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AV LIGHTING SOUND REINFORCEMENT RECORDING STAGE SOUND BROADCAST January–February 2019
RISE AND FALL
Gustav Vasa Kyrka battles high reverberation
SCRIPTING CUES FOR CONSISTENCY AT
AUDIO, VIDEO AND LIGHTING EN-NAEEM MOSQUE
Singapore: MICA (P) 020/07/2018 PPS 1644/05/2013(022954)
CONTENTS
Issue 56 January–February 2019
NEWS
LIGHTING A LANDMARK External lighting on Church of the Holy Trinity 4 LEADER
LIGHTHOUSE COMMS Lighthouse Evangelism installs Riedel solutions 6
It’s the dawn of a new year and what better
CREMATORIUM CONTROL Full Crestron control over AV and more 8 excuse than to make a fresh start? Here at
AV TEAM INTEGRATION Calvary Chapel brings AV team into the sanctuary 9 Worship AVL, rather than attempt to stick to
LEAPFROGGING HD Christian Faith Center jumps to 4K 10 any half-hearted resolutions (it’s too cold
outside to exercise and festive food is filling
BIG CONGREGATION, COMPACT SPEAKERS GBI Aruna equipped with Adamson 10
the fridge!) we’ve taken the theme of new
TREATING SÄTER CHURCH Lowering reverberation at the Swedish church 12 beginnings and ran with it in this issue’s
MIXING AS IS IGODSWILL Korean church goes dLive 12 KnowHOW section. John Black, Gordon Moore
and Ledetta Asfa-Wossen talk us through some of the different methods
DAVINCI AT SUMMER CAMP Elation lighting brightens Student Life 14
of scripting a service with lighting, audio and video cues, respectively, on
CATHARINAKERK GLOWS Neo-gothic church brings artwork to life with Christie 14 pages 34, 38 and 40. If your house of worship is just starting to embrace
FLEXIBLE SOUND Sarangsaem Church requires agile sound system 15 new technologies or whether the new year has sparked the desire to
switch things up a little, we hope these articles and the tips and tricks
AUDIO ABOVE ALL Christ Fellowship’s new building considers sound design first 16
within will help you along the way.
KNOXVILLE’S SACRED HEART Jericho Horn found in Knoxville Cathedral 18 While it’s always great to plan for the year ahead, it’s wise to look back
CHERRY HILLS COVERAGE Megachurch selects Lectrosonics wireless comms 19 and learn from the past. In this regard, you’ll find a fresh set of case
SPECIAL REPORT DPA Microphones’ House of Worship Tour 20 studies from houses of worship around the world in the pages that follow.
Speaking of resolutions, ours is to keep bringing you the comprehensive
PROJECTS AVL magazine houses of worship need. To help us improve the magazine,
as well as online and on social media, please do get in touch and let us
EN-NAEEM MOSQUE Consistency and intelligibility under the dome 22
know what you think. If you have challenged yourself with a new year’s
COVER: GUSTAV VASA KYRKA The rise and fall of reverberation in Stockholm 24 resolution, I wish you the best of luck in sticking to it.
REDEMPTION HILL Practice makes perfect during service set up 26
KIRCHE ST PETER UND PAUL Steering the course of history 30
ST JOHN’S AND ST MARGARET’S Time for T in Singapore 32
KNOWHOW
SCRIPTING LIGHTING CUES John Black discusses the benefits and tips 34 James Cooke
USING AUDIO CUES Gordon Moore keeps written audio cue lists 38 Editor
WORKING WITH VIDEO CUES Ledetta Asfa-Wossen explores how to cue a VT 40 Telephone: +44 (0)1892 676280 Email: jcooke@worshipavl.com
MAINTENANCE Frank Wells details computer cleanliness 42
MEET THE TEAM
TECHNOLOGY Richard Lawn: Sue Gould: Caroline Moss:
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AUDIO NETWORKS Frank Wells outlines campus-wide solutions 46
PTZ CAMERAS Pan, tilt and zoom through a service recording 48 GENERAL MANAGER ADVERTISING DIRECTOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
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BUYING GUIDE Point source versus line array 52
Ledetta Asfa-Wossen : Simon Luckhurst: Karen Wallace:
PRODUCTS Equipment launches and updates 56 T: +44 1892 676280 T: +44 1892 676280 T: +44 1892 676280
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THE TECH VIEW On tour with Ministry of Music 70
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NEWS
Lighting a landmark
and switch on, the key challenges to control room and other in the roof.
overcome during the installation were Both are connected via DMX.
ensuring the lighting complemented The municipality can select
the church’s architecture, designed between six pre-programmed colour
by Marek Antoine Canevalle more schemes: cool white, warm white,
than three centuries ago, and a combination of both, a Czech
fitting the fixtures to the building scheme with red, white and blue,
unobtrusively while preserving the and two celebratory schemes
building’s aesthetic and structural that use the full colour range.
CZECH REPUBLIC: The municipality LED luminaires as well as some integrity. The residents of Vratislavice have
of Vratislavice nad Nisou, led by ArcSource Outdoor 4 MC Pixels. The The ArcLine Mini Outdoor strips reportedly reacted well to the
Mayor Lukas Pohanka, recently Anolis brand was recommended were installed directly inside the church’s new lighting, which has
decided to highlight the district’s by architectural lighting consultant cavities of the three windows up also drawn the eyes of tourists. The
Church of the Holy Trinity, a Baroque Petr Kolmacka, who helped with high on the façade facing the main mayor and his team are said to be
church that dates back to 1700 and the technical specification and final road. The ArcSource Outdoor 4 delighted with the results.
stands today as a local landmark. programming during the project. MC Pixels, meanwhile, have been ‘Anolis has a great range of
ArchLights was approached to The ArchLights team made the mounted onto the façade of the road- products,’ commented ArchLights’
propose a lighting design to bring final decision to go with the Anolis facing wall, the annex and the tower owner, Mr Rehak. ‘The company
the exterior architecture to life after solutions due to their compact size, using special brackets. They outline also provides fantastic service
the sun goes down, resulting in the making them visually discrete, and the clean architectural lines of the from consultation right through to
installation of various Anolis lighting their colour-mixing capabilities. Josef building from the ground to the roof. technical delivery and after-sales
fixtures. Valchar Jr coordinated the sale on A pair of ArcPower DRS (DIN Rail support. With the time pressure
ArchLights’ lighting designer behalf of Anolis CZ, while Radim System) units offer power and we were all under, that was a real
Pavel Holzknecht and owner Michal Zlebek assisted with some of the control for the lighting fixtures. benefit.’
