I love the simplicity of the demonstration. It was tailored for guys like me. Plug this there and that over there. I don't need to know why, I am just glad it works. Lol..... Love the video
I have been struggling with this for a long time..coz we dont have in ear monitors...but thanks to you guys for elaborating this in a such a easy way...thank you...
I was able to get the click track to some wired earbuds that plug into the 1/8 inch jack on the direct box. No mixer required but that is for a solo worship leader who has the direct boxes sitting near him.
So we pre-record our originals (Backing tracks), upload onto the site, then run from my ipad-to a D.I. box-to the mixer. We don't need the click(We don't have a drummer) so i'll probably try just 1 TRS cable, or maybe just tape off the gray end, and only plug in the red(Right) either way this is good stuff guys!!!!
This video was really helpful. The only thing I can say is I think you should rename this video. I almost didnt click on it because the title doesnt exactly make it clear what the video is about. I'm glad I did though because it did help me a lot and i appreciate it. I just hope people dont pass it over because the title is a little vague. Maybe something like "how to separate tracks and clicks in a live setting simplified". Ether way thank you.
Very helpful! Thank you. Do you have suggestions or a video on what apps, hardware, etc are best for backing tracks?--- specifically, which tablet and app for playing back 30 or so songs. I'm looking for a pretty basic system. I would play guitar and sing along with the tracks. Thanks so much in advance for your response.
Check out the Prime app from Loop Community! It is a completely free app and will allow you to play back any track with ease. You can change tempo and key from right within the app. Also, Loop Community has a wide variety of worship tracks available for you to use in your setlists! Otherwise, you can upload custom audio to the Prime Cloud for use in the Prime app. Head to loopcommunity.com to learn more!
Hello Sir First of all, many thanks for this vidéo. You do a very priceless work for us living overseas like me in Martinique ( french caribbeans) I would like to ask a question about hooking my Ipad with prime App to the house mixing console. Is it mandatory to plug the Ipad to the house console through DI boxes in mic inputs ? Is it possible to plug directly to the console stereo line input without DI boxes ? Many thanks Jacques
If you have Prime running near enough to your console that you can run the lines directly into the board, you can do this, but often, going through direct boxes provides more flexibility and provides easier accommodation for long cable runs.
All the band will hear in their inears is the click and guide and not the track(or music) correct? Is there a way to hear the track/click and still send track to the house? Thanks
Hi there, this huge help for us, thanks again for making this video to understand how it work. I do have a problem, i did everything single step as u did but the clicks and cue are veryyy low. Any idea how it can be fixed? Thank you...
The first step would be to make sure that whatever channel you are sending them to your board with is turned up, as well as your in-ear monitor mix. If you continue to run into issues, email us with how you have it set up at support@loopcommunity.com.
Unfortunately there isn't a way to do this with the panning of the tracks. However, if you send both the click and instrumental tracks to your soundboard, you should be able to accomplish this on your soundboards end!
Sorry about that! You should have received a link after you purchased. i'll let our development team know. You can access all of your downloads, purchases and files in your account on LoopCommunity.com. Click your profile picture at the top, click Purchases, and the cues will be under the Template tab in your account. Hope this helps!
Jesus Villa you hook up your iems to an aux output on your mixer, and you can control the level of both click and track and any other instruments or mics connected to the mixer.
hello! got a question..we're just about to start using click tracks.. how do make the click just come out of the in ear monitor? i plugged both xlr to our snake but both are coming out of the house/house monitors. thanks!
You'll want to use the sends on your soundboard to send the click and cues to the in-ear mixes only. Then the other channel with the tracks you can send through your main speakers!
So, if I buy something like the Behringer HA800, would I connect the click DI box to that system (HA800)? Then the track or loop to the snake that leads to our mixer?
Is there a way to move an instrument track to the click track (move a blue to a red) so that you can control or hear the instrument you are playing while the track for that instrument is not heard in front of house?
The tracks should come through their own channel if you separate them with a stereo breakout cable going into the snake. Once the audio is coming through the appropriate channel on your soundboard, you can route the audio from there!
At 6:29 Can you add a 4 way headphone splitter and have multiple headphones? We don't have a drummer and play drums through a track. There occasions when some of us got off tempo and it really messed everything up plyaing live.
I would recommend using a DI between the mixer and your iPad. If there’s a power surge or someone is using phantom power, this can damage your iPad. Specifically when being plugged in or unplugged. I damaged an iPhone a few years ago and after some research and talking with FOH guys we determined that a DI would’ve protected my equipment.
