Adlib in Overdrive posted: 23/01/2018
Adlib's Crew of Tom Webber & Mario Leal .
Adlib supplied lighting, audio production and crew for the highly festive Christmas with the Overtones' tour, renewing a long term working relationship with the popular five-piece harmony group.
This was among the highlights of a number of shows and tours wrapping up a fantastic year for the Liverpool based rental and production specialist.
Audio
Adlib's audio team was led by the talkative and charismatic Mario Leal, one of their many talented engineers who was tasked with getting the CODA PA fine-tuned and sounding crisp each day for the band's FOH sound engineer Mark Clements. Paul Allen was the ever brilliant tour and production manager steering the ship.
The PA was specified by Mark and monitor engineer Cristiano Vuolo, explained Mario, and he, together with account handler Dave Jones, all worked together to ensure everything was co-ordinated smoothly and efficiently.
Mario can hardly contain his enthusiasm for CODA, It's the best sounding system I've ever heard he commented on the ViRAY which was chosen for the main arrays, particularly because of its suitability for theatre and academy type venues, where its power and expedient size make it an excellent touring option
They also played some large concert halls, where they had the flexibility to cover the extra space.
A typical set up was 12 x ViRAY left-and-right with three sensor-controlled SCP subs a side on the floor (six in total), together with six TiRAY front fills, which as the smaller version of the CODA line array worked perfectly to fill any sonic gaps!
The show from behind front of house.
Mario also covered the balconies with extra CODA C712 loudspeakers in some of the bigger halls, and this approach was especially useful when audiences were sitting behind the PA when the balconies curved all the way round to the sides of stage.
The whole system was driven by 20 of CODA's proprietary Linus 10 amps, which, were set up and aligned utilising LINUS Live software which gives full networked control over the amps and the arrays, with the EQ and zoning taken care of in Mario's Lake control rack.
Mario has a lot of experience and practical knowledge of working with the CODA system, having used the brand extensively on various Adlib projects including comedy show Mrs. Brown's Boys, a year-long full arena stint where they could really listen to and start understanding the acoustic philosophies and properties.
He immediately noticed the clarity and the throw that was achievable with CODA's proprietary driver technology. Speech was crucial on that tour with 12 lavalier mics onstage and everyone needing to hear everything exactly as it was. All of them loved the precision of the CODA. He also worked with a system on Placebo's 2016-17 '20 Years' tour, which confirmed that it was equally as awesome when delivering a loud, raw, rock show.
The mid-range is simply amazing - I have never heard clarity like this before - you can hear absolutely ALL of the details .
When he knew they would be touring ViRAY on the Overtones, he was delighted.
The Christmas-like show.
The big challenge - for both audio and lighting was that they had only one truck for everything including backline so extra care was taken to pack the truck tightly and safely.
The small dimensions and light weight of the CODA speakers were critical in this scenario, enabling them to take an appropriate PA without monopolising truck space.
Mario was the only audio tech on the tour, so he again he really appreciated the smaller, lighter philosophy of CODA, together with its straightforward rigging. I have no issues at all building the arrays on my own or with the assistance of one of the stage crew .
Adlib supplied two Avid Profile consoles for the tour - for FOH and monitors.
The Overtones used an 8-way Sennheiser SR2000 IEM system from Adlib, there were no side fills, keeping the stage clean and clear, and for atmosphere they added four of Adlib's new MP5 wedges across the front.
Two Adlib MP4 subs were allocated to the drummer and the bassist, with the third shared between the guitarist and keyboardist, who were positioned adjacent to one another onstage. It wasn't mega loud onstage, but this added nice levels of a bit of kick and bass.
The Overtones' mics were six (five and a spare) Shure UR4D hand-helds with a Beta 87A mic capsule for Timmy Matley.
They didn't tour a specific monitor tech, so Mario was kept busy, but - always positive - he reveals, We had a couple of days production rehearsals at Capital Studios in London and that was enough time for us to start the tour in really good shape .
It was his first time working with the band, and an experience he thoroughly enjoyed for the friendly environment and the overall vibe. All very professional but absolutely lovely people, he summed up.
The view from the side of Tess Minor.
Lighting
Lighting designer Neil Holloway has worked for The Overtones for around six years, and on this run collaborated closely with touring operator and lighting director, Tess Minor.
Their starting point was the showfile from the last tour, from which they took some of the classic signature looks which work flawlessly for certain moments. They mixed them up with a crop of fresh and new looks crafted for the show ... which encompassed a number of global Christmas hits and favourites!
Neil had to spec a rig that would fit in a tight allocation of truck space so this was the galvanising aspect, as the brief was - as always - to create something special and cool.
He chose fixtures that were multi-purpose, offered many options and would give them plenty of latitude for all of the different sized venues and stages on the itinerary.
Tess was also working with just o
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Adlib in Overdrive posted: 23/01/2018 
