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Churches & Houses of Worship
For many years The P.A. People have provided tailored solutions for Churches around Australia. Many churches and places of worship have the same fundamental requirements, however they differ significantly in detail for their particular application.
The P.A. People have implemented systems in churches ranging from the simplest single microphone in a small suburban chapel to the technological complexity of St Marys Cathedral in Sydney’s CBD (the worlds sixth largest cathedral) along with many of Australia's leading contemporary music based churches.
The P.A. People have also provided solutions for worship services at sites as diverse as Randwick Racecourse for the 1996 Papal visit, the 1991 World Council of Churches' meeting under canvas in Canberra, through to portable systems for regular church use of school halls and, at Christmas time, many local church carols services and events.
We believe The P.A. People are best qualified to help you and your church because:We have been designing and installing sound reinforcement systems in churches since the 1960s.
We started originally just to help the Christian community by providing technical assistance to fulfil its role of communicating the gospel.
We have become the largest professional audio/public address integrator in Australia.
Our commitment to the Australian Church is as strong today as it was in the beginning, and it is enshrined in our corporate goals.
Our expertise and experience is un-surpassed - each year we install systems in about 100 churches, from the smallest country chapel through to the largest city charismatic fellowships.
Our experience outside the church arena ensures that we are always at the forefront of current technology.
Our commitment to excellence and appropriateness is your guarantee that you will get the best value for money system to meet your requirements.
We represent most major manufacturers, and from this range support the products that we believe best suit the needs of our clients.
We are proud that our best advertising is the word of mouth of existing clients - over the years we have upgraded many of our clients systems 3 or 4 times.
We regularly provide training for systems as part of the commissioning of systems and on an ongoing basis.
Our Company has a fully qualified Service Division and maintains 24 hour service contracts with many of our valued clients.
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St Mary's Cathedral is a difficult acoustic environment - six second reverb time is a long time in anyone's language.
The P.A. People installed their first system in St Mary's over 20 years ago. In 1997 the Cathedral commissioned a new system as part of a National Trust upgrade to the entire building. The resultant sound system, using the latest digital signal processing technology is a tribute to the collaboration of Arup and The P.A. People.
The system is centered around a large Peavey Media Matrix fed from Creative Audio MP405 Remote Controlled Microphone preamplifiers. The outputs from the MediaMatrix are then fed to two discrete speaker systems: the speech reinforcement system comprising 67 Creative Audio DCS 001 Beam Steered DSP Controlled column cabinets mounted to the stone columns and a music system consisting of 16 Matrix boxes mounted in the triforia. The entire system is controlled by an extensive AMX Control System featuring three colour touch screens. The system also includes a ConcertCom intercom system and extensive playback and record capability.
Most recently The P.A. People installed Hearing Loops as part of the something arather upgrade to the building???
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The Salvation Army at Port Macquarie is located on the NSW mid north coast.
A significant feature of the churhes sound system is the provision of both a simple mixer for mid week services, and a more complex mixing system for larger events and services that may use a contemporary worship ensemble.
The installation also includes two pieces timber furniture (pictured above) tailored to suit the both the equipment and the building decor. These cupboards and many other custom items have been manufactured in the Company's own workshops.
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All Hallows is a local Catholic Church located the inner western Sydney suburb of Five Dock. The sound system was completed in early 2001, comprising a Bose speaker system utilizing 502A column speakers with a 502B bass unit for the main sanctuary system and Bose 302 speakers for balcony fill.
This church is typical of a new approach to sound system control. The system features the Creative Audio LRS Local Remote control system to facilitate the simple configuration of what would otherwise be a complex design. The LRS panels enable selection of the system configuration and control of the system power from a simple wall plate.
The mixer and signal processor is a Crown Audio USM810 with two presets - one for basic mid-week services, and one for more services with more complex requirements.