MOREHEAD, KY – Crosspoint Church has grown since it got its start in 2008 and now welcomes more than 400 attendees to its services held inside the Morehead Convention Center each week. To provide customization of monitor mixes while minimizing the challenge of stage volume, Crosspoint has been relying upon six Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers.
As a portable church, easy setup and tear-down has been an important consideration, according to Weylin Fairchild, worship leader at Crosspoint Church – setup gets done in 30 minutes or less. "Aviom is the main vendor that has a system compatible with our Yamaha LS9-32 digital console that allows for future expandability," Fairchild added.
As the congregation has expanded, so has its contemporary worship band, Crosspoint Band, featuring the talents of local college students, teachers, parents, and others. Made up of about six to eight individuals who play for both services each Sunday, the band includes an acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, keys/piano, and typically two-to-three vocalists.
Using the Aviom personal mixers, members of Crosspoint Band are able to create their own customized mixes. "Aviom makes your musicians happy as they can make their own mixes, save them to be recalled later, and hear themselves. Aviom helps them perform at their best," Fairchild said.
In addition to the Yamaha LS9-32 digital console equipped with an Aviom16/o-Y1 A-Net Interface Card, the band uses Shure SCL2 earphones with a few members using Fidelity Custom-Fit in-ear headphones. A 100-foot Ethernet cable is run from the console to where a musician will plug in to his/her personal mixer. The band daisy-chains one personal mixer to the next so that all band members receive a signal. Fourteen channels are routed as direct outs from the console to the Aviom A-16IIs and have two mix stems (drums) routed to the two remaining channels Fairchild noted that there is no noticeable latency from the inputs patched from the LS9 to the Aviom equipment.
"Aviom allows for minimal stage noise which equates to a cleaner mix for the congregation and helps the band keep in sync with one another while playing with a click," Fairchild said. "Aviom has reduced the technical details of having to run floor wedges, power amps, and large quarter-inch cable runs. Anyone who comes into the band just has to learn its simple setup process. In all, the reduced stage noise enhances the front of house sound-making each week an enjoyable service for attendees."
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