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An All-New Room for Montreal ’ s Planet Studios
Acoustic & System Design Ideas for Traditional Worship Spaces
February 2017 Vol . XXVIII No . 1

Contents

PHOTO : JOE DE BUGLIO

DEPARTMENTS

9 INPUT
Raising the Curtain on 2017
10 SIGNALS
The latest news from Canada ’ s pro audio industry
18 PROFILE
Chris Kaplinski , Elliott Sairan & Joey Sturgis
22 PRODUCT TESTS
QSC ’ s TouchMix-30 Pro digital console , Antelope Audio ’ s Satori monitor controller & version 9 of Steinberg ’ s Cubase Pro .
44 PRODUCTS
The latest gear from every arm of the industry .
53 ADVERTISERS ’ INDEX
56 SOUND ADVICE
Talking Olympic Audio Quality Control , Part 2
58 ITINERARY
Your industry calendar
60 CLASSIFIEDS
62 PROJECT FILE
Justin Bieber ’ s Purpose World Tour , BMO Field in Toronto & more

FEATURES

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

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A SUCCESSFUL UNION AT CALGARY ’ S PROPELLER STUDIOS
By Andrew King
In 2013 , two of Calgary ’ s best-known post studios united to become Propeller Studios . Now , they ’ re soaring to success & bringing the local industry with them .
NEW AGAIN
BRINGING STATE-OF-THE-ART ACOUSTICS & AUDIO SYSTEMS INTO TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SPACES
By Kevin Young “ Churches are the hardest spaces in the world to get the right balance between worship , speech , and music ,” says acoustician Joe De Buglio . So how does it get done ?
PLANETARY EXPANSION

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A NEW & IMPROVED STUDIO 2 AT MONTREAL ’ S PLANET STUDIOS
By Kevin Young Dan Cinelli believes that keeping Planet Studios “ fresh and exciting ” is key to its success – not only as a business , but also a place where people take pleasure in making music .
Propelling Audio Post in Alberta
Planetary Expansion
Soaring to New Heights with Propeller Studios
Church Audio Exciting Trends & Theatrical Sound Challenges & Technologies Design in 2017 for Live Sound
PLUS : Toronto ’ s BMO Field , University of Calgary ’ s Taylor Institute & More
Tackling challenging traditional worship spaces , Pg . 30
A LAY OF THE LAND
NEW TRENDS & TOOLS IN LIVE SOUND
By Andrew King Some of Canada ’ s top FOH engineers and system techs weigh in on new tools , tech , and trends affecting their arm of the industry for 2017 and beyond .

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An all-new Studio 2 at Montreal ’ s Planet Studios , Pg . 34
Cover Photo : Pat Butler & Frank Laratta of Propeller Studios by Jason Lawrence