The latest in a series of relocations looks to have given the Faith Miracle Temple a permanent home in the northern neighbourhood of St Louis, Missouri. Large enough to accommodate its 1,100 congregation. Its new sanctuary also provides a beautiful venue for its high-energy, high-volume praise band – and with the help of Don Ludwig of Ludwig Marketing and acoustician Doug Jones of Danley Sound Labs, Integrated Systems Group-STL (ISG), installed a point-source Danley loudspeaker system.

‘Faith Miracle Temple is an existing client for whom we’ve been providing service for many years,’ says ISG System Sales & Design Consultant, Parvin Tramel. ‘The sanctuary is fan-shaped, with a tight throat at the fan. We worked with Pastor Dave Baylor, who is very technologically savvy but hadn’t heard of Danley, and they were our recommendation for getting the kind of clear, powerful sound that was wanted. We called on Don Ludwig, who had a Danley system we could demo for the church. Don came in and powered up a simple system comprised of a Danley SH-60 loudspeaker and a Danley DBH-218 subwoofer. Their decision was made pretty much as soon as they heard it. You could see their faces light up; it wasn’t going to take any convincing.’

Doug Jones designed the system, which centres on four Danley SH-60 full-range loudspeakers, three SM-96 full-range loudspeakers, and two DBH-218 subwoofers. The subs hang from the ceiling at a centre point above the edge of the proscenium, with two SH-60s to either side to provide coverage to the fan-shaped sanctuary. The three SM-96s form an exploded delay ring for clear coverage at the back of the room. A Midas Pro II mixing console sits at FOH, with a Danley DSLP48 processor and PowerSoft 1204 and x4 amplifiers managing the loudspeakers.

‘In addition to designing the system, Jones came to St Louis to help commission it,’ Tramel says. ‘There wasn’t a lot to do – Doug’s design was so good and the Danley sound is so natural that the system sounded flat even before we touched the EQ. The client is impressed by how loud the system can go and never sound distorted or harsh. It’s always beautiful. Even though you typically lose low-end energy by flying subs, the Danley boxes already have so much more output than any comparable sub of their size, we still have abundant low-end to dial in. The client is also very pleased with the low-end impact.’

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