SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – To streamline its Sunday services,
rehearsals and weekly events, Highlands Church in Scottsdale recently acquired
a HARMAN’s Soundcraft Vi3000 digital console as part of a long-overdue audio
equipment upgrade. As the previous system was constrained by its limited
capacity, the Church now enjoys a massive amount of channels with the addition
of a Soundcraft 64x32 Stagebox, enabling a more refined experience in the
1,500-seat sanctuary.
In addition to the standard house of worship environment,
the sanctuary also serves as a rental venue for some local nonprofit groups. To
allow better access for volunteers and guest engineers from the local
community, Technical Director Luke Taylor chose the Vi3000 console for not only
its high channel count, but also its low total cost of ownership and ease of
use.
“After the capabilities of the Vi3000 were announced, I
became very interested in the console for its value and accessibility of
controls,” said Taylor. “We were able to cut out a lot of analog equipment and
cables from our inventory, streamlining the whole operation. I especially like
hooking up via Dante for multi-tracking, so that we can stream live events on
our websites.”
For Taylor, the Vi3000 console stood out from other brands
thanks to its straightforward, analog-like design, allowing instant responses
for operators. The Vi3000 is loaded with such features as separate output buses
on every channel and Soundcraft FaderGlowTM illumination on each
fader.
“Since we have a lot of volunteer operators that rotate on a
schedule, I really appreciate the fact that I don’t have to tweak settings that
are five layers deep anymore like with some of the other boards that I’ve
worked with,” said Taylor. “Features like FaderGlow are great shortcuts for
newer users and definitely help me train them to become comfortable quickly
while using the board. We wanted to see as many channels at one single time in
a clear layout, and the Vistonics II™ touchscreen also delivered.”
Besides convenient features, the Vi3000 is renowned for
superior sound due to its SpiderCore DSP engine with onboard Lexicon FX
processing. “It sounds great,” confirmed Taylor. “I like the preamps and the
EQ’s a lot more than some of the competitors. It takes a very short period of
time to get everything dialed in and sounding the way I want it during
rehearsals.”
For more information on Highlands Church, please visit http://highlandschurch.org
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