Seeing Waves in Audio

Recently we were able to partner with Foothills Bible Church (FBC) in adding a Waves audio setup to their Main Auditorium. Seth, the Technical Director at FBC, reached out asking about the possibility of adding a Waves server and controller to their Yamaha CL5. After chatting with Seth, we were able to put together a system for the functionality they wanted to add to their setup. We started with a Waves Server, 2 Yamaha Waves cards, and the Waves Control software. This would give them 32 Waves channels to use with their Yamaha CL5.

​The obvious powerhouse of the system is the Waves Extreme Server C. This server gave FBC the ability to fully use all 32 channels of Waves we provided, while also giving them plenty of headroom to expand in the future.

FBC had an existing M2 Mac Mini, so we were able to utilize that to run SuperRack SoundGrid. To add in functionality for the Mac Mini, we added a 27 inch Planar touchscreen on a monitor arm so that Waves control could literally be at their fingertips!

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Paired with the hardware, Lambda completed the upgrade with Waves Ultimate plugin collection. This gave FBC access to every Waves plugin currently available and any new ones that are released. Once the system was up and running, we walked through the new setup with Seth, and patched his whole show into waves from the CL5. It's always important to Lambda that you get a chance to play with a new piece of equipment, gear or software before “Show Day”. In this case they had a band rehearsal the same night of the install, which gave Seth plenty of time to get everything dialed in before Sunday.
We were excited to partner with FBC to upgrade their audio system and take what they are doing on a weekly basis to a new level!

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