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Power Sound’s New Digital Bulletin® - an exciting alternative to paper Church Bulletins

2012-02-24T19:51:00.000-05:00

Eliminate clutter with new "Digital Signage" instead of unruly Bulletin Boards

PSNE’s church-inspired digital signage is a product designed to help churches communicate more effectively.

An exciting alternative to outdated paper Church Bulletins; Power Sound of New England, (PSNE) offers custom Digital Bulletins®. Churches want a way to reach their congregation that is more visually engaging. As part of the design of church video projection and AV installation projects a church digital signage system is an effective tool to reach out to parishioners to communicate church news, schedules, religious education schedules, and other timely information.

As we wrote about in our last post, Power Sound of New England recently completed Audio Visual System renovation project featuring our new Digital Bulletin® at St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford MA. The church video system design and AV installation project at St. Mary Parish lent itself naturally to the digital signage application.

The Project: The AV renovation project is part of a series of audio visual systems’ application the parish has undertaken to deepen the connection to the worship. Power Sound of New England has been trusted by St. Mary for the design and installation of their audio visual systems for many years. We are honred to have earned that trust.

The PSNE Digital Bulletin® is displayed on vivid LCD monitors; Digital Bulletin is perfect for narthex, community hall, Sunday school, or rectory. Vivid displays capture and keep viewers’ attention far more than old-fashioned printed bulletins.

“The new digital signage is an exciting addition for the parish. We’ll run 24 hour displays featuring bulletin articles, photos of special parish events and various parish news announcements. And, Power Sound has offered any help we need with the new system. As we grow into the technology we look forward to adding other exciting features that will benefit our parishioners." ~ Paul Firicano, Business Manager; St. Mary Parish

Flexible format. Example of 3-zone screen.

Features & Benefits: During AV installation projects, PSNE integrates the Digital Bulletin with video projection systems or it can be a standalone product. Flexibility and ease of use is bar far the most tangible benefit of the PSNE Digital Bulletin. Information is more visual than ever. The system increases communication opportunities throughout the congregation. System features include flexible display formatting. Displays can feature News, Photos, Video, RSS feeds and more.

Church video projection featuring the Digital Bulletin offers an attractive way to replace clutter of traditional paper bulletins using vivid monitors to display religious imagery, church messages and meeting announcements; to announce upcoming classes and meetings and highlight fundraising appeals or gatherings. In the lobby, office or community hall, Digital Bulletin is also ideal for webcasts, weather, event announcements, and much more. And, they totally eliminate crowded unsightly bulletin boards. "We need to remove a plethora of unwanted notices from our lobby bulletin board, actually several times a day." said a pastor about his desire to see digital signage replace the parish bulletin board.

Programming and updating is straightforward for those with intermediate computer proficiency. PSNE offers programs to maintain the digital signage system and manage programming for churches, or for parishes desiring to manage their own updates we will train staff to mange programming in-house.

Churches have shared many ways they could put the Digital Bulletin to work to communicate in an engaging, effective, visual way. At Power Sound of New England we have customized our Digital Bulletin to meet the unique needs of our parish customers. “We look forward to feedback from our parish customers”, said Troy Jennings, “as to how we can tailor a Digital Bulletin system to their individual needs.”

To learn more about church video projection and other custom audio visual systems for worship you can visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.

Church Video and New AV Installation at a Boston area Church from Power Sound of New England

2012-01-18T15:03:00.002-05:00

Video Solution for Overflow, Security and More Visual Bulletins!

St. Mary Parish; Chelmsford MA

Power Sound of New England recently completed a Church Video design and AV installation project at St. Mary Parish. The Massachusetts church video projection project is part of a series of audio visual systems’ upgrades the parish has undertaken to continue to employ AV tools to enhance the worship. Power Sound of New England, specializing in professional pro sound and video systems for worship, has been chosen and trusted by St. Mary for the design and AV installation projects for many years.

Mass may be viewed from the Parish Hall

The Projects: Church Video Projection. Most importantly, the clergy and staff at the church wanted to project Mass to overflow areas including the parish hall and chapel space. Church Security: They also wanted secure way to keep the church open to the congregation with out compromising security. Church video cameras integrated into a digital video camera recording system designed by Power Sound of New England effectively answered the call.

Thank you to Fr. Stephen and St. Mary Parish for again entrusting us with your parish’s AV needs. We are pleased to bring the newest church technology —of a PSNE Digital Bulletin

system—into your worship~ Troy D. Jennings; PSNE

Services can be seen and heard with monitors

Video Projection Features: Overflow Solution! Video recording of Masses is the focus of the video projection for the church. A camera, mounted in the choir loft records Masses and activity at the altar. The video is projected live to high-definition monitors in the chapel and narthex. The chapel, which features a glass wall of windows looking in the sanctuary space, can be used for overflow congregation or as a mother’s room for managing fidgety babies. The church video can always be relayed to the projector mounted in the parish hall and displayed on the large format projection screen. The parish hall system can also function independently for religious education, films, or other presentations.

Cameras monitor 4 areas for security

Church security: Another feature of the custom audio visual system designed by Power Sound of New England is a camera and digital video recorder that provides church video security. The system offers ways to record entrances and sensitive areas. With monitors installed in offices the parish staff can monitor any of the areas, including the sanctuary, Tabernacle, office entrance, and parking lot as needed.

I’ve worked with Troy and Julius for more than 14 years at two different parishes. Their work is always great. The video projection system they designed offers us the flexibility to project Masses in the vestibule, children’s prayer room and onto a large format screen in our parish hall. The video quality is exceptional! Planning for the future, we chose to have a camera security system added during the video project. Power Sound is the company we choose for all our parish AV needs. ~ Paul Firicano, Business Manager; St. Mary Parish

NEW- PSNE Digital Bulletin: Coming to a parish near you! Or…maybe even your parish In addition the church video systems talked about here, St. Mary Parish also had PSNE design a custom PSNE “Digital Bulletin”. Now there’s way to use attention grabbing visual displays to project up to date images and video; including the weekly bulletin, parish news, event announcements and even advertisements.

The PSNE Digital Bulletin. In our next blog post we’ll tell you all about it. Can’t wait? Call us at 800.544.0108 today and ask Troy Jennings to talk with you about how it can broaden the way you communicate to your congregation.

Church video projection is one of the most versatile AV solutions available to parishes. At PSNE we have had the privilege of designing custom video systems that offer ways to communicate and deepen the connection to worship.

To learn more about video projection and other custom audio visual systems for worship you can visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav. Or, read more at their blog site or on Facebook.

New Sound System Installation Project – Sacred Heart Church in Waltham

2011-12-18T15:53:00.002-05:00

Form Meets Function from Power Sound of New England


Speakers blend with the church aesthetics.

Power Sound of New England recently completed a sound system installation project at Sacred Heart Church in Waltham Massachusetts. Like all parishes, quality church sound is vital. For this Catholic Church, a PA sound system renovation was needed; in fact the church sound before the renovation was described as “virtually unintelligible”. Power Sound of New England, specializing in professional pro sound systems for worship, was chosen to consult and design and install new sound system.

