The brief for the project was fairly simple, a good sounding solution that would offer excellent coverage and performance whilst remaining sympathetic to the church's interior. Martin Hodgson of Audioworks takes up the story: "Following initial discussions with representatives of St Thomas' we agreed that a line array would offer the most complete solution and I proposed the QSC ILA range as a cost effective and aesthetically pleasing option."
Once the specification had been agreed in principle Hodgson contacted Shure Distribution (who represent QSC in the UK) for assistance in the final design of the project. "The team at Shure was really supportive" Hodgson continues. "They accompanied me on a number of site surveys, prepared a technical specification and supplied coverage and SPL plots to support their proposals. They even helped me mock up a demonstration of what the finished system would look and sound like."
The full specification for the project was based around the ILA (Installation Line Array) range; to provide adequate coverage two hangs of four WL-2082 speakers were required and these were positioned either side of the chancel. The system was powered with a combination RMX1850 and RMX4050 amplifiers and system processing and EQ by the QSC SC28 System Controller. HPR181i powered Subwoofers were employed to handle the low range frequencies as they could easily be removed when not in use. QSC AD-S82H speakers provide coverage for the balcony area powered by a GX3 amplifier.
(Jim Evans)
