Better Sunday Sound.
A Team That Can Run It.
We tune the system you already have, train your volunteers on it, and stay on call when something goes wrong — at a price a church budget can handle.
The Problem Is Almost Never The Speakers
Most churches we visit have already spent money on sound and still can't be understood in the back rows. Usually the gear is fine. The system was never tuned for the room, the board was set up by someone who left years ago, and the volunteer running it Sunday morning was handed it with ten minutes of instruction. We fix the setup, and then we teach your people to run it.
If Your Team Can't Run It, It Doesn't Work
We design around who is actually at the board — often a volunteer with no training and fifteen minutes before service. Saved presets for your regular services, labeled controls, a one-page guide, and training until people are comfortable, not until we're done talking.
Start Here
Most churches start with a free visit, then a Sound Check, a Tune-Up and the training course.
First Visit
Free45 minutes: we walk your room, hear what's going wrong, and recommend a path.
Sound Check
$395Half day. We hear a real service or rehearsal, check the system, make quick fixes, and give you a written priority report.
System Tune-Up
$795We set your system up for your room with measurement tools, fix feedback and clarity problems, save presets for your services, label the board, and write a playbook your team can follow.
Volunteer Training Course
$1,195Four 2.5-hour hands-on sessions plus a shadowed Sunday, up to 8 volunteers. Workbooks and certificates included.
Tune-Up & Train
$1,995Sound Check, Tune-Up and the full Training Course together.
Special Service Mixing
from $695Christmas, Easter, revivals, concerts — our engineer mixes rehearsal and service on your system. Extra gear quoted if needed.
Monthly Care Plans
Volunteers change. Equipment gets bumped. A care plan keeps a pro in your corner all year. 6-month minimum. Pay yearly and get 1 month free. Travel within 60 minutes included.
Essentials
A pro on call when something goes wrong.
- Call, text or video help when something goes wrong
- One 3-hour tune-up visit per year
- 10% off services, repairs and gear
Partner
Keeps your volunteer team trained as people come and go.
- Everything in Essentials
- A 3-hour on-site visit every quarter: train new volunteers or retune
- Yearly gear and budget plan
- Priority scheduling
- 15% off special-service mixing
Tech Director
Like having a part-time technical director.
- Everything in Partner
- A 3-hour on-site visit every month
- One special service mixed by our engineer each year
- Church playbook kept up to date
- Planning call before Christmas, Easter and big events
How We Train Your Team
Every volunteer works through the same checklist on your own equipment. We track who has learned what, so you always know who can run a regular Sunday and who can handle Easter.
Level 1
Sunday Operator
- Cold start to ready in under 10 minutes, unassisted
- Recalls the Sunday scene and line-checks every wireless mic
- Stops staged feedback within 5 seconds
- Finds a staged dead mic with the 5-step check in under 60 seconds
- Runs a full service with no missed mic cues
- Shuts down in the right order and logs batteries
- Knows who to call and what to tell them
Level 2
Mixer
- Sets gain on every input — no clipping, nothing left too low
- EQs a speaking voice so it is clear in the back row
- Builds monitor mixes from musician requests in under 15 minutes
- Rings out a wedge without killing the sound
- Mixes a full set with the lead vocal always on top
- Sets a livestream mix that sounds balanced on headphones
- Saves changes without overwriting the master scene
Level 3
Lead Tech
- Finds a staged fault in the signal chain in under 5 minutes
- Patches the stage box to match the input list
- Produces a complete special-service plan
- Updates the playbook after a change
- Trains a new volunteer through Session 1A to our standard
We Back Up Your Production Team
Your Sunday still runs on volunteers, and your tech director can't be everywhere. We work for them — extra teaching, extra hands and extra gear when the big weekends come.
Advanced volunteer workshops
$395 per sessionMixing, monitors, livestream audio and troubleshooting for your Level 2 and Lead Tech volunteers — taught on your system, to your director's standards.
Fill-in engineer
$495 per SundayA working concert engineer at your console when your tech director is on vacation, sick, or needed somewhere else.
Christmas, Easter & concert production
Quoted per eventExtra speakers, mics, monitors, lighting and crew — the same gear and people we use for festivals and touring shows.
Measured system tuning
$795An outside, measurement-based check of your room and system, with a written report for your director.
Everything We Do For Churches
From one bad microphone to a full sanctuary system — including installs when you really do need new gear.
Church Sound FAQ
Is the first visit really free?
Yes. In about 45 minutes we walk your sanctuary, hear what's going wrong, and recommend a path — no cost and no pressure. If you want a full assessment during a real service, that's our Sound Check.
I'm the pastor, not a sound person. Do I need to understand any of this?
No. Tell us what goes wrong on Sundays in plain words — people can't hear in the back, the mic squeals, the livestream sounds bad. We handle the technical side and train whoever runs the board, including your current sound volunteer.
We have a small budget. Is it worth calling?
Yes. Most bad church sound is fixed by setting up what you already own correctly and teaching people to use it — not by buying new equipment. A tune-up and a trained team often beat a new system.
Our volunteers keep changing. How does training stick?
Every volunteer works through the same three-level checklist and is signed off only when they can do each skill alone. Care plans include regular visits to train new people as they join. You also get a written guide and a quick-reference card at the board.
Who does the training?
Working AudioBahn engineers who mix concerts, festivals and theater every week. Every trainer teaches the same checklist, so your team learns one way of doing things.
Can you mix our Christmas or Easter service?
Yes. Our engineer mixes on your system, or we bring extra mics, monitors or speakers when the service needs more. Partner plan members get 15% off, and the Tech Director plan includes one special service a year.
Can you evaluate a system someone else installed?
Yes. That is what the tune-up is for: we calibrate what you have, label it, save presets, and tell you honestly whether anything actually needs replacing.
Do you work with churches of any denomination?
Yes. We work to your building, your service format and your team.
Let Us Listen To Your Room
Free first visit. No pressure. You'll get a plain-English list of what to fix now and what can wait.