March towards digital leads Dongshin to dLive
Published: WORSHIP
KOREA: Having celebrated its 60th anniversary earlier this year, South Korea’s Dongshin Presbyterian Church opted to install a new Allen & Heath digital mixer as part of its ever-evolving digital A/V setup. Comprising an S5000 control surface and a DM48 MixRack, the new system replaces the incumbent GL3800 analogue mixer.
‘The relationship between A&H and Dongshin Church started with the GL3800, and we also installed a Qu-32 in the Education Centre last year,’ explained Seongyeon Won, who is in charge of the A/V system at the church. ‘Migrating from analogue to digital is a big step but we knew we could trust A&H products. We did evaluate other brands for the main FOH console but dLive won hands down on product specifications, such as the dual 12-inch touchscreens, easy navigation and expandability options.
‘Previously, it was too complex and intrusive to change an I/O patch on the analogue system but with dLive we can do it simply with less cables,’ Mr Won furthered. ‘Also, we now save space in our control room with the small footprint of the dLive surface compared to the analogue mixer. It has made a striking difference to the Church’s sound quality, which is now very sharp and clean. In video terms, it’s like a sudden change from SD to HD resolution.’
The church also uses the dLive to record services in multitrack via its Dante connection. Thanks to the individual scene list created by Mr Won, volunteers can reportedly manage basic controls themselves without having a dedicated engineer present.