Sound broadcast in Temples

Installation of sound equipment in the Temple

Singing and musical accompaniment are an integral and one of the main components of church services and prayers. It is important to convey every note, sound, word not only to the souls of parishioners, but also to their ears. And professional, competently designed and installed musical equipment for the temple allows this to be done with respect for religion, preserving the features and purity of services.

What is the benefit and rationality of installing sound amplification equipment in churches and temples?

Praying with the heart is right, but understanding and repeating the text of the appeal to the Saints makes it more powerful, sincere, and conscious. The acoustics of the premises in religious buildings are not always perfect and allow you to make out all the words of the chants and prayers. And the service goes on continuously, leaving no time for parishioners to comprehend and repeat the text of the appeal.

Yes, the reverberation time in such buildings (although not in all of them) is often at a decent level, but there are other problems and nuances that are eliminated and successfully solved by installing audio equipment in the Temple and other musical installations. Professional musical equipment ensures:

clarity of reproduction and intelligibility of the speech of the ministers, the text of chants and prayers, musical material;

good audibility without distortion of the church service in all areas of the temple (where necessary), the courtyard, adjacent territories.

musical equipment, correctly selected and installed, harmoniously amplifies and makes clearer all the shades of chants, speeches and musical accompaniment. Whereas amateur centers with amplifiers (buffers and speakers) or poorly installed musical equipment simply equalizes all sounds with the effect of maximum volume, which is unacceptable in temples and churches.

Professional sound system of a temple and church also eliminates all kinds of acoustic defects (holes, upward sound direction, echo, impure sound of individual notes, rapid fading, etc.), typical for new, reconstructed, restored temples.

Why professional and complex sound system?

Religious buildings are complex in their architecture, interior, layout. These are niches, columns, multi-level ceilings, an abundance of decor, the use of many materials that react differently to sound, etc. Microphones, amplifiers, and music equipment must have a high working life and functionality, but at the same time be unnoticeable and natural in the church interior.

Therefore, sound systems for churches require professional music equipment, individual design of a music system, and an integrated approach in a number of areas:

selection and installation of acoustics inside the church with a microphone system;

mobile music kits (festive services);

broadcasting and notification systems outside the main church (outdoor, on the church grounds, etc.).

This is the only way to achieve high-quality sound systems for religious buildings.

Selection of equipment for sound reinforcement of the Temple
The sound atmosphere in the Temple has a very high reverberation time, because of this it is necessary to carefully adjust the sound equipment using a high-quality sound processor that has an automatic feedback suppressor. The BSS BLU-101 audio processor will cope with this solution.

Microphones can be installed permanently, in places where the service is read. Often microphones are installed or hung on chandeliers, at the gates of the Altar, on the stands for readers, and in the Altar on the menorah. In such a location, it is excellent to use Shure microphones with a condenser: Shure MX185, Shure MX418D / C, Shure MX202BP / C. For the sound reinforcement of the church choir, there are several options for choosing from microphones: Electro-Voice Re320 or Shure MX202BP.

All microphones are connected to the BSS BLU-101 central processor, from which the signal is distributed to the sound amplifiers. For easy use of sound equipment, power amplifiers are better those that have remote control, such as the Crown CDi DriveCore 4|300 amplifiers - four-channel at 300 W per channel in low mode or for a transformer line for connecting speaker systems. Temple workers will be able to turn on or off the entire sound system with one click of a button without damaging the equipment.

The most important stage of sounding the Temple is the correct distribution of speaker systems, the choice of power and direction angle. Low-power loudspeakers are suitable for sound amplification in the Temple, such as the JBL Control 25AV or JBL Control 29AV. If sound broadcasting is required on the street near the Temple, all-weather speaker systems are required, such as the JBL AWC129 or other speakers.

The single control unit for the sound equipment will be the wall-mounted push-button panel BSS EC-8BV. It can be located near the choir or in the Altar.

The equipment requires proper installation and professional setup. Our company Express Sound solves the problem of sounding the Temple. You can see the completed works in the "Projects" section.

Our specialists will perform the necessary analysis of the Temple and offer their professional solution for sounding the Temple, and we will also supply all the necessary equipment and perform installation and setup of the sound system.

For consultation and selection of musical equipment for the Temple or church, contact us! Send all materials (dimensions, drawings) and technical specifications to info@soundpro.ae or contact us by phone: +7 (495) 642-50-19

Our proposals for sounding the Temple and church:

Acoustic analysis of the room;
Improving the acoustics of the hall;
Development and selection of musical and lighting equipment;
Drawing up an estimate;
Supply of show equipment;
Installation and commissioning.

Our completed projects for sound systems for the Temple:
Temple of Archangel Michael
Temple of the Great Martyr Anastasia the Deliverer from Bonds in Teply Stan