Église Saint-François de Sales
New church sound system from
Data & Facts
Client
Paroisse de Saint-François de Sales
Avenue du Petit-Senn 16
1225 Chêne-Bourg GE (Genève) – Schweiz
Sound systems from
PHOENIX Professional Audio GmbH
Period
2022
Audio technology from 
- Main sound system: 2 x Active DSP Beam Steering Line Array DIGIVOICE-230.16DSP2
- Church amplifier: Digital DSP automatic mixing amplifier PV-DSP-4ACD.9.4.2X (400W+200W/100V) with Class-D power amplifier, 9 IN+ 4 OUT, phantom power, HPF filter (100Hz), MIC.-LINE, digital automatic system, audio matrix, conference configuration/priority, Dynamic compressor/expander, de-esser and MP3 player etc.
- Drive gallery loudspeaker / side aisle: Digital power amplifier with 200W sinus/100V output and EQ WM-200DT
- UP/AP mono preamplifier with 2 x microphone/1 x LINE with SD-USB player module with BT receiver, LF/HF EQ, phantom MP-MX-3
- Ambo / altar and priest’s seat: Gooseneck microphones MEX-1-450 si, MEX-1-500 si and MEG-1-450 si, microphone adapters PA-MEG si, PO-MEG si and PZGX1 si and microphone floor stand MEGZ-2 Si
- Radio system from “MIPRO”, including ACT-727 (Professional analog 2-channel true diversity broadband receiver, 19″ metal housing, VFD display) and ACT-70HC (Professional analog broadband handheld transmitter)
Project description
Church PA
At the end of 2022, the Église Saint-François de Sales church in Chêne-Bourg / Geneva (Switzerland) received a new sound system from PHOENIX Professional Audio:
In the church, two digital modular LINE ARRAYS with Beam Steering technology “DIGIVOICE” ensure uniform sound. The speakers, which were specially developed for sound transmission in acoustically difficult rooms with long reverberation times, use so-called beam steering, which enables real-time, stepless electronic control of the sound opening angle and tilt angle in the vertical direction – completely without mechanical alignment of the speaker systems (tilt).
The line arrays are powered by the DSP-controlled digital automatic mixer amplifier POWERVOICE PV-DSP-4ACD.9.4.2X. The automatic mixer is equipped with two Class-D digital power amplifiers, phantom power, HPF filter (100Hz), MIC-LINE, digital automatic system, audio matrix, conference configuration / priority, dynamic Compressor-Expander-Limiter function, DeEsser and MP3 player with BT receiver.
Also installed were 2 WM-200DT digital power amplifiers (200W sinus/100V output and EQ) – to drive the gallery speakers – as well as the universally applicable MP-MX-3 mono preamplifier (2 x microphone/1 x LINE with MP3 player module with BT receiver, LF/HF EQ, phantom power), whose separate sound control ensures precise room equalization and best adaptation to the room acoustics.
The delicate MEG and MEX gooseneck microphones from the own brand Phoenix Professional Audio on the ambo, on the altar and on the priest’s seat blend in with the elegant church interior architecture and ensure perfect speech reproduction thanks to an extremely straight frequency response.
A MIPRO brand radio system was also installed for flexible use with great freedom of movement. MIPRO’s high-quality wireless systems offer above-average RF performance and exceptional sound quality.
Fig.: DIGIVOICE-230.16DSP2 (schematic) – The active DSP beam steering line arrays are specially developed for sound transmission in churches. On board: 1 x controllable and 1 x fixed beam for close range. 16 channel DSP2, L=2.3m, 16 x 20W/PWM, sound range 25 m@95dB. 210 watts sine power. Equipped with 20 x 3.5″ neodymium chassis and 3 x HF magnetostatic transducer.
About us
With over 30 years of expertise and +3000 projects implemented worldwide, PHOENIX Professional Audio has specialized in the field of professional PA – with a particular focus on church acoustics & public address sound reinforcement. For managing director and project manager Peter M. Krziwon as well as project manager Harald Seidl, perfect speech intelligibility and music reproduction are the highest demands – especially in acoustically demanding rooms such as churches.
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