CityLife Church invests in Soundcraft’s Si Performer
Published: WORSHIP
AUSTRALIA: Formerly known as the Waverley Christian Fellowship (WCF), the CityLife Church located in southern Australia’s Manningham recently purchased a Soundcraft Si Performer 3 mixing console.
The HOW required a solution that was both easy to use and within its budget, contacting audio visual consultants Mozaix for a solution. Mozaix worked with local distributor Jands to supply church’s newest acquisition.
‘The Soundcraft Si Performer was chosen mainly for work flow and the audio quality it produces,’ explained Mozaix’s Paul Tucker. ‘A number of consoles from different brands were tried, but as the church already owns a couple of Soundcraft Vi4 consoles in their main Knox campus, they were already quite partial to the Soundcraft brand.
‘The world of digital consoles can be very confusing but the Soundcraft Si Performer makes it simple for our volunteers,’ he added. ‘They all speak of the ease of getting around the work surface and how quickly they can be up and running on the console.’
‘I’m very happy with the Si Performer, which contains everything that was good about the Si Compact 32, along with even better features, such as the independent LCD channel screens and eight assignable VCA groups,’ concurred Ian Moyes, audio director for the church.
In particular, the audio director is impressed with the ease with which the operational channels can be viewed. ‘The layout of the Si Performer is very clear and I like that you can label the channel screen,’ he enthused. ‘The four layers of completely flexible patching and increased stereo group configuration are great. Plus, the select fader function allows you to assign any fader to any job, and build the work surface you want.’
‘It's very intuitive particularly when we are flicking between foldback and front of house,’ added Mr Moyes. ‘We can tell by looking at the faders that we're in a foldback mix because they're all yellow – it's not always obvious that you are in a foldback mix with most digital consoles.’
Meanwhile, the church also acquired a Shure PSM 900 personal monitoring system for use at its main Knox campus. ‘They have a range of other Shure PSM models and by all reports they are very happy with the audio quality of their Shure PSM 900,’ said Mr Tucker.