| The main speaker
system is comprised of two rows of 5 each Electrovoice Sx100 12 inch two
way speaker systems. One row is about 22 feet from the stage apron with the
next row about 44 feet from the stage apron. This arrangement was "tested"
in our acoustic design software to confirm our expected results during the
blueprint phase of construction. The speaker system design fits the
acoustics of the space perfectly to allow a listener sitting anywhere to
hear clearly the spoken and sung Word. The coverage of articulate sound is
seamless. Each speaker is powered by it's own amplifier channel and time
aligned with a digital processor to allow exacting fine adjustments of the
sound quality.
Extend Sub Bass
The Sx100's provide the coverage and clarity. An additional sub bass
section is installed above the ceiling using 4 - 18" Electrovoice FR series
professional sub systems for extended bass you can hear and feel. Notice how
they are installed to take advantage of the roll off of the side walls. Sub
bass is critical for accurate reproduction of electronic keyboards, CD sound
tracks, sound effects for drama, bass guitar, and kick drums. Notice how
they blend in with the ceiling and look like air conditioning vents (red
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Sx100 Main Speakers
18" Sub Bass Speakers
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General Views
What the choir sees
Nice sound booth!
Do what?
Hmmm . . . lots of knobs!
Overview of platform
Hold it a little longer!
I don't see that note anywhere here! |
| The choir
monitors are 4 Electrovoice Sx80's suspended over the choir. The Sx80 is
a smaller version of the Sx100. Again, the coverage of the choir is
seamless. The choir can hear a separate mix than any of the main speakers or
other monitor systems. If the choir wants to hear more piano for example,
they can do so without making the piano louder in the main mix, solo
monitors, or musicians monitors. |
Sx80 Choir Monitors |
| The musicians
monitors are also on a separate mix. Though not easy to see here
musicians can use standard floor monitors to hear anything in the sound
system. |
Musician's Monitors |
| Solo monitors
likewise have a separate mix allowing them to hear anything they want
without interfering with other mixes in the system. |
Solo Monitors |
| The mixer is the
Soundcraft 32 x 8 buss console with 6 aux sends and a ton of features
with the most important being that of low noise. No frying sound. Note the
extra large sound booth area. This is a good example of making your sound
booth easy to work in. |
Mixing Console |
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| The amplifier rack and
electronics is located in the mechanical mezzanine. It is remote controlled
so it is powered up with the sound booth. An array of amplifiers are used
to separate sound to various speaker systems for optimum control and
adjustment.
The device right above the amplifiers is an 8 channel digital processor
that has built in 31 band equalizers, compressors, limiters, and digital
delay functions. This one box takes the place of a rack full of front end
processing gear and sounds ten time better! A notebook PC is used to
configure and tune the sound system.
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Amplifier Rack
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