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NSCA University Names 2008 Educator, Instructors of the Year
posted November 12, 2008
Dan Erickson of General Communications was recently named NSCA University’s Educator of the Year. Erickson received NSCA’s top education award based on student feedback from his course, “Networking Issues that Impact AV Integrators and Designers,” which he taught for the College of System Design during NSCA University at InfoComm 08.
Winners are determined based on evaluations completed by students participating in NSCA University courses. Instructors are evaluated on areas such as topic knowledge, engagement with students, and topic relevance. NSCA will recognize the 2008 recipients at the annual NSCA Member Meeting and Industry Forum as well as the President’s Reception at InfoComm 09.
Additionally, individual…
Read MoreSmall Budget – Big Time Wireless
posted November 12, 2008
Although it was 1999 when Charlotte South Fellowship Church formed under the leadership of Kenny Hibbard, it wasn’t until 2006 that the then 700-member strong church had a building of its own. The beautiful new 23,000-square-foot structure houses a 700-seat auditorium and a two-story children’s ministry area. Like many churches, CSF’s budget has little room for audio gear, so Worship Pastor KC Clark and volunteer Sound Engineer Brent Taylor maximized equipment functionality, sound quality, and reliability with cost-effective, premium-quality gear from Sennheiser.
Energetic contemporary music is a cornerstone of CSF’s unconventional services, and considerations of both stage movement and aesthetics demanded that the duo invest…
Read MoreShelter Cove Church Improves Worship Experience with Aviom
posted November 11, 2008
The new 700-seat home of Shelter Cove Church in Modesto, California, provides its parishioners with services that have an intimate and personal feel. But all that closeness caused the house audio to compete with the monitor audio. To bring balance back to the church, Shelter Cove turned to Aviom’s Pro16 Series of monitor mixing.
In the new space, the congregants are situated around the stage area. A key challenge was to ensure that the stage audio was loud enough for those in the audience to hear without drowning out the people singing or speaking on the stage during worship services. Compounding the issue was the short distance between the stage and the audience, making it difficult to keep the stage sound from overwhelming…
Read MoreRiedel Shows Expanded Performer Digital Partyline Series at WFX
posted November 11, 2008
Riedel Communications, pioneer of advanced intercom and radio technology, has added new products to its Performer Digital Partyline Intercom Series. The digital partyline intercom features high-quality digital audio and provides two and four-channel master stations, rack-mount, wall-mount and desktop speaker stations as well as two-channel beltpack headset stations.
In addition to pure partyline applications, the new Performer C44plus system interface makes the Performer series a fully integrated digital solution for combined digital matrix and partyline intercom. The updated version now incorporates a USB-port on the front to connect a PC to configure the internal 24x24 matrix via the new Performer Audio Assignment Software. This…
Read MoreWillow Creek Community Church and Kenneth Copeland Ministries Enhance Post Production with Archion
posted November 11, 2008
Archion Technologies, provider of intelligent storage for content creation, recently exhibited their award winning Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions at Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) in Houston. Archion, founded in 1999, has become the storage standard for many of the leading film studios, broadcasters, and post facilities throughout North America. In addition, houses of worship like Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Willow Creek Community Church, Gateway Church and others have turned to Archion for guidance on shared storage solutions.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries has implemented Archion’s Alliance Pro SAN Storage Solution to enhance their HD workflows. “We went non-linear four or five years ago, and…
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