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Table of Contents Houses of Worship Top Story Churches Rigged for Trouble? Installation News Calvary Chapel Offers Language Interpretation with Listen Technologies Daystar TV Tunes Into Gepco to Meet Audio/Video Cable Needs Product News Latest Bag End Speaker Powers Up Edirol Previews Affordable HD Mixer/Switcher Sound Simplified with Instructional DVD from Yamaha Upcoming Events Syn-Aud-Con Has Two Seminars and a Special Workshop Coming Up Houses of Worship Top Story Churches Rigged for Trouble? A key feature of the new, 400,000-square-foot facility now under construction for Idlewild Baptist Church near Tampa, Fla., is a series of eight catwalks designed to accommodate hundreds of light fixtures and other devices. But megachurches aren't the only worship sites with ambitious rigging plans, and experts fear many churches, in all size ranges, are giving this critical topic short shrift.
Churches represent a big opportunity for rigging designers and
contractors, notes Bill Sapsis of Sapsis
Rigging,
Lansdowne, Pa. "It's no secret the church industry is very attractive,"
he says. "It's a growing market that is also being cultivated by the
industry." Click here for more... Installation News  Calvary
Chapel Offers Language Interpretation with Listen Technologies
Calvary Chapel of Salt Lake City, Utah, is reaching out to its Hispanic neighbors by providing realtime language interpretation of its services using a wireless audio system from Listen Technologies Corporation. Using a Listen wireless personal receiver, Spanish-speaking congregants can listen to "La Palabra Buena" (the Good Word) being interpreted by a couple of bi-lingual volunteers who take turns interpreting the services.
Jim Harris, the church administrator, says, "We are pleased with how
easy it is to use and how well it works. The system has integrated
really
well into our existing sound system." He says that the personal
receivers enable churchgoers to sit wherever they want and still hear
the interpretation clearly, rather than sitting in a specified section
next to an interpreter.Click here for more... Daystar TV Tunes Into Gepco to Meet Audio/Video Cable Needs What began as the vision of a husband and wife in Alabama back in 1984 has blossomed into the second largest and fastest growing Christian television network in the world. Daystar Television Network, founded by Marcus and Joni Lamb, traces its roots back to WMCF-TV 45 in Montgomery, Ala. By 1985, Channel 45 became the first full-power Christian television station in Alabama. Two decades later, Daystar operates over 40 television stations in major markets across the United States (with construction permits for another 15) with production facilities in Dallas, Houston, and Denver. Having expanded well beyond the early days of Channel 45, Daystar's 86,000-square-foot International Ministry Center, based in Bedford, Texas, includes two state-of-the-art production studios wired from top to bottom with Gepco cables. Click here for more... ADVERTISEMENT 
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Bag End Speaker Powers Up
Part of Bag End's Gem Collection of high-performance speaker systems, the P-Crystal is the latest speaker in the Barrington, Ill., manufacturer's inventory now available with an optional built-in 1,000W modular amplifier, the Minima One.
The Minima One is a high-fidelity, high-efficiency, 1,000W internal
modular amplifier that weighs just 5lbs. More than 80 percent
efficient,
it provides more power to the loudspeaker and creates less heat in the
amplifier than conventional designs. Incorporating patented technology,
the comparison circuit of the module corrects each individual cycle. On
average, every four microseconds, the one-cycle modulator transforms
and
amplifies the input signal into the ideal, natural pulse width
modulation. Switching at 250kHz with the single cycle error correction
ensures low distortion and high reliability. Click here for more... Edirol Previews Affordable HD Mixer/Switcher Edirol previewed its new multi-format live video mixer/switcher—the V-400HD—at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas. The V-400HD offers a professional high-resolution video solution for live events, community broadcast, corporate, and worship installations.
Building on the success of the Edirol V-4, the HD mixer seamlessly
mixes
SD video, HD video, and computer signals up to SXGA—eight inputs in
total. The output format is selectable between 1080i, 720p or XGA/SXGA.
It offers an array of transitions, picture-in-picture locations via
joystick, and two keyers (SD and HD).Click here for more...  Sound
Simplified with Instructional DVD from Yamaha
Whether you're running sound for a band, a house of worship, an acoustic duo, or a full-fledged concert, or you simply want to understand how to set up a PA, Exploring Sound Reinforcement—a new instructional DVD from Yamaha Professional Audio— is a "must-see" for anyone planning or operating a sound system.
Produced by leading content company Keyfax NewMedia in cooperation with Yamaha Corporation of
America and Shure, the two-hour-plus DVD is an update of the
venerable Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook, and offers a
clear
and concise overview of live sound for the novice or professional. The
disc includes five sections covering basic sound system components and
how they all fit together, sample system setups, mixing and
monitoring techniques, and good working practices and troubleshooting,
presented in a logical, "signal flow" style. The presentation
intersperses hands-on demonstrations, tips, and techniques used in real
live-sound situations with advice from experts. Click here for more... ADVERTISEMENT For the worship system contractor, Blonder Tongue's TV Channel Blocker Parental Controlled (TVCB-PC) provides real potential for a new revenue source. Once the TVCB-PC is installed, consumers take control over television content coming into their homes by selecting which channels to block. Learn more at www.blondertongue.com Upcoming Events Syn-Aud-Con Has Two Seminars and a Special Workshop Coming Up Sound Reinforcement for Designers (Click here for course agenda.) Four-day course ($1100) held in Louisville, Ky., May 23-26. (Click here for travel information.) Registration Form
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