Open air concert - no nasty acoustics or reflections to worry about - the world is your oyster - you can do almost anything with the sound and output levels - The manager of the venue informs us that there would be 6 enviornmental Officers spaced around the venue to ensure that the overall sound level would be monitored and the output must not go above 84dB with a top limit of 87dB (A weighted) all the sound level meters would be collated and recorded to a central lap-top pc.

At the interval the Manager threatened me with dismissal as the levels had exceeded the stated maximum which had reached 104dB and they were in danger of losing their venue licence - the Assitant audio engineer explained to the irate Manager that there was no volume control to take down the level of the audience clapping/screaming/whstling with sheer excitement at the bands performance - this increased level was thankfully recorded on the lap top at the end of each song - my grateful thanks to a decent audio assistant.......what next I ask !!!!.