Our church (First CRC of Mount Vernon) just installed a new sound system. It's much cooler than our previous sound system -- lots more channels, monitors, speakers, etc. Anyway, they're also looking for people that are willing to run the sound board on occasion, and asked people willing to consider becoming a "sound technician" to come to church and learn about the new equipment.

So, though I have little interest in monkeying with microphones and speakers and feedback and everything else, I have always had a great curiosity about what all of those little knobs and buttons on the sound board are for. I've always assumed that they can't be too terribly complicated, but they're pretty intimidating to look at.

Anyway, as it turns out, it's really not all that complicated. Of course, to be a good sound technician, you have to be fast on the draw, so to speak, so I'm sure that experience is key. I haven't decided yet whether I'll be willing to be on the official sound technicians team, but I imagine that if they need another warm body, I'll volunteer...