New to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall, the Music Room, adds a flexible space as of the 1939 Grade II listed building. Accommodating between 160 to 250 people – for cabaret, theatre or standing configurations – the room has been equipped with a Coda Audio TiRay sound system by Adlib.
Liverpool Philharmonic is one of the UK’s most progressive music organisations, home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and presenting more than 250 concerts and events annually including classical rock, folk, roots, music, festivals, film and comedy. Adlib has been involved with supplying equipment and technical expertise to the in-house Production Team for a number of years.
Part of a £14.5m refurbishment, Adlib won the tender to design and install a Coda ViRay system for the 1,700-capacity main auditorium. For its Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic required a sonic solution that could be quickly and simply installed; that used existing infrastructure provided by capital development investment in the main auditorium and which included racks, patchbays, 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 close-field 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 selected to suit each performance.
The in-house Production Team was impressed by the fast turnaround from design to commissioning the system for the first event and the service provided by Roger Kirby. ‘The new system enables us 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,’ says Gail Wroth, Liverpool Philharmonic’s Head of Production.
‘We are delighted that the installation of the Coda system in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, both in the main auditorium and Music Room, has been so successful,’ says Adlib’s John Hughes. ‘We’re very proud to supply the venue, which is an iconic part of Liverpool’s rich and colourful musical life.’
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