Although its building is of recent vintage, Lakeside Presbyterian Church’s growth led to a major expansion project that, when completed in July 2016, will essentially increase the size of the sanctuary from 125 to 250 seats. In the meantime, about 1,400 square feet of the sanctuary is off limits behind a temporary wall in front of the regular altar/stage area. Nevertheless, regular worship continues unabated. Making that possible meant rethinking the sanctuary sound system to meet both the temporary needs of the reduced space and the longer-term needs of the expanded final space. For the Dallas/Fort Worth-area congregation, this also presented an opportunity to switch from an older analog mixing system to a state-of-the-art Mackie DL32R rack-mount digital mixer with iPad control.

“Switching to the DL32R gave the Lakeside team a sound system they could grow with,” begins Jeff McLeod, managing director of systems integrator Church Audio Video, which designed and installed the new system. “Actually, the DL32R addressed multiple issues. We could put the mixer in a rolling rack, and all the worship team needed was a wireless router and an iPad to control it. Since the rack is highly portable, the mixer could be used during construction. We got the church a short, portable, eight-channel snake on a reel, and they set up a temporary stage where the mixing rack sits. When construction is completed this summer, we’ll install the mixer on the permanent stage, and they’ll have the same mixing experience.”

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