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<blockquote data-quote="mark anderson" data-source="post: 31938" data-attributes="member: 635"><p>Re: The way real pros do it</p><p></p><p>@Kip Assess the talent of the knob behind the board is something I agree we all need to do. I find that most of these small venues have house techs that were/are musicians. They understand music but not the numbers of things. A quick lesson on the Eb/E, G/G#, B/C of a 31 band eq buys me a lot of leeway with their system. </p><p></p><p>@TJ I'm sure installs can have wacky requirements but selling a proper solution is why they trust the professionals. I think a lot of times venues are over-sold. I've seen some installs and the bills involved recently that were just insane. Full retail plus on the gear on top of design and install time billings for a system that was so wrong it wasn't funny. $30k for two bose speakers and a sub. The speakers were mounted so the top speaker bounced off one of the low ceiling beams back onto the stage making the room a feedback nightmare. And the dispersion wasn't even covering half the room. They've quit using that mess. A ring of audience facing floor monitors solved the problem and the bose is used only for special effects. Maybe some standards and peer review for system designs is in order?</p><p></p><p>As Silas and Jay pointed out, the worst offenders are the ones who don't realize they have a problem.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the OP's rant. It just struck a nerve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark anderson, post: 31938, member: 635"] Re: The way real pros do it @Kip Assess the talent of the knob behind the board is something I agree we all need to do. I find that most of these small venues have house techs that were/are musicians. They understand music but not the numbers of things. A quick lesson on the Eb/E, G/G#, B/C of a 31 band eq buys me a lot of leeway with their system. @TJ I'm sure installs can have wacky requirements but selling a proper solution is why they trust the professionals. I think a lot of times venues are over-sold. I've seen some installs and the bills involved recently that were just insane. Full retail plus on the gear on top of design and install time billings for a system that was so wrong it wasn't funny. $30k for two bose speakers and a sub. The speakers were mounted so the top speaker bounced off one of the low ceiling beams back onto the stage making the room a feedback nightmare. And the dispersion wasn't even covering half the room. They've quit using that mess. A ring of audience facing floor monitors solved the problem and the bose is used only for special effects. Maybe some standards and peer review for system designs is in order? As Silas and Jay pointed out, the worst offenders are the ones who don't realize they have a problem. Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the OP's rant. It just struck a nerve. [/QUOTE]
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