On 5/26/2010 7:50 PM, Chrissy Fowler wrote: Define "typical"; that's largely going to depend on what kind of room you're in, what your weather is like, who's playing, who's calling, how many bodies are on the floor (and how noisy they are), and how knowledgeable and attentive to detail your sound guy is. I tried to keep mean levels at 85 dB or lower with peaks at 90 dB when I was running sound in Berkeley and San Francisco, and I'm known for keeping things on the quieter side. Just the dancer chatter alone (measured between end of dances and start of walkthroughs) at Monte Toyon during Spring Fling hit 95 dB at times, and I've been to Wild Asparagus gigs that have topped out at 110 dB. dB measures can be misleading. A good sound guy can make 105 dB sound comfortable. A bad sound guy can make 80 dB sound excruciatingly loud... --Nick (sound guy first, caller second...)