Selecting a the components of the sound systen for its new 2,800 capacity main sanctuary, the World Outreach Church in Murfressboro, Tennessee, alighted on a Midas Pro6 for its mixing duties.

Technical Director Derric West led the mission to determine the most suitable desk, setting up a series of alternative options over a period of weeks during the design phase, swapping test consoles in an existing sanctuary every other weekend. ‘The console was the only variable, and it was any easy choice once we put the Pro6 in,’ he reports. ‘The sound quality and navigation are unbeatable.’

With Midas Legend desks installed in two other sanctuaries, the church was already convinced by the Midas pedigree and West believes the Pro6 delivers the sound first made famous by the company’s analogue consoles. But the user-friendly design, along with the flexibility and portability offered by the digital Pro6, has really impressed the church, which has a full and diverse calendar of events where the engineers are more often weekend volunteers rather than full-time professionals.

Regular services are likely to include around six vocals in addition to the pastor, choir and soloists, plus contemporary bands with drums, bass, guitars, keyboard and additional vocals. West configures the Pro6 with 80 inputs to facilitate swapping bands and inputs with an internal patch. String and percussion sections are added for special occasions, when West is able to rehearse for the larger events, store the settings and build on the mix and scenes as he goes without disturbing the set-ups for weekend services.

The console comes into its own at Easter, when the church moves temporarily to Middle Tennessee University’s basketball arena to accommodate congregations of 20,000. ‘We will just pack up our Pro6 and take it with us,’ says West. ‘We’ll be able to store all the rehearsals settings and scenes in the weeks prior to Easter, saving hours of set up and sound check once we are set up at the arena.’

While West reports that the Pro6’s capacity for scene storage and recall was ‘a real selling point for us’, he also highlights the VCA and POP(ulation) groups as personal stand-out features. ‘Also the comps, gates, verb and delay – the internal processing sounds great plus I love the sound and responsiveness of the channel EQs.’

As well as its own productions the church hosts a number of concerts by visiting Christian artists throughout the year. ‘They use our Pro6 if they’re not already on tour with their own console,’ reports West, ‘and they’ve all been very happy with it.’

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