Hey all,

I play on a praise team at a local church. The soundman is one of the worst
I've ever heard. I'm not sure if he's told to mix a certain way, or if he's
just plain bad and they are too scared to do anything about it. Anyway, the
church has a Yamaha DM2000. I've been a recording musician for some time,
and I know a little bit about live sound. I certainly feel like i have the
ears for it. Anyway, the church records the services live to CD, and this
board mix is absolutely DREADFUL. (His housemix is horrid also). But I was
wondering if it is possible to somehow come out of this board into another
one that handles the "board tape mix"? That way we can handle a board mix,
totally independent of his BAD mix. Where if he has the drums really low, I
can bring them up hotter and it have no effect on his house sound? That if
he SUPER limits EVERYTHING, I can have a signal indepenant of his
butchering? Or is the advice to simply fire the sound man. To independent
him further, I'd be happy to post samples of his record mixes. They are
hilariously bad. And he runs a $75,000 PA. Nice.

can anyone help me out? What info do YOU need to better give ME advice on
how to approach the situation? I really appreciate it!

Jason
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