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The Star Performing Arts Centre Singapore Chooses Waves MultiRack
KNOXVILLE, TN, March 4, 2019 — Reuben Ong, Head of Audio at Star Performing Arts Centre in Singapore, chooses products from Waves Audio, including Waves SoundGrid Servers, MultiRack and the SD7 Pro Show bundle.
The key venue of The Star Performing Arts Centre, the 5,000-seat “The Star Theatre,” is fitted with high-end audio, video and production lighting systems for an exceptional audio-visual experience. It caters to a wide range of amplified music and speech events, as well as large-scale corporate meetings and pop concerts.
Ong comments, about their setup, “Waves processing is a part of our current default console setup in The Star Theatre. Our default theatre console system consists of three units of DiGiCo SD7 Quantum, one each for Monitors, FOH and Broadcast/Recording, At each of the SD7s, there is an engine-based redundant system for Waves controls and processing. On each console, both engines are connected to two Waves Extreme Servers and two Host computers for the MultiRack Application (Apple Mac minis through a gigabit network switch). Configuration is such that each SD7 engine is connected to one Waves Extreme Server and one Mac mini for controls. A 24-inch touchscreen monitor is used with both Mac minis by means of a KVM setup. Currently, we are utilising the Waves Pro Show SD7 plugin bundle for all of the SD7s.”
Commenting about Waves Servers, Ong adds, “We started off using Waves in 2013, a few months after our opening, and we were using the SoundGrid Server One for a long time. However, with the changing requirements of our anchor tenant and the incoming shows and events into our venue, we have seen our Server One processing being stretched to its capacity. The Waves Extreme Servers are the next phase of upgrade that allowed us to cater to the requirements of all our end users. Our team of casuals has also seen better faster processing and more stable operations with the new Extreme servers and are very happy with the performance.”
He adds, about Waves MultiRack, “It is the most straightforward software for using Waves plugins for live events. In addition, the auto delay compensation function of the software allows for a coherent transfer of digital audio across all of the channels. The remote function between multi-rack and the SD7s also helps in ensuring that shows are in sync from console to Waves control. We faced some initial difficulty in moving from the previous SD7 on desk Waves MultiRack to the current external control setup, but those problems are mitigated with some testing.”
Ong comments on using Waves plugins: “My team and I have been Waves users since the early SoundGrid license days, and we have purchased the license as part of the venue’s original SD7 package. Over the years, the upgrades given through the Waves Update plan have kept the SD7 Pro Show bundle relevant, and it has been serving our purposes. Our theater has events of many different nature, from rock concerts to pop orchestras and corporate talks, and also theater and dance. We have depended on different Waves plugins for different purposes.”
He adds, “The main plugins that we have used extensively for our meeting events are of course the Waves Dan Dugan Automixer and Dugan Speech. This is especially useful for company AGMs, where we see about 30 microphones on stage for the board of directors and more mics on the audience floor for Q&A. It eases the engineer’s work in managing a large number of open mics. The Waves Dugan Automixer plugin has been effective in managing feedback and for balancing levels for many conferences, and drama skits at The Star Theatre. The Waves IR-Live Convolution Reverb is also a plugin that is heavily used by my team. Coupled with the impulse responses from various other halls and boutique reverb units, it enables very creative and great sounding reverbs to be created in our theater. The Waves SuperTap gives much more flexibility in terms of control to any onboard delay for vocals, and I personally have a positive bias towards the output of the six-tap delay. The C6 and C4 Multiband Compressors are my personal favorite due to the flexibility in shaping vocals and the output being very transparent. InPhase is also a tool that has been really useful when we have bands in, especially for managing Kick and Snare drum mics. This has helped my team to do accurate alignment between the multiple mics used with ease. Another common plug-in that we have used is the Waves WLM Plus Loudness Meter and VU Meter, to give us an accurate reference for our recordings and also our clients’ broadcast requirements.”
Ong summarizes: “Using Waves has made my team’s mixing experience very enjoyable and has given us many more options for creative expression in our daily work. The support from Team108 Technical Services in maintaining proper integration of the Waves system to our DiGiCo consoles has also made our show operations much smoother. Many of the touring engineers are stoked that we have Waves readily available for their shows.”
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Photo caption: The audio team at The Star Theatre at the Star Performing Arts Centre in Singapore. Pictured L-R: Muhammad Khairul Bin Shariff (Assistant Head, Audio), Muhammad Iszuan Bin Razali (Senior Technician) and Reuben Ong (Head, Audio).About Waves Audio Ltd.:
Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio DSP solutions for the professional, broadcast, and consumer electronics audio markets. Since its start in the early '90s with the introduction of the Q10 equalizer plugin, Waves has gone on to develop a comprehensive line of over 150 audio plugins, including industry standards like the L1 and L2 Ultramaximizers, popular vintage console models, and innovative mixing tools like Vocal Rider and the Artist Signature Series. For its accomplishments, Waves received a Technical GRAMMY® Award in 2011, and the Q10 was selected as an inductee into the TECnology Hall of Fame. In 2016, Waves released the eMotion LV1 mixer, a revolutionary live digital mixing console that provides real-time audio mixing for front-of-house, monitor, studio and broadcast engineers. Waves technologies are now used to improve sound quality in virtually every sector of the audio market, from recording, mixing, mastering and post-production to broadcast, live sound, and consumer electronics. Waves has over 25 years of expertise in the development of psychoacoustic signal processing algorithms that leverage knowledge of human auditory perception to radically improve perceived sound quality. Waves’ award-winning processors are utilized to improve sound quality in the creation of hit records, major motion pictures, and top-selling video games worldwide. Waves offers computer software and hardware-plus-software solutions for the professional and broadcast markets. The company’s WavesLive division is a market leader in all live sound sectors, spearheading the development of solutions for all live platforms. Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers semiconductor and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics applications. Waves technologies dramatically enhance audio performance and are used by industry leaders such as Dell, Google, Fitbit, Acer, Asus, Hisense and more.
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