Littleton, Colorado’s, Rock Community Church has thrived since opening in 2006, giving congregants ‘an unforgettable experience every time they visit’. Responsible for the technical aspects of this promise is Technical Director Ben Carson who, along with key church decision makers, manage everything from the physical design of the building to the sound system that serves contemporary sermons and live music.
To make a greater impact through additional land, flexible building design and dynamic performance systems the church hired Kurt Butler, engineering consultant and president of Butler Engineering & Technology Group (BETG) to help lead the way: ‘The AVL and acoustics installation at the church was designed to be an inclusive and intimate experience for the congregation, so everything related to the systems we installed were measured against that metric,’ he says.
It was BETG and a design team of architects that initially formulated a package that would shape the worship centre in a specific way, mating performance systems to optimize coverage, sound pressure and sightlines. Once Clair Brothers earned the work, system coordination and design optimisation occurred through BETG and Clair Solutions collaboration.
‘The Clair Brothers system, comprised of three arrays made up of i208 three-way active eight-inch loudspeakers coupled with CS118 subwoofers, exceeded performance specifications and offered a very competitive price point,’ Butler says. ‘During construction, some of the building safety systems affected acoustical dynamics in the main room. We needed to rely on the sound system to deliver the programme regardless of the altered acoustic profile, which it does beautifully.’
Other critical components of the install include products from QSC, Sennheiser, Digital Audio Labs and YamahaL ‘The entire campus – the lobby, classroom, and dedicated worship spaces for youth and children’s ministries were all part of the installation,’ Butler says.
‘The Clair Brothers gear provides wonderfully even coverage and impressive clarity,’ Carson reports. ‘When the spoken word is of utmost importance, the speaker system must deliver. The programme we offer will often have up to 12 people onstage with a full range of instrumentation. The dynamic range of this system to support a wide variety of programme content absolutely hits the target.’
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