USA - Village Baptist Church near Portland, OR, has recently taken delivery of a 72-input/16-output Innovason Sy48 digital mixing console with DioCore stagebox following the opening of their new worship centre in September 2009. The new building provides 43,695sq.ft of space spread over three floors and includes nurseries, a toddler care room, five multi-use classrooms, lounge/coffee bar areas, and a 1000-seat Sanctuary.
With the new build came a new sound system, at the heart of which is an Innovason Sy48 with a DioCore complete with the onboard VB-Audio FX package and a 16 x 2 Aviom A-Net card. Positioned at FoH in the Sanctuary, the Sy48 handles both the FoH mix and monitors, while additional feeds are used for recording purposes and for distribution throughout the rest of the building.
Village technical director and sound engineer, Jerry Keifer says that he went through a rigorous selection process before settling on the Sy48. "A biggie for me is sound quality," he stated. "I don't care how many features can be crammed into a console if it sounds bad. I mean, we all like these digital boards for their versatility and processing power, but what good is any of that if the preamps make everything sound like garbage? With the Sy48 I get the same richness as a good analogue console, but I have the recall and processing power of digital."
