Ingleside Baptist Expands with dual Midas PRO3 Systems

Ingleside Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia, is a  large, fan-shaped worship space with stadium seating that accommodates  1650 people. In  an effort to attract more worshippers to its services, the church  decided that time had come to  expand beyond its blended style of services, which feature a  contemporary worship band augmented by orchestra and 60-voice choir. The  centerpiece of the upgrade is a pair of Midas PRO3 digital mixing  consoles for FOH and monitor positions.

“The idea was to add a more edgy, contemporary service on Sunday  evening, focused on the rock band,” notes Chris Hawkins, technical  director for the church. “That’s when we put the wheels in motion to  change to digital mixing consoles. In order to accommodate  the different styles of worship on Sunday, plus rehearsal and other  events during the week, we needed digital recall. There’s really no  other efficient way to do it.”

The church enlisted Marty Jones, owner of Knobheads Pro A/V in Canton,  Georgia, to do the system design. Owner Tome Resue of TE Audio/Video in  Harrison, Tennessee, was then engaged to handle the physical  installation. “The church had an old Midas Legend console  at front of house, which they loved the sound of,” Jones states. “And,  since they have separate FOH and monitor consoles, we knew that dual  PRO3s would be the perfect, affordable solution for the upgrade.”