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church overflow speaker solution
Hello. I am expanding the sound system in my small church so that we
can pipe audio into three overflow locations. Does anyone have any recommendations on what speakers to buy to place in these overflow rooms? Each room is under 600 sq ft., and they will be no more than 100 ft. from the mixer. I would really appreciate any help, as I have no previous experience as a sound tech - I will undoubtedly be back with more questions later. Thanks! --Andrew |
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:39:15 -0700 (PDT), Andrew
wrote: I am expanding the sound system in my small church so that we can pipe audio into three overflow locations. Does anyone have any recommendations on what speakers to buy to place in these overflow rooms? Each room is under 600 sq ft., and they will be no more than 100 ft. from the mixer. So, your existing sound system is one of "sound reinforcement" rather than "PA"? IOW, for folks in the sanctuary, live, direct sound predominates, and your sound system reinforces this sound? Do your overflow areas open with large doors into the main sanctuary? If so, how far are the openings from the pastor/ whatever-title-applies? Do you anticipate any hearing-limitations issues in your overflow rooms? Might seem like a lot of questions in answer to a question, but anything less is useless - this is system design with the church's money, so needs careful consideration. The fact that you're having to ask it now is proof that your predecessors weren't so concientious. All good fortune, Chris Hornbeck |
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On Jul 1, 9:56*pm, Chris Hornbeck
wrote: On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:39:15 -0700 (PDT), Andrew wrote: I am expanding the sound system in my small church so that we can pipe audio into three overflow locations. Does anyone have any recommendations on what speakers to buy to place in these overflow rooms? Each room is under 600 sq ft., and they will be no more than 100 ft. from the mixer. So, your existing sound system is one of "sound reinforcement" rather than "PA"? IOW, for folks in the sanctuary, live, direct sound predominates, and your sound system reinforces this sound? Do your overflow areas open with large doors into the main sanctuary? If so, how far are the openings from the pastor/ whatever-title-applies? Do you anticipate any hearing-limitations issues in your overflow rooms? Might seem like a lot of questions in answer to a question, but anything less is useless - this is system design with the church's money, so needs careful consideration. The fact that you're having to ask it now is proof that your predecessors weren't so concientious. All good fortune, Chris Hornbeck Correct, the current system is reinforcement rather than PA. One overflow is completely isolated from the main sanctuary, and the other two have limited access through several large window frames. The two overflows adjacent to the main sanctuary are about 80 ft. from the pastor. Thanks for your willingness to help out! --Andrew |
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church overflow speaker solution
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:38:57 -0700 (PDT), Andrew
wrote: I am expanding the sound system in my small church so that we can pipe audio into three overflow locations. Does anyone have any recommendations on what speakers to buy to place in these overflow rooms? Each room is under 600 sq ft., and they will be no more than 100 ft. from the mixer. Correct, the current system is reinforcement rather than PA. One overflow is completely isolated from the main sanctuary, and the other two have limited access through several large window frames. The two overflows adjacent to the main sanctuary are about 80 ft. from the pastor. 80 feet is a pretty big room, but not enough to cause issues, for your church. You won't have to consider the mixture of sound from the sanctuary with your SR, and the time difference between sight and sound won't matter to you either. The windowed rooms are like TV. You're golden. If everything is mic'd (and everything will *have* to be mic'd to be heard) already (like for recording), you can use this mix for your overflow. If you don't make a separate recording mix, you might just try the SR mix - slip in and listen for yourself. If you're lucky, and you might well be, the SR mix will have enough dialog in it, as-is. If not, an aux-buss mix heavy on vocals and a separate amp feed for the isolated rooms is the ticket. Still haven't answered your original question about speakers, but that's the very last issue to be raised - first we gotta get the right mix, then we need to address the audience. Will your parishioners need anything special, maybe due to hearing issues? IOW, does everybody in the overflow rooms get the same sound? All the best fortune, Chris Hornbeck |
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"Andrew" wrote in message
Hello. I am expanding the sound system in my small church so that we can pipe audio into three overflow locations. Does anyone have any recommendations on what speakers to buy to place in these overflow rooms? Each room is under 600 sq ft., and they will be no more than 100 ft. from the mixer. I had this need some years back in our Narthex, and satisfied it with a pair of small Infinity "Studio Monitors" driven by a 100 wpc power amp and tailored for the room with a couple of parametric eqs. The main chore for the parametric eqs was created by mounting the speakers near the ceiling, which caused a tremendous increase in bass. There is a consensus that the sound in the Narthex is far better than the sound in the sanctuary. The Narthex has a carpeted floor and an acoustical tile ceiling, while the Sanctuary is one of those long. high, and skinny traditional highly reverberant boxes with almost no absorbent and few diffusive elements. |
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