The Project: The pastor, Rev. Dennis J. Wheatley needed the sound for both the spoken word and the music to be addressed in the new system design. Power Sound of New England designed a church sound system tailored to the parish’s specific needs. “The Mass features a choir so pro sound quality for singing voices is important. Their Life Teen Ministry is an integral part of the parish and its Services include a band. We integrated the musical component of the Masses into the system design. We created a church sound system to improve the clarity of music and the speaking voice”, said Power Sound of New England General Manager, Troy Jennings.

Sound Scenario Selector

Features: Pro sound equipment is an integral part of the PA sound system design. One component in particular offers an important benefit is the sound scenario selector, SSR. The pa sound system plan included the installation of remote controller has presets for small or large masses, for 16 choir microphones or the music ministry equipment amplification. The right sound –every time– for speech, song and music all in one custom church sound system. The technician, specializing in audio installation to manage church acoustics, programmed the SSR for the sound scenarios at the church, ex: large Mass, small Mass, 16 choir microphones on, full band performing, etc. The result is that both clergy and music ministry get the ideal sound settings every time. Ease of use is another feature essential to churches; the SSR is simply tuned, by a one-dial selector, to the setting desired.

Speakers - close up

Another feature of the church sound system is the installation of Bose Panaray® loudspeakers. Designed expressly for the worship space environment they project sound from multiple drivers within each speaker providing even intelligible sound throughout the worship space. From the first pew to the tenth to the last the sound is heard clearly and evenly.

“We are very pleased!
Your technicians were wonderful; they answered all of our questions. The congregation is quite receptive. Now they can all hear clearly - all the way to the last pews. A big difference from the old, unintelligible sound. The system is performing very, very well.”~ Rev. Dennis J. Wheatley, O.F.M.

Custom church sound systems are what set PSNE apart from typical AV dealers. Working with houses of worship since 1969, we understand the challenges of church acoustics and worship styles which gives us a unique advantage to designing effective sound system solutions for worship. And working to create systems with features as individual as the needs of each church means effective, reliable results for every church, every time.

To learn more about sound systems for churches you can visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA; Illuminating New Mass Translations with Church Video

2011-11-17T14:48:00.000-05:00

Beautiful new Church video and a new sound and video projection system for to the parish academy

St. Agnes Parish; Dalton MA

“We love it!” “Every seat in the church can see the screens…We will be using our video projection at every Mass!” said Fr Chris Malatesta when asked about the new video system at his parish.

The Projects - Audio Visual Systems: First, Fr. Chris at St. Agnes Parish in Dalton Massachusetts wanted to add video projection to the Mass for his congregation. A custom PSNE Church Video system designed by Power Sound of New England featuring an AV installation of two motorized 12-foot projections screens answered the call. The Massachusetts church video projections system can utilize computers set up in multiple locations to operate the church video presentations. At the Academy, the parish wanted a pro sound system combined with video projection for their cafetorium.

Goals for video projection: St. Agnes was seeking a vivid way for the congregation to see the liturgy, hymns and other visuals. And, most importantly, they wanted a way to highlight the new Mass Translations.

The new Mass Translations, religious imagery, hymns, and bulletins can be

prominently displayed on two large screens.

“One of the most important roles of the video projection will be for the new Mass Translations. Instead of relying solely on hand–held pew cards the congregation can lift their faces, and the voices, to the altar as they say the prayers.” ~ Fr. Chris Malatesta: St. Agnes Parish, Dalton MA

Angled large-format screens provide

beautiful views from every pew.

Church Video – After analyzing the sanctuary Power Sound of New England designed an audio visual system tailored to the unique characteristics of the space. Very high wooden ceilings with structural beams and a wide sanctuary presented some interesting challenges. The solution: Two screens mounted at angles from the beams. This ensures clear viewing cross church video viewing from all pews. The high contrast screens offer front projection capabilities. The projectors were ceiling-mounted on rods and hung parallel to the chandeliers in order to preserve aesthetics while insuring the AV installation best accommodated the technical design specs of the video projection system. The AV installation of the projections screens required a bucket loader– not for the faint of heart!

Video Presentations may be controlled from different chosen locations at St Agnes including the front of the sanctuary from a laptop computer or their AV room in the loft.

Screen casings match the ceiling.

Cameras: Power Sound of New England integrated the parish’s existing cameras into the new audio visual system. This gives the parish the ability to use the church video system by employing the in-house cameras to record the sanctuary activities. This feature of video projection at churches is ideal for projecting wedding ceremonies, baptisms and other special altar services onto screens for large-format viewing. The church video system can use the cameras to transmit video to their local cable company to broadcast over the public access channel.

The Academy; Pro Sound and Video – An AV installation at the parish academy was customized for the school’s multi-use space, the gym/cafetorium. Because the parish wanted reliable sound and video quality, Power Sound of New England designed a pro sound and video projection system that allows for myriad presentations including music, speaking and performance.

St Agnes Parish now has the audio visual system solutions that answer the call of their many video system goals. Fr Chris is very happy. He spoke of the parish’s new systems and working with PSNE by saying, “We chose Power Sound after consulting with other A/V companies— and even trying portable systems. After meeting with Troy we knew; Power Sound had an exceptional sense of our worship needs combined with technical savvy. Maintaining church aesthetics was incredibly important to us We had no need to worry; after installation prior to first use I actually had to point them out to parishioners who had not noticed the new equipment. They blended nicely. Very attractive.” At Power Sound, that is music to our ears!

To learn more about audio visual systems for churches we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

First Congregational Church in Pembroke NH has New Church Video…

2011-10-12T19:53:00.001-04:00

They Are Enjoying Services in a Whole New Light

When retracted the screen neatly tucks away.

The Project: First Congregational Church – a New Hampshire church wanted a church video projection system as a way to way to bring more visual elements to their services. Power Sound of New England, PSNE has been the trusted audio visual systems provider to more than 1500 churches in New England so the church knew they’d found the company they needed to for the custom video design and AV installation.

Retracted screen close up.

As part of the audio visual system goals many houses of worship today church video plays a key role. “More and more often we find that church AV installation projects have a video projection component”, said PSNE technical design specialist Troy D. Jennings, “With a comprehensive array of applications to address many unique needs, we are hearing from many clergy that video projection is not only illuminating the worship but that with custom church video system designs churches can select the specific features they want, in an AV installation plan that is customized to the unique characteristics of their worship space.”

What clergy are saying about Church Video Projection:
“Video projection has greatly enhanced the Mass experience”. “The congregation can clearly see hymn lyrics...even the members with poor vision and those sitting in back pews”. “Thank you for bringing such effective technology to our parish”.


