projects
Our projects are really varied; from installing speakers into old church buildings to running production at large-scale festivals, from 20-1000 capacity corporate conferences to multi-venue cross-city Christian Conferences, here are some start-to-finish examples of our work.
Installation of aesthetically pleasing and effective speakers into a listed building…
In 2020 we were invited to be part of a lockdown project to capture what *would* have been in-person classical music concerts for the annual prestigious Stour Music Festival, based between Ashford and Canterbury in Kent. https://www.stourmusic.org.uk/
This festival historically has its home at All Saint’s Church in Boughton Aluph. We were first involved as we were asked to provide multi-track recordings which accompanied a multi-camera capture of the live classical performances so that more people were able to enjoy the Festival when a live audience wasn’t permitted in the same way that it is again now (those social distancing rules feel a long way away now!)
Off the back of the first weekend of concerts, we continued to work alongside the Stour Music Festival to amplify some of their contemporary events, and then also moved on to supplying a speech system for the conductor or MD to address the audience between movements.
After careful consideration between the music festival and the active church community, they decided to collaborate and invest heavily in a permanent 13 box speech PA system which would evenly deliver sound across the whole of the old church building, creating a high-end and unique space which would not usually be achieved in this type of building.
This project involved us managing this collaboration which consisted of two parties with different sets of needs. We were able to listen carefully, managing to work out a total list of needs to be fulfilled, then starting the process of proposing and delivering to the needs and requirements of the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC)
https://www.canterburydiocese.org/parishsupport/church-buildings/the-diocesan-advisory-committee.php
We digitally replicated all of the speaker locations, placing cable diagrams and routes on to an approved plan before any physical work commenced, ensuring that when we began we were satisfied that all parties were going to be happy with the outcome.
In addition to the 13 discrete, colour matched speakers, we also installed a rack mounted digital sound desk, 4 channels of radio mic for both the church services and the festival to use, and a copper induction loop which runs the whole way around the church building. Next to the organ we placed all of the racked equipment into an acoustically treated IT cabinet, which is locked and bolted to the floor as the church is left open to visitors throughout the year. This rack has to be both simple to use but also available for more complicated uses later down the line, as a result we also made a simple instruction guide for the end user.
To this day we continue to support the church and Stour Music Festival individually, maintaining kit where necessary, and supplementing with additional equipment of engineers, as well as providing full production for some of their outdoor, or marquee concerts.
“Steve helped us think through how to get the best result from an online worship band for our Sunday morning service. He then collated all the audio files from band members, mixed the sound and made the video of us playing split screen. He was so good at communication and made it a pleasure. Everyone has commented on how good the sound and visuals were and other Churches should definitely get this chap involved in making an online band happen!”
Olly Knight | Worship Team Coordinator at The City Church Canterbury
