COLUMBUS, OH – Curt Taipale with Taipale Media Systems provided Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers for the new 1,200-seat sanctuary at Cypress Wesleyan Church (CWC).
The McKnight Group built the sanctuary and Summit Integrated worked with Taipale on the AVL system.
"It was an excellent team," Taipale said. "We were all very flexible and accommodating so that every aspect of the new sanctuary, including its visual aesthetic and its sonic aesthetic, came together perfectly."
Taipale requested, for example, that the side walls and back wall be tipped downward to minimize room modes and echoes, and the builders obliged. Absorptive and diffusive wall panels also allow the space to be lively enough to inspire excitement but dead enough to optimize sound reinforcement.
Taipale's principle challenge was the sheer width of the room. "We originally considered a LCR system, but the budget wouldn't allow for it," he said. "Instead, I designed a mono system arranged in an exploded arc with a delay ring and flown subwoofers."
Five spaced Danley SH-50s cover the main seating area, with a Renkus-Heinz TRX81/9 under each for down fill. Four more Danley SH-50s form a delay ring.
Although he considered distributing subwoofers on the floor, his Bose Modeler analysis program suggested a better solution. "I flew four Danley TH-115 subwoofers as a cardioid dipole array," he said. "It would have been hard to offer proof of concept to the church had it not been for the Bose Modeler software, and it would have been impossible to deliver such an impressive amount of clean, undistorted bass had it not been for Danleys," he noted, adding, "The bass really kicks."
Lab.gruppen C68:4 amplifiers provide power and two Biamp Nexia DSPs provide input conditioning and a modest amount of loudspeaker conditioning.
The Yamaha M7CL was the first choice for the FOH console, but tech director Nathan Wurschmidt wanted to incorporate Roland M48 personal onstage mixers for the worship team.
A brief introduction to the Roland M400 digital console convinced Wurschmidt that it would be both volunteer-friendly and affordable. So the installation includes the Roland M400 along with the REAC digital snake system and just one M48 mixer to start, with a plan to add more mixers as the budget allows.
Taipale credited Danley for its sound quality. "It is remarkably honest, delivering spoken word that is perfectly intelligible and music that is full of definition and life," he said. "As a systems designer, I appreciate that the full-frequency Danley SH-series boxes have very well-defined pattern control, down to 300 Hz. Within that pattern, the frequency response is smooth and not at all 'beam-y.' A walk across Cypress Wesleyan's new sanctuary is incomparably more even with Danley than it would be with any other manufacturer."
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