

“We decided to purchase a CL1 with a Rio3224-D first to replace the monitor console, and our master plan was to eventually purchase a CL5 for front-of-house.

“Because of the many components each service style presents, we felt it was a good opportunity to start our CL system upgrade,” Groves says. The contemporary service consists of a five-piece drum kit, digital keyboard, bass, acoustic guitar, two electric guitars, synth/tracks, and four vocalists. The traditional service consists of an 80-member choir, a 15-piece orchestra, a rhythm section (with a five- piece drum kit, two digital keyboards, bass, two acoustic guitars, one electric guitar, synth/tracks), and seven main vocalists. The Church of the Nazarene has both traditional and contemporary services. The setup and operation of the CL system was very user-friendly.” Our audio engineers are volunteers with previous digital console experience on our LS9 and PM1D, so the only training required was to watch the self-training videos on One of our front-of-house engineers - Doug McLaughlin with Tech Art Productions in Columbus - suggested we purchase a CL Series, and after researching it more, we discovered how functional it would be for us. The purchase of the CL system began when we started looking for a replacement monitor console because our Yamaha LS9 was stolen from the monitor booth. “We previously used a Yamaha LS9 at monitors and a Yamaha PM1D at front of house. “This was not our first experience with digital consoles,” says Matt Groves, technical director at the church.
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The system was purchased through Boynton Pro Audio (Norwich, NY) and installed by church staff and volunteers. The church recently installed two Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Consoles - a CL5 at front of house and a CL1 at monitors - as well as eight Rio input/output boxes: two Rio3224-D, two Rio1608-D, two Ri8s, and two Ro8s. The main auditorium at Naz Church in Grove City, OH, seats about 2,800 and has a congregation of 3,000.
