Willow Creek Community Church, a non-denominational and multi-generational
Evangelical Christian church located near Chicago, has installed three of Bel’s latest
BM-A1-64DANTE audio monitors for their extensive campus.
As Willow Creek’s Audio Systems Engineer, Matt Wentz’s role is to design, maintain,
upgrade, and install audio systems in over 20 venues across the entire campus.
“Our church is really dedicated to moving forward, keeping up with the latest
technology in all the disciplines, and networked scenarios is a huge one for us,’
says Matt.
According to Wentz, the first unit was purchased in mid-2016, with two additional
units purchased this winter during a large systems upgrade.
“With Dante, it’s all networked, so how do I monitor the audio that’s flying around
here without patching to a console?’ Matt continues. “What’s nice about the Bel is
that I can have multiple channels going – with pre-sets – and I love that it’s a bit of
a mixer. The flexibility of the product is huge with the internal speakers, but it can
also route to external speakers… It’s filled a huge void.
“With this unit, I can troubleshoot issues – hopefully before they go live, or as
they’re happening. On the troubleshooting side, it’s mattered immensely.’
The Dante monitors units were sold through Bel’s US distributor, Fingerprint Audio
(http://www.fingerprintaudio.com).
To learn more about Willow Creek, please visit http://www.willowcreek.org.
