Church & Event Tech Training That Actually Works
Practical Training, Systems, and Tools for Churches that want
better Audio, Video, Lighting, and Livestreams—Without Guessing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Crazy Amazing Designs (CAD) is a Systems Company. We specialize in being a Training and Coaching resource for church tech leaders. Whether you're a volunteer running sound for the first time or a tech director managing an entire production team, CAD exists to help you serve your church with confidence and excellence.
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Yes! CAD's YouTube channel has a growing library of tutorials covering ProPresenter, audio routing, ATEM camera switching, BitFocus Companion, stage design, and more. It's all free — coaching is there for when you want personalized, hands-on help with your specific setup.
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Nathan has deep experience with ProPresenter, Behringer X32/M32, Allen & Heath SQ series, Behringer Wing, BlackMagic ATEM switchers, Dante audio networking, BitFocus Companion, Resolume Arena, DMX/lighting, NDI, Art-Net, and livestreaming pipelines. If it's in a church tech booth, chances are he's worked with it.
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The best way to reach Nathan is through the contact form on the website or by booking a coaching session at CrazyAmazingDesigns.com/training. You can also connect through our YouTube channel comments or social media.
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Nathan is the founder of Crazy Amazing Designs and has spent years as a church tech director leading production teams across audio, video, lighting, graphics, and livestreaming. He's coached dozens of church tech leaders one-on-one and creates free training content on YouTube to help churches level up their production.
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Yes! Troubleshooting is actually one of the most common reasons people book a coaching session. Whether it's audio feedback you can't track down, a livestream that keeps dropping frames, a ProPresenter display that won't cooperate, or a Dante route that just isn't passing audio — Nathan can hop on a Zoom call, share your screen or remote in, and work through it with you in real time. No more guessing or Googling for hours. Book a session at CrazyAmazingDesigns.com/training and let's get it sorted out together.
How We Help!
Personalized Training
One-On-One or Team Training Sessions to Master Your Gear and Grow Your Team!
ProPresenter Template, X32 Show File,
StreamDeck/ Companion Pi5 Housing Coming Soon…
Templates & Downloads
On-Site Consulting
Hands-on Consulting to optimize your entire production. *Requires Travel
ProPresenter
Template Includes Pre-Built Screens +Multiview, Macros, Looks, Themes and more. Easy to Install on any Pac or PC, Pro7 & beyond.
Behringer X32
Get Started with this Template on your X32/M32, Comes with a Patch Sheet and Pre-Setup Channel Strips. EQ, Gate, Compression.
Learn for Free - Tutorials By Topic
Control 800 LED Pixels on your tree with our LED Controller System.
Connect these Controllers to all of your Christmas Trees on Stage and Control Hundreds of Channels of Addressable Lights via Art-Net. Don't have that many Art-Net (Digital DMX) channels available? Use Zones mode to control ALL Pixels with a minimum of 3 DMX Channels.
Connect this Controller & Power Supply to your Christmas Tree and Control the LED Pixels over WIFI via Art-NET from your Stage/ Event Lighting System. Each LED Pixel can be controlled as a whole, or as smaller groups with the Zones Mode, Configurable from the WebPage.
How Many Pixels Do You Need Per Size Tree?
Click Here: Check Out Our Pixel Calculator
What is this system?
This system is an LED Controller capable of connecting to WIFI and either using the WebPage to select RGB colors, or receiving Art-Net (Digital DMX) from a Lighting System.
What is Included?
1-Power Supply,
1-Controller,
2-Power Cables &
1-IEC Cable.
Each purchase includes 1-Controller capable of receiving Art-Net and pushing RGB data to 975 pixels. 1-Power Supply good for 16 strings of 50 LEDs, with a voltage booster recommended every 150 LEDs, One booster wire is Included.
What Else Do I need to Purchase?
*LEDs are NOT Included. BTF-LIGHTING is HANDS DOWN our Recommended LED supplier. This system is designed to use with these WS2811 String Lights BTF-LIGHTING: https://amzn.to/4p8HTr2
How Many Systems do I need to Purchase?
*Purchase one System per Christmas Tree. If Multiple Trees are close together, You can connect about 975 pixels to the controllers output. It’s recommended to introduce power to the pixels every 150 LEDs. One included Power Supply can power a MAX of 16 strings of 50 LEDs between the 2-XT60 connectors on the PSU. After that you must add power supplies to the system.
How do I use this system?
Step 1: Connect this PCB to a computer via USB-C.
Step 2: Navigate to “config.CrazyAmazingDesigns.com”
Step 3: Connect to the Board via Serial.
Step 4: Type and Upload new SSID, PWD, IP info.
Step 5: Connect Controller to Power and Connect to WebPage via Specified IP address.
Step 6: Set # of Pixels, Art-Net or Art-Net Zones.
Step 7: Send Art-Net to Controller from Lighting System.
Update WIFI?
Connect the Controller via USB-C to a computer to update the WiFi SSID & PWD, as well as IP address. That way no matter if you loose connection to the device over WIFI you can always have an easy way to update the WIFI info.
This MeanWell Power Supply can power 800 LEDs across 2-XT60 Connectors for your Stage Christmas Trees.
Freelance Services
Video Production
Whether it’s LIVE broadcasting an event, or recording to stream/ post later. We can help with your project.
Photography
It’s not all about the 30 megapixel photo that makes an image, The operators framing and lighting is key.
Event Production
Did you know we Sell and Rent Equipment for Live Events? Reach out and let’s talk about what you’re looking for.