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Yamaha Demo Room Outfitted With Active NEXO GEO M6, ID Series, Yamaha Speakers, New PX Amps
Yamaha Professional Audio will host active demos of the NEXO GEO M6 and ID Series along with the new Yamaha PX Series amps as well as CBR and DXR speakers …
Point Source Audio Intercom Headset Transformational for Techs at Elevation Church
Mike Mitchell, a long-time volunteer and part of the production team at Elevation Church has no small task being the producer’s eyes and ears in the auditorium, and communicating during the live productions at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. “When I first used the CM-i3 headset, it was transformational,” proclaimed Mitchell, adding that “The ability to hear better and protect my hearing at the same time has improved the way I approach my role in the production process.”
While Mike Mitchell solves customer problems as an IT professional, he’s also been a volunteer at Elevation Church for 6 out of the 10 years since the church’s inception in 2006. Rapidly expanding from the first church service of 120 attendees, the church now serves more than 20,000 each week across 14 campuses and many more through online streaming and television. Each of the locations has its own worship band, and services are streamed out from Elevation’s broadcast location to its satellite locations and the internet during worship experiences each weekend.
NorthRidge Church Enters Its Second Generation Of DiGiCo Desks With Two New SD7 Consoles
With four campuses in Michigan and over 20,000 weekly attendees, NorthRidge Church—in the Detroit suburbs of Plymouth and Saline, and the cities of Grosse Ile and Brighton—now ranks as one of the 30 largest churches in the US. To best accommodate the remarkable growth and support its increasingly sophisticated worship services, pageants, concerts and other events, the church’s flagship location in Plymouth recently purchased two DiGiCo SD7 consoles. Sold through REACH Communications of Champlin, Minnesota, the two new desks replace three DiGiCo CS-D5 consoles that had been in place there for eight years.
The SD7s, which are used to mix front of house and monitors, were installed in the church’s 3,000-seat main auditorium in time to support this year’s Easter musical and worship events. According to NorthRidge Church Audio Director Mike Duff, the desks are ideal for major productions like this, as well as the church’s annual “Glory of Christmas” event, which features a full orchestra and choir. “We needed a higher channel count, for starters,” says Duff. “But we also wanted to continue to enjoy DiGiCo’s workflow, which we really began to appreciate while using the CS-D5 consoles.”
elektraLite Dazer LEDs Celebrated at Iowa Church
Fluorescent lights may “get the job done” in illuminating a room, but they can certainly be unforgiving in terms of setting a mood, something especially important in a house of worship setting. With that in mind, Celebrate Community Church of Knoxville, Iowa recently upgraded its lighting facilities with the addition of a new system comprised of 24 elektraLite Dazer LEDs controlled by a new Avolites Titan Mobile desk.
“Our old fluorescent lights were outdated and expensive to replace,” explains Judd Nelson, the church’s director of facilities and congregational care. “Plus, we wanted something that would allow us to control the mood of the room,” he says, adding that the sanctuary seats over 500 people with average attendance for services at around 400.
