Unlocking the Power of Click and Tracks: A Comprehensive Guide for Worship Bands

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[@jasonchristofferson9916]

I love technology in worship. Clicks, backing tracks, Ableton automation, they are all amazing tools. But at the end of the day, what I personally believe the body of Christ needs is not for worship to sound like the recording. Or be the most efficient for the team to get through without tripping up, falling out of tempo, or aid having a lack of band members. I think these tools, when used properly, can be a great aid to ushering in the presence of the Holy Spirit by eliminating mistakes that can distract (by assisting bringing in God's presence, I'm thinking of 2 Samuel 6:1-8). I think as tech people, our job should really be to eliminate distractions and get out of the way so that the congregation can worship at the feet of Jesus. I think Churchfront provides an awesome and clear way to implement tools. BUT for churches, please don't let the tools dictate how you worship. Spontaneous worship and prayer is often absent in worship sets these days. And a lot of that is because we are glued to the tools we use. So if the Holy Spirit is leading you to pray, or stay in a chorus, or to not sing any lyrics at all; always follow that lead. It means it's time to turn off the click track, turn off the backing tracks, not worry about the slides being accurate, and worship. Not preform, not provide the best product, but to worship freely without having to focus so heavily on the mechanics. Not throwing the baby out with the bath water with worship tech, it's just something that isn't talked about very much.

[@mook8768]

Well said! Very refreshing

[@Spladoinkal]

Agreed. As someone that does spirit-led/spontaneous worship in a Pentecostal church, my thoughts on using tracks is to only use them if a vital member is missing (keyboards if the keyboard player has to miss, etc.). Even though it's possible to repeat sections of songs, many times a singer, etc. will get a prophetic word and it's kinda on the fly, nothing that can be planned for enough in advance to add a repeat. Our band is good at following that stuff. A click is a different situation, it can DEFINITELY be helpful as nobody's time is perfect.

[@OrbofShingeki]

Budget is always the factor in this case. I'm getting ready to step down as a worship leader at our current church and never had the opportunity to run tracks consistently due to no budget. I did one time by recording all the tracks myself in our home studio and running it through reaper but man that takes time. Hopefully our next position will have that opportunity. It really does fill in the gaps sonically.

[@Dannys.channel]

It's tough

[@carltontriplett4947]

There's definitely ways to do this for cheap. But as you said, it's not as efficient. I've done it with zero budget before. It just takes time and planning ahead a lot more.

[@DanClapp]

I feel you bro. Our keyboard, computer, cables, software, tracks, audio interface, speakers... everything is my personal stuff lol

[@mattwoltjer4376]

Currently use playback with all of their add-ons. For the small to medium sized church I can’t recommend them enough. 2k a year let’s me do as much as me and another staff person at previous churches. Yes it’s not cheap. But it’s way less time spent working on tracks/charts/slides, etc. so it’s not “cheaper”. It’s just that the you’re paying in money instead of time. And my time is worth way more than the money I’d save if I was doing everything myself.

[@ronwalczak7120]

We are you worship God from our heart our love for him not how perfect everything is. I have played and been involved in worship for years. Its all about the heart of our reverence for the Lord first. Leading the church in getting free to worship a Holy God. Lets do this people this is for those on the worship teams ❤

[@weddingsbyhamilton]

This is what we use at the church I’m at now and what I’m hoping to use at the church plant we’re planting this fall in Florida. We actually use the whole connected stage. Being able to sync up ChartBuilder live with the tracks is amazing. Also love that the licensing is also directly integrated in and we don’t have to report.

[@Timmyyycx]

I was looking for click solution on your channel LITERALLY yesterday! Thanks

[@Wes80Rob]

Awesome! Thanks for this. Commenting for the algorithm.

[@Lumios_UA]

Awesome content, Jake! I'm certain your hard work will be richly rewarded in Heaven.

[@CameronH97]

Would love to see a video on controlling lighting and lyrics as well. Great content!

[@mayowajoshua]

Hey Jake, my name is Mayowa Joshua, I've been following your channel for as long as I can remember and I've learnt soooooo much. Thanks for the knowledge you share. Also, I know your videos are always of great production value, but this feels just all the more refined and just better, any changes in cameras or lens?

