How Grace Community Church Gains Intimacy, Adaptability through Active Acoustics

At the 1,650-seat Grace Community Church in suburban Indianapolis, Ind., a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system optimizes a diverse worship program that includes artistic presentations and spoken word, and encourages congregant participation.

"Rooms were made dead for voice intelligibility and amplified music, but for the congregation it was like singing into a pillow. By switching on Constellation we can bring back the experience of a community worshipping together, while switching it off provides optimum acoustics for amplified music." - Jeff Miller, Sound Technology Consultants

"Isn't worship supposed to be participation, not merely a performance? I believe so, and that's why I designed the architecture here as a giant, three-dimensional hug. Constellation supports that effect by allowing the congregation to sense their active participation." - Kevin Callahan, Architect

"It doesn't sound artificial or electronic, and the effect is absolutely natural for the dimensions of the room. Yet people tell us that they can hear things better, that they enjoy the congregational singing more, that they feel energized by their participation. That lets us know it's working great." - Daryl Cripe, Senior Director of Production, Grace Community Church

Learn more about Meyer Sound Constellation in the application story: http://www.meyersound.com/applications/story.php?type=17&id=1603

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• Grace Community Church
• active acoustics
• Constellation
• Meyer Sound
• thinkingsound
• electroacoustic
• worship
• congregation
• singing
• spoken word
• clarity
• Daryl Cripe
• music

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