C Church Says DiGiCo SD9 is A

Only two years since it was founded, the C3 Church in California's Silicon Valley has already proved so popular with worshippers that a major upgrade to its audio mixing facilities was required. A DiGiCo SD9 has made a massive improvement.

Located in the city of Palo Alto, in San Francisco's Bay Area, the church started out with an entry level digital console, but consistent congregation growth and the maturing demands of the worship team meant that an upgrade became essential.

Working closely with Nick Burns, managing director of supplier Forefront Productions ALV (whose head office is in NSW, Australia, but with local support for the US out of LA and Orlando), the church's production manager Andrew Thomas chose the DiGiCo SD9 because he knew it would be the ideal solution.

With 48 mono or stereo channels, we knew the SD9 would be able to handle anything we throw at it, he says. We realised that mixing would be very easy, thanks to all the controls being laid out exactly where you d expect them, the powerful touchscreen and easy to navigate banks. The EQs and compressors sound great and the built in FX rack makes you wonder why you d ever need any outboard.

He continues, We also have a lot of volunteers, many of whom are new to the world of audio, so I knew being able to load up presets at any scope of the session - from a single EQ to an entire show - would really take some of the load off of them, allowing them to focus on mixing.

With the SD9 installed, Nick spent two days on site training church staff and programming an initial live setup, impressing everyone with the instantaneous improvements delivered by the console.

Everyone I talked to about the SD9 had nothing but the best to say about it. But when it arrived, I was blown away, says Andrew. The sonic quality alone made the purchase worth it - the openness and clarity of sound made our PA sound brand new. But on top of that it has so much more.

The console operation is unbelievably flexible and can accommodate pretty much anyone s workflow. The ease of routing and navigating menus - plus the fact that there are at least three ways to do anything - means I have been able to make a workflow that fits me perfectly. And the fact that pretty much everything is flexi' makes it even better.

We also have to set up and tear down every week, which the console saves us considerable time in doing. It's also helped by the build quality being second to none.

As well as the console, Andrew is full of praise for the service provided by Forefront and DiGiCo.

Nick was a great teacher and made the daunting process of learning a new desk so easy, he says. He taught us everything we needed to know to run it, but also went in-depth about the many powerful functions, including some that probably would have taken me hours of reading tutorials to even realise were possible! The experience with both Forefront and DiGiCo was truly next level.

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