1. Beyond Live Streaming: 2 Way Communications
Incorporating Community Members Near & Far
(for under $50)
2. The Great Congregational Migration of 2020
Pre-COVID
Everybody together
100% face-to-face
COVID
Everybody at home
100% distributed / Zoom
Post-
COVIDMixed, both in-sanctuary
and at-home participants
“There’s no going back”
4. We are using Zoom
Did you know Zoom has chat
channels.
If you have a Zoom account, your
church can take advantage of Zoom
Chat Channels.
Let’s see how it will work for the
Worship Summit.
6. It’s like Slack
We have created a private chat
channel and invited you to it. If
you have not received it, find the
link at WorshipSummit.live
7. This is a big idea...
Now you can communicate
with your entire congregation
via Zoom even outside of Zoom
meetings.
You can jump into Zoom calls as
soon as necessary.
Plus you can launch BIG group
calls.
14. Mic sources
(voice, instruments)
Recorded sources
(CD, MP3)
Mixer
Amplifier
Speaker
s
Digital
Recorder
. . .
PTZOptics
USB Camera
Laptop / Zoom
Mixed audio to camera’s
audio-in port
USB carrying
audio & video
ethernet
Laptop/Zoom sees PTZOptics
camera as a USB webcam. Audio
and video are in sync since mixed
audio is routed through camera.
Base configuration – Audio 🡺 USB Camera 🡺 Laptop 🡺 Zoom
15. Mixed audio to camera’s
audio-in port
Mic sources
(voice, instruments)
Recorded sources
(CD, MP3)
Mixer
Amplifier
Speaker
s
Digital
Recorder
. . .
PTZOptics
USB Camera
Laptop / Zoom
USB carrying
audio & video
ethernet
Now we have Zoom audio from remote participants coming
into the mixing board for amplification into the room (heavy red
line). Potential for a feedback loop or echo (thin red line).
Our solution is … on the mixer, do NOT mix the laptop-in
channel into the mix bus that’s feeding the audio-out to the
camera. Thus, the audio signal going to the camera (and back
out to Zoom) does not include the audio coming in from Zoom.
Add remote participant interaction to the in-sanctuary audio
16. Mic sources
(voice, instruments)
Recorded sources
(CD, MP3)
Amplifier
Speaker
s
Digital
Recorder
. . .
PTZOptics
USB Camera
Laptop / Zoom
audio source
All audio sources come into bus 1.
All audio sources except laptop also come into bus 2.
Bus 1 mix out goes to amps/speakers and recorder.
Bus 2 mix out goes to PTZ Optics camera, and
onward to laptop & zoom.
Feedback loop (laptop-out to laptop-in eliminated.
mixer
bus 1
bus 2
Laptop / Zoom
Mixing bus detail
22. Standard pin-out for a computer combo jack
No audio jack?
Get a USB to 3.5mm
Adapter.
Left
Right
Mic
TRRS to RCA
Adapter – how to
get each signal
Left audio
Right audio
Ground
Microphone
24. The last piece of the puzzle
Plugging into your mixer:
RCA to XLR adapter
25. Laptop audio jack
3.5mm TRRS to RCA splitter
(red/white connectors)
RCA to XLR adapter
Mixing board input
USB to 3.5mm adapter (optional)
Putting it all together…
Zoom audio to sanctuary speakers Result: A Zoom channel on your mixer
26. Putting it all together…
Sanctuary audio to Zoom listeners
Mixing board output
3.5mm TRRS to RCA splitter
(yellow connector)
Laptop audio jack
You already have this part handled if you’re live streaming.
Mixing board output
PTZOptics camera audio line in
Laptop A/V source
28. Two-way Zoom live interaction in the sanctuary
Other things to consider…
People
• Minister
• Audio person
• Video person
• Zoom moderator
Process
• Minister / moderator
• Minister / congregation
• Moderator / remote person
• Moderator / audio person
• Zoom security
Technology
• What we covered earlier
• Confidence monitor for
minister
29. Additional Resources @StreamGeeks
Church Communications in the Era of COVID-19
● Zoom Meeting vs Webinar
● Having a Worship Leader Zoom Moderator
● Hosting a secure Zoom Meeting
● Hosting Spiritual Sharing Sessions
● Connecting your Audio System to your Zoom
Meeting
● Using Zoom and OBS (live streaming)
Beyond Live Streaming: 2-way
communications
● Accommodating remote participants with
Zoom
● Allowing for participation and interactivity
from remote guests
● Connecting Zoom to Church Audio System
● Engaging your online audiences
● Better connecting your pastor with Zoom