[linux-audio-user][OT]:It's not that Sound service and recording

[tim hall]

Last Wednesday 06 July 2005 00:57, Brett McCoy was like:
> And I will also contend that if the guitarist using a 100 watt Marshall
> is more powerful than the PA, he's got no business playing a full stack
> onstage.  For most gigs I've found a 50 watt combo (also Marshall) to be
> more than adequate...

It's not that simple.

1) Marshalls don't turn down that well, even if you have one of those 
half-power switches on the back you can still saturate small venues without 
really trying. And some people can only afford one amp. If you're the 
engineer you're going to have to deal with whatever random equipment 
combination they throw at you.

2) Everybody does it. This phenomenon is not isolated to lead guitarists. For 
some reason, what is obvious to anyone standing in the hall is not obvious 
when you're holding a plugged in instrument. In many venues, the right volume 
for the mix is too quiet for the player. Finding players who don't sneak up 
their on-stage sound while the engineer isn't looking is a rare treat.

Good monitoring can help ~(again, you need everything going through the desk 
to achieve this)

3) The drummer always plays the gig at twice the velocity and volume of the 
soundcheck. 

4) Of course it'll sound completely different once you've got an audience in 
there. ;p (seriously though, a good audience runs at around 100dB)

cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk