Vicksburg First Baptist Church
Vicksburg, MS

Existing facility repairs sanctuary, upgrades audio, video and lighting systems.

Above - Original sanctuary condition. The audio system was around 40-years old and thus, for speech only. The video projection system was temporary only, and the screen partially blocked the organ speakers.

Above - At the rear of the sanctuary, under the balcony. This small, low-ceiling space was just big enough to be acoustically different than the rest of the room.

Above - Original sanctuary, view of the balcony and rear walls. A severe slap echo could be clearly heard off these large, flat surfaces.

Above - The balcony rear wall was framed, diffused, and upholstered with acoustically transparent fabric.

Above - Diffusion was added to the lower rear walls on the main floor and the front face of the balcony.

Above - Finishing the paint on the speaker suspension brackets. The bracket system was designed by an engineer working with the church to complete the repairs and renovations.

Above - Side wall diffusion being installed in the balcony.

Above - Just-hung balcony face diffusers.

Above - Prelude for the first service back in the completed sanctuary.

Above - The new electric screen is hidden in an all-new casing built just above the dual columns on either side of the baptismal opening.

Above - Confidence screen on the rear balcony wall for those on the platform.

Above - One of four new "slugs" located under the front platform steps to add new mic and monitor jacks.

Above - Hidden from the congregation, the monitor patch panel allows any monitor mix to be routed to any platform monitor jack quickly and easily.

Above - The new main speaker cluster, including a monitor for the choir. Not shown is a fill speaker for the balcony.

Above - The completed balcony face diffusion.

Above - View of the new rear and side wall diffusion.

Above - Balcony rear wall.

Above - New video projection control system.

Above - Dual-stacked projectors were used for the main screen to provide the foot-lamberts required due to the screen size, natural light from the windows and uncontrolled architectural and platform lighting.