@@kevinreynolds8685 I'm just getting into this( Backing tracks from my ipad) I'll use a D.I. box, they are pretty inexpensive compared to damaging my ipad, thanks sk much!!!!!
Already setup like this but still don't get the click and tracks to left and right and I already choose the pan in the app. I wondering is there any else we need to do on sound board after set up like? I try to get clicks and tracks sperate in our in ear
Sorry to hear this! Have you tested it with headphones to sees if everything pans properly? If it does work in headphones, there may be an issue with the way you're routing the audio from the Prime app. Let us know!
If you've sent your click/cues and tracks lines to your soundboard, from there you can have them sent back to your in ears and have click, cues, and your tracks all in both ears!
Question: For live streaming, we use the sound directly from the sound board (Allen Heath Qu-32) and we use in ear mixers (Allen Heath ME500). How do I keep Click and Cue from bleeding into the livestream mix? Thankfully it doesn’t come through the house but it can be heard in the livestream in the background.
Most commonly click bleed is the result of improper gain staging at your board. Lower the gain levels of your click and cues line and see if this helps with the bleed!
@@dominicpolverino2644 Then there must be an issue with how its being routed. Without having that specific board to test, I would recommend double checking the routing of your click and cues to make sure that they are being sent to the house mix within your board, but not the stream.
Loop Community they are being sent into the house mix so I guess the problem is the way we route the stream. We use OBS and our board is an Allen Heath Qu-32 Digital. The house mix is what comes through the livestream so even though in the building we don’t hear it, it still comes through the stream. I guess we have to reroute that?
If your soundboard has TRS inputs instead of XLR, you could do this. The DI boxes have the audio go from the stereo breakout cable, to two DIs to the XLRs which can be any length.
What if you are playing keys? How will the drummer hear you if he has the stems but not the individual playing the keys or another instrument/vocalist.?
You can send the other instruments from the soundboard back to the interface the drummer is using so that he can hear everyone. If you need more info on this, let us know!
How does this set up work with Prime 7? I'm getting a stereo signal from the app. I can no longer get the click and cues on the Left and the tracks on the right. Why? Help please
Hey Frank! It is a Stereo Breakout Cable like this one www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CMP159--hosa-cmp-159-10-foot-3.5mm-trs-to-dual-1-4-inch-ts-cable that is plugged into the iPad and then into the DI boxes. Then XLR cables going from DIs to the sound board. If your power amp cables are one of those then it would work. Hope this helps!
Thanks for clarifying! Yes that cord was what was attached to the monitor. It will depend on your soundboard and mixer on if that is the same cord, but if the cord was the same, that's what you could use.
You can connect any interface to a Mac running Prime using USB, then select it in the devices menu of Prime. If you're using an iOS device, make sure the interface is iOS compatible, then you can connect it via USB along with the Apple lightning to USB adapter.
Following the steps in the video above, send the two lines coming from Prime to your soundboard. From there, you can use the Aux mixes on your board send a mix containing everything you want to your in ears, then send another mix which doesn't include click and cues to your main outs!
In this case, you have the option of purchasing the USB-C to 3.5mm Adapter from Apple so you can go the Stereo Breakout Cable route. Otherwise you can purchase the USB-C to USB adapter, and use Track Rig or another USB audio interface to accomplish this!
@@derekdrums592 Make sure that the sample rate of your soundboard is set to 44.1kHz and you should be good to go. If you continue to have issues, email our support team at support@Loopcommunity.com
Not if using a Track Rig to route your audio. However, If you're using an output device with quarter inch cables, you'll want a DI box to send the signal to your soundboard.
when you dont use audio inteface you cant have good sound quality on master !! and in this way your master is mono . i prefer use good quality audio inteface with 4 minimum outputs . but your audio interface should be safe without any bugs and discounties .
Hey there! The master is still Stereo with PRIME even when you are splitting the track audio to the right and the click and cues to the left. But if you use an interface and it works for you, then that's great!
yes sounds good but when you pan all your instrument to right and send it on master you lose side frequency and main is mono . i has truble when i use audio interface . sometimes my audio interface discounted . that seems was a bug and i cant solve that problem . your way is too safe but you dont have sides . am i right ?
