Vineyard Church rocks with iLive-T

USA - Work was proceeding normally in the design and construction of the new 550-seat sanctuary for the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, when something unexpected occurred. Dan Redman, president of Spinnaker Multimedia Solutions (Malvern, PA), audio-video-lighting (AVL) integrator for the project, reports, "Everything had been moving forward nicely when the builder hit bedrock in the foundation causing a delay in the project. About that time, our rep called to say Allen & Heath had announced the iLive-T at the NAMM show. We looked at the specs, looked at the numbers and realised the digital console we'd been waiting for had finally arrived, and we would be able to have it installed by the Easter launch of the new facility."

The Vineyard Church does a contemporary rock presentation, with two guitars, keyboards, bass and drums, usually with three vocalists. With a left-centre-right house PA system and eight floor wedges for stage monitoring, Redman specified the iLive-T112 mixing system with iDR32 MixRack. That provides 32 inputs and 16 outputs from the stage, plus the additional I/O available at the control surface.

With the installation nearing the final days before Good Friday inaugural services, Spinnaker's Dan Redman handled the initial setup of the iLive. "The church's technical team took to it right away," notes Redman. "They're already getting involved in saving scenes and using DCAs to create mute groups and submixes. That's what we love about the iLive design - the learning process is really fast and intuitive."

(Jim Evans)

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