[@brandoncrenshaw]

Love the moving camera!

[@jazzchia]

Thanks Jake, for the updated video on clicks and tracks. Would love to implement this for my church, but the greatest challenge is that it is a non-English congregation, and multi-tracks are non-existent for the songs that we sing (e.g. Stream of Praise). We will just move ahead with IEM and then see what that leads us next.

[@Palvader]

Jake! This is a great video bro!

[@AaronBjorklund]

It’s worth learning! Great explanation.

[@84maf]

From PC you can go direct to LV1 through network cable with soundgrid, up to 128 channels, no need for any interface.

[@BisericaImpact]

Can you tell me please Jake what kind of house lights are those ? The light is just awesome ❤

[@victoragun8751]

Hi Jake, great and informative video. We use Studio One to run tracks at my church. We've been using it for about a year now. They have this feature on the show page. I'll love if you check it out and make a video on it. I want to know if it's worth still getting Ableton Live. Great video as always.

[@justinmolloy3295]

I love the camera quality ! What camera are you using to record this video?

[@Churchfront]

Sony A7iii

[@justinmolloy3295]

@@Churchfront thanks!

[@dylanraymusic]

For glass we used a Sony G-Master 35mm 1.4 with a Black Pro Mist 1/8 filter on the front :)

[@filmj5256]

Hi Jake, If I want the background video playing in perfect timing with instruments. is there any way that I can make the video including backing track, guide, and click? then how can I playback in ProPresenter? In my case, guitarist was playing the backing track on Logic on the stage, and video guy back in the hall was controlling the Propresenter. If i want to make both guitarists, and propresenter can control the backing track, sound console has to have 8 input? how would you do if you were in this case?

[@loganjordan5727]

Hi my name is Logan and I'm a drummer & beginner AV technician on my worship arts team. Our church is new to using Chart Builder and Multitracks. I follow yall on TikTok and your AV videos have been very helpful to our new team. We are trying to figure out how to incorporate a stage monitor for the vocalists to help them with timing and lyrics with using chart builder. I am trying to figure out how to display it to a TV and bypass the "Screen Capture Detected" disclaimer when I mirror our iPad using Airplay. What can I do? Thank you and really look forward to hearing from you. God Bless 🙌 🙏

[@silvermineband2719]

Would be helpful to hear an A/B comparison. Typical team with and without tracks. I have very mixed feelings about their use.

[@eluno949]

Hey man! I think you should take a look at Digital Performer for tracks. I know Central Live uses them

[@Dannys.channel]

Let's goooooo

[@micahsaldivar]

Great video! Our church is considering moving over to play back from Ableton. I’ve personally been using a Abelton extensively for the past 6 years. How was the transition to playback on Mac?

[@samuelxhafer8138]

How do you figure out lyrics for when your in altarcall or pull a song out on the fly?

[@Spladoinkal]

We usually do one of two things: Either redo one of the songs from the worship set quieter or do instrumentals. Eliminates that altogether.

[@owenjapar4498]

hi, is it possible to use Dante AVIO USB adapter plug directly to the Focusrite or other Soundcard? So that if we use Dante on the Mixing Console, we can directly get the audio from the Focusrite?

[@MichaelKelly4numbers]

Hey Jake would we need to get 2 sessions of Ableton and two computers to synchronize lights with the Ableton track on stage? Is it possible to sync two sessions of Ableton?

[@dylanraymusic]

Thanks Jake! 💪🫡

[@loonytunezz5452]

but what if you just want like basic track in the background, is that possible ?

[@michaelanderson4265]

Radial Pro AV Direct Box

[@Dannys.channel]

Can we use a Mac m1 computer for this. I know The new software wasn't playing nice for some people

[@helenlauwhenling1681]

Why not use soundgrid network to send audio to lv1 ?

[@mavisamo3131]

What setting up the Behr wing record to complete my thanks

[@mavisamo3131]

How are you yaw sarpong to be there for the best

[@johnjeremih]

What projector is being used in that church?