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Why buy a Sabine FBX Feedback Exterminator to do nothing to your sound?
Because that is exactly what your feedback controller should do. New
Sabine SMARTFilter technology improves on the industry standard in
transparent feedback control. Sabine's automatic parametric filters
are
placed faster and with one Hz resolution, while leaving your sound
untouched. Get maximum gain and the real story on feedback control at
www.Sabine.com.
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Houses of Worship Top Story
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The Right Answers, Right From
the Start
Mega-churches with sophisticated video operations may
get a lot of ink these days, but there are always thousands of others
pondering simpler, earlier steps along the video pathway, and their
needs for reliable advice and training start at the very beginning.
Glenn Collinge, southeast regional sales manager at FSR, thinks there is a
notable gap in training for prospective church video users just
starting
down the video road. For these users, large screens, big Barco or Christie
projectors, and a broadcast-quality switcher are a long way off, if
they
figure in church plans at all. Click here for more...
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Give the whole congregation a front row seat. The
Vikuiti™
XRVS-120 rear projection screen from 3M displays bright text and
images.
To request a FREE mini-screen and to read our case study, call
1-800-553-9215 or visit www.3M.com/Vikuiti/svc.
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 Folsom Church Gives New
Meaning
to "Service Department"
Spiritual aspirations aside, it's a good bet that
every pastor has at one time or another dreamed of addressing their
burgeoning flock from the lofty heights of a world-class house of
worship, gazing upon row after row of faithful within gilded walls,
towering ceilings, and ornate stained glass. Of course, all great
dreams
grow from seedlings, and many houses of worship soldier on contentedly
in smaller venues and makeshift homes, a firm focus on their mission
directing them to take whatever accommodations they are blessed with
and
make them into a warm and welcoming space.
Such is the story of The Gathering Place Christian Fellowship, Folsom,
Calif. As venues go, Senior Pastor Phil Jones, Associate Pastor Mark
O'Connell, and their staff inherited an interesting one, setting up
shop
in a former automobile dealership. After meeting for several years in
what had been the showroom, they recently remodeled the former service
department, creating a welcoming and unique sanctuary space. The
carpeted room is at once sizeable and intimate, with large, round
tables
replacing the traditional rows of pew seating. A coffee and pastry bar
and bookshelves give the sanctuary the feel of a coffee shop or
bookstore, encouraging socialization and participation amongst the
congregants. Click here for more...
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 MGA Installs dV-DOSC and
Coaxials at Calvary Church
Fresno, Calif.-based Michael Garrison Associates (MGA), a design-build
systems contracting firm that has served the church market for nearly
30
years, installed its first L-Acoustics system at the new 110,000-square-foot
Calvary Church (formerly Calvary Temple) in Irving, Texas.
Under the direction of MGA Senior Systems Designer Brian Roggow from
the
firm's satellite office in Springfield, Mo., twin arrays, each
comprised
of ten L-Acoustics dV-DOSC cabinets plus three dV-SUBs, were flown
above
the left and right sides of the stage in the 1,500-seat main sanctuary.
For low-frequency reinforcement, four SB218 subwoofers are positioned
up
in the room's center cavity while two SB118s are located under the
stage. Four additional coaxial MTD108a systems are further called upon
to deliver front-fill, and all loudspeaker systems are powered by
L-Acoustics' own LA Series amplifiers. Click here for more...
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As more churches and religious facilities incorporate video into their
services and educational programs, PESA routers are providing them a
cost-effective solution for audio/visual routing, control, and
distribution systems. For more information, go to www.pesa.com.
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 Alcons at PLASA
2005
At this year's PLASA
Show, Alcons will present a number of new product range
additions and highlights of the current line-up.
With last year's PLASA still as prototype, this year the production
model of the LR14, Alcons' ultra-compact line array module, will be on
show. Featuring the patented RBN401 pro-ribbon driver and double 6.5in.
woofers with a dispersion pattern of 120x15 degrees, the LR14 is
designed as either ultra-compact line array system, or as under-fill of
the LR16. Click here for more...
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Gefen Splits Video Eight Ways
with Cat-5 Cable
Simple, economical Cat-5 cables are used to extend
and
distribute computer data or other video sources to eight different
displays with Gefen's
new 1:8 VGA Cat-5 distribution amplifier. This new solution joins
Gefen's existing selection of audio/video tools for system extension,
distribution, and performance. Click here for more...
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Shepherd Multimedia and Kramer
Scalers Open Field to the Religion Market
Theology is colliding with technology in today's
religion market, and Kramer Electronics is providing a cost-effective,
versatile product for church installations.
Churches are now reaching their congregations through high-tech
multimedia systems. Song lyrics, sermons, and Bible passages are
projected on multiple monitors, and services can be televised to other
areas within the building, such as lobbies, nurseries, and hallways.
The
Kramer ProScale Digital Scaler/Switchers make it possible to get the
same clear, high-resolution picture on every monitor, regardless of
location. The scalers also allow various media sources to tie into one
control box and seamlessly switch to all the inputs. Click here for more...
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