IEM + Audio Rigs for Houses of Worship
Volunteer-friendly designs with personal mixers, Cat5e signal paths, and patch sheets that survive the next A2 changeover.
Worship audio is the hardest workflow in live sound. The volunteers running it changeover every weekend, the band changes every service, and the budget never matches the rider. IEM Rig solves the part it can: the design itself is documented, sharable, and recoverable. When the volunteer A2 forgets which output feeds the personal mixers, they look at the labeled diagram, not at a 100-channel console with an angry pastor behind them.
Allen & Heath's SQ and dLive consoles, paired with ME-500 personal mixers and the new Dante stage boxes, have become the dominant worship audio platform. The catalog covers the whole chain. The auto-wire engine knows that an SLink output from an SQ-7 carries 64 channels per Cat5e link to a ME-500 personal-mixer rack, and the bill of materials includes every Cat5e you'll need to make it work.
What this rig needs
- Per-performer personal mixers (ME-500, P16-M, A360, Roland M-48)
- A console that volunteer ops can run without breaking everything
- Dante or Cat5e signal paths so the rack at FOH and the stage box are one cable
- Recallable scenes for different services (Sunday morning, midweek, special events)
- A patch sheet the next volunteer can read without a 30-minute walkthrough
How IEM Rig helps
- The Quick Start template generates a touring-quality rig from band size + console preference
- Personal-mixer fan-out is auto-wired so you can't miss a performer
- Public gallery has worship rigs from churches that have already solved your problem
- PDF export gives the next volunteer a labeled diagram + step-by-step patch list
- Sign in with Google (or coming soon, email/password) to save rigs across devices
Mid-size worship band — typical 5-piece + 3 vocalists
- · Allen & Heath SQ-7 console at FOH
- · A&H DT168 Dante stage box at the platform
- · Allen & Heath ME-500 ×8 — one per performer
- · Shure PSM300 transmitters ×4 (rotational) for guest IEMs
- · Furman PL-PRO C power conditioner
- · Mac mini show computer running playback