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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 208242" data-attributes="member: 67">I&#039;ve done a fair bit of work with Rhonda over the last 20 years.&nbsp; She&#039;s been a delight to work with and her band is always top notch.The bluegrass circuit is full of small PA, much of it in mediocre condition (or worse).&nbsp; If your rig was fully functional and you didn&#039;t &quot;rock and roll&quot; the mix I&#039;m not surprised Rhonda was happy.&nbsp; If you got the monitors dialed in quickly without feedback, I&#039;m surprised she didn&#039;t give you a big hug, too!To answer your first question, though...First, you&#039;ve gotten some good answers so far - the BE may be good, may be bad, the only distinction for us as PA providers is &quot;is this operator about to damage stuff?&quot;&nbsp; If that answer is no, then let him/her do their job.&nbsp; If there is concern about levels, bring this up with the BE immediately.&nbsp; &quot;I think you might be over-playing the room, and you&#039;re into the limiters on the tops (or subs or whatever).&nbsp; You might want to walk the room and check the over all volume and I&#039;d be a lot more comfortable if you got the rig out of limit.&quot;&nbsp; If he doesn&#039;t cooperate you start turning down the drive (at the amps, or DSP, or where ever, post-console, you can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 208242, member: 67"] I've done a fair bit of work with Rhonda over the last 20 years. She's been a delight to work with and her band is always top notch. The bluegrass circuit is full of small PA, much of it in mediocre condition (or worse). If your rig was fully functional and you didn't "rock and roll" the mix I'm not surprised Rhonda was happy. If you got the monitors dialed in quickly without feedback, I'm surprised she didn't give you a big hug, too! To answer your first question, though... First, you've gotten some good answers so far - the BE may be good, may be bad, the only distinction for us as PA providers is "is this operator about to damage stuff?" If that answer is no, then let him/her do their job. If there is concern about levels, bring this up with the BE immediately. "I think you might be over-playing the room, and you're into the limiters on the tops (or subs or whatever). You might want to walk the room and check the over all volume and I'd be a lot more comfortable if you got the rig out of limit." If he doesn't cooperate you start turning down the drive (at the amps, or DSP, or where ever, post-console, you can. [/QUOTE]

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