![]() These limiters have a light-up meter on the measurment device (going from green on the left to red on the right), this is attached to a microphone that will be located somewhere inside the room. Most sound limiters installed in venues will be the ‘cut-off’ type. How the sound is actually being measured (the weighting or bias, does it compensate for human hearing?) How far away the measurement microphone is from the sound source (PA speakers & crowd are the source in this instance). ![]() Over what period of time is the sound being measured? There are several factors that can affect a sound limiter installed in a venue: However when a venue tells you “the limiter is set at 90 decibels”, it doesn’t actually mean anything. They are designed to keep bands/DJs ‘under control’. This could be anything from the music coming from the speakers, the noise from a drum kit or even the crowd cheering. It will have a set threshold in Decibels, if any noise or combination of noises exceeds the threshold for a given period of time then the power will be cut in that room. ![]() ![]() My venue has a sound limiter installed, how will this affect me?Ī sound limiter measures the Sound Pressure Level of a room. This article is to help you understand how sound limiters actually work so you can ask the right questions to your venue and be able to decipher what the answers mean. ![]()
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