Elevate Church picks KME Pano system
Published: WORSHIP
AUSTRALIA: Professional Audio Technology Pty Ltd has delivered the first K.M.E. Pano Series line array public address system in Australia to the Elevate Church in Wendouree, Victoria. Various PA manufacturers were compared by Elevate Church with K.M.E coming out on top.
Elevate Church prides itself on its musical performances and audio visual displays during services and it was vital to cater to the high quality audio demands on and off the stage. The Church, which can hold up to 300 worshipers during a service, was equipped with two QLB118 18-inch Pano Series Subwoofers with 800W each, four QL1215 Pano Series Line Source Units, four VL12 359W Foldback Wedges for the performers and two DA428 Amplifiers with multi-channel functionality and DSP to drive the entire system.
Professional Audio Technology’s Technology Director Tony Fitzsimmons was at the venue during the first sound check with the new K.M.E system. ‘We are extremely satisfied with the performance and clarity of the new system and what’s equally important is that the client is very happy with their buying decision which is imperative. We recommended the Pano system to Elevate Church because they wanted to have a solution which would not only satisfy the sound quality requirements, but also was small in size with enough SPL to provide the sound engineer with enough headroom during the service,’ he said. ‘During the setup of the amps K.M.E’s Preset Editor & Wizard made the job very straight forward and easy. We thought that a small Pano system was a future proofed solution providing the highest quality sound, an even sound dispersion and more than enough headroom to deal with anything that might be thrown at the system. Before making our recommendation to Elevate, we met with the client, discussed their needs, analysed the acoustic characteristics of the room and took into account what the system would be used for. We included K.M.E in Germany into the decision making process, as this might be a small system for K.M.E and PAT but a capital investment for the Church that we needed to make sure was the right solution for them.’
Currently still run in ground stack mode, the system will be flown in the coming weeks to reduce the visual impact on the stage. When asked about the new K.M.E system and the assistance by Professional Audio Technology , Elevate’s Pastor Scott Fellows commented ‘we are extremely happy with the K.M.E product and the customer service provided by Professional Audio Technology. The sound quality and the build quality are exceptional.’ Once Elevate had made its buying decision, Professional Audio Technology provided the church with a K.M.E Loan Versio system until the Pano Line Array arrived in the country.