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Table of Contents Houses of Worship Top Story Working in Worship Technology's Gaps Installation News Single White Line-Array Solves Acoustic Problems in Sioux City New Life Church Celebrates Dedication of New Auditorium and 20th Anniversary with Help from Aviom Product News Allen & Heath Launches the Next Generation of Industry Standard GL Consoles New Kramer Computer Graphics Video DAs Have Wide Compatibility TOA Releases New Speaker System Design Software Upcoming Events Syn-Aud-Con's Seminar Schedule Houses of Worship Top Story Working in Worship Technology's Gaps Even at a large, well-known church with big-time production experience and a substantial budget, media ministers sometimes find themselves thinking wistfully of the tools they wish the AV industry would get around to providing. These are the tools that will enable them to do relatively commonplace things more easily, without having to commit to major investments in technological capabilities they don't really need.
For Clifton Grimm, associate director of technical services at Southland
Christian Church in Lexington, Ky., the biggest gaps in technology
for worship users fall in the mid range between high-end, fully
functional professional systems and less capable systems intended for
those with smaller budgets. Click here for more... ADVERTISEMENT 
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White Line-Array Solves Acoustic Problems in Sioux City
R & D Industries Inc. has achieved an acoustic and aesthetic success with its installation of a Nexo Geo S tangent array sound reinforcement system at the historic First Presbyterian Church of Sioux City, Iowa. An elegant single array of white Geo cabinets has brought intelligibility to this highly reverberant space.
The objectives of the First Presbyterian installation revolved
primarily
around the church's choral music and speech intelligibility needs.
Working closely with church personnel and volunteers, RDI made use of
advanced acoustical modeling techniques to help determine the proper
loudspeaker system configuration and placements, and, as a result, was
able to work within the acoustical limitations of the room, providing a
high degree of intelligibility for the speech applications despite the
highly reverberant environment. Click here for more...  New Life
Church Celebrates Dedication of New Auditorium and 20th Anniversary
with
Help from Aviom
With the opening of the new 7,500-seat auditorium at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., underway, Daryl Porter, chief audio engineer for New Life Church, turned to Aviom Inc., manufacturer of the A-Net Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, for a monitor system that could handle the church's large praise band. The 11-piece band features drums, bass, keyboards, electric and acoustic guitars, strings, wind instruments, and a choir.
"The dedication ceremony was a big event for us since we were also
celebrating our 20th anniversary," says Porter. "The band had been
using
in-ear monitors (IEMs) on another system, but there were so many
limitations. I found Aviom and immediately switched over to their
system. The Aviom system is digital, runs on Cat-5 cable, and can have
an unlimited number of stations. It's a great piece of gear and does
exactly what we need." Click here for more... ADVERTISEMENT The sights and sounds of InfoComm come alive when experienced instructors teach you anything AV, from audio, projection, conferencing, control, rental, staging, and residential systems, to design, installation, business, and sales. Register now! It's simply your best opportunity to see the products live, and take courses to reinforce your understanding! Conference: June 4-10, 2005; Exhibition: June 8-10, 2005; www.infocommshow.org. Product News  Allen & Heath
Launches the Next Generation of Industry Standard GL Consoles
Allen & Heath will introduce the next generation of the industry-standard GL range at the NAMM Summer Session (Booth #1509, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, July 22-24, 2005). The GL range now incorporates four new models: the GL2400, GL2800, GL3800, and GL4800 live sound consoles.
Based on dual-function capability, which Allen & Heath pioneered in the
early 1990s, the range has been developed with a feature set dedicated
to modern sound engineering, such as ambient matrix recording, fast IEM
mixing, aux-fed sub, and engineer's wedge monitor. To provide the best
sound quality, the new GL models benefit from the latest audio circuit
developments, a responsive "musically-tailored" EQ, extended preamp
gain
range of 74dB with input on XLR or jack, and a new ultra-quiet mix head
amp design for optimum dynamic range. Click here for more...  New Kramer Computer Graphics Video DAs Have Wide
Compatibility
Kramer Electronics Ltd., a worldwide supplier of audio, video, and computer graphics signal distribution, switching and processing equipment for the broadcast, production, security, education, home theater, and ProAV presentation markets, is pleased to announce the newest additions to its product line—the VP-3xl, VP-4xl, and VP-5xl computer graphics video distribution amplifiers. These models have newly designed sync circuitry to ensure compatibility with the range of sync signal variances found in many of the PCs and displays in the market today.
The Kramer VP-3xl, VP-4xl, and VP-5xl are high-performance distribution
amplifiers (1:3, 1:4, and 1:5) for computer graphics video signals.
Each
machine includes front panel EQ control to compensate for long cable
runs and switches for ID Bit control. The machines have a video
bandwidth in excess of 375MHz at (-3dB) fully loaded, making them
compatible with computer graphics video resolutions from VGA through
QXGA. Click here for more...  TOA Releases
New Speaker System Design Software
TOA Electronics Inc. has released version 1.4 of its free Speaker System Design Software, which includes additional speaker data files for its groundbreaking new HX-5 variable dispersion speakers. Boasting 3D layout views and colorful displays, the easy-to-use software enables designers to produce a speaker system layout in minutes. Other features include interactive frequency response plots, selectable frequency centers, recommended amplifier power, and more. Click here for more... Upcoming Events Syn-Aud-Con's Seminar Schedule Sound Reinforcement for Operators and Sound Reinforcement for Technicians Each seminar lasts two days and they are held back-to-back.
Aug. 22-25, 2005 - Kansas City, Mo.
Sound Reinforcement for Operators addresses the subjects that are essential for operating a sound system. This is a basic course, and the emphasis is on practical rather than theoretical learning, using real-world explanations of potentially complex subjects. Multimedia demonstrations drive the point home and convey a level of understanding that will help head off problems before they occur. The system operator is a vital part of the signal chain. Cost: $500 Sound Reinforcement for Technicians is for those who install, configure, and calibrate sound reinforcement systems. It covers the theory behind how systems work and demonstrates how to use instrumentation to look "under the hood" to troubleshoot systems. This technician-level course is for those who already know the basics of operation, but want to dig further into how systems work and how to fix them when they don't. Price: $600; Take both Sound Reinforcement for Operators and Technicians: $1050 Click here for more... |
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