Pro Sound Web: During the intermission she leaned over the mixer complaining that the sound in Row 3 was making her ears vibrate.
My patient assurances that we would do what we could to help were interrupted by the guy from the back row who leant over the effects rack and yelled “hey buddy, are you mixing? ‘cos we can’t hear anything at the back!”
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Like the webpage states this article still remains relevant today, even though so much of the technology and the way sound for live events has changed. Why do these problems still exist? While the industry has made great progress in the tech being used, it seems that we still face issues with clarity and loudness. Although architects are doing better in the past, it seems acoustics in big arena spaces are often an afterthought. Flying acoustic panels helps, sure, but it still is not as effective as having an acoustical engineer on a building design team from the start. In terms of loudness, there seems to have been a cultural shift where we expect concerts to be ridiculously loud. Some artists even promote the use of ear plugs at their events… why? Why do we feel it is so necessary to blast ourselves in the face with sound that we’re willing market earplugs to concert goers? Seems a bit bass ackwards to me. With all the progress that has been made in getting smoother coverage through improved speaker tech and use of delays, I’m not convinced that industry practices have kept pace.
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