Rehak worked with their team to technical elements of the installation. Installed beside a pair of Hager
install Anolis ArcLine Mini Outdoor With just six weeks between the control switchboards inside the www.anolislighting.com
18 and ArcLine Mini Outdoor 36 city council approving the project church, one can be found in the www.archlights.cz
Covering Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib entirely
INDIA: Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib is allowing visitors to be involved in
a shrine to the founder of Sikhism, prayer celebrations and receive
Guru Nanak. The shrine is located announcements.
in Bidar, a small town closely Eight Audac HS212TMK2 full-
associated with Guru Nanak, and range, 12-inch horn speakers were
was built in 1948 with a gurudwara installed to deliver 360° coverage
(Sikh temple) comprising three throughout the gurudwara.
main halls: the Darbar Sahib, Covering the other areas of the
Diwan Hall and Langar Hall. site, including the outdoor spaces,
Recent renovation works saw the are 12 WX802/OW outdoor wall
installation of Audac speakers speakers and VEXO8 compact
throughout the gurudwara. speakers.
The new audio system needed coverage throughout the Guru Sound was to be distributed to the
to deliver consistent, intelligible Nanak Jhira Sahib complex. outside areas around the temple, www.audac.eu
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NEWS
Lighthouse communications
apparent that an integrated solution know how to configure the systems.
using Riedel’s intercom systems – ‘Lighthouse Evangelism is one of
SmartPanels, and MediorNet MicroN Singapore’s best-known houses of
and Compact – was going to be the worship,’ said Rajveer Singh, general
most comprehensive workflow.’ manager of Riedel’s South East Asia
The combination of the wired division. ‘Our system consulting
Artist and wireless Bolero intercom team worked hand-in-hand with
systems provides flexibility to the technical team at Lighthouse
Lighthouse staff. The MediorNet to construct a comprehensive and
system has simplified audio and efficient workflow built on our Artist,
video distribution across both Bolero and MediorNet families. It
worship venues and their classroom is a matter of pride that Lighthouse
areas. reposed its faith in Riedel and that
The MediorNet routing system uses our integrated solutions are helping
fibre to cover several floors at each Lighthouse achieve optimal levels of
site. All input and output connection efficiency.’
Jake Dodson (Riedel), Kevin Yap (Lighthouse) and Rajveer Singh (Riedel) points are user-definable in the ‘MediorNet has given us an
MediorNet control software, enabling amazing amount of flexibility, and our
SINGAPORE: Lighthouse Evangelism systems replaced a legacy solution the identification of each operator. users have had a great experience
is one of Singapore’s largest that was plagued with issues, The technical teams from working with Bolero,’ concluded Mr
houses of worship, comprising two including destructive compression Lighthouse and Riedel worked Yap. ‘We are thankful for the system
campuses: Lighthouse Woodlands and distortion. together to design a custom solution consulting and support that Riedel
and Lighthouse Tampines. The ‘We first approached the Riedel for each site that can be controlled provided and I am pleased to have
church has recently adopted Riedel’s team to understand how their Artist using a single control system. The made the right decision in engaging
Artist and Bolero intercom systems and Bolero intercoms could be same control system manages the Riedel.’
and a MediorNet media distribution useful at our sites,’ said Kevin Yap, Riedel equipment at both sites,
network for signal distribution and technical manager at Lighthouse. meaning the Lighthouse crew can www.lighthouse.org.sg
routing across the two sites. These ‘During our discussions, it became switch between facilities and still www.riedel.net
St Leonard becomes contemporary
USA: St Leonard Catholic Church in Lisko confirmed. ‘The T20i meets
the Wisconsin city of Muskego has this need with dedicated presets for
recently adopted a contemporary use with the Lab.gruppen D series
style of worship. Services now amplifiers we installed.’
include a live band with guitars, The Sven Pro team also installed
drums and a piano, which a Behringer X32C digital mixer and
complement the choir and preaching a Williams Sound induction loop for
retained from the former traditional hearing assistance.
services. To support the addition of ‘St Leonard’s new sound system
contemporary music, the church’s fit their budget. It didn’t affect
outdated sound system, which the sanctuary’s aesthetics and
comprised a single speaker and an sounds great in an untreated and
analogue mixer with no outboard reverberant space,’ concluded Mr
processing, has been replaced Lisko. ‘The parish is very pleased.’
with four TW Audio T20i compact
installation loudspeakers, powered ‘Due to scheduling conflicts, the that can be pre-programmed with www.stleonards.org
by Lab.gruppen D40:4L amplifiers. speakers needed to be available at scenes to allow easy access to the www.svenpro.com
The sound system was installed short notice. Fortunately, TW Audio full capabilities of the system,’ Mr www.twaudio.de
by AV systems integrator, Sven was able to ship the PA system from
Pro. ‘To handle more contemporary Germany to Wisconsin amazingly
services, the church’s new system quickly, enabling us to complete
had to provide solid pattern control the install within the church’s tight
and clear intelligibility for speech, timeframe.’
