Located within Singapore's Central Business District, the Cathedral was consecrated in 1862 and declared a national monument in 1973. As a major place of worship, St Andrew's Cathedral faces the challenge of hosting a number of different services, with a variety of musical requirements, and quick changeovers between events. The installation of 32in/24out Qu-32 digital mixers in the traditional worship hall at the Main Building and the contemporary worship space at the Extension building, has provided a solution.
"The Cathedral has many services running back to back especially on Sundays from as early as 6.30am. With the previous analogue mixer, a 'reset' was needed during service changeovers. This caused some anxiety amongst our volunteers manning the mixer, as the time between services can be as close as 5 minutes. The numerous controls could be a headache, especially for new volunteers, and there were times when missing that one button caused some embarrassment," commented Kevin Quek, facilities manager at the Cathedral.
"The House of Worship environment is different in the sense that the people responsible for the mixing of the sound are generally volunteers. A lot of time is saved with a mixer like the Qu-32, which works intuitively and helps make the operations much easier. It is always very satisfying when we see that the solutions provided work to our clients' benefit," commented Gary Goh, deputy managing director of Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd.
(Jim Evans)
