Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:28 am
Yeah yeah sound system battle style, would be killa.Daphter wrote:Thats my sound guy's bassbins there Phil, JBL SRX's so top of the line, bi-amped so one QSC amp per Sub..ocr wrote:hmmm, dubstep and the laydeez, worthy of its own thread even...P-Vans wrote:yeah it's like in auckland the ladies chat up the guys lol!
have a wicked one up there figz and Dubstep Alliance crew. Big up Dapht1 and crew.
at the development of rising sun system.
But in all seriousness the sound system is heavyweight, those who got filter plugs wear em, those who dont should get em, I was deaf (wooshing sounds and tinnitus) for 12hrs after last time. Thats the longest recovery I've ever had to endure and it scared me a bit.
Mostly im thinking about the stamina crew down front for hours at a time.
Granted i have over ten years of damage to cope with already, but if you love music & you wanna stick around and hit dubstep gigs hard as the sound continues to mutate and develop then you should look after your hearing.
The plugs are cool, (get them from rock shop on K Rd. or look on trademe or builders merchants & many online stores like hardtofind and chemical records) they're discreet and made for industrial noise and/or musicians/sound engineers working with loud PA's, you can still hear the clarity of the music but the harmful resonance is filtered.
Just a thought...as it looks like dubstep culture has taken root for good here in NZ, and earplugs are part of dubstep culture, dont say u weren't warned! they come as standard at DMZ and other big international gigs, its not a game out there skanking for 5hrs straight in front of all that bass pressure! I always thought there was no way I'd ever wear them, thought they'd look stupid and ruin my night but without them, eventually every night (and day!) would be marred with hearing damage, Im 110% converted now.
There's nothing i can say that hasn't already been said on D.Step forum. Search for threads on this topic, there's plenty of distraught individuals with permanent ringing in their ears, its a real problem. Look on it as wearing a condom, its not as good, but its still pretty good, and with no long term regrets...hmmm, that brings us back full circle to dubstep and the laydeez....
Not sure what the other threads say but I can share what I know from having done a Live Sound Cert and some Audio Engineering papers..
Totally agree bout looking after your hearing. Thing that is most harmful is frequencies in the vocal range approx. 300Hz to 3.5 KHz as that can leave you as an old man (or woman) who cant hear what your grandkids are saying..
Clubs with shitty rigs tend to crank the EQ in this range so it sounds 'louder', you will notice this as you wont feel any bassweight but you cant hear your friend shouting at you from 20cm away..
Ringing in the ears is the result of overexposure to frequencies that have damaged the fine hairs in your ear canal that react to soundwaves and left them lying down. So the pitch of the ring (ie it sounds like 9K or 12K or whatever) will be the frequency you have been overexposed to.. It may be more than one frequency however!
You can recover from small amounts of damage and having 24-48 hours away from loud music is a definite positive after overexposure.. OCR makes a good point about length of exposure as this also plays a big part..
Exposure to full bassweight pressure doesnt damage your hearing, you might feel sick as people report from standing near the Valve subs etc but wont have the ringing as that is chiefly the result of damage to higher frequencies..
Apologies to anyone who has felt overexposure after attending one of our nights but we do have a concrete floor and walls to contend with which means a few mid to high range frequencies ring around.. Im often turning down the levels as most DJs Ive promoted for whether DnB or Dubstep like to crank it up! When we do bigger shows with bigger rigs we are also trying to stack the horns up higher in a Dub style so the snare rings over your head rather than through it..
Simply put the Rising Sun has the best soundsystem / venue combination in Auckland for our night and when we boost the in-house rig (that has had quite a few local and international Dubstep players now without complaint) with the JBL bassbins its on par with the Subtle Soundsystem in Christchurch as the equal best Dubstep rig in NZ although they have their own flavours.. Be wicked to soundclash them at some stage!
Im gonna try get some cheaper plugs in bulk to have available at future nights too..
Big ups OCR 
Or maybe we're just getting old Ollie?