The D5 is the front-of-house console and is custom configured with 56 mic lines from the stage, local DiGiRack (8 analogue in / 8 analogue out, 8 AES EBU I/O) and stage DiGiRack (56 mic in/ 32 analogue out, 8 AES EBU I/O). Audio processing is by Biamp, and more than 50 QSC CX series amplifiers power a substantial cross-matrixed left/centre/right Renkus-Heinz audio system with two rings of delay speakers.
Each of the three main speaker clusters comprises four Renkus-Heinz STX-9/64 three-way speakers, with two TRX-81/9 two-way speakers as downfills. Front-fill speakers are TRX-81/9s and delays are TRX-121/9s. Low frequency reinforcement is provided by nine Renkus-Heinz BPS12-2 subwoofers mounted in three concrete bunkers along the front of the stage (three cabinets per bunker). "The STX-9s were chosen because of their good performance when arrayed horizontally," explains Jeff Miller of designcompany Sound Technology Inc. "The cross-matrixed approach to left/centre/right allows us to provide imaging across a fan-shaped room."
Scott Oosthuizen, director of contracting at Sound Image, comments: "The audio system in the church was converted from an analogue to a full AES/EBU digital system and the D5 was chosen for its flexibility and routing options." Installation is due for completion in December 2003.
(Lee Baldock)