Church aesthetics are maintained

See the difference: Church video applications offer many benefits that enhance the way churches communicate. Some features of audio visual systems featuring video projection:

Visual Hymnal: Keep the focus at the pulpit. Eliminate traditional hymnals by placing hymn and song lyrics on retractable screens. A creative way to display religious imagery and church messages.

Overflow: Slim-profile plasma or projection screens in hall or overflow areas offer a streaming video presentation of Worship Services and Celebrations.

Presentations: Educational and religious films can be displayed for vivid wide-screen viewing.

Perfect for hymn lyrics or imagery.

Security: Video as part of a church AV system can perform as a church security system.

Church video projection is functional yet visually subtle: PSNE audio visual systems are designed with the architectural characteristics of the space in mind so parishes know that they will enjoy the reliable functionality of their AV system while maintaining the important of church aesthetics. AV installations often include colorizing components to match their surroundings. Here, pictured on the right, the retracted screen at this New Hampshire church matches the wall color so it is unobtrusive to the eye.

Video Projection is deepening their connection to worship…and can improve the way you communicate your message to your congregation.

To learn more about audio visual systems including the many benefits of church video projection we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

New Church Audio in this completely round worship space Custom design and sound system installation from Power Sound of New England

2011-09-02T20:17:00.001-04:00

St. Thecla Church in Pembroke Massachusetts

Church Sound that makes the Word and the Music sound better than ever

St. Thecla Church; Pembroke, MA

The Project: Fr. McCarthy needed clearer church sound for his congregation. The worship space in this architecturally famed Massachusetts church is completely round and features a beautiful a one piece concrete dome ceiling with a cylindrical skylight. There is an unobstructed view throughout the nave as the church was designed and built without any interior columns. Though beautiful, this creates an “incredibly live” acoustical environment so projecting clear church sound evenly throughout the space has been a challenge. The old sound system was “muddy” and “no one could hear.” Power Sound of New England was chosen to design a custom church audio tailored to the specific needs of both the Celebrants and the Music Ministry. . The sound system installation plan was designed to provide clear intelligible church sound evenly around the radial style pews.

Totally round space featuring a dome ceiling.

Church audio clarity meets aesthetic quality: St. Thecla, a western Massachusetts Church, with its beautiful radial sanctuary featured unobstructed views throughout, so the visual impact of the church sound system is paramount. Speakers have been colored to blend with their environment and are virtually undetectable— in fact what stands out is not the 10-foot tower speakers but the greatly improved church sound quality they project.

Professional speakers are 10’ feet tall & just 4 “wide

A Customized Sound System for the both Word and the Choir: The sound system features settings for the liturgical style of the Celebrants as well as for controlling the sound system of the music ministry. Power Sound of New England has programmed the digital sound scenario selector to the best settings for a variety of the church’s sound scenarios. This unique church sound selector features settings to automatically compensate for softer voices or louder voices. It also features audio presets that automatically set the sound for large and small attendance, automatic seasonal changes as well as for special Masses including weddings funerals and holiday Mass celebrations. The result: Church sound that is exactly right, every time.

Selection of audio setting for any style Mass

Other notable features of the comprehensive sound system installation project include an Ipod for playing recorded music for any occasion. It has been customized with a wireless transmitter so the Celebrant can cue uprecorded music from a variety playlists from anywhere in the church. Another enhancement of the sound system is the nearly invisible “Earset” microphone. It fits over the ear and rests gently against the speaker’s cheek. A great replacement for lapel mics it projects the speaker’s voice through the sound system without any feedback or fading that is a common issue with other wireless microphones.

To learn more about sound systems for churches we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

The Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson – Clearer Church Sound and New Video Enhance Worship

2011-07-08T14:28:00.000-04:00

Glorious new sound and vivid video projection have given dynamic new ways to worship and communicate for a Massachusetts church

The Project: At a Massachusetts church sound got clearer, the worship experience became more visual and the congregation went “paperless” with church video projection all wrapped in an audio visual system design custom-crafted by Power Sound of New England. The minister, Stephen Shick had some special goals in mind. We consulted with him to provide much improved church audio and a new video projection system.

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The Church Sound System: Ceiling mounted speakers offer omni-directional sound providing church sound coverage of the spoken word evenly and clearly from front to back. The audio visual system design also features microphones integrated in the church sound system that are designed for the multi-cultural mix of musical styles featured throughout the year.

The “Earset”: Rev. Stephen likes the freedom to move throughout the church during his services to connect with the congregation. The Earset comfortably clips around the ear and projects his voice—with out feedback or fade out—no matter where he is standing or sitting. Nearly invisible, the Earset microphone adapts to most wireless microphone transmitters and enhances their performance.

The Church Video Projection:

A retractable screen and video projector that is discreetly mounted in front of the ceiling speakers offer an effective way to provide more visual worship while maintaining church aesthetics. Church messages, programs, hymn lyrics and religious imagery may be displayed before and during services. Other times films and special programs may be presented.

"The new A/V system has given our venerable old Unitarian church a new lease on life…and added new life to the church. We are currently working on a 'paperless service' utilizing the screen for all the necessary information and prompts. A film series is planned for the Fall. There seems to be no end to the creative energy the system has unleashed. Perhaps best of all, a member of 53 years told me last week that with the new church sound system she is AT LAST able to hear every word." ~ Barbara Marble, UCMH; former exec. board member

No matter what your church’s worship style, Power Sound of New England can design a church sound system or video projection to help you better communicate and enhance the worship experience. At the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson they are enjoying the many features of their new Church Audio Visual System.

To learn more about audio visual systems for churches we invite you to visit our website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

Three Great Vermont Church Sound System Projects

2011-06-11T14:17:00.000-04:00

from the leader in Vermont church audio - Power Sound of New England

Three Vermont parishes have new custom church audio systems from Power Sound of New England. For more than four decades Vermont parishes and other New England churches have chosen Power Sound of New England, more than any other Audio Visual System designers and installers for professional Church Audio Visual Systems.

“We regard this ongoing faith in our work with much gratitude”, General Manager Troy Jennings said. “It has always been our foremost goal to provide audio visual solutions that are exactly that, ‘solutions’ for churches”.


St. Stanislaus Kotska

The Projects:

St. Stanislaus Kotska; W. Rutland - Fr. Vincent knew the sound quality of the “ancient” church sound system at his parish was inadequate. He had contracted Power Sound of New England for a Bennington church A/V project, where he was pastor a few years ago, and was delighted with the custom church sound system we designed and installed there. For his new parish project he again called on us to design a custom church audio system that would deliver clear audio intelligibility and reliability. We did.

St. Bridget Church

St. Bridget Church; W. Rutland - New "Personal Hearing Assist" system. Here Fr. Vincent needed a way to address the church sound for the hard of hearing. This parish already has great sound and video projection from the church audio visual system we designed and installed as part of an earlier project. With the hearing assist system, which we integrated with the main church audio system, a transmitter sends sound to small receivers provided to those with hearing impairment. A choice of ear buds, headphones and even a wire loop that is worn like a necklace offers comfortable and effective solutions for anyone needing extra sound amplification.

