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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Hall" data-source="post: 117428" data-attributes="member: 6904">Re: Phase align subs to mainsI&#039;ve been to my fair share of concerts that had fallen victim to the loudness war mentality of &quot;if the crowd doesn&#039;t go out deaf, we did our job wrong&quot;. One show, however, completely threw this idea on its head and I&#039;ve never heard another one like it since then. It was for a group called Justice, a pair of Frenchmen (think Daft Punk minus the robot suits and a heavy penchant for utilizing live-sampled instruments) who favored sound quality over sound level and boy did it show. They roped the tech who mixed their studio albums into running their FOH and he essentially live mixed an album each and every concert. Everything was balanced amazingly well. The highs were crisp, the mids punchy and the bass amazingly smooth and deep. Oh, and yes it was loud, but not blaring. I left the concert thinking &quot;my word how did they even achieve that kind of sound in there&quot; and found out a month or so later when they released their behind the scenes of the tour what they were up to. If only every concert were like that one, I&#039;d probably go to them a lot more often.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Hall, post: 117428, member: 6904"] Re: Phase align subs to mains I've been to my fair share of concerts that had fallen victim to the loudness war mentality of "if the crowd doesn't go out deaf, we did our job wrong". One show, however, completely threw this idea on its head and I've never heard another one like it since then. It was for a group called Justice, a pair of Frenchmen (think Daft Punk minus the robot suits and a heavy penchant for utilizing live-sampled instruments) who favored sound quality over sound level and boy did it show. They roped the tech who mixed their studio albums into running their FOH and he essentially live mixed an album each and every concert. Everything was balanced amazingly well. The highs were crisp, the mids punchy and the bass amazingly smooth and deep. Oh, and yes it was loud, but not blaring. I left the concert thinking "my word how did they even achieve that kind of sound in there" and found out a month or so later when they released their behind the scenes of the tour what they were up to. If only every concert were like that one, I'd probably go to them a lot more often. [/QUOTE]

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