Coda Audio is system of choice for South African casinos

Tadco was contacted by Steve Moss from MMPA – the audio consultant for Tsogo Sun for the projects. Tadco’s Josh Oats said: “He asked us to quote on a system that would be capable of handling comedy shows, one man bands and corporate functions.

For larger events, equipment would be hired in to supplement the in-house system, or the in-house system would be taken down and replaced with a larger format system, so it was really important that it was easy to setup in different configurations.

Coda’s LA8 was chosen because of its intelligibility, high output and simplicity in setup and operation. Tadco delivered 12 Coda LA8 cabinets with four LA8-SUBs for The Venue, the more compact of the two locations, and 18 LA8 with eight LA8-SUBs at The Globe.

“Both venues needed to be flexible and adapt to as many different events as possible, so they can be utilised to the maximum,” continues Oats. “Consequently there are hang points that allow the system to be used in long throw and short throw configurations. Kyle Robson, our head of operational support, setup the Coda controllers to allow the operators to simply select a preset to optimise the system for each configuration.”

An added challenge for Tadco was that both venues are dome structures, which makes for challenging acoustics.

“Coda’s plotting software was a great guide for that,” says Josh. “And by utilising different angle flares reflections and spill was kept to a minimum.”