All Saints' Woodham

The village of Woodham, adjacent to New Haw and Addlestone, has a long history, being mentioned in the Charter of Chertsey Abbey in 933. All Saints' Church was built in 1894 when the then squire, Mr. Stevens, dissatisfied with the churches in Woking, desired something more anglo-catholic.

Whilst this delightful church still maintains its traditional worship style, the PCC were totally focused on a contemporary approach to the newly installed sound system. The brief given to Sound Analysts was a system delivering crystal-clear reproduction of the spoken word and music playback. Ease of use was essential, with a default setting allowing immediate operation of certain functions on power-up.

The system uses predominantly Yamaha, EM Acoustics & Sennheiser components. A small number of speakers in the side chapels and adjacent hall were retained and incorporated into the new system. At the core is a Yamaha MTX-series programmable mixer/controller, with control from a digital control unit at the rear of the Nave and an iPad.

Two pairs of EM Acoustics speakers cover the centre section of the Nave, with a further four Yamaha VXS3 units providing clarity to the narrow side aisles.

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