KING OF KINGS

Superscope Makes it Easy to Record Worship Services to CD

By Rev. Steve Kohlmeier

Minister of Music,
King of Kings Lutheran Church
Chesterfield, Missouri

We use the Superscope PSD300 CD Recording System every week at King of Kings Lutheran Church. During a typical church service, I'll conduct the choir, play piano, organ or hand bells accompaniment, and often use prerecorded music CDs as additional accompaniment or background music.

Because the PSD300 has two playback drives, I can have two different music CDs cued up and ready to use. It's easy for a sound person or me to toggle between the two drives and play tracks by spinning the jog wheel to quickly select a track. It's just one less thing to worry about. And the sound quality through our sound system is outstanding.  

We also plan to record services with the PSD300 in the future. We're still mainly cassette-based when it comes to recording and duplicating services, but now we can make CDs and duplicate them upon request. Certainly, more and more churches will be switching from tapes to CDs, because of the quality, convenience, and cost of CD-R media. 

The nice thing about the PSD300 is that it's like a professional portable tape recorder, except that it records directly to CD. Because it has two drives, you can also duplicate CDs on the spot.  For rehearsals with various choirs, the PSD300 is a great tool. It has controls to change the key or tempo of any song on CD at the touch of a button. 

It's also very convenient for playing split-track choral accompaniments, and for making practice CDs for choir members. In all, I'm very pleased with the PSD300. Unlike some equipment, it was very easy to read through the manual and understand its capabilities. Now I can run it practically blindfolded.

Manipulate any Music CD with Superscope Dual Drive CD Recorders:

• Change a song's key in musical half steps
• Change tempos (as much as -33% +50%) without changing key
• Reduce centered lead vocals from stereo recordings
• Select portion of music to repeat in a loop 
• Record directly to CD-R or CD-RW discs
• Duplicate CDs at 2X speed.

Resources

• Superscope CD Recorders
• Superscope CD Recorder System Packages
• King of Kings Lutheran Church
• Easy CD Recording for All Ministries
• Superscope Sound Systems in Houses of Worship
• American Choral Director's Assocation
• Chorister's Guild