“A night and day difference!”

“What a relief it was to know that the parish I was assigned to recently had its church sound system designed and installed by Power Sound! I knew right away that we were in good hands. Now, having been assigned a second parish, no time was wasted in knowing who to call. Again, Power Sound came through fulfilling all our expectations. ~ Rev. Vincent Coppola, C.S.C.; St. Stanislaus Kotska & St Bridget Church

Our Lady of Good Hope

Our Lady of Good Hope- Brandon – A complete Church Sound System renovation was done at this church. Rev. Albert “Skip” Baltz called on us to design and install a new church audio system that features state-of-the-art components and delivers rich clear sound. The results are exactly what the parish wanted. Fr. “Skip” has told us his congregation is thankful for the quality and intelligibility of the new church sound. He said he feels it vital that “especially those a hard of hearing now can hear every word” of his homily.

Church audio is a challenge; church acoustics are known to be tough to tame. Careful analysis and experience -that numbers thousands of worship space audio visual system projects- has given Power Sound of New England far more specialized experience than any other regional A/V company. Ultimately we know this: When it comes to church audio, yes, we can give everyone the best seat in the house.

To learn more about audio visual systems for churches we invite you to visit our website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html. Or, visit us on Facebook.

A Massachusetts Church Sound System Project – Audio Outdoors!

2011-05-16T13:23:00.000-04:00

Our Lady Star of the Sea has a new Outdoor Church Audio from Power Sound of New England

Sound from the heavens to the...lawn

The Project:

Church audio extends outdoors! Parishioners at this Massachusetts church, located on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, had been asking the parish for a way to project audio of Masses outdoors. Fr. Nagle, the parish priest, also wanted a way for his congregation to have the church sound system project outdoors for the Mass for Easter, Easter Vigil, funeral masses and on other important occasions when overflow attendance occurs. He called Power Sound of New England for a solution. We designed a professional outdoor speaker system to provide church audio projection on the grounds of the church. It’s integrated into the main church sound system which we designed/installed for the parish a few years ago. Four speakers, two on the front and two on the side of the church, project clear, dynamic sound onto the front lawn and side parking area. The result is exactly what clergy and congregation wanted.

“It’s Great!

(The outdoor speakers) added a versatile element to our A/V system and make Mass available to many more parishioners for large attendance services like funerals, Easter Mass and especially for Easter Vigil. Your senior technician Julius is amazing; he can work magic anywhere, even helping us out WAY out here on the island. He’s here whenever we need assistance with anything—whether a technical call or a new component installation.” ~ Rev. Michael R. Nagle

The Speakers:

Power Sound of New England chose professional JBL outdoor speakers which are installed under the eaves are integrated into the primary Power sound of New England church audio system. The speakers may look tiny but they project a remarkable 300 watts of power.

Durability:

Weather guarded, these professional outdoor speakers feature stainless steel grills, water tight connections and have been mounted with zinc-dipped fixtures to ensure no rust stains the newly painted church. They project quality church audio for both the spoken word and the music ministry

The Features:

Outdoors speakers for projecting church sound—whether for the homily or the hymns—also offer a wonderful excuse to take worship services, or religious education classes, out to the church yard under the blue summer sky! Outdoor speakers as part of church a/v systems are ideal for music and announcements during picnics and social gatherings as well.

How’s your sound?

Let us design the prefect solution to your parish’s needs! Church Sound Systems from Power Sound of New England; for worship indoors - or anywhere under the sun.

Fr. Casey has “Much Better” Church Sound at St. Anne Parish in Littleton, MA

2011-04-25T19:22:00.001-04:00

Great Architecture. Challenging Acoustics. Innovative Solution; from Power Sound and Video of New England

The Project:

A new church audio system gives crystal clear sound for the spoken word and rich tone for the music ministry. Power Sound of New England analyzed the New Hampshire church’s space and carefully considered the goals of the parish to facilitate the design of two customized church sound systems. We designed and installed a system tailored for the needs in the main church and integrated church sound into a chapel sound system. Church sound systems functioning as one system or two...imagine the possibilities.

Speakers:

In many worship spaces our designs call for BOSE Panaray speakers—crafted specifically for the worship environment they are just 4 inches wide and available as 3, 6, or 9 foot heights—allows us the ability to design the church audio to project from the front-of-church mounted speakers all the way to the very back pew emitting intelligible sound evenly throughout the sanctuary. How is this incredible church sound achieved? We defer to the technical specifications from BOSE that explain the speakers for ideal church audio projection:

From pro.bose.com “The (speaker) delivers high speech intelligibility and natural sounding music… acoustically demanding spaces.” BOSE goes on to describe the drivers in each speaker __- for church audio projection as a “vertical line array of twelve 2.25" (57 mm) drivers provides wide horizontal and narrow vertical pattern control.” The speakers “reproduce the entire critical vocal range between 155 Hz and 12 kHz, -3 dB (100 Hz to 16 kHz, -10 dB) with no crossover required.”

In our terms: Great church sound for the spoken word and the music ministry.

At St. Anne Parish in Littleton, NH, church audio projection was an interesting challenge in that the handsome architecture features an extreme pitch on the upper portion of the walls. Our sound analysis indicated that this would inhibit the clear, even sound projection we wanted. To balance the church sound system we introduced a unique solution for a steep angled ceiling: We utilized 6-foot tall by just 4-inch speakers in the front of the church. Then, partway back we installed another set of smaller speakers to ensure equally distributed sound is projected throughout the nave. Notice in the photo (to the right) that while church sound is considered; so are aesthetics. The speakers are custom colored so they are heard and not noticed.

The Feature:

Special programming allows for individual church sound settings for any scenario including large weekend Mass, small daily Mass and more. A remote controller has presets for small or large masses, and an overflow setting which activates speakers in the chapel. Each space can also operate independently. This is a mainstay of Power Sound and Video’s tailored church sound systems. We program all the settings a parish may want based on possible sound scenarios which may also include; windows open in summer, full holiday Masses, different speech styles of Celebrants, etc. This means quite simply church audio settings that are exactly right every time.

The Results:

A very delighted parish priest, thankful clergy and staff and a congregation that hears every word and every note...beautifully. Amen!

“Much Better”
“We are all extremely pleased with the new sound system. The sound quality is excellent. I would highly recommend Power Sound of New England to any parish”.
~ Rev. Richard L. Casey, St Anne Parish; Littleton, MA

How’s your sound? We are here to discuss church sound systems to help those of you as your plan for church audio renovations and upgrades. We are happy to discuss your church sound system needs and how our approach can enhance the worship for your congregation.

It's all about the sound....church sound!

2011-04-01T18:50:00.001-04:00

St. John's Seminary; Boston

Need reliable church audio or church video projection for your parish without the lingo and false promises?

We know you do.

We get calls, a lot of calls, from parishes needing us to “fix” a system installed by companies who are either simply not pros or do not truly understand the special needs of church sound. Power Sound of New England offers, quite simply, professional church sound and video Solutions.

