Designing systems in religious facilities
often poses a challenge, because the speakers sometimes have to be unobtrusive to blend in with antique woodwork or
stonework. In some cases, audio consultants have designed custom-painted speaker cabinets so that the speakers will blend in with the church architecture. Some religious facilities, such as sanctuaries or chapels are long rooms with low ceilings, which means that electronically delayed fill-in or under balcony speakers are needed to provide good coverage to all areas. An added
challenge is that, once installed, the sound systems are often operated by volunteers from the congregation, which means that they must also be easy to operate
and adjust.
Some of the mixers that we recommend
have automatic mixing, which turns down
unused microphone channels to reduce noise, and automatic feedback elimination circuits which detect and notch out frequencies that are causing annoying feeding back.
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Modular (now or later) integration to
other current technologies such as wireless
microphones, assisted listening and video
projection systems are now commonplace
in many of the facilities that we work with.
If you are involved in an upgrade or
replacement of the audio and video systems
in your place of worship, please contact
Tom Court (tcourt@soundinc.com). |
