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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Postilnik" data-source="post: 98339" data-attributes="member: 184">Re: SPL metering, logging, alarmBrad,We don&#039;t plan to use the official standards as hard rules for enforcement. I didn&#039;t even mention them in my original post. The idea is to be able to collect some data about sound levels currently being produced, compare that to the experience of being exposed to those levels in the studio for the allocated amount of time (for a customer, usually 45 minutes), reach a consensus among the decision makers at this company about what would be considered unhealthy, and then use the data to address customer complaints and recurring instructor violations.I should mention that this is a company where everyone from the CEO, to the sound engineer, to the VP of operations, to the head of design, is expected to take classes on a regular basis to be in touch with what customers are experiencing. This is especially important when we want to be able to say to an instructor who is going deaf and taking others down with him/her: &quot;Look, all these people of various ages and backgrounds who work for the company took your class and found it to be painfully loud, and we have data to indicate that you are above the guidelines recommended by several official bodies.&quot; Being able to monitor this data in realtime is also very handy, so we can identify the main offenders in the act.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Postilnik, post: 98339, member: 184"] Re: SPL metering, logging, alarm Brad, We don't plan to use the official standards as hard rules for enforcement. I didn't even mention them in my original post. The idea is to be able to collect some data about sound levels currently being produced, compare that to the experience of being exposed to those levels in the studio for the allocated amount of time (for a customer, usually 45 minutes), reach a consensus among the decision makers at this company about what would be considered unhealthy, and then use the data to address customer complaints and recurring instructor violations. I should mention that this is a company where everyone from the CEO, to the sound engineer, to the VP of operations, to the head of design, is expected to take classes on a regular basis to be in touch with what customers are experiencing. This is especially important when we want to be able to say to an instructor who is going deaf and taking others down with him/her: "Look, all these people of various ages and backgrounds who work for the company took your class and found it to be painfully loud, and we have data to indicate that you are above the guidelines recommended by several official bodies." Being able to monitor this data in realtime is also very handy, so we can identify the main offenders in the act. [/QUOTE]

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