Often we get asked why our designs are so detailed or our proposals so comprehensive. Sometimes we even get asked why our church audio or video projection systems are more expensive than the prices for products found at online discount retailers web sites.

So, let us share some information to help you compare church audio or church video projection apples to apples.

We are not:

A retail store that sells amplifiers, microphones, speakers or video projection system parts that you then need to hire a contractor to install.

A discount parts retailer without any guarantees

A company that sells A/V parts or installs parts for any application with no expert knowledge in any one discipline more than any other.

The guys who once worked at a Sound shack or installed his cousin’s home theater system.

A couple of college guys who “really dig wiring stuff” and have a cookie-cutter a/v package.

Our Mission and Philosophy:

We specialize in church sound and video projection systems. Always have. Always will. We believe that because it’s to share the word of God, the church sound must be flawless. Not sometimes, but every time...and, that church video projection will facilitate a deeper connection to worship. Church video should enhance the worship experience but not distract from it.

Immaculate Conception Parish; Nashua NH

We are:

New England’s most trusted provider of Church Audio Visual Solutions for Worship. Our systems include the expertise of a team with more than 60 years of church sound solutions. We understand the needs specific to worship space applications. And we know that one size does not fit all.

Our work:

We analyze your needs—in real time— in order to create a custom design for a video projection system or church sound system that meets the needs unique to your worship space and your worship style. We consult with you until you are able to clearly define exactly what you actually want and need. Then we design a church audio or video system specifically to meet those needs. We use only professional parts designed for the needs of worship spaces and our installation of the parts we provide is guaranteed. We patiently take all the time needed to teach everyone at your church who needs to understand how any component functions and the functionality all of its special features. We test the system to ensure it works, perfectly. We then are available for questions, further fine tuning, routine maintenance of your church audio or video projection system – for upgrades/additions as you needs require.

What they say:

“...it’s incredible.”
"The sound system is wonderful, it's incredible really. A big change! Everyone can hear now; even those who are hard of hearing say they can hear. It has changed the liturgy and made it more available. The speakers blend in to their surroundings so well with that many people have actually asked where they are."
~ Rev. John M. Grace; Parish of the Resurrection, Nashua NH

Power Sound of New England has served more than 1,200 churches, parishes, and seminaries since 1969. Churches from New Hampshire to Boston Massachusetts to Rhode Island and beyond trust our professional church sound and video systems. So can yours.

Church Sound and Video Projection System for Holy Bible Baptist Church customized for the very special needs a growing Boston church - part II

2011-03-03T16:48:00.000-05:00

As we continue chronicling the expansive Audio Visual System design and installation project at Holy Bible Baptist Church we will explain the church video projection. This portion of the Boston church’s A/V system project is a video projection system designed for the unique needs of Holy Bible Baptist Church.

High-Performance Church Video Projection

Two motorized screens in the main church and another in the connecting chapel are part of a completely integrated video projection system designed to offer a host of options for church video display. The system includes monitors in the nursery, foyer, lower hall, and meeting rooms. The ability to add monitors as the church grows means freedom to use church video in countless ways to enrich the worship experience.

The video projection system can function independently in each space main video signal form the main sanctuary can be sent to some or all locations. This kind of flexibility in the church video system offers numerous projection possibilities.

A high-definition camera in the balcony can zoom in for live streaming video close ups of performers and the Pastor, enhancing the visual power of the worship experience. The engineer can also utilize a computer to project hymn lyrics, readings and religious imagery. Church video also offers freedom to be used for educational presentations and films, church messages in the foyer, projections of Services in the nursery and so much more. Church video at HBBC is a tool that offers boundless opportunities for the congregation to be “connected”. The video projection system can also be used for video display on the church website.

Major Renovation or Minor Upgrades

Clearly this particular church sound and video project was a substantial undertaking. At Power Sound and Video we are experienced in church audio visual projects of all sizes and scopes. Whether a small chapel just need clearer sound or your church is undertaking a major A/V renovation we have the experience that has guided churches for more than 40 years.

Church Sound and Video Projection System for Holy Bible Baptist Church Customized for the very special needs a growing Boston area church

2011-02-17T14:05:00.001-05:00

Holy Bible Baptist Church Sound and Video Projection System Plan

In 1986 seventeen worshipers made up a congregation led by Rev. Dieudonné Raymond. Today, Holy Bible Baptist Church, (HBBC), has grown to more than 500 members and grown into a larger church that is just a block away from the church that had been their home.

Power Sound of New England was chosen over other Boston area audio visual companies to design and manage the extensive Church Sound and Video system installation for their new home. A comprehensive Church Video System combined with new audio system, including speakers and electronics, a multitude of video projection equipment, wireless & podium microphones and more - along with a strategic plan for a custom design to meet this churches special audio visual system needs.

The Church Sound System Design Philosophy

Pastor Raymond and the church administration wanted concert hall quality church sound to enhance the musical experience of the band and choir - an integral part of the worship at HBBC - but without the large, boxy (and unsightly) speakers typically required for it. We fitted the sanctuary with 10 foot tall, 4 INCH wide, BOSE speakers, designed especially for the needs related to amplifying church sound for both the spoken word and the music. In the chapel, which can be open to the main church via large carriage house-style doors, 6-foot speakers offer the same quality church sound for the slightly smaller space. They are virtually invisible, yet the sound quality is all the church dreamed of, and more!

The Church Sound System requires individual amplification settings for all the worship service participants. Here at this Boston area church this includes lecturers, and singers, as well as musical instrumentation. This is managed by myriad microphones – from hanging styles to microbooms to podium-mounted pencil microphones to the invisible “Earset” wireless, which matches Pastor Raymond skin tone and loops around his ear for “feedback free” speaking, comfort and complete freedom of movement.

All church audio systems are integrated; the chapel, main church, hall and other spaces, the church audio systems can perform independently or synchronically as one. The church sound (and video) systems are controlled by the church sound engineer from the rear balcony. The engineer manages church sound settings for any scenario including broadcast into auxiliary spaces, the nursery, foyer, and chapel.

The church video projection aspects of the project will be detailed in out next post. Please contact us to learn more about custom audio visual systems. http://www.powersoundne.com/contactusinquiries.html

Holy Family Parish, Rockland Massachusetts sounds twice as good with an audio system design offering new Chapel and Church Sound Systems!

2010-12-21T19:34:00.001-05:00

The Project:

Holy Family Parish in Rockland Massachusetts needed better sound. But our part of the story really began years ago when we first did work for the parish. A decade ago Holy Family chose Power Sound of New England to renovate their church sound system. At the time we replaced some church audio equipment with new analog electronics. To save parish resources we offered to refurbish the existing speakers. A good cleaning and painting and re-installing were done by our technicians and the system was a great success!

