BARRIE, ON — Housed in a former sports arena, Mapleview Community Church has been equipped with a new sound system including a Soundcraft Si3 console. The church currently seats up to 900 people, and is part of a much larger campus that will include sports facilities, daycare and other recreational areas.
Systems integrator AV Communications chose the Si3 to meet requirements for SPL, dynamics, and Percentage of Articulation Loss of Consonants. The church’s management also wanted a digital console, under a specified budget.
The console also needed to handle 32 channels of mixing and a dozen auxes, and it had to be flexible enough to handle day-to-day presentations by members of the church, in addition to presentations by other members of the community who had already rented out the facility in advance.
“Not only did the Si3 fit all of the requirements for the project, but the learning curve was so short that we knew the sound crew would be up and running in short order,” said Gerry Harbridge, president of AV Communications. “After a short rehearsal, we were ready to go much faster than we would have been if we had just dropped in an analog desk.
“Our client was just elated with the finished design,” Harbridge added. “Top to bottom, the system is exemplary, and they are thrilled and actually amazed that we pulled it off within their budget, which we wouldn’t have been able to do without the Si3.”
Soundcraft is a unit of Harman International Industries, Inc.
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