The Dwelling Place, a house of worship in Houston, TX, has been equipped with a new system utilizing TiMax SoundHub-S32 object-based spatialization.
Sanctuary at Houston house of worship outfitted with SoundHub-S32 object-based spatialization to foster a more immersive, engaging audio experience.
Houston, TX house of worship The Dwelling Place has been equipped with TiMax SoundHub-S32 object-based spatialization to complement a loudspeaker system upgrade within its sanctuary space.
Sound designer John Hettinger wanted to create an immersive experience that would reach out to his congregation, work with his choice of loudspeakers, and liberate vocals from static positioning at the front of the church. The Dwelling Place previously had a traditional stereo audio set up and Hettinger notes the main problem was “…how few of the seats were truly stereo in this set up.
“We wanted a sound system that had depth and soundstage for every seat in the room,” he continues. “We wanted to create a worship experience you could get lost in, and that was an experience you had to be in the room for. Broadcast is incredible, but a completely different experience. Once I’d helped the sound team here learn how to create an object-based mix we quickly hit that spot where the PA disappeared and the music wraps around you. Absolutely beautiful.”
The sound team mixes from a Waves eMotion LV1 console, from which the audio outputs via an MGB Soundgrid, into the SoundHub-S32, which in turns outputs MADI into the Auvitran platform that converts the signal to AVB for the system’s Meyer Sound Galaxy processors. They deliver output to the system’s four main hangs of Meyer Sound line array and front fills, with surrounds fed direct from TiMax analogue outs.
The objective of this sound design was to wrap the worship music around the room, with the option to localize the music back to its originating position. To this end, the four line array hangs are positioned around a phantom center, while front-corner, side and rear surrounds are positioned, in Hettinger’s words, “…with enough overlap between all the speakers so TiMax creates full immersion.”
Hettinger notes that he delved into the delay-matrix feature, adding, “…. and of course the PanSpace spatialisation, is great for getting creative with different setups, wrapping stereo keys, guitars and pads around the room. Having moving drum samples for effects in worship.
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