but also be capable of reinforcing Mr Lisko carefully positioned the
live bands,’ explained senior T20i cabinets to minimise reflections
system design engineer, Zachary from the sanctuary’s many hard
Lisko. ‘It was important that the surfaces. As St Leonard has no
loudspeakers be unobtrusive so technical team, the system was pre-
they wouldn’t change the overall programmed with scenes to simplify
look of the sanctuary. TW Audio T20i use for church staff.
loudspeakers easily met all of these ‘The client needed a system
criteria. that is very simple to operate and
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NEWS
Crematorium control over Mount Jerome
IRELAND: A Crestron control close the coffin curtain. These
system has been installed by preset scenes are designed to
McKeon Group at Mount Jerome ensure the funeral service runs
Cemetery and Crematorium, with minimal risk of human error.
situated in Harold’s Cross on the Different scenes are suited to the
south side of Dublin. This allows various stages of a service.
operators in the crematorium to For very large funerals where the
switch between AV sources without congregation overflows, each chapel
delay and manage services across has an outdoor speaker, while the
the site’s three chapels, as well as site’s coffee shop is equipped with
to manage heating and control and a 40-inch touchscreen integrated
monitor the lighting. with Crestron’s Digital Graphics
‘A funeral can be a very difficult Engine 200 to stream the service.
and sensitive time; therefore, it Skype video conferencing is also
is essential that the service runs available via the Crestron system,
smoothly,’ explained Niall Duggan meaning those who cannot attend
from McKeon Group. ‘A technical in person can still witness a funeral
glitch could easily cause great or say a few words.
distress to a funeral congregation, ‘Families love how easy it is for
spoiling what is meant to be a them to host funerals on Skype and
respectful and memorable service. The three chapels are known as automatically resizes the images to to have a remote family member
The Crestron control solution offers Victorian, Garden and Angels. Each fit the screen. address the congregation,’ said
peace of mind that the technology contains a Crestron Digital Media During services, families can Mount Jerome proprietor, Alan
will work. The user-friendly interface Presentation System (DMPS) for either bring their own music or Massey.
means that operators can navigate the delivery of music, video and stream from Mount Jerome’s song The Crestron setup also helps
the system via Crestron TSW images. Guests are able to supply library. A Crestron streaming music Mount Jerome with energy efficiency
750 touchscreens, avoiding any visuals from their own devices via player has also been installed in as it controls the distribution of
awkward or insensitive interruptions the Crestron AirMedia wireless each chapel alongside CD players recycled waste heat from the
that could occur.’ system. The DMPS scaler then and USB audio inputs with a cremator to a heat exchanger
Crestron digital signal processor and then onto air fan heaters and
(DSP). The DSP processes, mixes underfloor heating in all three
and routes all audio sources, chapels. The recycled heat helps
including the microphones and to create a warm and welcoming
organs. Meanwhile, presets on the environment at the crematorium
Crestron touchscreens facilitate and allows Mount Jerome to meet
functions such as the fading of its green credentials. A Crestron-
music and mixing sources. controlled LED lighting system
The touchscreens are also allows staff to monitor energy
used to control other aspects of use and is preset to automatically
funeral services, primarily through switch off the lights when the venue
a selection of pre-programmed is not in use.
‘scenes’. Scenes are set to alter
the lighting, adjust the HVAC www.crestron.com
(heating, ventilation and air www.mckeon.ie
conditioning) and even open and www.mountjerome.ie
Bethel Church
goes digital
KOREA: Bethel Church has Services at Bethel Church typically
invested in a Solid State Logic call on 64 input channels of audio.
L500 Plus live console for the These originate from the drum kit, a
front of house sound requirements bass, a pair of guitars, keyboards,
at its sanctuar y in Ilsan, along a piano, an orchestra, choir, soloist
with SSL stageboxes. These and pastor. The inputs are distributed
were installed by the British from the SSL SuperAnalogue
manufacturer’s South Korean stageboxes through an SSL BL II.D
distributor, Hanseo Broadcast & Blacklight II MADI Concentrator to
Music Tech. FOH via a redundant optical pair. The
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NEWS
Calvary Chapel
integrates AV team
USA: Calvary Chapel Modesto stream feeds simultaneously.
recently relocated its AV control BPswitch’s PowerAux output
room and in doing so, installed a provided the functionality needed
new Broadcast Pix BPswitch MX and the church repurposed its
production switcher. The Californian existing Granite control panel. ‘It
church captures live video to deliver was very important to me that we
image magnification (IMAG) during have the 2 M/E experience without
services for the congregation the cost of a 2 M/E switcher,’ Mr
and coverage for live streaming Abbey commented.
simultaneously. The engineers now work from
The volunteer production team a booth in the sanctuary. ‘In live
previously worked upstairs in a production, you generally want
room with a one-way window that isolation, but for us that’s not
provided a view of the sanctuary. necessary,’ Mr Abbey explained.
Dave Abbey, media director, ‘Now we have all three techs in
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The new switcher needed to be user inter face to switch between
able to control the three Sony PTZ feeds for IMAG.
