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One of the last locations where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke, as well as one of the oldest churches in Los Angeles, Second Baptist Church has a strong reputation for excellence that led them to upgrade their audio systems. |
LA's Second Baptist Church Upgrades Audio for Radio, DVD, Live Sound Reinforcement
The recent audio upgrade includes an Aviom Pro64 digital snake with Pro 16 personal monitors. The snake ties into a new Yamaha M7CL digital audio mixer at the front-of-house (FOH) position via 6416Y2 A-Net cards. |
Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, Calif., (SBCLA) is expanding its reach beyond its existing live audience, radio broadcast and DVD duplication ministries. In advance of a planned expansion into television broadcast, the church recently invested in upgrading to a digital audio network, added personal monitor mixing and live sound reinforcement systems simultaneously.
Recognized as one of the last locations where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke, as well as one of the oldest churches in Los Angeles, Second Baptist Church has a strong reputation in the community and looks to maintain that reputation in every element of its services.
“Second Baptist Church was using the same system that was installed probably 15 or 16 years ago, and it was not operating the way the church wanted it to,” explains Rick Boot, contractor and systems designer with LA-based Audio Production and Design Services LLC, employed by Second Baptist Church to develop a new audio setup as part of a larger renovation project. “Acoustically, the church is a very challenging space. Although it’s small, it’s very live. The system that was in there wasn’t adequate, and getting pristine live sound in the sanctuary itself for the services, as well as for other distributed areas in the church was becoming more difficult.”
The recent audio upgrade includes an Aviom Pro64 digital snake with Pro 16 personal monitors. The snake ties into a new Yamaha M7CL digital audio mixer at the front-of-house (FOH) position via 6416Y2 A-Net cards. L-Acoustics Kiva and Arcs loudspeakers round out the new installation.
“The Aviom digital snake with the personal mixing systems has cleared up many of the problems,” Boot continues. “Although a large following comes to church on Sundays, a considerably larger following—around 40- to 60,000 people in the LA area—listen to it on the radio. The addition of the Aviom system has made a big difference with our live radio mix as well.”
“Whether you’re using the personal mixers or the digital snake for a broadcast feed, something very important to mention is that the church is dealing with volunteers and people that are not really audio engineers,” Boot says. “Basically with the Aviom equipment, we’re making everything as simple as possible and still getting a very high quality audio output.”
The Pro64 snake gives the church the flexibility it needs to integrate both its current systems and its planned expansion. The system uses two 6416Y2 A-Net cards installed in the church’s 48-channel Yamaha digital console, fed by two 6416m Mic Input Modules (16 inputs each) located on stage with one handling voice and one handling instruments. The audio coming into the console via the Pro64 digital snake is then split and sent to the additional 16 channels on the 48-channel Yamaha board to be used for the radio mix. Typically, the vocal channels receive additional processing and EQ to tailor the signal for radio, while the instruments are sub-mixed into the radio feed.
One 6416Y2 A-Net card also provides the feed for the church’s A-16II Personal Mixers through an Aviom ASI Pro64 to Pro 16 interface and A-16D A-Net Distributor. The other 6416Y2 card also sends mix outputs to the stage and the amp rooms to one of the church’s two 6416o Output Modules. From there the audio is distributed to the additional monitors on stage, the center PA speakers in the church as well as the speakers in the sanctuary’s balcony.
“The Pro64 digital snake allows us to split everything two, three different ways without any copper,” continues Boot. “Having the ability to just plug in another console and get a monitor split or a broadcast split was very appealing. The key to the system is the combination of performance and simplicity. Those who are running the system don’t have to deal with a lot of gear or have an in-depth understanding of it so basically it’s a set-and-forget kind of thing.”
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www.l-acoustics.com
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STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ...
Church Production Magazine Launches "Get Great Gear" Giveaway
If you like the idea of winning free gear for your church, you now have that opportunity at churchproduction.com. Church Production Magazine announces the launch of a new sweepstakes giveaway promotion where you can win new audio, video or lighting gear by visiting www.churchproduction.com/getgreatgear and following instructions.
Each new product giveaway opportunity will be revealed in Church Production Magazine and at www.churchproduction.com/getgreatgear. "Church Production Magazine readers work in some of the most demanding production environments in the world: local churches,”
says Brian Blackmore, editor of Church Production Magazine. "Our advertisers and sponsors are eager to get their products out into the marketplace into the hands of qualified users where their products can be evaluated and made visible to others. We're happy Church Production Magazine can be a vehicle for connecting church technical personnel with manufacturers of a wide range of applicable gear," he continues. "What a great 'win-win' situation for our readers. They get free gear and the manufacturers get valuable input and exposure."
For more information, including contest rules, please visit www.churchproduction.com/getgreatgear.
Lake Launches New LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processor with Audinate’s Dante Networking
Audinate announces that Lake, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lab.gruppen AB, has launched its new LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processor with Dante networking inside. The Lake LM 26 is the successor to the Dolby Lake Processor (DLP) with extensive digital matrix functions including Dante digital networking, which provides seamless compatibility with Lab.gruppen’s Dante-enabled PLM Series as well as legacy DLPs. The new LM 26 will accept audio signals via Audinate’s Dante digital audio network at 48 and 96 kHz sampling rates. Automatic input priority switching may be enabled, and the unit can function as both an input matrix mixer and Dante break-in box or break-out box.
