Trinity Baptist Church, founded as recently as 1990, today has 13 branches in London, South East England, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Ghana. There are seven London branches of the church and now the all-new Oasis House in Croydon, which opened its doors on Easter Sunday this year. The ultra-modern worship and social complex has a 900-capacity auditorium. A complex 32-zone audio installation throughout the facility includes a Proel Axiom compact line array system serving the main auditorium.
Given the scale and geometry of the auditorium, a classic center cluster arrangement with delayed front fills and floor-stationed subwoofers under the stage was specified to provide a stable image and optimal coverage throughout the space. Near-field front fills were built into the stage and step risers to ensure good coverage across the front rows of seating. Rapidly configurable stage monitoring was facilitated by means of connection to any of 16 concealed stage box positions.
The relative complexity and required versatility of the installation of audio feeds throughout the complex – in particular to the 300-capacity seating area behind glass at the rear of the auditorium – as well as monitor mixes for stage and side of the stage band position from FOH, demanded a console with extensive I/O and mix capabilities, and control from an intuitive user interface. Discussion and evaluation led system integration company Lagniappe and their Head Sound Engineer Roddy Maharaj, to Cadac. They chose a full frame CDC eight-32, dual 24-inch touch screen, 32-fader, live sound console; along with CDC I/O 6448 stage box and CDC MC Dante bridge network system components.
The CDC eight’s advanced specifications and workflow are appreciated by Roddy and his team. “The Cadac is one of the best desks available, not only for the amazing sound quality. Their algorithms I think are better than all the other digital desks out there.”