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L500 Plus console has an additional Remote control was another
touchscreen connected, as well as consideration. ‘It’s a big church,
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NEWS
Christian Faith Center leapfrogs HD
USA: With its programmes Blackmagic Design Ursa broadcast entire system is now 4K-compatible.
broadcast on national television, the cameras. Two are equipped with From the switcher to the cameras
Washington-based Christian Faith Fujinon XA55x9.5BESM zooms, and lenses, to the multiviewers,
Center was overdue an upgrade of its while the other pair are fitted with everything is 4K. They just turn it on
standard definition video production XA20x8.5BERM zooms. in the switcher and they’ve moved
equipment. Rather than simply move ‘The church was very interested in from SD to 4K in one fell swoop.’
to an HD setup, the church leadership the Blackmagic camera because of its The cameras are positioned over
team chose to invest in 4K/UHD- price point,’ said Mr Rose. ‘Churches 30m away from the stage. This meant
capable equipment to avoid another are beginning to see cameras as a that the lenses needed to be capable
future overhaul. four- to six-year investment. They put of covering the distance. ‘Matching
The decision to upgrade the more of their money into long-term the 4K image sensor of the Ursa
equipment was made following investments like lenses.’ camera with the Fujinon lenses is
requests from TBN (Trinity Rose Media also installed just a great combination,’ Mr Rose
Broadcasting Network) and the Blackmagic switchers and claimed. ‘The film-type sensor of the
Hillsong Channel, which both multiviewers, a Renewed Vision Ursa combines with great lenses
broadcast Pastor Casey Treat’s show graphics system and new furniture in like these that can maintain focus
Successful Living with Casey Treat, the church’s new control room. throughout the zoom range and
for the programme to be produced in ‘They went from a much older SD handle any lighting situation.’
HD to match the quality of their other system and, without any training or
content. Chad Rose, president of rehearsal, they were running the www.blackmagicdesign.com
systems integrator Rose Media, was new cameras and lenses,’ Mr Rose www.christianfaith.us
called in to oversee the transition, confirmed. ‘It was truly a seamless www.fujifilmusa.com
which included the deployment of four transition. While the goal was HD, the www.rosemedia.tv
Compact speakers complement
growth at GBI Aruna
with a single IS118 subwoofer at which was very helpful in fine-
the top of each array. Four ground- tuning the system to achieve even
stacked E218 subwoofers line the coverage throughout the seating
front of the stage for additional low- area. It is such a joy to mix on this
end reinforcement, while a further system.’
pair of IS7s are deployed at the lip ‘The IS-Series is purpose-built for
of the stage as front-fills. install applications like this, offering
‘The Adamson IS7 is so lightweight a remarkably easy installation
and compact, it’s amazing to process, incredible sound and a
experience such powerful sound sleek, unobtrusive package that
coming from the system,’ said keeps the congregation’s focus on
Marshall Pins, GBI Aruna’s senior the words or music being shared,’
sound engineer. ‘Not only that, it noted Timo Wibianto, senior partner
provides very consistent tonality at Big Knob Audio.
Big Knob Audio’s Pongky Prasetyo, GBI Aruna’s Marshall Pins and
Stevannus Yordan, and Big Knob’s Timo Wibianto from front to back. We worked
with Big Knob on the design using www.adamsonsystems.com
INDONESIA: GBI Aruna was added to demonstrate their systems in Adamson’s Blueprint AV software, www.bigknob.net
the Gereja Bethel Indonesia portfolio the main sanctuary. Following a
of churches when it was constructed comparison, the IS-Series system
in 2007. The congregation has comprising IS7 2-way loudspeakers
consistently grown in the proceeding and IS118 and E218 subwoofers
11 years and, to ensure that the up demonstrated by Big Knob Audio
to 1,600 worshippers who fill the was chosen.
sanctuary can all hear clearly and ‘There were three criteria that
enjoy the church’s music ministry, needed to be met: light weight,
the pastoral team recently decided even coverage and, of course, a
to upgrade the sound system, opting high degree of musicality,’ explained
for Adamson IS-Series speakers Stevannus Yordan, head of the
acquired from the manufacturer’s music ministry at GBI Aruna. ‘The IS-
Indonesian distributor, Big Knob Series met them all and sounds very
Audio. luxurious. It reinforces the worship
The church had invited the environment like never before.’
representatives from three The setup installed is formed of
loudspeaker manufacturers to eight IS7 cabinets per side, flown
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Treating Säter Church
SWEDEN: When Säter Church was this coverage using their existing through the roof, we could use all
originally built in 1637, and even loudspeaker placement.’ safety wire, with Cat-6 cabling for
when it was reconstructed between Consulting with Renkus-Heinz the Dante network, Rhaon system
1778 and 1779, there was no need on the project, DAT AB installed a control and 230V power,’ noted Mr
to consider the acoustic challenges Dante-networked system, enabling Nilsson. ‘We installed a Dante-
presented by loudspeaker systems. the SA Series amplifier modules to enabled Soundcraft Impact mixing
Until recently, an audio system that drive a trio of Varia VAX101-7 and a desk and, thanks to our skilled
had been installed for several years pair of VAX101-22 cabinets. ‘With employee, Björn Dahlström, we
failed to deliver even coverage and only three pieces of 16mm pipe were able to reuse the old sound
clear, intelligible sound. Therefore, system furniture for the new mixer.’
the church management enlisted Following installation, a little
the help of Robert Nilsson of fine-tuning was in order to fully
systems integrator DAT AB, who solve the acoustic challenges
provided a solution in the form of inside the sanctuary. ‘During
Renkus-Heinz Varia Series modular tuning and commissioning, using
point source line arrays and SA AFMG EASERA and SysTune
Series modular power amplifiers. audio measurement and analysis
‘The church had a reverb time of The DAT AB team produced an software, we finally got to the
around 5s, bad reflections and bad EASE model of the church to design point where we could identify the
sound for the choir, even without a suitable solution. ‘We quickly frequencies of the reflections,’ Mr
a PA,’ reflected Mr Nilsson. ‘The discovered that the Renkus-Heinz Nilsson concluded. ‘The system is
only thing that sounded fine was Varia system was the best system smooth to work with and allows for
the organ. for our customer,’ Mr Nilsson custom presets, so we could test
‘We could not use acoustic recalled. ‘We made several [EASE] and tune it to respond as needed,
treatment, place loudspeakers Focus calculations so we could see depending on the activity of the
in new positions, install conduit that even coverage and smooth church.’
or bring in new furniture for the response could be obtained within
mixing desk. And the budget was reasonable limits. The customer www.dat.se
tight.’ was excited that we could deliver www.renkus-heinz.com
Mixing as is IGodsWill
the time it takes to learn the basics performers in the God’s Will Praise
is short compared to other digital worship band.
consoles.’ ‘dLive is a very stable system in
During rehearsals, the church’s terms of sound and its connection
pair of monitor engineers use iPads between the MixRack, S7000
running the dLive MixPad app and surface and Dante network,’ added
interact with performers during the Mr Moon. ‘It allows you to easily
sound check to adjust monitor mixes create your own unique mix, taking
there and then. A PC loaded with the advantage of the wide range of
dLive Director software is connected customisation and processing
to the DM48, offering complete applications.’
control over the mix from the stage.
