Tulare Community Church

Sound design and installation: AMT Systems
Video design and installation: AMT Systems
Lighting Systems design and installation: AMT Systems

Description of Project:

When the Building Committee chose to begin a major renovation of the worship space, AMT Systems was commissioned to assist in new designs for sound and video projection, taking advantage of the opportunity to include cable routing, speaker and screen hang locations, new platform floor boxes and wall panels, an expanded booth layout and other functional design issues. The completed worship space is result of an effort that began with a “to-the-bare-walls” demolition and ended with expanded seating capacity, improved architectural and performance lighting and acoustics, and a sound and video system that is capable of enhancing the worship experience.

A Yamaha 32 channel digital console connects to Biamp digital signal processing and routing electronics, QSC power amplification and a left, center and right exploded cluster of JBL AE-series speakers. The memory system of the Yamaha console was a significant factor in the church’s decision process, since it allows the system operator to instantly recall the stored memory of a complete system setup for a specific service, thereby dramatically reducing setup and sound check times and providing a week-to-week consistency of sound reinforcement.

A pair of Eiki LCD video projectors provide rear –projected images on a pair of 6 X 8 foot Reversa screens. These “see-through” screens are suspended at the sides of the platform and provide a wide viewing angle to the fan-shaped seating area. When no image is present on these screens, they provide a non-distractive surface that the congregation has embraced enthusiastically. Additional LCD projectors were included to provide images at walls flanking the main entry doors for viewing by those on the platform.

A complete ETC performance lighting system including dimmers controlling both architectural and performance lighting, an Express console, and ETC Source Four ellipsoidal and PAR fixtures, was also furnished and installed as part of AMT’s efforts in the renovation process. The system is designed to allow user-defined presets to be activated from a door station and from a panel at the booth without the need to connect and operate the larger control console. The door station presets provide house lighting operation, while the programmable booth panel can control both architectural and performance lighting.