Sound and vision for places of worship

Churches, mosques, synagogues and community faith spaces present some of the most acoustically challenging environments in AV integration. High ceilings, reflective stone and timber surfaces, reverberant acoustics, and the need for speech clarity across every seat — often with volunteer operators and minimal technical expertise — make houses of worship a specialist discipline. Masters Voice Technology has delivered PA and AV systems for faith communities across Sydney and NSW.

Our approach to worship AV starts with acoustic analysis of the space before any equipment is specified. The right speaker placement and DSP configuration for a heritage church with 10-metre ceilings is fundamentally different to a modern multipurpose worship centre, and treating them the same produces poor results in both. We design around the building first.

What we deliver for houses of worship

Our worship AV capability covers PA system design and installation with Q-SYS DSP processing, Shure wireless microphone systems for presenters and worship teams, hearing loop systems for accessibility compliance, LED display walls for lyrics, scripture and video, live streaming and broadcast integration for online congregation, simple volunteer-operated control interfaces with one-touch presets, and background music and announcement systems for foyers and ancillary spaces.

The St Francis Church Paddington project

Our work at St Francis of Assisi Church in Paddington demonstrates the approach. A heritage Gothic building with significant acoustic challenges received a complete PA system redesign — Q-SYS Core 110fx DSP, Shure SLXD wireless systems, JBL CBT column speakers as rear delays, and a single touchscreen at the lectern. Volunteers now manage the entire system with one tap. Speech clarity across every pew is consistently intelligible for the first time in the parish's recent history.