An ME-U hub is also connected to www.allen-heath.com
dLive. This distributes audio to six www.igodswill.org
Taechan Moon with the dLive S7000
ME-1 personal mixers used by the www.samasound.co.kr
KOREA: IGodsWill Church has third delivers heavier rock. With an
purchased an Allen & Heath dLive eclectic mix of music genres, the
digital mixing system and an ME church required a versatile sound
personal monitoring system. Both solution, yet something that was still
were supplied by Sama Sound easy to set up and use for its team
and are used for the Seoul-based of volunteers.
church’s trio of Sunday services and The dLive system comprises an
weekly ‘festival’ events. S7000 surface at FOH with a DX32
With no permanent home, IGodsWill expander and Dante card, while
is a mobile church that uses a a DM48 MixRack is mounted on
local high-school auditorium for its stage. ‘dLive’s user interface and
three Sunday services. The first strip layouts are very intuitive,’
service features classical music commented Taechan Moon, sound
performances, while the second engineer at IGodsWill Church. ‘Even
serves up 1980s’ pop and the if you aren’t a professional engineer,
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NEWS
Word of Life
delivered by local
reinforcement
USA: The Word of Life Christian
DaVinci attends Center in Darrow, Louisiana turned
to a neighbouring manufacturer
Summer Camp for its new sound system. Located
20 miles north of the church is
the Baton Rouge headquarters
of PreSonus, which made the
USA: Student Life runs Artiste DaVinci LED mover was an selection of new audio equipment
interdenominational camps across integral part of the 2018 Student Life much easier to make with such
America. For 2018, Nashville- rig. ‘We chose the DaVinci to function local support.
based Elite Multimedia Productions as an LED replacement for 700W Pastor Leroy Thompson led the
served as the lighting, video and discharge lamp fixtures,’ said Jason church’s sound reinforcement
audio vendor, providing an Elation Jenkins of Elite Multimedia. ‘It has the upgrade, which included WorxAudio
Professional touring lighting rig same, if not better, output and similar and ULT series loudspeakers, a Amos Singleton
comprising Artiste DaVinci LED feature sets as the 700W discharge
moving head luminaires. fixtures, only with better optics,
Five teams travel the US to set up smoother colour mixing and drastically
and manage each camp. ‘We take reduced power consumption.’
care of all of the details, including Mr Brantley worked with Chris Kulow
programming and worship, so that on the lighting design for the 2018
the student pastor can focus on Student Life Camps. Artiste DaVinci
ministry,’ explained Jake Brantley, fixtures were used as the main profile
director of production for Student Life fixture – four were positioned on an
Camp. ‘Our technicians are generally overhead truss and four were on the
20–22 years old and still in school. ground. Elation Platinum Seven LED
We take young guys and girls with moving heads were also used for front
little experience and hand them a wash and Elation Rayzor 360Z beam/
full-size rig to tour around the country wash LED moving heads provided
with. Our lighting designs are simple effects. StudioLive Series III digital console, centre-fill, while two WorxAudio V5
enough for a beginner to walk in EarMix 16M AVB networked monitor compact enclosures to the far left
and successfully run a service, but www.elationlighting.com mixers and a SW5E 5-port AVB and right serve as side-fills. Low-
complete enough to keep the more www.elitemultimedia.com switch among other PreSonus frequency support is delivered by a
experienced entertained.’ www.studentlife.com equipment. The sale was managed pair of WorxAudio TL218SS super
by Guitar Center Professional and subs. On the stage, PreSonus
the installation was carried out by ULT10 2-way point source cabinets
Catharinakerk glows I Am Music.
‘Prior to the new system, the
space used a collection of outdated
are used as monitors.
‘The big issue here was with the
layout of the sanctuary, which
NETHERLANDS: A total of 12 point source loudspeakers that made even coverage and speech
Christie D20WU-HS projectors were both underpowered and failed intelligibility a huge challenge,’
were recently used for a video to provide consistent coverage recalled Mr Singleton. ‘The
mapping project on the face of throughout,’ said Jason Lindgren, WorxAudio loudspeakers have an
the 19th-centur y Catharinakerk account manager at Guitar extremely wide 160° horizontal
neo-gothic Roman Catholic Center Professional. ‘Because dispersion pattern that made it
church located in the centre of of this, church management was far easier to provide consistent
Eindhoven as par t of the GLOW adamant about the ability of coverage throughout the space.’
Eindhoven international light the new system to provide even The end-to-end PreSonus setup
ar t festival. The projectors were coverage, along with a high level has achieved the church’s desired
provided by Sahara Benelux. of speech intelligibility and solid results. ‘They are totally happy
The video mapping piece, music reproduction characteristics. with the installation and everything
Confluence by Ocubo, was This is what ultimately led to related to the PreSonus gear
inspired by the confluence of the deployment of the PreSonus they purchased,’ Mr Singleton
rivers and streams in Holland. equipment. confirmed.
