[linux-audio-dev] live pa questions

[Dave Griffiths]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:01:02 +0200, Pieter Palmers wrote
> the following links provide quite some info regarding distortion, 
> clipping and DC offsets:
> http://sound.westhost.com/clipping.htm
> http://sound.westhost.com/tweeters.htm

interesting articles
 
> My recommendations:
> - Be sure to do a decent sound-check: have a full-scale piece of 
> music ready for the PA engineer to set the PA desk incoming level, 
> and be sure not to change your volume when soundcheck is done. - 
> Adapt the dynamic range of your music to the live enviroment, e.g. 
> by using a compressor plugin just before the soundcard output.

so it isn't so much of a software problem, but rather the responsibility of
the artist to keep the dynamic range down, and the sound engineer to set the
levels sensibly?

it's interesting though, as a lot of performers who use computers eschew the
soundcheck these days, thinking just a line test, or just plugging in and
setting the volume, is enough. 

so, would it be a good idea to purchase a small compressor, if using homemade
analogue synths, or even software capable of producing nasty signals?

cheers,

dave