Full Sound Booth Remodel Time-lapse

West Stephentown Baptist Church sound booth remodel.
The renovation took two weeks to complete and 200 hours between our 4 person team.

[@Adamant9]

So good! Looks super professional and excellent! So good to see.

[@My_Special_k]

Excellent work. my next purchase would be digital snake if the console supports it!

[@jenbryer3242]

Great work! I saw your Fruit of the Looms... 🤣

[@KLRCAT]

Awesome job, looks so organised!

[@LogChurch]

Wow! VERY nice work!

[@ronyedin]

Great job. Huge difference

[@LandonGingerich]

Beautiful!! Currently doing this for my home church. I love your attention to detail!! Keep it up!

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

Thank you sir! I wish you luck! It's a fun job. Reach out if you need anything.

[@LandonGingerich]

@@stephenbrokalis4707 Thanks! I’ll do that!

[@nouveauagboto3528]

You are blessed

[@dicdsonvillasmilluengo3442]

Bro!!! Saludos desde Venezuela. Yo trabajo con sonido y me gusto tu video. Buena organización y buena distribución de equipos.

[@SamuelHaywood17]

Definition of good stewardship. We got all new gear and it’s still a mess lol

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

If you need a hand shoot me an email! I’m starting to work with churches both in person and virtually to help streamline their production technology and workflow. Always happy to help: [e-mail]

[@samuelk23]

Hello Stephen Brokalis, Awesome job you and your team did. Keep serving the Lord with your talents he gave you. I did have a question, what is that thing you used for wire management under the desk?

[@osanyinbidamiloju3438]

Nice work 👍👍👍 Please how did you set up your TF 5 for livestreaming.

[@fabianroman1699]

Nice job! What are the dimensions of your booth? TIA!

[@MartinKin.]

pls can u list the items for me , want to do the same thing for my church

[@djnitroja5763]

bro don`t stop make video

[@philwalker6444]

Love the video and remodel Stephen! Thanks for sharing. I like how you've mounted the computers to the back wall, but I'm just wondering how the operators power the computers on?

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

Hey Phil! Thank you! The white mount was laying around I'm not sure where we got it. But the mounts for the computer on the left were just cheap brackets from Home Depot, probably bicicle mounts. Sorry I don't have specifics. For turning on and off the computers we installed two of these: They plug into the motherboard headers and let us turn on and off the computers from a button ontop of the desk. www.amazon.com/Segotep-Button-Extension-Desktop-Computer/dp/B097QV6ZD2/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=power+button+pc&qid=1636513421&qsid=130-4309679-8895933&sr=8-5&sres=B072FMVZJZ%2CB0986XLJJH%2CB097QV6ZD2%2CB074891DJP%2CB09CZCJYSL%2CB09DCC6CPP%2CB07TYV4XQQ%2CB01LMZZFWO%2CB0964XP8HD%2CB09GP4XPZB%2CB079DKP44C%2CB01CJ44XZM%2CB096TZJNXH%2CB083NVBJLN%2CB08P4FRQ2R%2CB08KZDSKBJ

[@philwalker6444]

@@stephenbrokalis4707 Genius - thanks!

[@darf1013]

how much did it cost to remodel it? (obviously keeping the old gear) but like getting new boards, cord organizers etc.

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

Cord organizers are like $15/each 6ft section on Monoprice. Other than that, the actual remodel didn't really cost much. The most significant factor is labor... It took us more than 200 man-hours, which at minimum wage is $1,500. But this level of work is worth more than $10,000. There were a bunch of technical projects and purchases that went into this before hand. I designed and installed the new broadcast system for $12k. The two racks ended up being $600. After this remodel, we installed a brand new video routing system for $6k. That's just to name a few things. During the couple of years I worked at this church, I spent around $50k on much-needed production upgrades.

[@Sebastian__.]

I wouldn't have used strand board. 2:05

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

Neither would I. This rack was used since the church was built decades ago and I thought it wouldn't hurt to reuse in the new design with a new paint job.

[@retrogamestudios7649]

Wouldn't all that cost be better off for the community

[@stephenbrokalis4707]

“All that cost” was a very small portion of the annual budget. This churches money is allocated in all shorts of ways to help those in need. Production equipment is just like building and maintenance cost… if there is no building then there wouldn’t be a church helping the community to begin with. Same goes for production, no one would make donations if they couldn’t see or hear the pastor.