Audinate's Dante is a gigabit networking solution that, according to the company, offers a no-hassle, self-configuring, true plug-and-play experience. Dante media networking technology suite transports low-latency uncompressed audio over a standard IP Ethernet network with sample accurate synchronization. Dante simplifies installation because it supports automatic device and channel discovery, with easy to use signal routing. Dante
also provides comprehensive network monitoring tools.
“We are very proud to bring LM 26 to market,” says Ulf Larson, Lab.gruppen’s chief executive officer. “This new digital audio loudspeaker processor builds on the Lake heritage and, with its unique and advanced features, takes loudspeaker management systems
to new levels of versatility and practicality.”
Dante Digital Audio Network is immediately compatible with Lab.gruppen PLM products, legacy Lake processors and other Dante-enabled.
“Lab.gruppen is recognized for its outstanding performance. We are pleased to partner with them to ensure their customers are able to take advantage of the low-latency, ease-of- installation and other networking benefits available in Dante,” adds Lee Ellison, Audinate’s chief executive officer. “The LM 26 can interoperate with any other Dante-enabled networked device.”
www.audinate.com
www.labgruppen.com
Sweetwater Releases Charity CD to Benefit Riley Hospital for Children
Sweetwater Fort Wayne, Indian radio station WAJI, Majic 95.1, have again combined forces to issue Volume Four of Majic Miracle Music, a compilation CD of new recordings by national musicians, which will be sold locally with all proceeds to benefit Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
The CD is priced at $10 and is available at a number of Fort Wayen area retailers, including Sweetwater’s retail location, and online at: www.waji.com and at www.sweetwater.com/miracle/
Nationally recognized artists, including Ingrid Michaelson, Uncle Kracker, John Tesh, Aimee Allen, Matt Kearney, and State of Man appear on the CD with new, acoustic versions of their popular hits. Many of the CD’s 20 songs were recorded at Sweetwater Productions. The others are acoustic recordings were donated by the artists.
"The first three volumes of Majic Miracle Music Volume were great, and raised more than $25,000, so we hope to raise a good deal more with Volume Four,” says WAJI Program Director, Barb Richards. "We are so blessed to have Sweetwater Sound right here in Fort Wayne. They have a true desire to help the kids at Riley and we thank them so much for helping us to make this great fundraising project a reality!"
Majic Miracle Music is a project of Sweetwater Studio 95, a partnership launched in 2006 by Sweetwater Sound and Majic 95.1 WAJI for the recording of live, acoustic versions of songs by bands and artists visiting Fort Wayne. These recordings, along with extended interviews, are broadcast on Majic 95.
“We’re delighted to be a partner in supporting a wonderful organization like Riley Hospital for Children, and to be able to contribute by doing what we do best,” adds Sweetwater President and Founder, Chuck Surack. “We hope that everyone will show their support by purchasing the Majic Miracle Music CD for themselves, and as a gift for friends and family.”
www.sweetwater.com
| NEW PRODUCTS |
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Allen&Heath iLive-R72 Rackmountable Control Surface
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Allen&Heath expands their iLive digital mixing series with the iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable Control Surface, providing a space-saving, lightweight digital live mixing system with the same performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems at a much lower price.
The compact iLive-R72 surface can be fitted in a universal 19-inch rack, and features a similar iLive fader strip layout with 12 faders, two banks and six layers, providing 72 color-assignable channel ID control strips. A built-in touch screen provides swift access to the processing, memories and system configuration.
www.ilive-digital.com |
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Electro-Voice ZXA1 Compact Powered Loudspeaker |
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The new ZXA1 from Electro-Voice is a self-powered version of their best-selling ZX1 compact two-way loudspeaker. Launched globally at Winter NAMM 2010, ZXA1 is powered by an 800-watt amplifier module derived from EV’s Tour Grade series amplifiers, and the enclosure is designed for a wide range of applications including live sound, stage monitoring, DJ and permanent installation.
ZXA1’s bi-amplified design features professional-grade eight-inch woofer and one-inch titanium compression driver. Other key features include: rotatable horn design, selectable high-pass filter for use with subwoofers and line and microphone inputs.
www.electrovoice.com |
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Sony HXR-NX5U Solid State Camcorders |
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Sony Electronics expands its line of solid-state camcorders, introducing its first professional camcorder that implements the AVCHD format, the HXR-NX5U part of Sony’s NXCAM family of video products. It features Sony’s Exmor CMOS sensor with ClearVid array, to deliver full high-definition resolution and low light-sensitivity with low noise.
The camcorder will record AVCHD up to 24Mbps, delivering 1920x1080 high-definition images with both interlace and progressive modes along with native 1080/24P, 720/60p and MPEG-2 standard definition recording. The new NXCAM model also shares the 20x optical zoom G lens used in Sony’s HVR-Z5U professional camcorder.
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