The Church's regular worship band includes a ten-person praise team, drums, keyboard, bass, piano and two guitars and a seven-piece horn section
"Sundays are different every week, we can have a guitar player leading our services, a piano player, or our Pastor. On most Sundays we have a hundred or more choir members," relates Jeff Owen, technical director.
From traditional services to concerts and community events, this is a multi-purpose worship venue with several spaces needing flexible, reliable and crystal clear audio signals. Charged with delivering a solution was Doug Windell, design manager of Ace Audio in Hutto, Texas.
"It was time for a new mixing console to replace the old analogue board, and I knew the Allen & Heath iLive-144 digital system was the right console for the job," say Windell.
Accompanying an iLive-144 surface, Windell selected an iDR10 modular mix engine with 64 inputs and 24 outputs, eight input and four output cards, plus a Dante card for recording and streaming requirements. An xDR-16 expander rack was also installed onstage to give extra inputs for multiple audio sources.
"The move to a digital system gives the church the ability to set up different types of worship services from traditional to more contemporary experiences," shares Windell. "Plus, iLive dramatically improved the room audio and brought down the noise floor to zero."
(Jim Evans)
