WideLine8 in the AGI warehouse

We’ve had the pleasure of having one of the new QSC WideLine 8 compact line array system’s dropped off to us to play with for a few weeks.

Although this was our first “overnight” demo several AGI staff members have mixed on WideLine systems with great success.

We came together as a company with QSC rep Brendon Brown (from The Farm AV) formerly the tour manager & FOH mixer for Hoobastank. It wasn’t raining on this day (surprisingly) so we took it outside into the warehouse parking lot and took a listen. We even shot it down an adjoining street to see what the coverage was as you moved away from the stacks. In the end we were very impressed with the range and coverage with the WideLine.

Lead Installer Ray and I took this system to a local church’s youth worship night. This church has a pretty rocking band and we were “taking it to 11″. The system performed very well and it really showed off it’s “rock and roll” punch.

At the end of the night, it was all about the load out – and this system broke down and loaded out with ease. From there it was to Dairy Queen to reward us for a job well done. And no, we didn’t share our ice cream with the WideLine.

AGI & The Harmon Crew

On Tuesday, May 18th AGI was hosted the Harmon (Crown, AKG, Soundcraft, Studer, JBL) road show hosted by Williamte Christian Center here in Eugene! This was a great opportunity to see old friends both from the road show crew and show attendees. The weather had us worried but it held out.

Good food, good friends, and cool technology meant Tuesday was a great day! Thank  you to everyone who came out – we look forward to working with you on your next HARMON purchase!

A completion date that coincided with a seamless Easter Sunday service was icing on the cake when a church staff member professed, “We LOVE working with you.”

For the record, we LOVED working with them!

With the walls closing up in less than a month, the Coal Run Church of Christ was in a pinch to figure out what kind of wire should be run for their audio & video needs.  They weren’t exactly sure where projectors or speakers should be located and the questions kept coming.  So with a construction deadline looming overhead, they turned to AGI for assistance with audio, video, and acoustics.  AGI was able to promptly turn out a set of plans that outlined a system that met the church’s budget and in their timeline.  With little resource to spend, the church knew that the transition to the new room was going to be the best opportunity they would have in the next 10 years to upgrade, so every penny had to count.

The church elected to do the installation themselves and they went on to scour the internet for the best prices on equipment, finding that AGI was able to meet or beat nearly everything specified. Equipment included products from EAW, Sanyo, Audix, Crown, Allen & Heath, Shure, Sennheiser, DaCappo and more.

We were honored to be able to work with Coal Run leadership to quickly design a package that met thier needs and budget. We’re excited to hear about how thier first weekend goes – all the way over there in Kentucky!

New distributed audio system for St. Edward's Church

AGI completed the installation of a new sound system package incorporating a total of 17  QSC Acoustic Design loudspeakers in 8 different zones controlled by a BSS BLU-16 system processor.  The system addressed problems with unevenness and dead-spots within the room which has extremely low ceilings.  By creating multiple sets of delay rings, the new reinforcement system is able to provide better coverage at lower volumes throughout the space. Once the installation was done the team returned home.

Unfortunately even with a training over the new system the first weekend didn’t go so well with the new technology.

Upon hearing this, as a part of our commitment to our customers and our work, AGI sent Kelly Baum (our Project Manager) over for the weekend to help and train the lay leaders using the new system. Things couldn’t have gone any better and one of the comments from the church staff members after additional help was “folks could hear everything and it blended so well and at the same time soft, instead of just hearing one voice or one instrument.” In the end St. Edwards is very happy with thier new setup and grateful for all the help AGI provided.

This is why we are here.

Setting Up New Video System

Just after Easter Hope Christian Church (Central Point, OR) asked AGI to help find a solution to the video projection bulbs that they were loosing at an alarming rate.  It was discovered by our design team that it was an overheating issue.  With the existing environmental conditions in the room a concern for even a replacement projector, a solution was found in the Sanyo CE52LH1R Robust 52″ LCD Monitor.  Two displays now provide the support needed for the church’s video and supporting song lyrics.  While onsite, AGI also improved the audio by flying the church’s existing floor mounted speakers, providing new wiring, and installing a new Yamaha LS9-32 digital mixer.

Kyle, Steve, Ray & Zack with Todd & Raul from JBL

On Wednesday our friends from Plus Four Marketing (Todd) and JBL (Raul) came down to show us the new subcompact line array system, armed with three VT4886 3-way top boxes and two VT4883 dual 12″ subs boxes. We were very impressed with these new boxes when we heard them last week and we wanted to hear them again. This time Todd brought Raul who works with JBL as a Touring Sound Field Engineer to tell us more about the boxes, how they are being used, and show off some of the impressive new DSP built into the new Crown HD amplifiers specifically for this set of speakers.

Not only did Raul impress us with his knowledage and real-world application information for these speakers but his music collection was equally impressive. Overall we were very impressed with the system. As a matter of fact our owner & audio designer Kyle Anderson said “If I had to write an email right now, all I would write is: WOW!”

Things we liked about the system:

1) Incredibly compact – this system has a very small footprint – but don’t think it doesn’t have the horsepower.

2)Smooth articulation - the mid-high frequencies were articlulate and clear with lots of definition without being fatiguing.

3) The subs – the dual 12″ subs had very impressive output with a nice defined punch and had very good impact. Unlike other sub woofers it did not excite our entire warehouse – it simply hit us in the chest. We like that.

4) Efficiency – lastly we were impressed that this system (3x VT4886 and 2x VT4883) ran off of one Crown i-TECH HD amplifier plugged into a 15amp circuit (which also did all of our DSP)!

In review – we would very impressed and feel this is a new level for the JBL VerTec line up. We would highly recommend this sytem for applications that call for an super compact, high SPL setup with high sonic fidelity.

Welcome to the team Zack!

Zack Watts

Sales & System’s Specialist

541-683-8809 x110

zack[at]agiprofessional.com

Most people don’t know that Google offers a FREE directory listing service called Google Local Business Center.  I was recently updating our FREE listing and realized that churches could benefit from this service as well.

Google Local Business Center is an online director of local organizations in any given city.  If you do a simple Google search for a service and add the city/state to your search you’ll get a list of local “business” results that matches your search.

It’s really easy to add your church to the Google service an it’s absolutely free.  Every church should register with this service.

Here are some reasons why your church should create a listing:

• It’s FREE.
• Get better search results placement and search authority for your website.
• People who don’t know about your church that are searching for a church in your city will probably see your Google listing before they see your website.
• Google provides some basic stats about how many people have viewed your listing and how many clicked on it for more info.

Here’s what Hope Chapel’s senior technician Susan Larson expressed in a recent email of thanks to Kyle:

Hi Kyle,

Thanks for your note. Ray was great, as always, as is everyone on your staff. We appreciate you more than you know! We are just a small group of people who are trying to share Jesus with our community, and our media needs are pretty simple compared to many you work with. Even so, I always appreciate the time and attention we receive from AGI.

Ray’s review of our system was helpful. He was thorough and I learned a few things! I also appreciated the summary he did as we completed the review. We do want to look into possibilities for a new projection system so I will be in touch with Enoch to set something up.

Take care,
Susan

We really do take pride in the work that we do for the Lord through helping the Church.  If you are in the Eugene/Springfield area and would like to have Ray stop by to give your systems a quick checkup and cleaning, please contact us.  You can’t beat the price either.