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Do you interpret "required SPL" on riders as A or C weighting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Matt Vivlamore" data-source="post: 100271" data-attributes="member: 33"><p>Re: Do you interpret "required SPL" on riders as A or C weighting?</p><p></p><p>With this being posted in the JV section... Riders are taken with a grain of salt. </p><p></p><p>I once was doing a small local festival with a bunch of high school and 'original style music' bars bands... the contract between the promoter/festival stated that bands rider requirements are only a suggestion for the production company; and the contract signed between us and the promoter stated that we'll accommodate the bands input list to the best of our abilities.</p><p></p><p>Most of the bands sent me a description of what they needed and except for one band… </p><p></p><p>Well I receive this "rider" from one of the bands, think of them as a washed-up 80's glam rock band still trying to make it big; they send me their entire production specs packet and it lists: 48 channel Allen & Heath or Midas mixer, the FOH PA system needs to be a 4 or 5 ways system with upwards of 40k watts; it also stated that each member needs to be double up on wedges with a dual 18 on the drummer… blah blah blah. But what wasn't included the "packet" was a list inputs. So I called the band was like hey what all do you need mic'd for this festival (got the list, 4 piece band with 15 inputs) and then they started asking me what PA was I bringing (1 per side of JBL SRX722/SRX728 & Itechs and dB Tech DVX wedges), they started saying that it wasn't going to be enough PA for them and their crowd. Guy was being a dick on the phone, so I asked them how many tickets have they sold for this event? His response was 12; so I said I'll have enough PA out there for your 12 fans that have paid to see you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Vivlamore, post: 100271, member: 33"] Re: Do you interpret "required SPL" on riders as A or C weighting? With this being posted in the JV section... Riders are taken with a grain of salt. I once was doing a small local festival with a bunch of high school and 'original style music' bars bands... the contract between the promoter/festival stated that bands rider requirements are only a suggestion for the production company; and the contract signed between us and the promoter stated that we'll accommodate the bands input list to the best of our abilities. Most of the bands sent me a description of what they needed and except for one band… Well I receive this "rider" from one of the bands, think of them as a washed-up 80's glam rock band still trying to make it big; they send me their entire production specs packet and it lists: 48 channel Allen & Heath or Midas mixer, the FOH PA system needs to be a 4 or 5 ways system with upwards of 40k watts; it also stated that each member needs to be double up on wedges with a dual 18 on the drummer… blah blah blah. But what wasn't included the "packet" was a list inputs. So I called the band was like hey what all do you need mic'd for this festival (got the list, 4 piece band with 15 inputs) and then they started asking me what PA was I bringing (1 per side of JBL SRX722/SRX728 & Itechs and dB Tech DVX wedges), they started saying that it wasn't going to be enough PA for them and their crowd. Guy was being a dick on the phone, so I asked them how many tickets have they sold for this event? His response was 12; so I said I'll have enough PA out there for your 12 fans that have paid to see you. [/QUOTE]
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