Last spring a collapse of the lower chapel ceiling caused structural and wiring damage to both the chapel and upper church sound systems. Holy Family Parish immediately called on us to consult with them about various audio system design options. We proposed three scenarios where either some -or none- of the old equipment could be integrated into the new church sound system. Their analysis indicated that, out of three scenarios we offered, the most practical and effective solution for their long-term goals was a complete church sound renovation—including new digital electronics and state-of-the-art speakers designed for the church environment. So we finalized that version of audio system design to perfectly match their vision.

Power Sound is well known throughout New England for custom audio system design. But not everyone knows that we manage audio installations as part of renovations and new construction projects. For the Holy Family church audio design and installation, we completed pre-wiring during early phases of reconstruction. Then coordinating with the construction contractor’s schedule we installed the rest of the system as needed.

Church Sound Systems – what speakers might they want…

Upper Church - The new Power Sound audio system designs offered a choice of 6-foot or 9-foot tall BOSE Panaray® speakers designed specifically for church sound systems. Since the parish wasn’t quite sure they wanted the larger speakers we offered our try before-you-buy-solution. As part of our commitment to the best possible church audio solution we often set up a weekend “demo” church sound systems- including speakers on portable stands. But here, due to the layout of the sanctuary, our technical team determined that the true sound quality could not be fully realized with speakers on stands so he actually installed the 9-foot speakers for the demonstration.

We wanted the parish to be absolutely sure – based on the actual sound scenario- before they decided between 6-foot and 9-foot speakers for the new church audio system.

“Power Sound served us magnificently! The quality of sound in both churches is excellent.” ~ Rev. James F. Hickey

And…They were just thrilled with the larger speakers’ sound coverage and clarity and decided to keep them.

Notice that the speakers are white. During a convenient time (after Christmas Masses) we will color the speakers to exactly match the columns.

“They will be the best sound you’ll never see”, our lead technician told the parish leaders.

Chapel Sound - Again Holy Family Parish selected from of our audio system design options. This scenario called for 6-foot BOSE Panaray® speakers, while allowing us to recycle and incorporate the upper church electronics in the new chapel system.

Power Sound has been designing and installing church sound for more than forty years but this may be a first:

Once the new was system installed, the chapel sound quality was so impressive the parish actually decided to hold every Mass for a week in the chapel. This way every parishioner who attended services that week, whether attending a daily Mass or Sunday Mass, was able to hear the fantastic new sound.

Now that is our kind of happy customer!

Custom church sound: as unique as the vision of your parish. Weekend church audio demonstrations; one of the many unique benefits of a Power Sound designed and installed system.

Chapel and Church Sound Systems. Audio visual systems designed by Power Sound and Video can be as unique as the needs of the spaces they’re designed for. To read more about audio visual systems visit our website: www.PowersoundNE.com

Sound for Worship - a church audio system design for a Boston area Seminary from Power Sound of New England

2010-12-02T12:49:00.004-05:00

The Project:
Saint John Seminary in the Boston suburb of Brighton asked us to consult with them and to design a church audio system for their chapel. Designed to offer the clarity for both the spoken word and the music - which is a vital part of their liturgical celebrations – the new Power Sound church audio system answers the call. The chapel had a great system for its generation. After fifteen or so years it was time for a comprehensive church audio renovation. Working closely with the seminary project coordinator and clergy, we designed a system that met some of their specific needs and we recycled some of the good equipment for use elsewhere.

Church Audio:
In front of the altar at the chapel we mounted Bose Panaray loudspeakers – an integral part of many church sound systems designed by Power Sound – on the marble walls. The speakers emit clear even sound throughout the space. The Cantor sings from the back of the chapel, so we fitted a portable podium with a pencil style microphone that transmits, wirelessly, through the church audio system. The podium can be moved as required while maintaining its amplification capabilities. Small speakers that were part of the older audio system were cleaned, repainted and wall-mounted behind the altar so celebrants and lectors can hear and follow the Mass.

Sound clarity meets aesthetic quality in our audio visual systems:
We care about the visual impact of our A/V systems. You care about the visual integrity of the sanctuary. We colorize speakers to blend with their environment. The photos to the right show how easily the speakers almost disappear into their surroundings. Since some of the wall surfaces are marble, we ran matching raceways form the speakers to cover external wiring on the wall. We also repaired surfaces when old equipment was removed in order to maintain aesthetic integrity. Church sounds systems should be heard far more than seen.

Highlight: Customized sound for each Celebrant’s style.
At St. John’s Seminary there are many Celebrants.
We designed a church audio system with a ‘sound scenario selector’. It allows our technical team to preprogram settings for a host of sound scenarios and individual sound settings for the unique liturgical style of each primary Celebrant including the Rector and Cardinal O’Malley. Settings may also be programmed for daily Mass, full Mass or any sound scenario church sound systems need to accommodate. A single dial offers easy switching from one setting to another.

Recycle, Re-Use, Save:
The bottom line matters. Re-utilizing parts results in financial savings. We reconfigured many of the former audio system parts into a portable church audio system. With a rolling case and speaker stands, the portable sound system can be used anywhere. At Saint John’s Seminary they plan to use it for outdoor services!

Chapel and Church Sound Systems:
Audio visual systems designed by Power Sound and Video can be as unique as the needs of the spaces they’re designed for.To read more about audio visual systems visit our website: www.PowersoundNE.com

Flexible Church Video Projection Systems offer Churches Custom Ways to Integrate Video Presentations

2010-10-21T17:11:00.003-04:00

Church Video Projection: We keep writing about it because we are being asked about more than ever. We understand that houses of worship want a way for audio visual systems to enhance worship and education. Video projection as part of an integrated A/V system is a valuable tool for offering more visual worship. A recent audiovisual design and installation project at a New Hampshire church highlights some of the ways a combined church audio and video projection system can deepen the connection to the worship experience.

The Project:
Littleton Bible Baptist Church in New Hampshire asked us to consult with them and to design an audio visual system tailored to offer specific video projection capabilities in the sanctuary and new church audio in other areas of the building.

We designed an audio visual system that offers very flexible operation. We installed a discreet, ceiling mounted high-lumen (high-performance)video projector for presentations on the screen. (seen above.)

Video Projection. Flexible Operation: A Powerpoint – or other church software - presentation may be controlled by a laptop computer from the area adjacent to the podium. When the pastor wants to begin (or pause) a video presentation he may easily do so from the podium area. Or, the computer in the loft can control the church video presentation while the pastor is away from the pulpit. Video projection can be used during services or for other displays including films and educational presentations. (Monitor: pictured at right)

Church Audio:
As part of the new church audio system professional speakers, designed for worship spaces, are ceiling mounted and are arranged to emit even sound coverage throughout the space. We also installed speakers in the daycare, meeting room and a classroom. The church audio can be turned on at the podium; or computer-controlled audio can be turned on and off in any or all spaces as needed. Other electronics including a sound mixer in the loft control sound for the choir and podium.

