Fellowship Missionary Church ops for Adamson Metrix line array
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: Circle City Audio has recently completed an installation at the Fellowship Missionary Church – a 2,500 strong congregation – located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Kirk McKinley, technical director at the Church, had decided that the sound reinforcement system was long overdue for an upgrade. The installation at the sanctuary was unique for CC audio, as it serves as a gymnasium, community room and worship space all in one.
‘The room looks a lot like a gymnasium with a stage set back into the far wall,’ explains Andrew Van Veld, owner and system designer at CC Audio. ‘Fortunately it is not your average gym acoustically – the space has been treated well. When the room is filled with seats and people it sounds pretty good.’
With the unusual situation that acoustics could largely be removed from the equation, the goal was to create a system that would better support contemporary worship services as well as the occasional concert or special event hosted in the space. Because CC Audio offers live event services as well as design and installation, Mr Veld was very familiar with the Adamson Metrix line arrays – which are frequently used by the company. He was confident that the compact line arrays would provide the features the evolving sanctuary required.
‘We brought in our Metrix system and did a four-hour demonstration for the church leaders,’ Mr Veld added. ‘We played every variety of music available and they checked it out for vocal intelligibility as well. They had listened to other line arrays, but the Metrix demo sealed the deal. They were very, very impressed with the system.’
CC Audio installed left-right arrays, each consisting of ten Metrix line array enclosures – two Metrix Subs at the top followed by six Metrix and two Metrix W enclosures at the bottom. Additionally, two T21 subwoofers were located on the ground under the stage. Because FOH is located in the balcony in the rear of the room, CC Audio also supplied an Adamson Spektrix Wave for use as a FOH monitor. The system is powered by three Lab.gruppen PLM series amplifiers.
‘As soon as I heard it I knew we had found our system,’ Mr McKinley concluded. ‘The first thing I noticed was the punch in the mid-range so the vocals are extremely clear. One of my biggest surprises was how clear the pastor sounded on a system that was very musical. The church members are absolutely delighted.’