The Church of Santa María del Pino in Vinuesa renews its sound system under the direction of Gaplasa

The new electroacoustic system of the Church of Santa María del Pino is based on Bose speakers, Beyerdynamic microphones and a Biamp digital array.

The Church of Santa María del Pino in Vinuesa (Soria), a Gothic Renaissance style temple that began to be built in 1591, You have completed the installation of your new sound system. An electroacoustic project carried out by the Professional Division of If he speaks, for the company Sound & Services from Soria, responsible for system installation.

In order to obtain the maximum possible intelligibility, within the limitations of this type of venue in terms of acoustics (high reverb time, reflective surfaces…), The system was designed based on linear array loudspeakers Bose MA-12, that allow hardly any sound to be emitted towards the dome or towards the ground, minimizing reflections that cause great reduction in intelligibility. These speakers are amplified with Bose PowerMatch power amplifiers, that allow, through its internal DSP, to adjust the response of the speakers.

The signal that reaches the amplification comes from a digital matrix Biamp Nexia CS, that allows processing all the microphones and signal sources of the installation. It is essential to be able to obtain good results that the management of the microphones is very careful.. For this reason, Biamp's automatic mixing algorithm ensures that only the microphones you are speaking into are open, so that the greatest possible profit is obtained from the system.

Besides, The digital matrix allows the system response to be equalized in the room, as well as adjust the delay lines to ensure that the sound comes from the altar with greater intelligibility.

The choice of microphones is also very important., since they will be the gateway to the sound system. For this reason, microphones from the Classis series have been chosen Beyerdynamic, that allow high gain and have a very defined coverage that rejects sound coming from behind.

Finally, The Church of Santa María del Pino has a raised choir in the back of the temple, which has also been soundtracked using Bose DS-100SE speakers.

Carmelo Garcia, Sound company manager & Services thinks: “Once the installation of all systems with the Nexia processor is complete, the adjustment and equalization of the elements has allowed us, in addition to creating sound reinforcement throughout the temple, uniform and bounce-free, which was the fundamental objective of the work, add other extras, such as being able to make sound recordings and recordings from the temple choir, when the situation requires it”.

This type of system has already been used in other temples such as the Sagrada Familia, the Barcelona Cathedral, the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid or the Montserrat Basilica in Barcelona.