"We had a flying junkyard, a traditional array of a bunch of boxes. Add to this, our worship sanctuary has a lot of floor to ceiling glass windows so there was a limit to our volume levels due to the reverberation," says Jeff Sarich, sound engineer for the Church.
When it came time to make a decision on which mixers to acquire, Sarich and his team were already leaning toward a pair of Allen & Heath consoles.
"We read a lot of articles in Church production publications and online in blogs and forums. You hear the same thing over and again about Allen & Heath consoles: amazing sound, lots of features and great pricing," shares Sarich.
For the main sanctuary, the Allen & Heath iLive-T112 Surface with an IDR-64 MixRack commands the FOH position where it orchestrates a new Turbosound TCS 1061 line array powered by Ashley NE 2400 amplifiers and a series of Shure ULX-D wireless microphones.
Nearby the worship sanctuary is the broadcast/recording hub for the church services. An Allen & Heath GLD-80 with an AR84 IO expander has been installed with a feed from the iLive-T112 system via the Allen & Heath Dante audio networking unit. Coming soon for the Unity Church will be live streaming on the web along with their current CD production and DVD's of special events.
(Jim Evans)