Click-track, while being able to operate in perfect tempo and synchronize lights etc, it yet remains static, unbending and in-organic to expression unlike the Holy Spirit. It can also become an excuse to exclude any number of skilled and sincere musicians who desire to be involved in the process of Holy Spirit lead worship. Being replaced by a machine, can the Holy Spirit be pre-set through use of technology? Is it more important to keep in step with a machine or the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit cannot, should not and will not be pre-set. Technology can improve performance, but can it lead worship? The key word is performance. Is worship about, performance or the lead of the Holy Spirit? Surely only the Holy Spirit can enable people to lead worship. Worship is not a performance. It is giving thanks and praise to our Lord God by following the lead of the Holy Spirit. Can music be felt when using click-track? Technology can, however, be a useful tool with the right motivation. Say for instance, when used during practice sessions or learning a new song. However, surely songs need to be open spontaneity. For example, just because a song is rehearsed at 145bpm or 74bpm, doesn’t mean it will work best at that tempo when used with the congregation. Maybe during practice night, a song is rehearsed to start big with an electric guitar intro, but come Sunday, it seems right to start with just the acoustic guitar and vocals. What if, halfway through the song, the leader feels they should slow it down? What happens to the click-track then? Therefore, shouldn’t control of a song be left to the Holy Spirit? Should we highly value the Holy Sprit’s spontaneity in worship? Those un-rehearsed moments when anything can and will happen. Spontaneous, cannot have a pre-set tempo. Therefore, while click-track may be appropriate for musicians focused on singing worldly songs, or for practice, has it any value in anticipating Holy Spirit spontaneous, moments of exuberant praise or intimate worship? Does using click-track immediately tell us worship is focused more on the songs? Does it focus on the song and neglect anything that the Holy Spirit might potentially want to express during and between songs? Should songs always be played and sung how they are written, or should the Holy Spirit be ‘given licence’ to re-arrange them in meeting the needs of the moment? Can technology become an ‘end in itself’, a way to ‘keep up’ with society, and exclude the Holy Spirit? Can worship become just a human expression? Is being ‘boxed-in’ probably the best way to describe worshiping to an electronic metronome? Ultimately, should worship be about expression through the Holy Spirit, or a machine's accuracy? Should we be against technological advances? Or should we evaluate our motivation for click-track? Is it fit for the purpose in Church corporate? worship?
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Great video! You answered so many of my questions in 8:37 minutes! Thank you!!!
I love the simplicity of the demonstration. It was tailored for guys like me. Plug this there and that over there. I don't need to know why, I am just glad it works. Lol..... Love the video
Glad it was helpful!!
I’m so glad that I found this video! I has all the information I was looking for.
Huge thanks from South Korea!!!!! Your description is easy and awesome. It was so helpful! Thank you so much🙏
I have been struggling with this for a long time..coz we dont have in ear monitors...but thanks to you guys for elaborating this in a such a easy way...thank you...
Thanks for making it simple
Great job illustrating, particularly how to utilize if an in-ear system is unavailable. Cheers on a tremendous product in Prime!
Thanks Jason!
Amazing info!!
Wow thank you for the info
I was able to get the click track to some wired earbuds that plug into the 1/8 inch jack on the direct box.
No mixer required but that is for a solo worship leader who has the direct boxes sitting near him.
I was wondering about that since I’d have no band on some days. Just me and my iPad with no IEM
Thank you!!
Thanks!!!
So we pre-record our originals (Backing tracks), upload onto the site, then run from my ipad-to a D.I. box-to the mixer. We don't need the click(We don't have a drummer) so i'll probably try just 1 TRS cable, or maybe just tape off the gray end, and only plug in the red(Right) either way this is good stuff guys!!!!
I need to know how to run tracks in stereo!! Please make a video.
This video was really helpful. The only thing I can say is I think you should rename this video. I almost didnt click on it because the title doesnt exactly make it clear what the video is about. I'm glad I did though because it did help me a lot and i appreciate it. I just hope people dont pass it over because the title is a little vague. Maybe something like "how to separate tracks and clicks in a live setting simplified". Ether way thank you.
Very helpful! Thank you. Do you have suggestions or a video on what apps, hardware, etc are best for backing tracks?--- specifically, which tablet and app for playing back 30 or so songs. I'm looking for a pretty basic system. I would play guitar and sing along with the tracks. Thanks so much in advance for your response.
Check out the Prime app from Loop Community! It is a completely free app and will allow you to play back any track with ease. You can change tempo and key from right within the app. Also, Loop Community has a wide variety of worship tracks available for you to use in your setlists! Otherwise, you can upload custom audio to the Prime Cloud for use in the Prime app. Head to loopcommunity.com to learn more!
