Free checklist for church sound teams
Stop dreading Sunday sound.
One page. Twelve checks. Thirty minutes. Walk into every service knowing your mics work and your mix is safe.
The One-Page Sunday Sound Check
Free PDF. Takes 10 seconds. Print it for this Sunday.
You know the feeling. Ten minutes before service, a mic is dead, the monitor is squealing, and everyone is looking at you.
You never signed up to be a sound engineer.
Someone asked. You said yes. Now you run the board.
Nobody showed you what to check or in what order. So you guess. And the one thing you forgot is always the one that fails during the prayer.
It costs more than stress. It breaks the moment for people trying to worship. And it makes you want to quit.
One page fixes that.
The One-Page Sunday Sound Check is the routine I use as a professional audio engineer, cut down to twelve simple checks. Print it. Clip it to the console. Tick the boxes before every service.
No theory. No gear you do not own.
- A calmer Sunday. You know what is checked, so you stop wondering what you missed.
- Fewer dead mics. Batteries, line check and mute order are done before anyone walks on stage.
- No feedback surprises. Ring out the pastor mic and monitors before the room fills.
- A clear voice up front. Speech first, so the message is understood.
- Thirty minutes, not three hours. Short enough to do every week.
What is on the one-page checklist
Power-on orderSources, console, processors, amps last
BatteriesFresh in every wireless pack, spares ready
Line checkSignal on every channel, no hum or crackle
Phantom powerOn for condenser mics and active DIs
GainSet at real level, never clipping
High-pass filtersOn every channel without deep bass
Ring outLead vocal, pastor mic and monitors
Speech firstPastor mic clear above the music
Walk the roomListen from the back and the sides
Level checkMeasure with a free SPL meter app
Mute unused micsThen save your scene
Two-line logWhat went well, what to fix
Made by a working audio engineer
Carlos Eduardo Garcia
- 20+ years in live audio
- Audio engineer on MSC Cruises ships
- Dante Level 3 certified
- Recording Engineering, Full Sail
I have run sound for rooms far bigger than your sanctuary. The same basics fix both.
Before you ask
"I am not technical."
Every check is a yes or no. No jargon.
"My gear is basic."
It works on any mixer, from a small digital board to a big console.
"Will I get spammed?"
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