Audio and Light brings DAS to Summit Church
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: Audio and Light, Inc was contracted to design and install the Summit Church’s new A/V system. The HOW in Kernersville, US recently completed a major facility enhancement that included multiple 60-inch LED displays, a variety of lighting fixtures and DAS Audio Aero Series 2 and Artec speakers.
‘In meeting with our client to determine their needs and goals, it became very clear that high quality sound reinforcement was a primary objective,’ said Brent Everhart, sales engineer for Audio and Light. ‘The non-denominational contemporary services are very programmatic and production oriented utilising multiple flat panel displays with environmental video and moving lights, LEDs, haze and more to create an attention grabbing environment. It was crucial that their modern praise and worship band –complete with guitars, bass, and drums, could make an auditory impact on par with the visual aspects of the environment.’
Audio and Light deployed a sound system that incorporated 10 Aero 12A powered, two-way, mid-high line array modules arranged in two flown clusters of five units each. These left-right hangs were augmented by eight Artec 8 two-way passive loudspeakers that were positioned across the nose of the stage for front fill.
‘Our customer decided to revamp their stage area by cutting off a portion of the stage and replacing their existing exploded array,’ Mr Everhart explained. ‘I designed the room using EASE acoustic modelling software to choose loudspeakers and determine their correct location and aiming. Two proprietary subwoofers were added to the four the church already owned and they were arranged three per side in a cardioid pattern to control SPL under the stage and eliminate the uneven coverage they had previously experienced.
‘DAS is a pleasure to deal with,’ he enthused. ‘The company is very responsive and cordial. We have a terrific business relationship. Everyone has been extremely happy with the new sound system. I received a text message the first Sunday of use stating: “The new system is awesome!” The Summit Church and everyone at Audio and Light couldn’t be happier.’