SOUND SOLUTIONS
ACTION CHURCH CHOOSES ALLEN & HEATH PART 3 | Doug Doppler
We live in a world where many of us are appreciated was the flexibility that you had It had a ton of great features that made it really
mixing for the congregation, a live stream, and within the system to be able to determine how appealing at a price point that no one else was
YouTube. Traversing these worlds is no small you wanted all your bussing structure to lay hitting at the time. You couldn’t get a sixty-four-
task, especially for smaller Churches with out, how you could lay out channels on the channel console with a hundred and twelve
volunteer-based teams. This is why picking console and you could put anything anywhere faders on the surface for cheap, so to be able
a console / mixing platform that has a great you wanted to. Then it had a ton of built in to get something that was really affordable and
workflow and is easy to use is vital, especially if effects, you weren’t limited, you could patch flexible and also sounded really good was really
you’re at a multi-site Church. So, for this third anything, you could soft patch things so you appealing.
and final installment of this feature we wanted wouldn’t have to stick to a linear patch system. to interview Action Church’s Music Director, [WM] As the Music Director, you can’t always
John Williams. Like many of us, his roles be behind the console, and obviously Church
and responsibilities include overseeing both volunteers come with varying ranges of skill
the worship and sound teams. Given Action sets. What about the Allen & Heath workflow
Church’s massive growth, we are excited to be gave you confidence that it was the right choice
able to share John’s insights and expertise with for you?
you and your team!
[John] Because of the user flexibility and it
WHY ALLEN & HEATH
operates very much like an analog desk, your
signal chain looks very similar to an analog
[WM] Prior to becoming the Music Director desk where it starts with the pre-amp and
at Action Church, you not only installed sound works its way down. It does the same thing on
systems you also mixed front of house. What the console even though it’s on a digital format.
about the Allen & Heath consoles did you It’s really easy to understand, and because
appreciate most in terms of features, workflow? you’re not locked into one way you can kind of
[John Williams] An element that I really
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John Williams, Music Director of Action Church
December 2018
sum things up based on user preference. So,
if you have somebody who is used to running
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