Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic has invested in eight Avolites Quartz consoles for
its Electronic Engineering course, which offers a specialist final year of AV System
Design.
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is located in Yio Chu Kang next to Yio Chu Kang MRT
Station, Singapore. More than 15,000 students attend, on a campus of 30 hectares.
The Polytechnic approached Singapore-based Total Solution – a leading distributor of
premium professional Light, Sound and Rigging products in Asia – to upgrade its
existing lighting consoles for the course. Total Solution’s Executive Director Tevin
Heng demoed the Quartz console to the institution.
“NYP felt they needed to upgrade to a higher scale and more user friendly lighting
console, and had always heard about Avolites’ popularity in our region and therefore
invited us to demo the Quartz,” says Heng.
Quartz is the newest addition to the Titan Mobile family, complete with on-board
processing and a bright, vibrant 12.1″ screen. Measuring only 42.5cm wide, the
Quartz is designed for lighting projects ranging from touring and festivals to clubs
and one-offs.
“As this was a substantial investment, NYP also considered the reputation and after
sales service track record for the respective consoles’ local distributors,” Heng
continues. “NYP has worked with Total Solutions since 2012 and is extremely
pleased with our service support.”
Malcom Murugan is Assistant Manager at the Embedded Technology Centre at NYP.
“We run large classroom size lessons, with a maximum of 24 students per class, in
a regular sized classroom which houses quite a fair bit of audio, video, lighting and
control systems inventory,” says Murugan. “Hence, it was essential to get a
compact console that fits into our existing 19″ flight-cases, while ensuring the
console is of a recognised brand name that the students will likely encounter when
they go out into the industry. The Quartz is a console that meets these needs.”
Murugan oversees the students’ learning as they study lighting control and
programming. As part of the course, NYP runs a lighting competition where students
program a lighting show, express their creativity and in the process become much
more familiar and comfortable with lighting programming. The department also
supports on campus events, often supplying lighting systems with Quartz as the
control desk.
“The introduction of the Quartz has generated more enthusiasm and interest – the
students were familiar with the software from using Titan 1 so they were
immediately comfortable with Quartz,” Murugan continues. “Furthermore, with the
additional controls such as the jog dials and quick access buttons, students are able
to work more effectively and efficiently. And due to the fact that a key focus of the
AVSD programme is system design, the features and support such as ARTNET,
Timecode and Redundancy Mode setup on the Quartz enables us to give students
exposure to technologies and configurations beyond the traditional DMX based
setup.”