Vir tual dancers and geometric The I Am Music team, led by
shapes guided viewers through president Amos Singleton, flew www.amossingleton.com
the film. eight WorxAudio XL1i-P line arrays my.eiwm.org/wolcc
split between left and right clusters. www.guitarcenter.com/GC-Pro
www.christiedigital.com Image courtesy of Bart van Overbeeke A WorxAudio X1M provides www.presonus.com
14 WORSHIP AVL January–February 2019NEWS
Flexible sound for Sarangsaem Church
sought a solution that would offer confirmed GyeongHwan Park,
the flexibility to cater to events and representative minister of
services of contrasting styles in the the Sarangsaem Church. ‘To
Great Chapel, and opted for JBL achieve this, we required robust
VRX932LAP line array speakers and loudspeaker solutions to support
VRX918SP subwoofers. a range of activities and functions,
The VRX932LAP was chosen for including weddings, holiday
its constant curvature waveguide celebrations and art therapy
and array coherence that make it sessions for underprivileged
suited for medium-sized venues children. The JBL systems installed
without long-throw distances, such by Kinoton are per fectly suited to
as the Great Chapel. JBL PRX812W serve our needs as a church and
powered speakers were also as a special events space.’
installed in the Great Chapel. These Meanwhile, Kinoton Korea
serve as stage monitors and can equipped the classrooms
be deployed as a portable sound and meeting rooms with JBL
KOREA: Sarangsaem Church and classroom spaces. The church system when required. Control 25AV, AC26 and AC28
recently enlisted the services of AV incorporates elements of local ‘We wanted to make sure our loudspeakers.
systems integrator Kinoton Korea culture into its services and the site Great Chapel could be used for a
to install new sound systems inside also plays host to a wide variety of variety of events by our members www.harman.com
its Great Chapel, meeting rooms events. Therefore, Kinoton Korea and the local community,’ www.kinoton.co.kr
Decibells
adds Thump
to CSI
Sawday
Church
INDIA: The CSI Sawday Church in
Kadalur has added Mackie Thump15A
powered loudspeakers and a
ProFX16v2 mixer to its sanctuary in
order to support its dynamic services.
The systems were supplied by
Mackie’s Indian distributor, Sonotone,
and installed by Decibells Acoustics.
1/2 ISLAND
‘CSI Sawday Church was in the
process of a complete overhaul
and was seeking an efficient and
comprehensive audio package that
would deliver top-quality reinforcement
for speech and music during their
regular services,’ explained Mr Joy
from Decibells Acoustics. ‘We opted
to go for the Mackie Thump15A
powered loudspeakers as we have
deployed them across many other
churches in the area. As for the
Mackie ProFX16v2, the compact
mixing console not only offers clean
sound and unmatched power but also
brilliant stability.’
www.decibells.in
www.mackie.com
www.sonotone.in
January–February 2019 WORSHIP AVL 15NEWS
Audio above all at Equipping the
Christ Fellowship Jammoum Mosque
USA: Christ Fellowship Church has ‘The ability for Soundvision to
L-Acoustics sound systems installed inter face into that process makes it SAUDI ARABIA: The newly built
within the majority of its eight South much faster to marry loudspeaker Jammoum Mosque in Al Jumum
East Florida sanctuaries. While coverage to architectural details has been equipped with a Harman
systems integrator Mankin Media as they are developed and sound system by systems
recently equipped the church’s adjusted, as well as being critical integrator, Ektar International.
new Port St Lucie campus with to ensuring there are no surprises Located between Mecca and
another system from the French when it comes to coordination with Jeddah, the mosque is the largest
loudspeaker manufacturer, a theatrical lighting and very large in Al Jumum, accommodating more
different approach was taken with LED video canvases,’ said Tim than 10,000 worshippers and
the system design. Corder, senior solutions advisor at spanning two floors with a 36m x
An L-Acoustics K2 system was Mankin. 64m footprint.
specified before any other part of The system installed comprises Jammoum Mosque’s architecture
the building design process, which 20 K2 and four Arcs II arrays with has resulted in some highly Installation of the external horn
speakers
then influenced the layout of the 10 K1-SB and four KS28 subs. reverberant spaces. To take care
sanctuary. Designing the room with the audio of this, the Ektar team, including four Control 25 speakers provide
executive director Muammar Al reinforcement in the women’s hall.
Harbi and project manager Khaled In addition to the speakers, a
Bouajaja, who oversaw the sound Dynacord CMS 1600 mixer was
design and system installation, installed along with four PCL 1240T
made use of a frequency analyser amplifiers that control and power
and a sound meter during the the sound setup, respectively. Six
design process to increase the DL 2/918 delay line controllers
sound frequencies and lower from the t.racks are used for
reverberation times. ensuring the delay speakers emit
‘The audio distribution was audio without an echo. Meanwhile,
calculated according to the vocals and speech are captured
architectural materials and forms by six AKG C535 EB reference
of the mosque, providing direct handheld condenser microphones,
listening conditions and a unique three GN30 ESP goosenecks and
“voice” for each zone,’ explained a pair of PCC170 boundary layer
a spokesperson for Ektar. ‘All microphones.
speakers face in the same direction As well as curing the reverberation
and the audio delays are configured issues inside the mosque, Ektar
to broadcast sound simultaneously.’ International was contracted to
Over the course of seven days, install a CCTV setup inside and out,
the Ektar team installed a total of and horn speakers outside. Across
54 JBL Control 25 speakers and the entire site, the team installed
six CBT 100LA-LS line array column 24 Hikvision CCTV cameras inside
‘Anyone who designs and installs system in mind resulted in the speakers throughout the facility. the mosque and 10 outside it.
audio systems for enclosed spaces need for fewer fill speakers, as Three of the CBT 100LA-LS columns Installing horn speakers was a
knows that there are always going only one X15, two X12 and seven were placed on the ground floor at challenge as they were placed up
to be acoustic challenges that go X8 enclosures were needed for the front of the mosque with 26 on the minaret at varying heights
along with the room; it’s just the complete coverage throughout of the Control 25s. The remaining with a delay to not muddy their
nature of live audio,’ explained the 1,900-seat space. The entire three CBT 100LA-LS cabinets and intelligibility.