You’re gonna send a speaker level signal right into that little mixer?
i hope this will be available on android
Hello Sir
First of all, many thanks for this vidéo. You do a very priceless work for us living overseas like me in Martinique ( french caribbeans)
I would like to ask a question about hooking my Ipad with prime App to the house mixing console.
Is it mandatory to plug the Ipad to the house console through DI boxes in mic inputs ?
Is it possible to plug directly to the console stereo line input without DI boxes ?
Many thanks
Jacques
If you have Prime running near enough to your console that you can run the lines directly into the board, you can do this, but often, going through direct boxes provides more flexibility and provides easier accommodation for long cable runs.
Question: Can I pass over the DI Box and connect an AUX to XLR cable to the snake then the snake to the board?
All the band will hear in their inears is the click and guide and not the track(or music) correct? Is there a way to hear the track/click and still send track to the house? Thanks
Hey! Who can I contact to suggest and ask for improvements in the app ? Thanks!
It's the same setup if I used my Mac
Hi there, this huge help for us, thanks again for making this video to understand how it work. I do have a problem, i did everything single step as u did but the clicks and cue are veryyy low. Any idea how it can be fixed?
Thank you...
The first step would be to make sure that whatever channel you are sending them to your board with is turned up, as well as your in-ear monitor mix. If you continue to run into issues, email us with how you have it set up at support@loopcommunity.com.
Hello Loop Community. Is there a way to get a little bit of the loop (track) into the click. Just so we have a point of reference while playing?
Unfortunately there isn't a way to do this with the panning of the tracks. However, if you send both the click and instrumental tracks to your soundboard, you should be able to accomplish this on your soundboards end!
Hey i bought the band cues but you guys never gave me the download link? what can i do now?
Sorry about that! You should have received a link after you purchased. i'll let our development team know. You can access all of your downloads, purchases and files in your account on LoopCommunity.com. Click your profile picture at the top, click Purchases, and the cues will be under the Template tab in your account. Hope this helps!
Quick question. So to my IEMs I should only be hearing the click and not the click with the loop? Thank you.
Jesus Villa you hook up your iems to an aux output on your mixer, and you can control the level of both click and track and any other instruments or mics connected to the mixer.
Do we really need to use DI boxes? Or can we just plug the left and right directly to our pre amp mini mixer?
hello! got a question..we're just about to start using click tracks.. how do make the click just come out of the in ear monitor? i plugged both xlr to our snake but both are coming out of the house/house monitors. thanks!
You'll want to use the sends on your soundboard to send the click and cues to the in-ear mixes only. Then the other channel with the tracks you can send through your main speakers!
So, if I buy something like the Behringer HA800, would I connect the click DI box to that system (HA800)? Then the track or loop to the snake that leads to our mixer?
Is there a way to move an instrument track to the click track (move a blue to a red) so that you can control or hear the instrument you are playing while the track for that instrument is not heard in front of house?
There is not in Prime unfortunately. But if you had an in-ear monitor system you could send what you're playing to your in-ears as well.
I am not getting a quality sound. I am using a cable connected straight to the snake (Aux/KLR) Can you help?
Hi!
And if I wanna use a stereo multitrack? Can I have 3 chanel to do it?
Example: Chanel 1 - right, Chanel 2 - left, and chanel 3 - click...
you can definitely do this, but you will need to use an audio interface or an alternate output that has 3 or more outputs available!
Hey what kind of direct box can I use?
There are different brands, but as long as it's a DI box, it will work. In the video we are using Radial Pro DI boxes.
Question? When I send the tracks R thru DI to snake➡️sound board, will get that signal on both R/L channels front of house?
The tracks should come through their own channel if you separate them with a stereo breakout cable going into the snake. Once the audio is coming through the appropriate channel on your soundboard, you can route the audio from there!
What generation and model Ipad is running this if anyone can tell from the video.
This is the iPad Air 2. You can use any iPad though that will run iOS 10 or higher. We recommend an iPad that will run iOS 13. Hope this helps!
Anyone have links to the products used in the video or something close to it?
They are available at LoopCommunity.Com!
How do you run tracks when there is no headphone jack, just lightning input/output?
You could use a dongle to connect the stereo breakout cable, or you could use a USB adapter to connect an interface.
At 6:29
Can you add a 4 way headphone splitter and have multiple headphones?
We don't have a drummer and play drums through a track. There occasions when some of us got off tempo and it really messed everything up plyaing live.
You could! That should work just fine if you have the right adapters to pull it off. Good idea!
