“Adlib has a long-standing relationship with Manchester Academy, and alongside the in-house tech team, we’ve selected L-Acoustics for all the venues over the years, with KARA systems currently in Academy 2 and 3, and ARCS in Club Academy,” said Rob Crossland, installation project manager at Adlib.
“Academy 1’s V-DOSC was installed by us around 12 years ago, so it was time to upgrade. There were aspects of the system that were working really well, but there were also improvements we knew we could make by exploiting L-Acoustics’ new technology.”
The Adlib team, in collaboration with Dave Morrissey and Marios Sozos from the Academy’s technical team, designed a system comprising L-Acoustics long throw K2 cabinets as the main hangs, with KS28 subwoofers, X12 for balcony delays, and A10 Wide for in-fill and front-fill.
The system is driven by LA12X and LA4 amplified controllers, complemented with a P1 Milan AVB processor and measurement platform for tuning the system.
“We hung seven K2, with four ground-stacked KS28 per side. Two A10 Wide sit on top of each stack of KS28 for in-fill, with a further two evenly spaced between the KS28 for front-fill. K2 is lighter than V-DOSC, which allowed us to fly an extra element on each side; this means coverage of the room is a lot smoother,” explained Crossland.
“The tight timescale for this installation was only possible because of Soundvision and the integration with Network Manager- we spent a long time testing different options and perfecting the design in SV, including the use of an auto filter. When our commissioning engineer walks into the room and loads the file we are already 90% of the way there, this is great for the venues because closing for a long period is very costly.”
“Adlib has a long-standing relationship with Manchester Academy, and alongside the in-house tech team, we’ve selected L-Acoustics for all the venues over the years, with KARA systems currently in Academy 2 and 3, and ARCS in Club Academy,” said Rob Crossland, installation project manager at Adlib.
“Academy 1’s V-DOSC was installed by us around 12 years ago, so it was time to upgrade. There were aspects of the system that were working really well, but there were also improvements we knew we could make by exploiting L-Acoustics’ new technology.”
The Adlib team, in collaboration with Dave Morrissey and Marios Sozos from the Academy’s technical team, designed a system comprising L-Acoustics long throw K2 cabinets as the main hangs, with KS28 subwoofers, X12 for balcony delays, and A10 Wide for in-fill and front-fill.
The system is driven by LA12X and LA4 amplified controllers, complemented with a P1 Milan AVB processor and measurement platform for tuning the system.
“We hung seven K2, with four ground-stacked KS28 per side. Two A10 Wide sit on top of each stack of KS28 for in-fill, with a further two evenly spaced between the KS28 for front-fill. K2 is lighter than V-DOSC, which allowed us to fly an extra element on each side; this means coverage of the room is a lot smoother,” explained Crossland.
“The tight timescale for this installation was only possible because of Soundvision and the integration with Network Manager- we spent a long time testing different options and perfecting the design in SV, including the use of an auto filter. When our commissioning engineer walks into the room and loads the file we are already 90% of the way there, this is great for the venues because closing for a long period is very costly.”