DreamLine Landing in Scandinavia

Norway, The Gand Church is a large church in Sandnes, near Stavanger. When the church was completed just over 25 years ago, it’s symbolic architecture (for many people it looks like a ski jump) was considered extremely innovative. The 850 seater venue is used both as house of worship and for cultural events. Sound Projects’ agent for Norway PA Produksjoner (PAP) is responsible for the newly installed sound reinforcement system based on the Sound Projects line-array-in-one-box Dreamline system.

As the church is used more and more for a wide variety of events, from normal Sunday services to rock concerts, it was time to exchange the existing system. In search of the new sound system, first copies of a range of different systems were made on a one to one scale, to see which would fit best from a visual point of view.

Jan Olav Sandsmark (m.d. PAP): “Amongst other larger PA companies in the Stavanger region, the church contacted us for an alternative to the existing system. As in everyday life, there were many contradictory demands to be met: the system had to enhance intelligibility when used with a lapel microphone in conventional worship services. On the other hand immaculate reproduction of gospel rock bands was desired. Additionally the new system had to be able to handle all the different events to be held in the church. And last but not least the system should fit in the church from an esthetical point of view. From the two potential systems considered, mockups were made and rigged up. Everyone was in title of an opinion, from the administration to the bishop. Immediately the Dreamline stood out as being optically the best.” During the actual demo of the system the technical staff of the Gand Church tested the system a few days with and without PAP. They were very impressed with the performance of the Dreamlines and the choice was easily made.

Mangar Gardum (technical manager Gand Church): “The system that suited our budget and demands was Dreamline. It gives the church an even coverage from front to back and we can use the system for all the kind of events that we have in the church. Even a technician of one of the competitors in the demo was stunned when doing a job here in the church.

Tailor-made

Based on the parameters of the venue, Sound Projects technicians configured the Dreamlines individually to obtain the perfect sound for the auditorium. To integrate the system fully into the Gand Church, the Dreamlines were delivered in the PMS color of the interior of the church. Gardum: “In the beginning some people had to get used to the quite large speakers, but they grow on you. And now you don’t even think about them, they are a part of the design of the room.”

The complete sound reinforcement system consists of FOH: 2 x Sound Projects Dreamline and 2 x Sound Projects SP4-15 bass cabinet, completed with 6 x Sound Projects X-act monitors which are used for the choir and vocalists.

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