I tried getting the TRS from the iPad directly into Line In of Mixer. It seems to work but is that safe?
Hey there! If you have TRS inputs on your mixer and it works, then you should be good!
I would recommend using a DI between the mixer and your iPad. If there’s a power surge or someone is using phantom power, this can damage your iPad. Specifically when being plugged in or unplugged. I damaged an iPhone a few years ago and after some research and talking with FOH guys we determined that a DI would’ve protected my equipment.
@@kevinreynolds8685 I'm just getting into this( Backing tracks from my ipad) I'll use a D.I. box, they are pretty inexpensive compared to damaging my ipad, thanks sk much!!!!!
Already setup like this but still don't get the click and tracks to left and right and I already choose the pan in the app. I wondering is there any else we need to do on sound board after set up like?
I try to get clicks and tracks sperate in our in ear
Sorry to hear this! Have you tested it with headphones to sees if everything pans properly? If it does work in headphones, there may be an issue with the way you're routing the audio from the Prime app. Let us know!
Hii bro ! Though we seperate the click and track into two channels.. Can we get click and track combined in both left and right of the in ears?
If you've sent your click/cues and tracks lines to your soundboard, from there you can have them sent back to your in ears and have click, cues, and your tracks all in both ears!
Thanks😎.
Question: For live streaming, we use the sound directly from the sound board (Allen Heath Qu-32) and we use in ear mixers (Allen Heath ME500). How do I keep Click and Cue from bleeding into the livestream mix? Thankfully it doesn’t come through the house but it can be heard in the livestream in the background.
Most commonly click bleed is the result of improper gain staging at your board. Lower the gain levels of your click and cues line and see if this helps with the bleed!
Loop Community I lowered it down to minimum and it seems that it still wants to come though the livestream but not in the house.
@@dominicpolverino2644 Then there must be an issue with how its being routed. Without having that specific board to test, I would recommend double checking the routing of your click and cues to make sure that they are being sent to the house mix within your board, but not the stream.
Loop Community they are being sent into the house mix so I guess the problem is the way we route the stream. We use OBS and our board is an Allen Heath Qu-32 Digital. The house mix is what comes through the livestream so even though in the building we don’t hear it, it still comes through the stream. I guess we have to reroute that?
@@dominicpolverino2644 Yeah somehow when you are routing to OBS, it is including the click and cues audio as well.
Can I plug it straight to soundboard without going through the DI box?
If your soundboard has TRS inputs instead of XLR, you could do this. The DI boxes have the audio go from the stereo breakout cable, to two DIs to the XLRs which can be any length.
Will this work if I'm connected to my Board though bluetooth
It should work the same way. However, we recommend using a wired connection to minimize latency!
are these active DI boxes? or passive ones?
these are passive, but either should work
What if you are playing keys? How will the drummer hear you if he has the stems but not the individual playing the keys or another instrument/vocalist.?
You can send the other instruments from the soundboard back to the interface the drummer is using so that he can hear everyone. If you need more info on this, let us know!
How does this set up work with Prime 7? I'm getting a stereo signal from the app. I can no longer get the click and cues on the Left and the tracks on the right. Why? Help please
This video just answered your question.
Get that splitter cable & the DI boxes. Those are a must.
You'll want to make sure in your Settings that PAN is turned ON. This will separate the click and cues for you when using this setup. Thanks!
That looks like you plugged in a speaker cable coming from a power amp. Can you do that?
Hey Frank! It is a Stereo Breakout Cable like this one www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CMP159--hosa-cmp-159-10-foot-3.5mm-trs-to-dual-1-4-inch-ts-cable that is plugged into the iPad and then into the DI boxes. Then XLR cables going from DIs to the sound board. If your power amp cables are one of those then it would work. Hope this helps!
not that cable. I mean at 6:20
Thanks for clarifying! Yes that cord was what was attached to the monitor. It will depend on your soundboard and mixer on if that is the same cord, but if the cord was the same, that's what you could use.
Is there a simple way to connect to our sound system through iPad Pro USB-C? Thanks!
Hey Greg, you can use a USB C to Aux adapter and run it this way still.
If I used interface how to connect it
You can connect any interface to a Mac running Prime using USB, then select it in the devices menu of Prime. If you're using an iOS device, make sure the interface is iOS compatible, then you can connect it via USB along with the Apple lightning to USB adapter.
Ok ... So, I want to hear the track, guide and click in my in my in-ears … but just want the congregation to hear the track … how do I do that?
