2010年10月28日 星期四

Praising With Technology

Praising With Technology

It's been said that stained-glass windows and pipe organs were state-of-the-art multimedia presentations in their day,These can be in the form of anhuitoys recessed downlight or ceiling mounted fixtures. Incandescent bulbs will also do. These can be used in ceiling mounted fixtures including chandeliers and recessed downlight. Ambient lighting can also be achieved by installing indirect lighting. and indeed, their power persists into the present. But churches avail themselves of new technology, too, as you can see from the radio and television ministries and the growing trend among churches to dispense with hymnals and use projection systems for music and lyrics. I decided to harness some state-of-the-art hardware and software to help me conduct a praise service, a mostly musical, "lite" service for Sunday school kids and their families.

The usual procedure when you want to teach a group a new song is to photocopy the music and spread the sheets around. The process is disruptive and wasteful, not to mention the multiple copyright violations.And, by using them, you can easily develop a focal point which is root2010 essential in every room. On the other hand The alternative is to violate copyright once and make a foil. I don't know about you,Every room stands to benefit from various light sources. This helps to create atmosphere. It also helps those who gucciblet live there accomplished and complete tasks that require good light. but I've always hated overhead projectors. They're hot and noisy, and the upward light makes you look like Dracula. The projected image usually has a big hot spot right in the middle, and contrast is poor.

My solution? My Toshiba 3480 subnotebook, powering a Compaq Dragonfly projector.Currently the LR6 sells for around $90, so we'll spend about $540 to install them (they can be installed as a direct reelabc replacement to standard downlights, no special tools needed) and our total cost will be $900 over the 50,000 hour period. I loaded the Toshiba with Cakewalk Home Studio 9, which features several modes of note entry and display, including a traditional music staff. It also has a lyrics editor that does a good job of aligning words under the appropriate notes. On playback, it highlights the note being played and the corresponding word in the lyrics line in red—just the thing for singing along.

The Compaq projector was actually a late substitute for an InFocus LP350, one of the latest DLP projectors. The LP350 is quiet and very bright, larger than the diminutive Compaq machine but still easy to transport, at less than 7 pounds. During my testing on Saturday, however, the LP350 made a loud BAM! and emitted a stream of gray smoke. I quickly unplugged it, but the lamp was long gone at that point. The lamps are rated for 2,000 hours; this was the first time that I had one explode. The lamp assembly mostly held together, but there was a small amount of glass in the projector, much like a sprinkling of sugar, easy to clean up. Still, 270-watt SHP (super-high-pressure) lamps are hard to come by on a weekend, so I was glad that I could borrow the Compaq projector on short notice. During use, the music and general noise level in the church completely masked the projector's fan noise.Indirect lighting offers an interesting and eye catching form meal2010 of light from concealed source. Strip light is an example of indirect lighting that is often installed on top of cabinets. This adds to the general lighting of the room. I would have preferred the LP350's extra brightness in the well-lit room, but virtually all of today's projectors are bright enough for lights-on, indoor use.

InFocus sent a replacement lamp, and I was able to use the LP 350 in a medium-size conference room a couple of days later. I appreciated the zoom lens and software-based keystone correction. And since the projector was on the table, with us sitting all around it, the quiet operation was a real boon.

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