Scenes from Church Sound Renovation Project in Laconia, NH

Sacred Heart Church in Laconia is enjoying New Pro Sound for Worship

Column-mounted BOSE loudspeakers  - 10-feet tall 4 inches wide!

Church audio needs are unique to the worship experience. Intelligibility is often compromised by the acoustical environment of glorious old (and new) churches. Common church audio issues include dead spots, feedback, lack of clarity, and of course volume fluctuations from front-to-back of the sanctuary.

Power Sound of New England recently installed a new custom church sound system at a Sacred Heart Church at Andre Bessette Parish in Laconia that has given them “Phenomenal quality!”

Speakers for Music Ministry

Fr. Marc Drouin’s main concern about the old PA sound system was the poor audio intelligibility. Our custom system was crafted as part of a comprehensive AV installation project giving the parish incredible sound quality in the sanctuary, as well as a new pro sound and video projection system in their conference room.

PSNE, New England’s only professional AV installation and custom sound systems specializing in AV for worship, was chosen by Fr Marc. He had worked with PSNE at other parishes for their Audio Visual system renovations so he called on us again for the design and installation of the state-of-the-art PA sound system renovation at Sacred Heart.

The Project: One of the primary goals was to ensure that older parishioners and those hard of hearing would be able to enjoy the quality of pro sound components which were integrated into the sound system installation. The system also has a design feature to amplify the music ministry with special care of the unique characteristics of singing and instrumentation. Another phase of the AV project was to design a new PA sound system for the parish’s conference room. A second facet of the AV installation project was the design and integration of a video projection system in the conference room.

The result: Both the church audio and the audio for the meeting space are performing beautifully!

Beneath the cover; Electronics are easily accessed

NEW - For the Music Ministry... 

Custom PSNE Music Ministry Cabinets  are  custom-crafted to organize  wiring &   AV components, beautifully!

Music Ministry Cabinet

For the more than four decades that we have been designing custom sound systems to address the unique needs of church sound we have striven to be sure we are in tune with the worship. They are the only New England-based company that so thoroughly recognizes the AV needs of worship and specializes, almost exclusively, in Church Audio and Video solutions.

To learn more about custom audio visual systems for worship visit our website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.

New Sound System Installation Project – Sacred Heart Church in Waltham

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

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.