The Vox Church was established by lead pastor Justin Kendrick, wife Chrisy with a small group of friends in 2011. Since that time, the church has expanded beyond its base in New Haven to across the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts. It has also enjoyed great success using Telefunken microphones in its eight campuses.
Eugene ‘Geno’ Mulcahy is lead audio engineer for Vox Church, along with being the FOH/Tour Manager for Tim Rushlow and the Frontmen of Country: ‘I was introduced to the Telefunken M80 dynamic mic ten years ago and, as soon as it was plugged in, I knew it was a game changer,’ he says. ‘From that day forward it has been the only mic I go to for vocals.’
Vox Church broadcasts from it New Haven HQ to its other locations. ‘The goal and key to Vox Church worship and teaching across all campuses is consistency and HD quality,’ Mulcahy explains. ‘The M80 gives me first and foremost a true sonic clarity that no other dynamic vocal mic has given me. We record and document every service with both video and audio. We did a live video recording this past October and have released our first single and music video, Father.’
The church’s VoxMusic division is a growing collective of musicians committed to the mission of the church and creating music at all its the locations. Vox Kids programming is available for children aged six months through Grade 5 at all of the Sunday morning services.
‘For powerful male and female leads, the M80 gives me a flat sonic pallete to work with,’ Mulcahy continues. ‘It doesn’t matter who sings into an M80 – the results are immediate, positive and consistent. On the drum kit we also use an M82 in the kick, which is another staple of our Vox Church sound. Telefunken makes what we do week in and out an easy process and there isn’t a service or a gig that Telefunken isn’t a major part of. The other side to the equation is the passionate, supportive and caring team at Telefunken – hands down some of the finest folks in the audio business today. My success relies heavily on Telefunken products and with 15 services every Sunday across multiple campuses the proof is in the pudding.’
Mulcahy’s colleague Robert ‘RJ’ Roy, Jr, central production lead for Vox Church, adds: ‘Ever since I heard the M80 with flat EQ, I found how little work we had to do and I was sold. When you find a top-of-the line microphone at a great price, it makes it very easy to standardise on that mic, which allows us to have the best sound possible at each of our locations. Vox Church relies heavily on Telefunken to allow both our professional staff and volunteers to accomplish their jobs with consistent excellence.’
