Automated mixing benefits Stadtkirche Aalen
Published: WORSHIP
GERMANY: The 250-year-old Stadtkirche Aalen now features automated mixing, thanks to Yamaha’s Commercial Installation Solutions range. The solution was designed to make the church’s audio system easier to use.
The protestant church, which unusually for this type of HOW features a Baroque interior and ceiling frescos, was equipped by Steinheim-based Klartext AV. Klartext supplied a solution based around Yamaha’s MRX7-D open architecture signal processor and XMV4140 four-channel amplifier. Inputs to the system are from four gooseneck microphones (two on the pulpit), four wireless microphones (two handheld and two headset), while outputs are to four loudspeakers and an induction loop system. A wall-mounted DCP4V4S control panel and an iPad running ProVisionaire Touch feature on/off and volume controls for the pulpit and altar microphones, the induction loop and overall level of the four wireless microphones.
With up to eight microphones being mixed at once, the MRX7-D’s onboard Dan Dugan automated mixing is reportedly a particularly useful facility for the church. ‘The system delivers very good sound quality,’ said Klartext’s Markus Hein. ‘The pulpit is located halfway down one of the “long” sides of the church and the Dan Dugan automixing means that the pastor can face any part of the congregation, or speak from anywhere in the church, and the intelligibility is always excellent. It is also very simple to use – the user only needs only to switch on the power and they know the system will sound great.’
Following the installation, the church is reportedly pleased with its new system. ‘The customer is very happy with the sound quality of the system and how simple it is to use,’ noted Mr Hein. ‘The sound quality is extremely natural and, for the first time in two and a half centuries, the entire congregation can hear the pastor perfectly!’