PRESS RELEASE
1/5Sennheiser Elevates Hybrid Learning Experience with TeamConnect Ceiling 2 at NTU
Singapore’s Gaia

12 units of TeamConnect Ceiling 2 installed in the auditorium NTU’s latest net-zero building

Singapore, 7 August 2024 – Sennheiser has installed its state-of-the-art TeamConnect
Ceiling 2 (TCC 2) in the auditorium of Gaia, a net-zero building at Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, Singapore (NTU Singapore), one of the world’s top universities, to elevate hybrid
learning experience for its students.

Gaia is home to NTU Singapore’s Nanyang Business School, one of the most establishedbusiness schools in the Asia-Pacific region. At its 190-seat auditorium in Gaia, the school
required a seamless communication system to support a hybrid learning experience for its
diverse cohort.

190-seat auditorium in NTU Singapore’s Gaia building

A Tall Order

The auditorium is characterised by a 9-meter ceiling height at the front with varying heightrunning throughout the rest of the room due to the cascading theatre seating arrangement. To
fit this auditorium with an AV system, the Sennheiser team had to calibrate the system andadjust for more than the recommended distance, while taking into consideration the differing
ceiling-to-floor distance throughout the auditorium.

PRESS RELEASE
2/5

AV Media was the system integrator appointed for this project and they recommended
Sennheiser’s TCC 2 as the solution. “Physical microphones are a thing of the past. They are
inflexible and restrict the movement of the speaker. In addition, passing around a microphonealso poses a huge hygiene risk. We knew immediately a ceiling microphone was the rightsolution for the auditorium, and we recommended Sennheiser’s TCC 2 for its superior audio
quality and TruVoicelift functionality,” shared Eileen Goh, General Manager of AV Media.
No More, No Less

Given the size of the auditorium, multiple units of TCC 2 had to be installed. Over a period of
two months, the Sennheiser team worked closely with the AV Media team to install 12 units of
TCC 2 with intricate planning, simulations, and calibration in order to achieve the desiredoutcome.

The initial design planned for 18 TCC 2s to be installed in the auditorium, and following adetailed analysis, the amount was later reduced to 12. Two units of TCC 2 were installed at thefront of the auditorium to serve as the pickup for the stage area, while the 10 other units werespread across the theatre seating area for audience pickup. The team was conscious about
installing just the right number of TCC 2s to cover all areas of the auditorium so that nodevices were deemed redundant.

10 units of TCC 2 were installed in the ceiling across the theatre-style seating area for audience pickup.

PRESS RELEASE
3/5“We also had to fulfil other requirements, like minimizing unwanted sound in the auditoriumand ensuring that the lecturer’s volume is prioritized when multiple persons are speaking in
the room,” Goh explained.

The TruVoicelift functionality includes a noise gate that can be activated during pauses inspeaking to prevent background noises from being amplified. In addition, priority zone andadvanced exclusion zones can also be set via the Sennheiser Control Cockpit, so that audio at
the front of the lecture hall can be prioritized and unwanted background noises from airconditioning, other operating systems, doors and movement of chairs can be minimized. Thisis especially useful for a theatre with many operating systems and a potentially large audience.

The TCC 2 was also chosen as it could work seamlessly with the Q-SYS auto tracking camera
to track the active speaker in the auditorium, so that remote participants would not miss out
on key moments during lecturers and discussions and will feel more engaged and involved.

Customization is Key

With Sennheiser TCC 2, lecturers no longer must hold a microphone, allowing them theflexibility to move around without having to worry about compromising the audio quality.
“Students can now enjoy excellent audio in class, where the speaker can be heard from every
corner of the room. Most importantly, the system is easy to operate, and the lecturers can doso without technical assistance. This saves time and reduces cost in the long run,” added Goh.

PRESS RELEASE
4/5

Sennheiser TCC 2 was chosen for its superior audio quality and TruVoicelift functionality

The Sennheiser Control Cockpit also permits the setting of different user profiles to cater tothe specific needs of diverse users, purposes and environments. “The lecturers have different
preferences. Some may prefer the audio to be amplified, while others might lean toward amore natural level. All these can be easily customized from the backend,” added Spring Chong,Sennheiser Business Development Manager.

PRESS RELEASE
5/5

About Sennheiser
Audio specialist Sennheiser is one of the world's leading manufacturers of headphones,
microphones and wireless transmission systems. Based in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany,
Sennheiser operates its own production facilities in Germany, Ireland and the USA and isactive in more than 50 countries. With 19 sales subsidiaries and long-established trading
partners, the company supplies innovative products and cutting-edge audio solutions that areoptimally tailored to its customers' needs. Sennheiser is a family owned company that wasfounded in 1945 and which today has 2,750 employees around the world that share a passion
for audio technology. Since 2013, Sennheiser has been managed by Daniel Sennheiser andDr. Andreas Sennheiser, the third generation of the family to run the company. In 2015, theSennheiser Group had sales totaling €682 million.

www.sennheiser.com

Local Contact

Global Contact

Phang Su Hui
Suhui.phang@sennheiser.com
M +65 91595024

Jeffrey Horanjeffrey.horan@sennheiser.com
M +18603000081