Lindley Hall. Victoria. Lunnun

[Rick Sarson]

A word to the wise. If you have ever have to do a show here (It is the venue for the ABTT show) be aware that they have a sound limiter that cuts FOH power. It is set to 95 db! I was only doing an awards show, so it was not exactly death metal levels. A bit of walk up music for the presenter, blah blah blah "and the first nominee is...." Hurrah said the crowd, pop went the power. Uttterly hopeless. We eventually got the mic down, wrapped it in a fleece and stuffed it in a flight case. That enabled us to finish the show. It was a ridiculous situation where the punters were easliy noisier than the system, which was running within the defined limits. I am at a loss as to what to say about councils who set such low levels, except that it will mean the death of venues. Neither the production company or the end client will ever go back there. What a farce!

[a1dl]

is ALL the power connected to the limiter, Rick?

Never worked Lindley Hall, but as a rule I've always found it only tends to be the 13s that are connected to the limiter ;D


Tony

[joen61]

I agree with a1dl, check what is controlled by the limiter

I did a gig (Birthday/wedding bash) in a barn in the middle of nowhere, with a crippling limiter. Had my work around in place, band struck up first chord of Happy Birthday, chocolate fountain turned off, but FOH was fine ;D

Joe

[Rick Sarson]

They supplied a peculiar box with an orange light on top, which had a 16 in and out, I was required to run FOH through it. There was supposed to be a couple of seconds of flashing orange light during which you could pull the level down. Unfortunately I did not have a fader for the punters, so when they got noisy that was the end of that. Luckily the LS 9 32 I was using seems to switch off and on very quietly so it do not blow all the drivers out of the d&b Q system I was using. A really stupid situation. If it had been some dodgy old boozer I would have been into the toilets and had a hand dryer off the wall for power, but there was no chance of anything like that. Haruumph, curses etc.