Adlib has supplied a Coda TiRAY sound system to Liverpool Philharmonic’s new
venue, Music Room, a completely flexible space accommodating between 160 to
250 people depending on a cabaret, theatre or standing configuration. The venue,
which opened in October 2015, has been built as part of the £14.5 million
refurbishment of the 1939 Grade II*listed Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Liverpool Philharmonic is one of the UK’s most progressive music organisations,
home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, presenting more than 250
concerts and events annually including classical rock, folk, roots, music, festivals,
film and comedy at its popular city centre hub on Hope Street, and delivering over
3,000 music education sessions each year for communities throughout Liverpool.
Adlib has been involved with supplying equipment and technical expertise to the in-
house Production Team at Liverpool Philharmonic for a number of years. Adlib won
the tender to design and install a Coda ViRAY system for the 1700 capacity main
auditorium. For Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic required a sonic solution that
could be quickly and simply installed; that utilized existing infrastructure provided
by capital development investment in the main auditorium and which included
racks, patch bays, facility panels and trussing that could deal immediately with
events.
Liverpool Philharmonic invited tenders, finally opting for the Coda system as the
best solution for the range of concerts and events in Music Room.
Coda’s TiRAY, was chosen for quality, reliability and overall value and its ability to
cover the entire Music Room evenly for sound when suspended from the new truss
solutions.
Adlib supplied six ultra-compact Coda TiRAY loudspeakers and two Coda TiLOW bass
extension elements. The loudspeakers may be rigged as a single centre hang or
split as conventional left and right stereo hangs. Either flown configuration may be
augmented with additional Coda G18 subs to suit. However for many of the “lighter’
performances, the low frequency capability of the flown system is very good.
Two Coda HOPS8I speakers – also discreet and optimised for smaller spaces and
nearfield applications may be used as near-stage fills and can also be wall-mounted
at each side of the room.
The amplifiers are Coda LINUS10-C and LINUS5-Cs all controlled via “Linus-Live’
software. These are pre-programmed with a series of parameters for different set
ups which can be straightforwardly selected to suit each performance.
Gail Wroth, Liverpool Philharmonic’s Head of Production says, “The new system
enables the in-house Production Team to meet the ever changing requirements of
the users of Music Room as well as enabling its development for corporate use
within our in-house production services, expertise and facilities.’