Following the steps in the video above, send the two lines coming from Prime to your soundboard. From there, you can use the Aux mixes on your board send a mix containing everything you want to your in ears, then send another mix which doesn't include click and cues to your main outs!
I am trying to connect my iPad Pro to my sound system, but my iPad Pro only has a USB C outlet. How can I connect a USB C jack to the soundboard?
In this case, you have the option of purchasing the USB-C to 3.5mm Adapter from Apple so you can go the Stereo Breakout Cable route. Otherwise you can purchase the USB-C to USB adapter, and use Track Rig or another USB audio interface to accomplish this!
You need a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter. It's about $8 and you can buy it online or in many stores.
What if you have no instruments Do you just turn off the click?
Yeah! You can turn off the click and cues in the app and send all of the instrument tracks to your soundboard.
Can I route the tracks via usb directly to the console?
If the console also doubles as an audio interface, then yes!
@@loopcommunity I tried it but it gets choppy when I transition from song to song.
@@derekdrums592 Make sure that the sample rate of your soundboard is set to 44.1kHz and you should be good to go. If you continue to have issues, email our support team at support@Loopcommunity.com
@@loopcommunity Thank you!
I have a question.. is di box necessary?
Not if using a Track Rig to route your audio. However, If you're using an output device with quarter inch cables, you'll want a DI box to send the signal to your soundboard.
@@loopcommunity thank you.
when you dont use audio inteface you cant have good sound quality on master !! and in this way your master is mono . i prefer use good quality audio inteface with 4 minimum outputs . but your audio interface should be safe without any bugs and discounties .
Hey there! The master is still Stereo with PRIME even when you are splitting the track audio to the right and the click and cues to the left. But if you use an interface and it works for you, then that's great!
yes sounds good but when you pan all your instrument to right and send it on master you lose side frequency and main is mono . i has truble when i use audio interface . sometimes my audio interface discounted . that seems was a bug and i cant solve that problem . your way is too safe but you dont have sides . am i right ?
so wait...the drummer would control the flow of the music? yeah i don't think so bwahahahaha. great video btw. thanks for the help.
Click-track, while being able to operate in perfect tempo and synchronize lights etc, it yet remains static, unbending and in-organic to expression unlike the Holy Spirit. It can also become an excuse to exclude any number of skilled and sincere musicians who desire to be involved in the process of Holy Spirit lead worship. Being replaced by a machine, can the Holy Spirit be pre-set through use of technology? Is it more important to keep in step with a machine or the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit cannot, should not and will not be pre-set. Technology can improve performance, but can it lead worship? The key word is performance. Is worship about, performance or the lead of the Holy Spirit? Surely only the Holy Spirit can enable people to lead worship. Worship is not a performance. It is giving thanks and praise to our Lord God by following the lead of the Holy Spirit. Can music be felt when using click-track?
Technology can, however, be a useful tool with the right motivation. Say for instance, when used during practice sessions or learning a new song. However, surely songs need to be open spontaneity. For example, just because a song is rehearsed at 145bpm or 74bpm, doesn’t mean it will work best at that tempo when used with the congregation. Maybe during practice night, a song is rehearsed to start big with an electric guitar intro, but come Sunday, it seems right to start with just the acoustic guitar and vocals. What if, halfway through the song, the leader feels they should slow it down? What happens to the click-track then? Therefore, shouldn’t control of a song be left to the Holy Spirit?
Should we highly value the Holy Sprit’s spontaneity in worship? Those
un-rehearsed moments when anything can and will happen. Spontaneous,
cannot have a pre-set tempo. Therefore, while click-track may be
appropriate for musicians focused on singing worldly songs, or for
practice, has it any value in anticipating Holy Spirit spontaneous,
moments of exuberant praise or intimate worship?
Does using click-track immediately tell us worship is focused more on the
songs? Does it focus on the song and neglect anything that the Holy Spirit
might potentially want to express during and between songs? Should
songs always be played and sung how they are written, or should the
Holy Spirit be ‘given licence’ to re-arrange them in meeting the needs of
the moment?
Can technology become an ‘end in itself’, a way to ‘keep up’ with society, and exclude the Holy Spirit? Can worship become just a human expression? Is being ‘boxed-in’ probably the best way to describe worshiping to an electronic metronome? Ultimately, should worship be about expression through the Holy Spirit, or a machine's accuracy?
Should we be against technological advances? Or should we evaluate our
motivation for click-track? Is it fit for the purpose in Church corporate?
worship?