In the Noise in the Scale of C thread, I asked
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"I noticed that I could detect speaker cone breakup "rattle" (and this is heard at 90 dB(C) at several hundred meters!) - if they are riding the gain and tone controls so hard, I suspect that they could also be riding the compression too - to the point where the speakers "just canna take it any more Captn"... anybody have useful comments on just how much would this be commonly done on live music concerts? BTW, in spite of being called "Gospel Music" - many of the pieces played are Top 40 Rock/Pop pieces - eg "Love is a Battlefield", etc.

I wonder just how this would affect my case - it would seem to make it more compelling that the dB(SPL) or dB(C) is more appropriate than the dB(A) scale, surely - especially as the sound would also contain more distortion high frequency components too. "
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So I ask here (since it seems that other thread isn't being read much at the moment!), any knowledgeable comments on just how much compression is being used on 'live events'? I'm fairly sure that no miming is involved in the one I'm interested in, except with the 'big name' imported US 'Christian Music Bands'.

Robin