Christ Fellowship’s audio director, system is powered by 13 LA12X 24 of the Control 25s can be found
Danny Dagher. ‘Mankin helped us and a pair of LA4X amplified on the upper level. The additional www.ektar-avl.com
turn the typical house of worship controllers.
audio installation on its head. ‘This was our first project with
Where we would normally be moving Mankin Media and they were able
PA elements around to make up for to really understand and act on our
pre-existing acoustical issues within desire for an audio experience that
the room, in this case, we were able is best described as “engaging”,’
to make revisions to the seating concluded Mr Corder. ‘No room
layout and even wall placement is per fect, but the combination
during the building design phase so of the room design and the K2 is
that the room would best support a great balance where the PA is
the PA.’ supporting the room and the room
L-Acoustics’ Soundvision 3D is supporting the PA.’
acoustic modelling software
was used by the church, the www.gochristfellowship.com
construction crew and Mankin www.l-acoustics.com
engineers during the design phase. www.mankinmedia.com AKG GN30 ESP goosenecks
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Amplifying Knoxville’s Most Sacred Heart
USA: The Cathedral of the Most loudspeakers, and we’ve been by QSC amplifiers and Biamp DSP.
Sacred Heart of Jesus recently impressed with the Danley design’s Speech is amplified by a Bose
opened its doors. Accommodating ability to deliver a coherent waveform column array system at the front
more than 1,300 congregants, it over long distances and its related of the church coupled with K-array
supersedes Sacred Heart Cathedral pattern control.’ micro-format speakers that have
as the cathedral for the Diocese
of Knoxville. Acoustics were not
forgotten during the construction
of the new building, as AV systems of comparable size might normally
integrator TSAV worked with have 6–8s of reverb, we brought the
architectural firm BarberMcMurry and Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart
all other parties involved to ensure of Jesus down to around 2s when
clear sound within the space. TSAV empty – enough to really help with
also installed a Danley Sound Labs intelligibility but not so much as to
J3-64 Jericho Horn and four Danley spoil the music.’
SM80 loudspeakers for fills to Mr Reardigan and the TSAV team
reinforce musical content. designed the sound reinforcement
‘We were brought in early and system to keep the direct path of
contributed our expertise to audio confined to listeners, avoiding
programmatic and acoustical design,’ the reflective surfaces in the spacious A single Danley J3-64 Jericho Horn been integrated among overhead
said Keith Reardigan, TSAV’s VP of room. The Danley system was covers the majority of the seating lighting fixtures. Both the music and
technology and standards, and senior installed at the back of the room, area. This model of speaker is speech systems are controlled from
systems architect. ‘For example, hidden below the choir loft. often used in large stadiums and, a Yamaha QL console with custom
we were able to suggest acoustical ‘We knew we didn’t want to excite a therefore, only one was needed to Crestron controls.
treatments that would nicely balance lot of air and surfaces unnecessarily,’ near-fill the cathedral. Two of the
the often-conflicting needs for he explained. ‘We’ve completed SM80s are used for near-fill and www.danleysoundlabs.com
intelligible spoken work and lively several projects that had that same the other pair are split between the www.shcathedral.org
music. Whereas an untreated room imperative with Danley Sound Labs two transepts. The system is driven www.tsav.com
Wavefront Precision on Mount Hebron
USA: Mount Hebron Church videos, and broadcast because the
in Mobile, Alabama has been church also streams the services,
equipped with a Martin Audio all of which have been more than
Wavefront Precision line array fulfilled with the WPM system,’ said
system as part of a recent upgrade Mr Baria.
project. The system was installed by
local firm Vision Integration.
‘Mount Hebron originally had an
exploded cluster PA system that
just wasn’t working for them,’
explained Gary Baria of Vision
Integration. ‘The pastor and praise
team were looking at other systems
but we recommended Martin
Audio Wavefront Precision Mini
line arrays. The WPM system had The system installed comprises and right of the stage. On the
a nice clean look and exceptional eight flown WPM cabinets on each stage, four LE200 wedges form the
intelligibility – something they didn’t side of the stage with four CDD6 monitoring setup. The entire system
have with the previous system – enclosures employed as front- and is powered by iKON iK42 and iK81 Completing the new audio system
and gave their audio staff a system side-fills. Low-frequency noise was amps. are Allen & Heath dLive consoles
that sounds great without having to catered for with two SX218 subs The church runs contemporary for FOH, monitors and broadcast.
do a lot to it.’ stacked on the ground to the left worship services with a praise The video system, meanwhile,
team that consists of two keyboard comprises a Panasonic 4K premium
players, a guitarist, bass player, camcorder, three Panasonic 7,200
percussionist and drummer, with lumen DLP laser projectors and
between eight and 12 vocalists a PTZ 12x optical zoom camera,
using wireless mics that alternate while a Blizzard system has been
with a 30-piece choir. ‘The system implemented for lighting.
had to be multifunctional and work
for music reproduction and speech www.invisionav.com
for the sermons as well as a special www.martin-audio.com
day-care service for kids with www.mthebroncm.org
18 WORSHIP AVL January–February 2019NEWS
New wireless coverage across Cherry Hills
USA: Cherry Hills Community Church said the church’s audio director, 600-capacity atrium got 10 channels
is an Evangelical Presbyterian Ben Edison. ‘We updated the sound and the youth group room got 12
megachurch with a mammoth, system to L-Acoustics Kara speakers. channels, with 10 Duet in-ears.’
