FX chains to instrument tones— right inside the Apollo ecosystem.”“ That internal processing has allowed Lakewood to minimize latency and consolidate gear, critical for a ministry that outputs live services, satellite feeds, and weekly content to millions of people every week around the globe”. We are excited about the new 16Ds, which we will incorporate into our Dante connectivity throughout our infrastructure for flexibility.
Lakewood’ s front-of-house and broadcast teams rely heavily on Apollo’ s DSP and conversion quality. With Dante networking, routing between rooms and devices is fast, scalable, and highly flexible.
“ We’ re actually in the middle of a console upgrade,” Hodge reveals.“ Some of the 16Ds are being repositioned into the new setup. But the consistent thing is that UA gear is at the heart of it all.”
Even the church’ s post-production teams are tapped into the Universal Audio ecosystem. Editing bays now feature Apollo Twin X units, which bring Unison preamp technology and real-time plug-in processing to video editors who also handle audio sweetening.
“ We’ ve got a couple of the new Twins in our production rooms,” says Hodge.“ They’ re editing video, but they’ re using those Twins for all the audio, just like we would in our recording studios. I’ m also using a Twin X in my project studio, along with a UA OX. I love how the Twin X upgraded preamps and converters sound. The plug-ins are fantastic. I’ m also using the
UAFX Enigmatic on my Studio board and a UAFX Ruby on my flyboard.”
Summing it up, in today’ s House of Worship, where the lines between performance, production, and broadcast are more blended than ever, Universal Audio offers a complete toolkit for modern ministry. Whether you’ re a worship leader or guitarist seeking dependable tone, a tech director managing a complex audio infrastructure, or a content creator streaming services around the world, UA products deliver the professional quality, real-time flexibility, creative control and customer support that worship teams deserve.
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