The Manna Methodist Church has followed the Jiguchon Church in bringing DiGiCo mixing consoles into the South Korea worship market.

A DiGiCo SD7 was the first DiGiCo desk to be installed in 2012, and now four further desks have been installed in the Manna Methodist Church – both churches being in Bundang New City.

With a seating capacity of 4,000 and around 10,000 worshippers attending each week, Manna services feature a live band, choir, organ and orchestra, requiring a high input channel count, as well as facilities to mix live audio for broadcast for the church’s own Internet channel.

The church called on Soundus Corporation –DiGiCo’s South Korean distributor – to supply and install an SD7 console at FOH, with four SD-Racks and an SD8-24 to take care of the live broadcast mix. In addition, Soundus supplied an SD9 for a mobile audio system and an SD11 for the church video editing suite, linking the audio with Using an Optocore fibre-optic network.

‘The decision to use DiGiCo consoles was based on the SD7’s ability to handle more than 200 input channels, the dual engine offering stability, reliable redundancy and excellent sound quality,’ says Soundus Sales Manager, Byung Chul Park. ‘The church also needed additional mixing consoles and it was an obvious decision to stay with the same manufacturer.

‘The system is very versatile and is easily expandable for any future requirements,’ he adds. ‘The church is very happy with it.’