, CA. I had lunch with a college about a week ago, and learned that the church had removed the soundboard that was in the main sanctuary and sent it off for repair. That alone is just a band-aid cause this board although awesome in its time is quite a few years past its prime. So I came into work today expecting a different soundboard where the old one was.... What I did not expect was that the system would not be even remotely dialed in. (warning technical jargon to follow) The line leveler was not configured for the new board, the compressors were not/are not plugged in, one of the recorders is routed back to work as a player as well as a recorder, and the pastor's microphone was not even routed through the dbx channel strips purchased specifically for his microphone.
I spent the first 2 hours of my time at work, what was supposed to be my sound check "fixing" all the things that was not done when they decided to put the current board in the main sanctuary. This should never have had to happen, someone should have checked everything and made it all work before even thinking of having a service. Plain and simple.
Have I heard from the person that was in charge of changing out the soundboard? NO, I heard not from the person that was supposed to tell me. I heard from the person I had lunch with, and I heard from the speaker for the service I run. But not ONCE have I heard from the person whose job it should be to keep me informed. I only come in once a week. I just would have liked a phone call from him.
Ok, I feel a little bit better. Thanks for reading.
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