[TPIN] Are Symphony Orchestras Today Too Loud?

[David Arndt]

>>The best sound techs b.t.w. are the ones that leave the mixer after five
minutes.....

Excellent point.  This hits so close to home it's not funny.

We do extensive sound checks before the first set, get the balance to a
point where playing is easy and sweet...

...then once the evening starts, the sound techs keep hacking with the
levels, and by the end of the night (after the 3rd or 4th set) you feel like
your playing into a pillow... 

Egads...
 

-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Cees van den Heuvel
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:52 PM
To: RickTrumpetMan at aol.com; kurtzph at comcast.net
Cc: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Are Symphony Orchestras Today Too Loud?


> I think at one time we were part of a contingent of this discussion 
> (and I still believe it) that if sound tech wants a trumpet player in 
> an amplified setting to deliver fewer DB's to the mic (overall) they 
> should  turn the player up in the monitors and not down.

It's as simple as that! But sound techs are hard to convince, or just plain
stupid.
If, in amplified circumstances, you want an instrument to play softer, give
him more feed back on the monitors, and he'll adjust to that. I'm afraid
they will never get the point.
Another simple solution is putting the complete mix on all the monitors,
reverb included if present, this will lead to a balanced result. A good
musician will adapt to blend. Tell that to sound techs and you'll get
strange reactions.
That's why I always do the mix and monitors myself on a simple sound system
and feed a line-out signal to the P.A.
Never failed, and the sound techs can't screw up an can get an extra beer
and leave. The best sound techs b.t.w.
are the ones that leave the mixer after five minutes.....


Cees van den Heuvel
http://www/revivaljassband.nl


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