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The “Rock” Real Community Church
Rocks The Rockies With LightViper™ Fiber Optic Audio System

— Systems design and integration company deploys LightViper™ fiber optic
audio transport systems in new hi-tech worship facility in Castle Rock, Colorado —

121st AES CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 6, 2006 — FiberPlex, Inc., the leading professional audio fiber optic supplier to the systems contracting and sound production industry, announced that its LightViper™ fiber optic digital audio transport systems have been installed in the recently constructed “Rock” Real Community Church in Castle Rock, Colorado. The new “Rock” church sits at the foot of the Rocky Mountains on a majestic 53-acre site in a 50,000 sq. ft. church campus. Audio Analysts, based in nearby Colorado Springs, Colorado, handled the design and systems integration for the evangelical worship venue, which seats approximately 900 people.

Robert Langlois, Systems Engineer and V.P. of Worship Design for Audio Analysts, reflects on his company’s chance to tackle a high-tech sound system design for a small-to-medium sized church:
“When Audio Analysts was approached by the church we were excited by the challenge to design and build a state-of-the art audio performance system that a smaller size congregation could afford. There were a list of requirements that had to be met: absolute clarity of the spoken word, a ‘performance system’ for the church’s music worship team that ‘rocked,’ and last, but not least, it was imperative to stay within their reasonable, yet tight budget.

“While reviewing their architect’s plans we immediately determined that we needed a small footprint line array speaker system that would deliver sound pressure levels to ‘concert levels’ at the FOH mix position at the rear of the 900-seat sanctuary. The church has always wanted national entertainment talent in their sanctuary and we wanted to give them a system which could accommodate this future prospect.

Langlois elaborated about the equipment choices made to provide high-performance audio:
“We specified McCauley in-line speaker arrays because they fit the budget for the project while meeting our strict criteria for phase coherence with good SPL. We paired these cabinets with Crown I-Tech 4000 series amplifiers with built-in DSP. We also decided to use a LightViper fiber optic digital snake coupled to a TT24 Mackie digital console to finish out the system. The LightViper is the perfect partner for this console. The fiber ‘snake’ also gave us the flexibility to use a fiber split to provide a broadcast capability and to maintain a pure digital signal to the record split. The LightViper is both analog and digital simultaneously so we can pick and choose how we route and apply the audio signal.
The combination of all these components makes a truly transparent sound that is concert quality. The small arrays are tucked up into the ceiling and the coverage is outstanding. The church’s audio staff tell us that it’s a real pleasure to mix on this system.”

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Editor’s Technical Notes:
LightViper’s fiber optic cable offers total signal path isolation between both stage and mixer as well as between the mixer and power amplification; the cable is totally immune to ground loops, RFI, EMI and electromechanical noise, and runs of up to 1 1/4 miles (6,600 feet) can be easily accomplished without signal loss or degradation.

FiberPlex includes a limited lifetime warranty with all of its LightViper system components.

Additional information can be obtained at www.fiberplex.com or www.lightviper.com.

NOTE: LightViper™ is a registered trademark of FiberPlex, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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