For both the spoken word and music the audio visual system provides the all the flexibility the church wanted. Control of the church video projection from multiple locations and audio projected whenever and wherever needed. One great system with multiple configurations; at Power Sound we design comprehensive audio visual systems to meet the varied needs of worship spaces.

Power Sound of New England – Church Audio at a Boston Parish

2010-09-15T15:49:00.000-04:00

A sound system test drive lets churches “try before they buy”

Let’s face it; church sound systems are not an insignificant purchase. They are a long-term investment and good audio visual systems will thus last for a long time. The right church audio means a design that is unique to your parish, the sanctuary size, reverberant nature, speaking style of the Celebrant, and other factors. Good church sound systems are the difference between a congregation hearing clearly and being engaged in services or…well…not.

We think excellent church sound systems are best heard to be believed. A weekend demonstration allows a church to try before they buy!

The Project:
St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Parish in the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown came to us when they needed better sound. Our G.M. Troy Jennings analyzed the acoustics and collaborated with the pastor, Rev. James J. Ronan, and the parish business manager, James Santosuosso, to discuss the challenges the parish endured with the existing church audio system and to distinguish the priorities for the new system.

We created an audio visual system design to meet the demands of a variety of scenarios that affect sound transmission including attendance, the spoken word versus the music ministry, ceremony type, and environmental fluctuations that will impact church audio.

The Demo:
Prior to installation of a new system we set up a temporary BOSE loudspeaker system for a weekend “test drive” by the parish. They were thrilled. They enjoyed the clear church audio they wanted and had the assurance that they’d be delighted with the results before the new sound system was purchased and installed.

The results:

"Fabulous..."

“We are very impressed with the clarity…(of the new church audio system)…we knew it would be excellent quality, but assumed that came with a big price tag. We were wrong. Working with Troy, we came up with a competitive price that fit our budget. Power Sound’s demonstration of the system in our Parish was fabulous—what a great way to hear the actual sound improvement we’d realize before purchasing it. When we contract with a company we expect the very best products and service...Power Sound has delivered both.”
~ James Santosuosso; Business Manager, St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Charlestown, MA

A highlight of the church audio system: The new loudspeakers, crafted especially for worship spaces, provide super-professional sound quality. We’ll go into the techy “hows and whys” of this further in our next post.

To read more about church sound systems and this project visit our website: www.PowersoundNE.com/featuredprojects.html

Power Sound of New England - Custom Church Sound Systems. Audio in both the Church and Parish Hall. Greatly Improved Sound – Twice!

2010-08-31T11:41:00.000-04:00

We have just completed a church sound project that brings up an increasingly popular scenario; the desire by parishes to have separate church sound systems for both the sanctuary and the parish/fellowship hall.

St. Roch Parish in Oxford Massachusetts needed better church sound for the sanctuary and an audio system for the Parish Hall. Msgr. Louis “Lou” Piermarini wanted a versatile system that would address sound quality and offer easy operation. A custom audio visual system designed by Power Sound answered the call.

We offer our thanks to Msgr. Louis Piermarini and St. Roch Parish in Oxford Massachusetts for your trust in our work and for your kind words about it. We are honored to have earned both. ~Troy D. Jennings, PSNE

Interestingly the new audio visual system at St. Roch Parish is features an audio design that allows the system to operate as two church sound systems or integrate into a single system that projects Mass to more than one location.

Msgr. Lou called the new system, “Wonderful!”

Features: Main Church Audio with a unique digital audio selector. We can program sound settings for any number of attendance scenarios such as full Church, holiday Mass or weekday attendance. One button changes the setting as needed. The Parish Hall Audio functions separately for meetings, plays or dinners. But; with the flip of a switch its speakers connect to the Main Church sound system to project audio to overflow attendance. Both are versatile, effective and easy to operate.

Let’s face it: Overflow attendance has long been a challenge for churches. Overflow for particular Masses often means a bunch of attendees standing in the foyer straining to hear the main church audio system through open doors. (If you’re a clergy or staff member of a parish you are probably nodding recalling times like this). We know. You want your collective church sound systems to reach beyond the sanctuary. They can. We design church audio tailored to whatever a parish needs.

“This is the technical charm of the system”, said our G.M. Troy Jennings. “It is not common church audio wisdom that smaller spaces like halls, lobbies or other overflow areas could have their own audio system with the capability to tie into the main system with the simple touch of a button AND get the same rich, clear sound from the sanctuary in ancillary locations. Our proprietary designs have this in mind.”

Church sound systems from Power Sound are a tools helping parishes meet their audiovisual goals. More information about audio visual solutions and church sound systems is available at our website: www.PowersoundNE.com/worshipav

Power Sound of New England - Cutting Edge Church audio visual systems answer the call with video systems for church security

2010-07-27T12:29:00.000-04:00

Church Security Camera

As we wrote about in the last post; Power Sound of New England has recently installed a multi-purpose and many-feature video projection system at St. Benedict Parish in Somerville, MA. In this, part II, we’ll explain a bit about the benefits of utilizing a church video projection system as a versatile security system.

One of the critical goals of the parish is for camera system to provide church security. The Boston Archdiocese and other parish communities are recommending that - through audio visual systems technology - worship spaces and offices to be more open to their congregations.

Examples of church security feature and benefits include:

Cameras at entrances: Alert staff and clergy know who is entering parish buildings. This is a wonderful way to allow worshippers access to their parish during times when only office staff is present. Cameras can record when motion is detected and send silent images to a monitor for instant review, or, record images to a digital video recorder for later playback.

Exterior entrance cameras: Camera on guests and monitors in offices can “announce” night time visitors arriving for meetings offering a more secure building after dark.

Worship space cameras:

While their primary function may be to record worship services and ceremonies, also important cameras can keep watch over sensitive areas including collection boxes and any place valuables are kept. Church security is combined with the welcoming “open door” environment parishes strive to create.

Office and conference area cameras: Silent recording of meeting spaces provide transparency parishes seek while keeping private discussions just that way; private.

St. Benedict Parish pastor, Fr. Bob Carr views audio visual systems’ technology as vital to his parish. He continues to add technology, including church video projection with cameras to enhance the worship experience and to offer the safest environment in which to worship and to work. He said about our Audio Visual Systems

"…Power Sound knew exactly what we needed. Their guidance and product knowledge has been invaluable…"

Our thanks to Fr. Carr and to St Benedict Parish for entrusting us with their church audio, video projection and security systems. We look forward to being their trust A/V solutions source long into the future.

More information about church audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/worshipav.html

Power Sound of New England - Church Video Projection. A New Era in Audio Visual Systems

2010-07-20T13:30:00.000-04:00

(part I)

The worship experience is being changed by church video projection.

Even Catholic Churches, which have long been the anchor of our audio visual systems customer base—and are typically hesitant to utilize anything that feels to “techy” —are embracing it as a way to illuminate worship. As a priest recently shared with our G.M. Troy Jennings, “Technology is a tool. We in the ministry need to use all the tools available to reach our flock. If video projection can help us reach them than it’s a powerful tool.”

