Re: PA system volume, addressing concerns

Tom said: technical gizmatrons? If 4-5 people in the hall say it's too loud, then it's too loud-end of story. I think the gizmos give you a reality check even if, as a tech, you only use it for your own reference. I think they are a plus (and my old Radio Shack meter is a long way from high tech these days.) My experience, it's usually only one person who thinks it's too loud. If two or four people said it to me, I would take it very, very seriously. As noted, customer satisfaction on all fronts is the goal and a sound tech should never "blow off" any concern expressed. I will tweak for one, ask if it's OK and really try to make him/her happy. people's nerves in a way that's not always conscious. I prefer a level that various throughout the evening to give people a break. You're suggesting that sound tech should raise and lower house sound throughout the evening?? If so, I'll disagree on that. I'll leave that up to the band. The musicians I like to work with most put a lot of care and thought and practice into their presentation. In my sound tech role, I want to give them clean, comfortable mixes in the main and in their monitors, and let them provide the dynamic range -- from the slinky jigs that end in a whisper to the big time, high energy (and high volume) reels -- and so on. Correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree, here. By the way -- you're calling with Big Phat American K-Lee Band for New Year's Even in Philly (where I'm sorry I won't be doing sound) but I would suspect it's going to be a little bit on the loud side of the spectrum. And way too much fun for anyone to stay away. Anon. Ridge -- Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145] When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche