Audio equipment & broadcasting
An organ designed also for listening and transmission.
12 XLR lines
Choir, nave, gallery — plug and play
4 SDI cameras
Broadcast-ready, 4K compatible
Technical control room
Patch bay, network, fibre optic
Integrated from the very start
The Chaumes-en-Brie organ is not conceived solely as a concert instrument, but as a complete cultural tool, designed to be:
- played,
- recorded,
- transmitted,
- shared widely.
From the project's inception, audio capture, broadcasting and technical hosting requirements have been integrated, to avoid any heavy or improvised adaptation after the fact.
The goal is simple: enable professional teams to work easily, in good conditions, and with respect for the venue.
Professional audio infrastructure
Permanent professional wiring
The church will have a fixed audio infrastructure, designed to host professional productions without provisional cabling.
- 12 XLR lines distributed between choir, nave and gallery
- Shielded multicore with reserves for future extensions
- Hidden cabling, dedicated conduits separated from mains power
- Stereo audio return for the organist (headphone or monitor)
Choir configuration:
- • stereo ambience pair,
- • soloist spot,
- • four independent sections (choral formations)
A sound engineer arrives, plugs in the console, and starts working immediately. No adapters, no cables on the floor, no improvisation.
Recording philosophy
The organ is not amplified. It is captured, respecting the natural acoustics of the venue.
The setup does not impose any method, but offers great freedom of artistic and technical choice.
Recording options
- Main capture point in the nave (stereo pair)
- Additional points: gallery, choir, near the case
Compatible with main techniques:
- • ORTF, AB, MS,
- • close-up pedagogical or analytical recordings
The system is deliberately open, to adapt to the choices of artists and technical teams.
Technical conditions designed for professionals
Everything has been designed to avoid the classic problems of church recordings: hum, interference, provisional cables on the floor.
- Dedicated power supply, separated from lighting and blower circuits
- Audio and video conduits strictly separated from mains power
- Careful earthing, ground continuity
Conditions are met for discographic-quality recordings, without technical compromise from the venue.
Technical control room in the sacristy
The sacristy will house a permanent technical rack, the convergence point for all audio, video and network connections.
Audio and video patch panels
Dedicated power supply, separate from lighting
Network and fibre optic connection
Space for console, mixer, recorders
A technical team can set up quickly, plug their equipment into the patch panels, and start working — without provisional cabling across the building.
A concert can be recorded or broadcast live without turning the church into a construction site.
Video, broadcasting and digital uses
The project fully embraces contemporary cultural broadcasting challenges.
Planned uses
- Concert recordings
- Masterclass recordings
- Educational content
- Digital platform broadcasting (YouTube, cultural archives)
Video infrastructure
- 4 permanently wired camera positions:
- — keyboards (overhead view of the hands),
- — pedalboard (foot technique),
- — organist (wide shot, expression),
- — choir (soloists, sections, liturgical return)
- SDI broadcast links, 4K compatible
- Removable screen in the choir for concerts (organist display)
- Video return at the gallery (the organist sees the celebrant)
Showing the organist at work — hands, feet, expression — so the audience understands what is happening at the gallery.
Cultural outreach and transmission
This infrastructure enables:
- →national and international broadcasting of the project,
- →access to the organ for remote audiences,
- →building a reference collection of audio and visual archives,
- →lasting educational use.
The investment thus benefits musicians, the region, and the transmission of musical heritage.
The recording infrastructure will also enable the gradual creation of audio archives of the Chaumes-en-Brie organ, documenting its repertoire and evolution over time.
A great organ today cannot be conceived without consideration of its recording and broadcasting. The Chaumes-en-Brie organ integrates these dimensions from the outset, to fully serve the music, the musicians and the audience.
Audio-video infrastructure — key points
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30–35 stops planned, 4 manuals (+ poetic accessories).