Comments on: No, the government is not forcing rock venues and clubs to install sound limiters http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2089 Freelance writer Gary Marshall on technology, music, Macs and more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2089/comment-page-1#comment-12968 Gary Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:14:23 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2089#comment-12968 Yeah, that's true. There's one pub in glasgow just off george square (sorry, forget the name) that doesn't play music loudly, but the acoustics are so bad that other people's chat gives you an instant headache. Counting House, maybe? Across from Cafe Andaluz on St Vincent St... Yeah, that’s true. There’s one pub in glasgow just off george square (sorry, forget the name) that doesn’t play music loudly, but the acoustics are so bad that other people’s chat gives you an instant headache. Counting House, maybe? Across from Cafe Andaluz on St Vincent St…

]]> By: Squander Two http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2089/comment-page-1#comment-12965 Squander Two Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:41:52 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2089#comment-12965 Modern decor's a problem too. Soft furnishings absorb a lot of sound; the current love of making all surfaces hard makes for some ridiculously loud areas. In stylish pubs, just the sound of everyone talking can get insane. What we need is more tapestries. Modern decor’s a problem too. Soft furnishings absorb a lot of sound; the current love of making all surfaces hard makes for some ridiculously loud areas. In stylish pubs, just the sound of everyone talking can get insane.

What we need is more tapestries.

]]> By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2089/comment-page-1#comment-12963 Gary Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:26:54 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2089#comment-12963 Oh, I agree. I do wonder how many pubs and shops with blaring music are unwittingly endangering their employees' health. Oh, I agree. I do wonder how many pubs and shops with blaring music are unwittingly endangering their employees’ health.

]]> By: Professor Batty http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2089/comment-page-1#comment-12962 Professor Batty Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:29:15 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2089#comment-12962 As one who worked as a sound tech for many years, I find that those regulations are an excellent approach to sound exposure. Most acts are already limited, those acts which are painfully loud need to be be controlled in some fashion. 90-100 dB levels for 1 to 2 hours (actual performance time) with occasional peaks should be plenty loud to be enjoyable. There are alternatives (distributed systems) to the big arrays but they need to be engineered into the venue and are expensive and require complete integration into the architecture of the performance space. Constant exposure of background music at high levels and lack of ambient sound control is more of a threat IMHO. As one who worked as a sound tech for many years, I find that those regulations are an excellent approach to sound exposure. Most acts are already limited, those acts which are painfully loud need to be be controlled in some fashion. 90-100 dB levels for 1 to 2 hours (actual performance time) with occasional peaks should be plenty loud to be enjoyable. There are alternatives (distributed systems) to the big arrays but they need to be engineered into the venue and are expensive and require complete integration into the architecture of the performance space. Constant exposure of background music at high levels and lack of ambient sound control is more of a threat IMHO.

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