Gray's Harbor Raceway
First Congregational
Bellingham’s First Congregational Church has a beautiful new sanctuary that includes an audio system that blends in well with the building’s architecture. The new audio system is simple to operate, articulate, and expandable.
A Michael Yantis & Assoc. spec’ed system, with top drawer components throughout, this should be a system that has the same 20 year lifecycle of the church’s last system.
Major components
4- Electrovoice FRX 660 loudspeakers
1- IRP 4083 automixer
1 QSC CX-404 4 channel amplifier
1- Biamp MSP-11e multi-function processor
1-Biamp MSP22e multi-function processor
8 TOA FR122 ceiling loudspeakers
Bellingham Covenant Church
A beautiful new church by committed people. Featuring excellent acoustics and audio system by BRC, this Renkus Heinz loudspeaker system includes a Biamp Audia Solo as the main system processor, in addition to the system’s processing. The Audia is used as an automixer w/ remote volume controls, electronic crossover, delay for foyer speakers, equalizer, and control for external devices.
Brad Burdick, an artistic church member, designed the audio booth and the rack enclosure. One labor of love in a church where Love is evident throughout.
Major components
1 Renkus RPA Reference point array, 120o x 60o, including processing amp
1 Biamp Audia Solo Processor, Logic Box, V8
1 Allan & Heath GL 2200 console, w/Mix Wizard sidecar
1 QSC CX 1102 power amp
2 InFocus LP790HB 3,300 ANSI projectors
1 Extron DVS 204
1 Extron DA-2RGBHV
Abundant Life Church
The A/V systems in this extremely active church in Boring, OR, are used almost daily. Pro Sound And Communications designed all A/V systems, and the acoustic treatment for this building.
Major Components
3 Electrovoice QRX-153/75 3-way loudspeaker enclosures
2 Electrovoice Eliminator subwoofers
6 QSC PLX2402 power amplifiers
1 QSC PLX 3402 power amplifier
1 Biamp Audia Solo 8x8 digital signal processor
1 Biamp Audia Logic box
1 Biamp Audia V-8 volume control
1 Peavey/AA Digitool 8x8 signal processor
1 Allen & Heath GL-3000 40 channel mixing console
12 Electovoice EVID C4.2 ceiling speakers
1 Boxlight 5,500 ANSI lumen projector w/long throw lens
Assumption Parish
This
remodel of a 100-year-old Catholic Church is a good example of blending
modern technology with traditional aesthetics. With excellent acoustics
designed by Michael Yantis & Associates, Seattle, the sanctuary has
a reverb time of approximately 2 seconds. Singers and choirs love this traditional
Catholic Church reverberation, but such long reverb times make it difficult
for some of the congregation to hear the Spoken Word clearly. 
The church elders were adamant from the get-go that a central cluster, regardless
of the benefits, would not be considered, because they believed the aesthetics
of the sanctuary would be compromised. The final design we recommended utilized
a time-aligned loudspeaker system, which permitted the use of small unobtrusive
loudspeakers. The end result was an audio system that clearly and articulately
supports the Spoken word, while also retaining the traditional sound of
a Catholic sanctuary.
The entire system turns on/off with a single switch. The priest, choir director,
or even the janitor can have a functional audio system as simply as operating
a light switch.
In an effort to minimize costs as much as possible, existing electronic
equipment and microphones were re-used, where applicable.
Major
components
2- Biamp 801e mixers
1- Peavey SMR-81 mixer
1- Peavey 1621 mixer (in sanctuary, local control for larger productions)
2- QSC RMX-850 power amplifiers
1- Biamp DDL-12, 1 in, 2 out digital delay
2- Telex/EV VI-12W Vari-intense loudspeakers
4- Telex/EV SX80PI loudspeakers
Northside Community Church
This
church previously exhibited an excellent example of how not to design an
audio system. In a church with a square sanctuary, with a large amount of
slapback echoes, the previous installation had 3 floor monitors hung in
3 separate locations. Both speech and music reproduction quality were extremely
poor.
Given the fan shaped seating area, we recommended and installed a central
cluster consisting of 2 Telex/EVI SB-121 subwoofers, and 3 Telex/EVI SX-80PI
enclosures. To minimize phase interference and keep the cluster size as
small as possible, the 3 SX-80’s are grouped with the 2 exterior devices
installed horn-downward, and the center loudspeaker installed horn upward.
This also provides a certain amount of ‘near-field, far field” projection from the cluster.
The cluster is bi-amplified using a Peavey CS-800s power amplifier, with
a plug-in style X-1 variable crossover. Where possible, existing electronic
equipment was used, and the floor monitors which once served as a main audio
system, are now in their proper role; on the floor, used as monitors.
Christ the King, Lynden
This church is a forward thinking, contemporary church, and required an
audio, video, and lighting system that would support their efforts to bring
their message to their flock.
The church is located in a shopping center, in a building previously housing
a furniture retailer, and, as such, providing A/V systems for the sanctuary
has a number of challenges. Low ceilings, wide seating area, etc. Working
with CTK’s educated and informed staff, we recommended and installed
a split cluster system, with subwoofers under the stage. Although our preference
is to shy away from split clusters, there was little alternative in a building
with such a layout. Furthermore, while not ‘perfect” the finished
result was an excellent system for speech and music reproduction, and any
comb-filtering from multiple sources does not appear to degrade the sound
substantially.
CTK Lynden also had a requirement for stage lighting, and for 2 projection
screens. We recommended and installed a FocusEnhancements MXProII video
mixer, 2 Infocus projectors, and 2 draper Cineperm screens. The lighting
system consists of high value American DJ aluminum Par 56 cans, with a Scene
Setter controller with memory, and DP-DMX20 relay packs.
Major components
1-Peavey xx channel mixing console
1-Biamp MSP-22e signal processor
2-QSC PLX1602 power amplifiers
1-QSC RMX1450 power amplifiers
2-Telex/EVI 18”subwoofers
6-Telex/EVI SX80PI enclosures
1 FocusEnhancements MXProII
2 Infocus VLP-500 projectors
2 Draper Cineperm permanently tensioned screens
1 American DJ Scene Setter
16 American DJ Par 56 cans
5 American DJ DP-DMX20 dimmer packs
Pro Club aerobics studios
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This is an extremely upscale fitness facility. As home fitness center for
MicroSoft, the club has an enormously large membership base, and its clients
have very high expectations. As such, the owners wanted to get the A/V systems
for their new club right, throughout the facility.
After running by several possible designs for Mark DiDimenico, owner of
the club, and Roger Davidson, construction manager for Pro Club, a distributed
audio system using EV’s award winning EVID 6.2 loudspeakers was chosen.
In the large aerobics studio, 6 x 360 degree clusters of EVID 6.2’s
were used. In the smaller studio, 4 x 360 degree clusters of EVID 6.2 loudspeakers
were used. Both studios feature sophisticated signal processing from Biamp
systems, and a Biamp 301e mixer with rotary pots. In this manner, it is
impossible for any of the numerous instructors that pass through the studio
to misadjust the audio system.
The audio system is powered by 3 x QSC PLX1602 power amplifiers in the large
studio, and 2 x QSC PLX1602’s in the smaller studio. Although it may
have been more cost effective to utilize the transformer versions of the
6.2’s, and appropriate 70V amplification, given the high fidelity demands
of the users, the decision was made to use a direct-coupled scheme. The
end result was more than worth it, as even non-critical listeners notice
the superb audio quality.
Each aerobics room also uses special effects lighting to enhance some of
the more uptempo classes, and provide the user with the experience of working
out in a nightclub/dance setting.