Sikh Temple – Blackburn
After evaluating two of our recent church projects, the Blackburn Sikh Temple’s Committee decided that their new audio system would be based on d&b audiotechnik equipment from Germany.
Careful consideration was required to provide even coverage and adequate levels to the 40 metre long and 20 metre wide Prayer Hall. The challenge was to provide audio levels that could ‘rock’ the congregants, they definitely liked their music loud!
We used a six speaker setup to fill the large prayer hall with audio.
In front of the Holy Book stand, a single (centre fill) d&b audiotechnik dipole speaker is hidden in a specially constructed ceiling cutout, treated internally to minimize edge diffraction. Underneath said Holy Book stand a d&b audiotechnik cardioid subwoofer is hidden behind a fabric panel to augment low frequencies.
Two pairs of d&b audiotechnik cardioid column speakers are mounted on the side walls; one pair at the front in line with the centre fill, the other pair 15 metres down the room as delay fills.
A single d&b audiotechnik amplifier / processor provides power, speaker processing and room equalization for all speakers.
Microphones from Beyer, Sennheiser, Countryman and Audix provide clarity for the voices and instruments used during programmes.
An Ashly Protea DSP processor performs mixing and distribution of signal to both the Prayer Hall and other areas within the Temple. A simple 16 channel remote fader unit provides easy adjustment of processor inputs, more complex adjustments are hidden and accessed via software.
The musicians are catered for by a dBTechnologies concert wedge foldback speaker and a remote control keypad for microphone muting and reverb on/off.
The audio system now provides the Temple with the clarity, transparency and levels that really ‘rocks’ the congregation when required!
HDMI signals (laptop) for video and audio is distributed and extracted via HDBaseT devices at the equipment rack for the audio and the existing projectors in the prayer hall and lungar (food) hall.