Melbourne's Planetshakers church updates its PA sound system with d&b audiotechnics

Given the dynamic nature of Planetshakers church services, where the musical component is key and demands a high level of SPL, have upgraded their PA system with D technology&b audiotechnics.

Planetshakers City Church is a church located in the Dallas Brooks Centre in Melbourne. (Australia) that since its foundation in 2004 has experienced considerable growth in all ministries, with an increase in the number of faithful attending religious celebrations.

This made them consider updating their PA system for a more modern one that would allow the evangelical messages of their pastors Russell and Sam Evans to reach the 2.600 Parishioners who fit in this enclosure, between seats and amphitheatres, and that contemporary cult music will reach all corners of the venue with total clarity.

"Delivering a clear and accurate spoken speech was a priority., and maximum intelligibility is a necessity. The dynamic nature of our religious services has an important musical component that demands a high level of sound pressure. (SPL) since we have more and more parishioners. In addition, We perform various services, so the system has to perform uniformly with that usual use", explains Dan Cornwell, Production Manager.

National Audio Systems (Nas) It was the company in charge of carrying out this project that opted for the technology of D&b audiotechnics since their solutions allowed their coverage to be clear and uniform across a wide frequency spectrum. The option chosen was the V Series.

The number of amphitheaters in the premises and that these extend downwards, Almost to the edge of the stage, posed many challenges. The fronts of the boxes also presented the problem of potentially creating unwanted reflections on stage..

Musicians can use in-ear monitors, But these reflections only serve to muddy the overall picture of sound.. Intelligent rigging to direct sound energy to amphitheaters and a neatly distributed system of fills and delays, provided what they were looking for.

In addition to covering almost the entire V Series, with V8, V12 and V-SUB, the final system included B2-SUB as well as elements of the Q Series and the 5S and 8S speakers of the White range of d&B for fill and delay.

Cornwell and his team were responsible for the installation of the system, with NAS support. The final system that has been installed offers a very wide frequency range with minimal distortion. This is probably the most obvious feature of the V Series..

"For an online array of this size it has all the power of a much larger system and stands out from other systems above all for its extraordinary fidelity and efficiency.. The central cluster hanging from V-SUB is the core of this structure and delivers incredibly powerful bass intensity to the upper amphitheaters.".

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