To meet its needs, the church selected two Allen & Heath iLive systems - an iDR MixRack with iLive-176 Control Surface for the main sanctuary and an iDR10 with iLive-80 for the broadcast centre, located in a separate building.
Patrick Gourley, technical director for the church, worked with Anaheim-based installation firm, Sound Bridge, during the console selection process.
"All our engineers are volunteers," Gourley said. "In addition to all the technical requirements, we had to find something with a fast learning curve. We field tested eight or nine digital consoles, either at trade shows or going to an existing installation in the area, and kept coming back to iLive. What drew me to iLive was having all the dynamic processing on board, with dedicated knobs for everything on the channel strip. Coming from an analogue background, it made the most sense in terms of layout. For most of our engineers, we could get them up and mixing in under an hour."
(Jim Evans)
