Data & facts
Client
Cath. Church St. Franziskus
Richard-Wagner-Str. 2
95126 Schwarzenbach (Saale), Bavaria / Germany
Implementation
PHOENIX Professional Audio GmbH
Period
2021
Audio equipment from 
- Church Amplifier:
AMX-9-DSP4-ACD Digital automatic mixer, PRE-AMP with 9 IN / 4 OUT, DSP-4 system, audio Matrix, MP3 player with BT receiver, de-esser, compressor-expander-limiter
- Speakers: Active DSP Beam Steering Line Arrays (16 channel DSP2) DIGIVOICE-230.16DSP2
- Altar /Ambo: Gooseneck microphones MEX-500 LED with LED and MEX-1-500 s with suitable adapters or tripod MEGZ-2 s
- Altar: Boundary microphone MPL-2
- Radio system from “MIPRO” with components, including: ACT-74-5UA, ACT-70TC-5UA, MU-53HNS, AD-708, MP-80 and further
- Commissioning and acoustic measurement
- Level adjustment and programming of the PA system
Project description
Church sound reinforcement
Fig.: DSP Beam Steering Line Arrays DIGIVOICE-230.16DSP2 (schematic)
In the spring of 2021, the Catholic Church of St Franziskus in Schwarzenbach / Saale (Bavaria) was renovated by PHOENIX Professional Audio with a new private label sound system Phoenix Professional Audio equipped:
The heart of the new sound system in the church is the Pre-Amp Mixer AMX-9-DSP4-ACD – a digital automatic preamplifier with 8 universal inputs on XLR (MIC/LINE with DIP switches ), USB/SD MP3 player with BT receiver, 10 input and 5 output PEQ, audio matrix, de-esser with FULL, SPLIT, AIR functions, delays, feedback limiter and much more.
Equipped with a Compressor-Expander-Limiter function, the automatic preamplifier has been specially developed for professional sound reinforcement tasks in acoustically demanding buildings (building acoustics).
The Beam steering technology used in the DSP Beam Steering Line Arrays DIGIVOICE-230.16DSP2 enables electronic controllability of sound aperture angle and tilt angle in the vertical direction, continuously variable in real time, completely without mechanical alignment of the loudspeaker systems (tilt). The slim loudspeaker columns have been specially developed for sound transmission in acoustically challenging rooms such as churches and make a particular contribution to reverberation reduction.
MEG and MEX gooseneck microphones were placed on Ambo, priest’s seat and altar.
A new radio system from the “MIPRO” brand ensures complete flexibility and freedom of movement during the services.
About us
With over 30 years of expertise and +3000 projects implemented worldwide, PHOENIX Professional Audio has specialized in the field of professional PA – with a particular focus on church acoustics & public address sound reinforcement. For managing director and project manager Peter M. Krziwon as well as project manager Harald Seidl, perfect speech intelligibility and music reproduction are the highest demands – especially in acoustically demanding rooms such as churches.
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