We are excited! We’ve just completed a cutting-edge custom audio visual systems project for St. Benedict Church in the Boston neighborhood of Somerville MA. This parish is made up of a multi-cultural congregation. Church video projection has given them more ways to connect to worship and to each other.

Church video projection system’s most special, intimate feature: Live stream video of prayer meetings is now seen by worshipers from Atlanta, GA to Argentina, and to as far away as Romania. Many parishioners have loved ones in other countries who now can watch and listen to streaming video on the parish website for important Masses including funerals and weddings. These are religious events they would otherwise miss.

In the sanctuary behind the altar are two large, retractable projection screens. Multiple cameras record different angles and project images “live” during church services. In addition to being a great way to display hymn lyrics so the congregation can lift their voice to the altar in song —and forget small-print hymnals, the Church video projection system offers multiple views of the church, altar and choir area. One of their favorite applications: Now during Baptisms the congregation can see a close-up of the baby, family and Celebrant.

About the church video projection project Power Sound of New England managed for St. Benedict’s Parish; the pastor Fr. Bob Carr wrote,

“Hey Troy, We also installed an internet connection-so anything you can put on a computer, you can put on our screens at St. Benedict, including showing a DVD or showing a live feed from anywhere in the world. I just showed a video from my visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.”

We think this is a perfect example of what audio visual systems are all about.

In another phase of the project, Part II, (which we’ll blog about next time), other cameras were added to sensitive parish areas offering church security as part of this multi-purpose system. Church Video Projection—with interior and/or exterior cameras—has evolved exponentially. It now is an instrumental "tool” to allow parishes to keep their doors more open, more often. Church security cameras are also a way to announce evening visitors to the parish. This is a valuable safety feature.

What are parish leaders saying about Church Video Projection?

In a word, “Beautiful.”

More information about worship space audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/WorshipAV.
For more on video camera systems for church security visit www.powersoundne.com/ worshipav/VideoChurchSecurity

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Audio Visual Systems – Gorgeous new church audio for glorious old churches

2010-07-14T17:08:00.012-04:00

We have just completed a very unique church audio project; the new audio visual system at St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunk Maine.

Designs for Church sound systems share some common traits; virtually every church space has reverberant acoustics. The architecture of religious spaces is singular, oft designed much like the shape of a boat hull upside down, or older buildings where acoustics where never considered pose some interesting challenges. That said, we have since 1969 been concentrating most of our business to treating these environments. Church sound systems that are effective in producing rich, intelligible audio for both the spoken word and the music ministry are not common in our industry. Most A/V providers say that they can focus on one or the other.

Huh? We know our custom audio visual systems answer the call for BOTH. That is one of the benefits of a custom Power Sound church audio system. Another is that we guarantee our work and will be there long after an audio visual system is installed for any updates or maintenance.

St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery needed new audio for their chapel but also needed special attention heeded to the monastery’s historical aesthetics. The new audio visual system design features BOSE Pro© speakers crafted especially for worship space environment. The photos to the right demonstrate how subtly the loudspeakers blend handsomely with their surroundings. These sleek speakers are actually six feet tall and yet 4 slim inches wide. Church audio in the chapel was augmented by smaller speakers added to ancillary spaces used for overflow.

Our project in this holy place was a particularly special to us and we are grateful for the trust Fr. Aurillius and the Monastery staff placed in us. We are honored to have earned it. Our kind thanks to St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery.

The Monastery is located on lush acreage in Kennebunk and is home to the Friary, Chapel, Shrines, a Guest House, lovely gardens and a gift shop. Religious services (with great new church audio), classes, and retreats are available. The beautiful property beckons thousands visitors and worshipers each year. Visit them at www.framon,net.

More information about worship space audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/WorshipAV

One Audio Visual System - Three Solutions for a New Hampshire Parish Worship Space Audio, Video Projection and Security

2010-06-21T16:14:00.006-04:00

Power Sound of New England (PSNE) has recently completed the final phase of an audio visual system design and installation project at Our Lady of the Mountains in N. Conway New Hampshire.

In the initial phase PSNE addressed the parish’s Audio System. The sanctuary required a church audio system to tame the challenging acoustics all too familiar to houses worship.

The new audio visual system design features professional speakers crafted especially for church environment that provide the professional sound quality they wanted for the congregation. As part of the audio visual design we installed small yet powerful speakers to project sound clearly to the transepts; and area often in need of clearer sound.

The next phase: A Custom Church Video Projection System that has a dual purpose as a Church Security System.

Analysis results indicated that church security could be implemented, specific to the unique features of the facility, by monitoring all entrances. A highlight of this video projection system is the multi-image monitor. It displays images of all seven camera locations. When an entrance is accessed the corresponding monitor image flashes red accompanied by an audible tone. The system offers the parish the ability to be as “open door” as they want combined with the security they need.

For church security and safety, most parishes require locked doors at all times. Many houses for worship report that planning for more church security is critical and timely. PSNE Church Video Security offers ways to record sensitive areas. At this New Hampshire parish, the main office has ability to record on demand, at pre-programmed times or 24/7. Optionally, sound may be recorded as needed.

Parishes can realize multiple benefits of Video Recording for church security or archiving. Video recording can be also used to record Masses...Ideal for posting to parish websites or displaying in overflow areas.

More information about worship space audio visual systems is available at www.PowersoundNE.com

Church Sound Systems and the impact of new FCC guidelines for wireless microphone use

2010-06-17T13:18:00.006-04:00

As you all probably know; new FCC guidelines are in effect regarding the operation for ALL wireless microphones. If your parish uses wireless microphones as part of any of your church sound systems, you need to know about the new rules prohibiting use of models operating on specific 700 mhz ranges of frequency. As stated many, especially older wireless microphones, operate on a frequency that will no longer be allowed.
The deadline for cessation of use was June 12, 2010.

While many church sound systems depend on the use of wireless microphone for weekly services, religious education presentations and special events, many have not yet budgeted for the purchase of new equipment. We know you don’t want to replace working wireless systems simply due to an FCC “operating frequency” change. But most Church Sound Systems depend on wireless.
We know this is inconvenient for you and we wish you didn’t have to replace wireless mics that work.

PSNE is here to help your parish manage the cost. To help keep your church sound systems featuring ever-important wireless microphones operating per the new guidelines we have chosen to sell replacements at as close to our cost as possible.

To help with this transition we are offering:
Special pricing for a limited time* in conjunction with manufacturer’s rebates. The wireless you need to comply to the FCC now. Ongoing service that doesn’t come with online discount store purchases. Installation, warranty, and integration with your church sound systems.

Do you need assistance to understand what this means to you and your church sound systems. Power Sound of New England is here to help you with compliance. Let us help keep your church sound systems in shape with wireless microphones that operate in the new accepted frequencies.

Visit our website for more information about church sound systems and the FCC guidelines.

*Special pricing may be discontinued after July 2010.