CrossPoint Church Completes New Sanctuary with Allen & Heath Console
Chino, CA (August 1, 2005) -- CrossPoint Christian Reformed Church in Chino
has completed construction of a new building and has installed an Allen &
Heath ML4000 mixing console with 44 mono and 6 stereo inputs in its
sanctuary, which seats over 1,200 congregants. The Allen & Heath desk is the
centerpiece of a sound system designed, supplied and installed by AMT
Systems, Inc., which has been providing audio, video, and other media
services for over 15 years from its office in the Santa Clarita Valley, just
north of Los Angeles.
Explaining the choice of mixing console for the new sanctuary, AMT Systems
executive vice president Tim Carlson explains, "I've always thought that
Allen & Heath is one of the best bangs for the buck. We're very happy with
the relationship between sonic quality and price point and feel, in the
worship market, that these boards represent a good value for the
performance."
In terms of the specific features that were required at CrossPoint Church,
which is located approximately 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in San
Bernadino County, he says, "We needed a left-center-right capable board and
we are using all 12 aux sends, so the board's feature set was something that
we needed, as well as the sonic quality."
The ML4000's 12 auxiliary sends generate eight monitor feeds plus three mono
effects sends and a subwoofer send. "In my opinion," says Carlson, "it's the
best way to drive your subs, because you can tailor your system to get rid
of low frequencies that aren't really needed for vocals, piano, strings, and
so on. The church use their subs for bass guitar, kick drum, keyboards and
playback devices. This method is a good way to keep the overall mix clean."
The Allen & Heath console drives an LCR main speaker system comprising JBL
Precision Directivity PD5322 enclosures and EAW subwoofers. The console also
controls eight onstage EAW wedge monitors. All amplification is QSC CX
Series.
All of the rear panel connectors on the ML4000 console are wired to a
patchbay, apart from the direct outputs, which are not required, explains
Carlson. "The monitor mix signals are routed to an Ashley Protea [digital
graphic EQ/processor]. The remote control for the Protea lives at the board,
so the FOH engineer, who's also the monitor engineer, can control the wedges
without having to run backstage. The monitor amplifier outputs and the
number of lines coming from the stage are feeding a custom speaker level
patchbay built by AMT. Using simple NL4 to NL4 cables the church staff can
patch any monitor mix to any floorbox onstage."
The Allen & Heath console's main LCR outputs to the main speaker system go
into a Yamaha DME processor, which applies DSP and routing. A center cluster
of three JBL PD Series cabinets is supplemented by two down fills. The left
and right clusters comprise two long-throw and one short-throw box, plus
side fill.
"The side fills are helping the center cluster cover the really wide house
left and right short throws," elaborates Carlson. "There are also six delay
speakers for the balcony which are set up from a matrix so they have a feed
from center as well as a feed from left and right. This processing is done
inside the digital signal processor, so everything is time-aligned from its
original source."
For further information on the entire range of Allen & Heath products please
visit www.allen-heath.com.
Established for 35 years, Allen & Heath designs and manufactures
professional audio mixing consoles for an international clientele in the
live sound, installed systems and nightclub markets. Established in 2002,
Allen & Heath USA has been set up by American Music & Sound (AM&S) to
provide U.S. distribution for the British audio mixing products
manufacturer.
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