27 Aug
2023
27 Aug
'23
3:27 p.m.
Hi Peter,
On 8/27/2023 9:24 AM, Peter Martel via Organizers wrote:
Hi Chrissy,
If it wasn’t 4 hours away, I’d come up and take a gander (maybe I will
anyway; I’ve not been to Arcadia yet), but let me say this:
1) One of my fellow organizers encouraged me to turn the volume down;
I’m not sure why it took someone else to tell me that, as I’ve been
doing sound for all kinds of music for nearly 30 years. I think I just
get caught up in the dance music. This helps tremendously, especially
in a lively room (if it's lively, do you really need it loud? Some of
these rooms were designed, before sound systems, to be lively).
Turning the music down also makes some room above the band for the caller.
Really good point!
When I started mixing in 1990 dancers were quiet during walk-throughs.
If the
fans weren't blowing, the Caller could just about reach all the dancers
without a mic.
People who were chatting/socializing would step outside so as not to
interfere with the Caller being heard.
2) It is really important to tune the system to the
room. If you are
using a simple mixer, with a very basic equalizer, if any at all, you
are likely to have problems in most any room.
3) An additional option (after the first two are implemented) is
“ducking”, where the band's amplitude is slightly compressed when the
caller is calling.
Ooo, looks like a dance this Friday…w/ Lisa Greenleaf calling...tempting.
Peter
Thanks and good health, Weogo