When choosing a lighting system for the new chapel that would deliver both quality and flexibility, the church and its longtime A/V designer/installer Springtree Media Group turned to Elation Professional.
Elation and Springtree had previously helped ClearView solve a challenging issue during a renovation to the church's original worship centre. ClearView had wanted to upgrade its lighting for video production, but was operating on very limited electrical capacity. Church officials didn't want to go to the expense of installing a new transformer, so Peter Vaque of Springtree came up with the solution of using Elation's energy-saving ELED Tri-64B RGB colour mixing LED par can to light the stage.
Each Elation Tri-64B unit emits an output comparable to a 500W halogen Par 64 can, yet draws only 70W of power, allowing the church to obtain video-quality brightness while remaining within its small electrical load capacity. "You can put 28 of these fixtures on one 20-amp circuit," said Vaque. What's more, the Tri-64B has other features that make it perfect for video, such as a warm, even white light and flicker-free operation."
In the new chapel, Vaque once again went with the Tri-64B, installing 28 of the units to light the stage and ceilings. The Tri-64B's colour quality and versatility have helped give the room the flexibility that ClearView requires, Vaque says.
To accommodate the different types of events held in the room, Vaque also outfitted it with Elation 575-watt and 250-watt moving heads for spot and visual effects.
All of the lighting, video and audio for the new chapel was done by Springtree, which used six JBL VRX line array speaker cabinets with dual VRX subwoofers, Crown Macro-tech amplifiers and Aviom monitor control for the sound system. In addition to the large center screen that displays the sermons, there are two side screens with Hitachi CP-X807 projectors, which will be used mainly for lyrics and scripture readings.
(Jim Evans)