¼-mile-wide campus to the south We upgraded our DiGiCo consoles In addition, a single WM watertight
of Denver. In order to comply with to Stealth Core and upgraded our bodypack transmitter was purchased
the FCC’s (Federal Communications I/O system to SD-Racks. And now by the church. ‘We haven’t used it
Commission) new rules regarding we’ve flipped all our wireless gear to yet,’ Mr Edison admitted. ‘But we do
600MHz band wireless, the church Lectrosonics.’ outdoor events in the summer, mainly
upgraded its site with a fully The Lectrosonics equipment baptisms, so we’re going to use it in
networked system, investing in installed at Cherry Hills includes four locations on campus. The HHa a baptism tub. Plus, it’s a utility piece
Lectrosonics Digital and Digital Hybrid Venue 2 receivers, SSM micro handhelds are all equipped with either for anyone doing anything in the kid’s
Wireless solutions for integrating bodypack transmitters, 24 LT Shure KSM9 or DPA d:facto capsules. room or needs a device they can get
digital wireless microphone and in-ear bodypack transmitters, 32 HHa ‘The number one driving force was wet. I’m excited to use it.’
monitoring (IEM) systems. handheld transmitters and 14 the Duet in-ear monitoring system,’ While the upgrade was triggered
‘We’ve been on the update path channels of Duet IEM systems. explained Mr Edison. ‘We’ve been by the loss of the 600MHz band,
since I started a few years ago,’ These have been integrated across on in-ears for a couple of years, with Mr Edison notes that the primary
no wedges on stage. We do feature motivation was the Duet 2 digital IEM
a choir once every other week, and system. ‘We have two cell towers
we have wedges in the ceiling for the on our building, and one of them is
choir, but the band is all on in-ears. T-Mobile, which owns the 600MHz
‘We knew that if we were going to band, so we had to make sure and
pull the trigger on new equipment get out of those frequencies early,’
then we really wanted it to be digital. he concluded. ‘The Duet 2 digital IEM
You get one chance in 10 years to system was the big tipping point and
do a big update in a church, so we made us look into Lectrosonics a lot
wanted to make sure that we adopted more. After doing a lot of demos and
the technology now. We put in 21 some listening tests, we decided that
channels of Venue 2 and 10 channels we were definitely going to go Lectro.’
of Duet into the 3,500-seat worship
centre. The chapel, which seats 350, www.chcc.org
got 10 channels of Venue 2, the www.lectrosonics.com
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27NEWS: SPECIAL REPORT
DPA Microphones’
House of Worship Tour
The Danish mic manufacturer recently visited a pair of US churches
to educate HOW technicians. James Cooke reports
DPA MICROPHONES RECENTLY worked with artist and worship leader
deployed a team to deliver Lindy Conant, as well as the worship
educational seminars at the National band Housefires.
Community Church in Washington, At the Queen City Church session
DC and the Queen City Church in in Charlotte, Daniel Rivera and
Charlotte, North Carolina in what Jarred Venter joined a returning Mr
formed the first leg of its House of McMillan. Mr Rivera works in sales
Worship Tour. and business development for Meyer
‘DPA is an ideal solution for miking Sound, overseeing the HOW market,
worship leaders, speakers, singers while Mr Venter started out as a
and instrumentalists as well as volunteer with Hillsong Church South
live streaming or broadcasting Africa and has served as the FOH
sermons,’ explained Christopher engineer for Christian artists Kari
Spahr, the manufacturer’s VP of Jobe, Lauren Daigle and For King &
sales and marketing. ‘The first leg Country.
of the tour allowed us to travel to ‘We chose to debut the House of
regional churches to educate HOW Worship Tour in DC and Charlotte and
professionals about our solutions
and how our mics can help worship shown. Shootouts between various
services deliver the best sound for microphones allowed participants to
any meaningful message.’ hear the difference between certain
Attendees at both events were models. The events concluded with a
taught best practices for miking DPA Masters Q&A.
drums, guitars and horns, among ‘DPA is known primarily for making
other instruments and vocals, as the best-sounding headsets, and
well as troubleshooting techniques. we are heavily used in houses of
In addition, the entire DPA product worship,’ said DPA Microphones’
catalogue, including the newly sales manager, Alan Johnson.
launched subminiature line of d:screet ‘However, we take that same quality
and d:fine lavalier and headset and make lots of other microphones
microphones, was on display. that churches can use. We make
After an overview of the products on instrument, choir and vocal mics
show and their applications, those that I believe can all help support
in attendance at each session were houses of worship in getting their
treated to live band performances messages heard. So, we created the country to give everyone a chance had more than 45 people come to
with various miking techniques our House of Worship Tour to give to experience pure sound.’ the events,’ Mr Johnson concluded.
employed to better demonstrate the hands-on education and experience The National Community Church in ‘These events are a great place to
microphones in a real-world scenario. of our products, make it accessible to America’s capital city was the first ask questions, meet others and
The attendees were even given the any HOW audio technician, from the stop of the tour. Kent Margraves, learn from industry experts as well
opportunity to get hands-on with the volunteer to the journeyman to the Chris McMillan and Kevin Sanchez, as from each other. We’re excited
kit and to practise the techniques seasoned engineer, and take it across three prominent sound engineers to see what 2019 holds as the tour
with strong ties to worship, were on continues.’
hand to share their knowledge gained ‘These sessions were designed
over the course of a combined 60 to be pilot events,’ added Evan
years in the industry. Mr Margraves MacKenzie, DPA marketing and
has served as an audio director communications manager. ‘We
for two megachurches, toured as wanted to learn what the HOW
a concert FOH mixer and currently market is interested in when it
mixes for several worship artists, comes to microphone techniques
including Elevation Church. Mr in worship services and their
McMillan recently finished a four-year applications of our microphones.
gig handling the live production and We will embark on next year’s tour
mixing responsibilities for his brother, with a more specific and targeted
Christian singer–songwriter John Mark experience for the HOW market
McMillan. Meanwhile, Mr Sanchez is based on what they have told us.’
an experienced audio engineer, sound
Alan Johnson designer and technician, who has www.dpamicrophones.com
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