PA Project for Church

[kuruvilajacob]

Your work will be rewarded by the Almighty Rueben

 

[Nikhil]

A job well done Reuben!

Allow me to share a quote for you and your church.
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart." - Pablo Casals

Thanks for sharing your work with us here on the forum.

 

[reubensm]

The church's annual anniversary festival has started and there are crowds at the church every day. The speakers are running at full blast. They have also wired some speakers (from a PA vendor) on the street and these are being driven by 3 massive Ahuja amplifiers. For the first time in the history of the church, the church's very own PA system (which by now is by no means, ordinary) is providing the feed for these 3 amps. Earlier, the PA vendor used to bring everything, from mics to mixer, etc for this church function. I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow.

 

[reubensm]

The week-long church festival ended over the weekend. The new sound system was apprecaited by one and all. Now is really loud and listenable. Thanks once again to one and all for all the help and support.

Now, I've been signed up to take a look at the sound system at Loyola School's indoor stadium (which incidently is the largest indoor stadium owned privately by a school in South Asia)

 

[reubensm]

Some FMs had enquired how I got a podium mircophone with such a high base. The answer to this riddle is - I did not get a high base. The base pipe was only 3 inches high. The original stand was meant to be used on a chest-high podium. The altar table is only waist high. So I had to increase the height of the base. I unscrewed the base pillar, took it to a local fabricator, got the 2 grooved ends cut off and welded to a new 8.5 inch long galvanized pipe. The entire extended piece was rubbed and painted (by me) using matte finish black paint. This is the final product with the new base pillar screwed in place (bolted to the base plate and the microphone flexi-boom is screwed on).

 

[lifewater]

The week-long church festival ended over the weekend. The new sound system was apprecaited by one and all. Now is really loud and listenable. Thanks once again to one and all for all the help and support.

Now, I've been signed up to take a look at the sound system at Loyola School's indoor stadium (which incidently is the largest indoor stadium owned privately by a school in South Asia)

Congratulations. Reuben better start a consultancy. Another Roger Drego in the making:clapping::clapping:

 

[reubensm]

Recently, the church decided to move the entire sound system and choir to the rear of the church, which resulted in a challenge. The new position was almost 30 meters away from the main altar of the church and this meant, the 3 microphones used at the altar had to be wired in to the rig, at the back of the Church. The management was against used wireless microphones as they had been unreliable in the past. Was called in to help with the move. Built a 3-channel microphone amplifier with 2 OP amps per channel. The preamp is positioned at the alter and the 3 mics are wired to the preamp with their stock 5 meter cables. 2 long output cables carry the signals to the back of the church. Great results. Custom designed this one, based on a 3 channel mixer design.

Here are some pictures.

 

[arunkvivek]

Read the whole thread in one go... Amazing perseverance and great contribution from FMs.