Sound from channel came through speakers but not through headphone jack?

Posted on Feb 27, 2009 09:28 pm
Chiflado
Member Since: Feb 27, 2009

Hi all
Let me start of by saying that I do not know a whole lot about mixing consoles so please bear with me. :)

A friend and I are in charge of the PA system at our church. We have recorded several sermons no problems (we have lost some due to problem with the microphone I think...) However last week things were messed up (we rent the church so another congregation meets there too... maybe their PA man did something or maybe some kids got in and messed with it.) Sound would not come through the speakers from the handheld wireless mics. We got that fixed. We recorded the sermon, however it didn't come out right. It sounds as if mics from further away were picking up the sound instead of his lapel mic. His mic came through the speakers fine but apparently didn't come through the headphone jack (which is what we record through.) In retrospect the levels on the computer would blast way up whenever the piano was played (an adjustment to the headphone jack volume took care of this) but then when the piano quit playing and someone would be talking it would be low and I would turn up the head phone jack volume. We don't use the piano mics and the faders for them were all the way down and they were muted. So somehow it seems that only the piano mics were coming through the headphone jack even though they were muted and the faders all the way down. It seems the speaker's microphone came through the speakers but not the headphone jack? Any ideas?
Thanks!

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