livenews UNITED KINGDOM Adlib adds, liberally By Erica Basnicki
AV RENTAL specialist Adlib celebrated the start of 2012 by moving into its new warehouse in Speke, Liverpool, which more than doubles the company’s existing space to over 50,000sqft (4,645sqm). The investment totalled over £1 million (€1.2 million) including the property purchase. The warehouse features a
classroom complex, plus areas for training sessions and seminars to be used for Adlib’s own training programmes, and events staged by suppliers and manufacturers. L-Acoustics has already staged two K1 system training sessions and launched its new ARCS cabinet at the site. Lab.gruppen, Avid, Yamaha, Midas and Shure are all expected to use the facility in the near future.
A further £1.2 million has
been invested in new rental stock this year, with purchases including a Coda arena touring system, an L-Acoustics KARA system with additional ARCSII and LA8 amplifiers,
ON 15 MARCH, sound reinforcement company ASL premiered the new Sound Projects SP2-15 sub speakers during a well-attended fashion show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of high fashion store Versa. The new system is the next
logical addition to the SP series – the cabinet holds two 15” drivers driven by the Sound Projects DALC speaker management system controlling a 2,500W Cool Class D power amp, offering an output of 134dB SPL.
“There was indeed a kind of
vacuum in the Sound Projects inventory,” comments Peter Ellegeest, managing director of ASL. “With the ‘old’ 215 subs being out of production, there was nothing in between the SP15 and the bigger SP18 sub-low systems. This SP2-15 is catering for medium-sized productions. While compatible with the existing SP2, SP3 is also a perfect successor to the SP4 series speakers.” Jan Slooter, managing
director of Sound Projects, underlines that the slick SP2- 15, in its plug-and-play concept will allow FOH engineers to
Versa celebrated its 20th anniversary with a fashion show
emphasise system headroom below 60Hz or the octave above, with the SP2-10 bass horns. “The SP2-15 is poised to add a tight kick to any rock concert or dance event,” Slooter adds. For the Versa fashion show,
staged at the city’s Central Station, ASL put in place eight
SP2-15 subs, 20 X-Act cabinets, six SP2 HP cabinets and eight X-tender monitors on the catwalk, steered by an LS9-32 Yamaha console. Because no fewer than 25 delays had to be configured, Peter Ellegeest used the LS9 in combination with an AudioRail Cat-snake system. www.soundprojects.com
www.riedel.net The Adlib family plus new additions 50,000
and a top up of consoles – including Yamaha PM5D consoles and Avid VENUE Profile packages. Additionally, Adlib has
taken on seven new full-time staff and five apprentices over and above the regular pool of freelancers.
Square feet of warehouse space now available to Adlib
Adlib founding director
Andy Dockerty said: “The expansion, the restructuring and the new warehouse have been a necessity to service not only our clients’ increasing demands but also to service our internal needs and requirements. The demands
upon our office and warehouse staff to continually deliver under the constraints put upon them by lack of space and supports were becoming increasingly problematic. Now we collectively have a far superior infrastructure in every way, with both the facilities and personnel to provide a solid foundation for the next five years’ development.” www.adlibsolutions.co.uk