Patrick Gourley, technical director for the church, worked with Anaheim-based Sound Bridge during the console selection process. "All our engineers are volunteers," he says. "So 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 the iLive."
For the main sanctuary, an iLive-176 was selected. "What drew me to iLive was having all the dynamic processing on board, with dedicated knobs for everything on the channel strip," notes Gourley. "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."
When the church's broadcast needs expanded, they stayed with Allen & Heath. "We bought the iLive-176 knowing we would be adding a broadcast console. That was one of the big selling points," Gourley recalls. "Originally, we were running three different matrices on the iLive-176, but adding an iLive-80 with a dedicated engineer for the broadcast mix really gave us the flexibility and quality control we needed."
(Jim Evans)
