Help with db spl on a rock concert

[RandomOne]

so hello guys.

i'm calculating what PA system I would need for my band but I don't know on how many DB rock concerts are on usually.

so if you have ever used a meter on a rock concert, how many DBspl it show, and how many meters you were away from the speakers?

 

[RandomOne]

i found this thread on google searching, and there's nobody here to answer that? oO

 

[arv_foh]

120 at wherever the sound booth is

 

[RandomOne]

120 at wherever the sound booth is

found that 100's the legal limit.

 

[egan.]

100 may be the limit where you are but I see rider specs between 105-115 all of the time even if a municipality caps it lower. There's nothing wrong with clean headroom.

 

[RandomOne]

100 may be the limit where you are but I see rider specs between 105-115 all of the time even if a municipality caps it lower. There's nothing wrong with clean headroom.

105-115db in a distance of?

 

[John_C]

120 at wherever the sound booth is

A/C/Z ?
slow/fast/Leq?

120dB LAeq would be enough to entirely destroy everyone's hearing in the building. We're talking permanent deafness.

 

[RandomOne]

A/C/Z ?
slow/fast/Leq?

explain what his these are please.

 

[RandomOne]

120dB LAeq would be enough to entirely destroy everyone's hearing in the building. We're talking permanent deafness.

A The Clash's live was 120dB at 32m away from the PA. Nobody got deaf.

 

[ahjteam]

Usually the sound guys demand that the PA can deliver 110-130dB Slow A SPL pressure with very low THD to the mixing spot, so that they can play their music at 95-105dB without driving the PA to the reds. If you don't know what all this means; study.

 

[RandomOne]

110-130dB Slow A SPL pressure with very low THD to the mixing spot

i understood that, except where's the mixing spot is supposed to be.

 

[RandomOne]

hello ahjteam

 

[ahjteam]

i understood that, except where's the mixing spot is supposed to be.

Go to a fucking rock concert. Jesus.

 

[RandomOne]

Go to a fucking rock concert. Jesus.

I've gone to many, and the mixing spot was in different places.

don't be a pussy.

 

[joelplagues]

How about you stop being a pussy and use the internet a little more. You really aren't doing yourself any favors around here.

Google is your friend.

People have given valid information and posed questions I.e what weight is used? a/b/c, slow or fast? and as you weren't even aware of those you should be google-ing the fuck out of it and coming back. each venue will ask for it to be weighed differently and there is no "spot" for the mix desk to be as sometimes it is physical impossible to place it at the optimal desired location.

 

[John_C]

A The Clash's live was 120dB at 32m away from the PA. Nobody got deaf.

I have no idea about that, but it wont have been 120dB A weighted, c perhaps.

Wikipedia is your friend on this one, do some reading.

 

[Scott Horner]

Hasn't this dude already been banned before for being disrespectful like this and resurrecting all of Joey's threads? What happened? He clearly hasn't learned to do any research on his own and obviously doesn't have any more respect than before. And bumping your threads every few hours demanding responses is pretty douchey.

 

[if6was9]

You seem to think OP that if you ask a question here then people must answer you straight away for some reason. This is a forum, not a support service. If somone answers your question and you don't understand half the terms in their post it's up to YOU to go away and learn more about it.

I tried helping you in other threads and was going to chime in on this one but you're being an internet asshole. Whenever someone tries to help you and it's not what you wanted to hear start replying with short, insulting responses.