Danley adds clarity to Chesapeake church
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Regional AV integration firm RTW Media, based in Richmond – serving the Virginia/DC/Maryland areas – designed and installed a big-impact, small-footprint sound reinforcement system centred on Danley Sound Lab’s point-source products. The Danley boxes give Great Bridge Baptist Church even coverage from front to back and from side to side, in the balconies, under the balconies, and even on the stage and in the orchestra pit.
“The sound system at Great Bridge Baptist Church was old and tired,” said Zack Guida, operations manager at RTW Media. “The coverage was lacking, the timing was off, and it really didn’t do justice to the amazing services they are putting on.
“When we met with the church, they explained that not only did they want an impactful sound system, but they also wanted consoles and backbone technology to give them creative audio and video capabilities that would further allow them to connect with the congregation, both in person, and through digital media. The church’s vision included a video and camera system overhaul as well, so we had to be mindful of the overall budget.”
Guida continued, “We modelled the system for Great Bridge and found that a single Danley Jericho could do the work of an 18-plus box line array, but with much greater fidelity, no comb filtering, perfectly even coverage, and incredible headroom.”
RTW Media had completed multiple Danley installations on the campus of Regent University and the Christian Broadcasting Network, including their chapel and theater. Guida brought folks from Great Bridge Baptist Church to hear those systems, and they were, in his words, “absolutely blown away”.
Great Bridge Baptist Church’s new Danley system is centred on a single Danley J3-94 Jericho Horn, the same loudspeaker used to light up 100,000-seat football stadiums. A massive Danley BC415 subwoofer flies above it to deliver soul-stirring bass response, and a pair of Danley SH46 loudspeakers flank it to cover the balconies that run the length of the sanctuary on either side.
Four Danley SHmini loudspeakers bring up the articulation under the balconies, and four more SHmini loudspeakers span the stage in front to provide directionality for those seated near the front. Three Danley DNA 20k4 Pro and two Danley DNA 10k4 Pro amplifiers deliver a combined 80,000 Watts distributed across twenty amplifier channels with onboard DSP and model-specific pre-sets.
The musicians and speakers at Great Bridge Baptist Church benefit from Danley’s phase-coherent, faithful reproduction as well. Four Danley FLX12 loudspeakers can move around the stage as needed, with two additional FLX12s mounted on poles for the choir. Six Danley Nano loudspeakers distribute coverage throughout the orchestra pit
A 3000-Watt, eight-channel Danley DNA 3k8 amplifier powers the monitor system, and eight channels of Shure PSM deliver wireless, in-ear monitoring.
An Allen & Heath S7000 dLive console with a DM64 64-channel I/O and two DX168 auxiliary boxes serves at front-of-house. An Allen & Heath C3500 console with an associated DMO engine serves in the studio, with Dante serving as the backbone for networked audio throughout the building.
Four Panasonic PTZ cameras feed a Blackmagic broadcast multi-format switcher with a Panasonic PTZ camera control as interface. Two Panasonic 12,000 lumens WUXGA projectors, a 98-inch display, and a 110-inch video wall, handle the visual needs of the congregation, choir and welcome area.
“The entire building is now connected with broadcast level SDI video backbone and Dante audio, and will give the church full flexibility in delivering a high-quality product both in the seats of the sanctuary and wherever congregation streams the service from.” Guida notes.
“Although the Covid-19 situation has delayed the system’s debut in front of the full congregation, everyone at the church who has heard it is blown away. It exceeds all expectations.”
(Jim Evans)
