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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Ed,
About where in the stands were you seated? We were on the uper level and it was difficult to hear anything up there. Were the people around you making noise as well? I spent some time on the floor each of the three days. On Newton, it was actually hard to hear any of the crowd down behind the field but there was certainly a din I would have guessed at about 85. Getting closer to any of the reflective surfaces, of course, brought up the noise.
I thought the audio was very hot at Boilermaker. They were having other issues most of the weekend. Trying to get the audio guy to recognize that the directional antennas (for the mics), were pointed at the pit door and not the field was hard enough.
Most venues are under local jurisdictions which have noise level policy or exposure statutes but there is little enforcement until the neighbors complain. In my mind, the audio has been getting louder over the years.
Mike,
Do you remember the weighting that you were using? Ed was using "A" weighting it appears.
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The sound data report has the seat location for stand data during Einstein and arena location for the dome floor during divisional eliminations. The data I reported above for div. elims. had locations of sections 111 to 114 rows 1 to 35, which is in Curie.
I don't have anywhere the quantity of data I'd like to have. This exercise was not only a scientific study but a training exercise in scientific studies, consequently we have not enough data.
It would be my recommendation that SLMs be placed at the most intense focal points of the speaker columns in the stands so that audio operators can properly maintain levels as conditions change.
Many decades ago I spent my teenage years working in a radio station and doing a lot of sound work in large arenas. It was great fun learning how the inflow/outflow of people can change the demand quantity of power delivered through a PA system. The amount of power needed in a dome full of people would crush your head in an empty arena. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but for those that are not familiar with these systems - you have to have an operator on station full time if there is an inflow/outflow of people, like during the prelims, and divisional finals. That is what we are paying the audio people for.
Ed