The University Cultural Centre (UCC), situated at the Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore, serves as a prominent performance venue, highlighted by the Ho Bee Auditorium, which accommodates up to 1,700 attendees. The horseshoe-shaped seating area features two tiers of balconies alongside stall seating.
It accommodates a wide range of event activities and productions, such as orchestral performances, musicals, faculty events, commencement ceremonies, and external hires.
Concept Systems Technologies, an L-Acoustics Certified Provider Distributor, offered a proposal to upgrade the venue’s audio system, to ensure its suitability for the next decade and beyond.
L-Acoustics Application Engineer Chung Wah Khiew assisted Concept Systems by designing an L-ISA configuration using L-Acoustics Soundvision 3D modelling software. Their 5.1 design features five hangs of five A15i Focus and one A15i Wide each, with eight KS21i centre-hung subwoofers for low-end definition. Seven X8 coaxial speakers deliver front-fill, while nine 5XT coaxials and two Syva co-linear line source speakers deliver sound as deck-fill. Fourteen 5XT provide fill to the Grand Circle and Circle seating areas. The system is powered by 10 LA4X, four LA2Xi, and one LA7.16i amplified controllers. Driven by L-ISA Processor II, a P1 processor and an LS10 switch provide the highest quality Milan-AVB signal distribution.
L-Acoustics Application Engineers trained the UCC technical team on the L-ISA technology and provided live mixing training courses. These training sessions armed the team with the vital skill and knowledge to adopt and harness the power of L-ISA immersive sound technology.
Installation of the new professional PA system in the Ho Bee Auditorium at University Cultural Centre was commissioned in January 2024, making it the first venue in Singapore equipped with this cutting-edge sound technology which provides an immersive audio experience for audiences.
