Owned by CapitaMall Trust, JCube is an ice rink located in Jurong East, a neighborhood of Singapore. JCube differentiates itself from the usual shopping and dining mall experience with the ice rink in the center of the building.
The 60 x 30 meter rink has a 460-seat gallery and is used for community skating and for more competitive sporting events including speed or figure skating and ice hockey. The space is also equipped to host live streaming events and concerts.
The new Community loudspeaker based sound system at JCube rink provides both high intelligibility speech and entertainment quality music making it idea for the multi-use requirements of the venue. E&E worked closely with Community’s Singapore-based Director of Business Development, Thomas Mittelmann, to meet the specifications of the rinks management. Mittelman consulted with the technical team at Community’s HQ in the US to ensure the system was the management required.
Seventeen Community WET W2-2W8 loudspeakers are mounted around the rink edge. The W2-2W8’s dual 8-inch horizontal drivers with centrally located 1-inch horn provide the optimum 120-degree wide horizontal dispersion required for the venue. Available in white, the W2-2W8’s extreme all-weather capabilities handle the environmental conditions of the rink and blended perfectly with the venue’s aesthetics.
In addition to the distributed W2-2W8 system, the audio design includes a ceiling loudspeaker system for the audience areas. The upper spectator stand consists of thirteen Community D8 8-inch coaxial ceiling loudspeakers. The D8 loudspeakers deliver consistent coverage with their Tru-Phase high frequency waveguide providing a wide uniform dispersion. In the lower stand there are thirteen Community D6 ceiling loudspeakers, providing the same consistent quality as their larger sibling, but equipped with a 6.5-inch low frequency driver. A further ten Community D4 ceiling loudspeakers and four Community DS8 surface mount loudspeakers are installed at back of house.
Five Ashly Audio NE2400 2-channel amplifiers power the Community loudspeakers. The network enabled amplifiers feature full control and monitoring capabilities via standard 10/100 Ethernet protocol and Protea software. An Ashly Audio NE4250 amplifier powers the back of house system as well.
Processing is provided by a Symetrix Symnet 8×8 digital signal processor, supplied with SymNet Designer software which equips the rink with more than 300 DSP modules, including feedback elimination, loudspeaker management and auto mixing. The built-in modules enable the audio engineer at the rink to switch quickly and easily from one processing mode to another depending on the function of the rink at any given time.
Completing the audio system are a Mackie 1642-VLZ3 I6-channel compact recording mixer and Shure SLX24/SM58 handheld wireless microphones for concert type events.