Noise volume in clubs/bars/venues

guitarzero · 27-12-2011 04:43PM #1

Wondering what take folks have on going out to disco bars, clubs and the like and how loud these places blare their music. The fact that I was shouting to the top of my lungs to be heard last night, and visa versa, is pretty bad considering the fact if you were to do that in a normal setting your ears would be ringing. Of course, you can choose not to go to these places but I dont think its something we really take into consideration we've grown so accustomed to it.

Leeg17 · 27-12-2011 04:44PM

WHAT. I CAN'T HEAR YOU

guitarzero · 27-12-2011 04:46PM

Leeg17 wrote: »

WHAT. I CAN'T HEAR YOU

WHAT!?!?

27-12-2011 04:47PM

You'll love this story, OP -

Foo Fighters Concert Causes Earthquake-like Tremors

When the Foo Fighters proudly “rocked” Auckland, New Zealand, during their performance there on Tuesday, they did so more literally than they could have known.

An entry from GeoNet, a New Zealand-based earthquake blog, indicated that two of Auckland’s seismic stations within a two-kilometer proximity to Western Springs Stadium, where the Foo Fighters were performing, detected a strong low frequency of geological tremors that persisted during the exact same window of time as their show and rose and fell with the peaks and troughs of their performance. Though only the two nearest seismic stations picked up on the frequency, GeoNet states it was “similar to volcanic tremor that is recorded at places like Mt Ruapehu and White Island.”

The first signs of the earthquake-like tremors appeared during Tenacious D’s opening set around 7:30 p.m. The shakes increased tremendously in power at 8:20 p.m. when Dave Grohl and company took the stage and promptly stopped when the show ended at 11 p.m., with lulls in the signal between songs and an increase in frequency during the songs’ loudest parts.

GeoNet explained that the vibrations “were recorded as a semi continuous harmonic signal with a peak osculation of 3Hz, i.e. the ground was shaking 3 times per second in a nice rhythmic motion.”

This earth-shaking show marks the Foo Fighters’ last concert until March. In the meantime, the group has been nominated for six Grammys for their latest album Wasting Light and its smash hit single “Walk.”

So, yeah, nightclubs might be bad, but at least they don't actually register on the Richter scale!

El Weirdo · 27-12-2011 04:50PM

Leeg17 wrote: »

WHAT. I CAN'T HEAR YOU

Are you wearing a towel?

27-12-2011 05:11PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Are you wearing a towel?

Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my own awesomeness

Posy · 27-12-2011 05:13PM

Clubs piss me off. I'm a talker. I prefer pubs for this reason.

ScumLord · 27-12-2011 05:21PM

Posy wrote: »

Clubs piss me off. I'm a talker. I prefer pubs for this reason.

It's also why all your friends prefer clubs.

Biggins · 27-12-2011 05:24PM

I don't mind loud music if its the right time and place.
A small bar (where you want to be able to talk in normal levels) that has loud sound bouncing all over the place - no thanks.
At a concert? Well its only to be at least half expected.

Randomer. · 27-12-2011 05:36PM

Its difficult as I like the atmosphere but due to having to scream to have a conversation I end up losing my voice pretty early and simply can't speak for the rest of the night. Suck as the night revolves around waiting for the cheesy song to end so you can talk for 10 seconds until the next one starts and the waiting begins again.

Would be great if it was like on the telly where its this banging trendy night club with great music but everyone's able to somehow chat and normal volumes

stupidusername · 27-12-2011 05:36PM

SORRY?

I'm very rarely in the mood to go to a club anymore because of the noise level. cosy old man pubs with a warm fire ftw

Posy · 27-12-2011 05:38PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It's also why all your friends prefer clubs.

Nope. We're just all over 25 and prefer actual conversation.

Sonics2k · 27-12-2011 05:38PM

Just means you're getting old OP, welcome to my world.

Posy · 27-12-2011 05:42PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Just means you're getting old OP, welcome to my world.

I hate clubs and I'm not old. I prefer having a nice night in eating a big bag of Werther's Original, doing my knitting and listening to the gramophone.. oh wait, maybe I am old.

Mister Dread · 27-12-2011 05:45PM

It masks some of the absolute ****e I say to women.

Logical Fallacy · 27-12-2011 05:55PM

I don't know a single DJ who doesn't wear ear plugs while working, yet people go to clubs every weekend and get their hearing abused.

It's crazy.

ShadowHearth · 27-12-2011 05:56PM

One of the reasons I couldn't be **** going out in to pubs/clubs.

I hate hate hate when they got live bands on Friday or Saturday nights. They have it so ****ing loud, that you can't even say a flipping word. Plus you can't even understand what song they sing as its just a flipping noise at this stage.

Biggins · 27-12-2011 06:05PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

One of the reasons I couldn't be **** going out in to pubs/clubs.

I hate hate hate when they got live bands on Friday or Saturday nights. They have it so ****ing loud, that you can't even say a flipping word. Plus you can't even understand what song they sing as its just a flipping noise at this stage.

Aye, true.
I don't mind a band in a large place but I've seen/heard tool loud a band in too small a place many a time.
Stupidity.
Often I just leave, elsewhere can have my money.

Liam Byrne · 27-12-2011 06:09PM

I think it depends on the target clientele.

If they're aimed at the segment of the younger age group who get tragically and laughably hammered and couldn't hold a conversation, then it's in the club's interest to have them there without the need for conversation, as they'll sell more drink at over-inflated prices, and the lushes can stagger home thinking that they had a great night because they didn't have to make - or listen to - vacuous OMG waffle.

Sky King · 27-12-2011 06:12PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

I don't know a single DJ who doesn't wear ear plugs while working, yet people go to clubs every weekend and get their hearing abused.

It's crazy.

Agreed. I have tinnitus from working in loud enviornments, which sucks.

I don't mind loud music in the right time / place but there's over doing it too. A venue in my local town actually has the music painfully loud... driving the speakers into distortion, ruining the sound (and presumably the hearing of everyone in the place.

And this place employs so called 'sound engineers' full time (who must be fking deaf jusging by the quality of the sound). I just don't understand it. The music would actually sound better turned down a bit.

Louder = better but only up to a point and then it actually starts detracting from the enjoyment of the place. These guys don;t seem to get it.

Nodin · 27-12-2011 06:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

So, yeah, nightclubs might be bad, but at least they don't actually register on the Richter scale!

Yeah, but a gig is a different ball game. It's the bars where its annoying. I had the misfortune to be in copperface jacks about 10-12 years ago and lasted 15 minutes.

IHeartChemistry · 27-12-2011 06:15PM

I'm 19 and I hate clubs. The noise levels always piss me off. When I'm out now, I go to late pubs for the night and hang out in the smoking area. Can still hear the music, but can also talk and have the banter.

ScumLord · 27-12-2011 07:22PM

Sky King wrote: »

A venue in my local town actually has the music painfully loud... driving the speakers into distortion, ruining the sound (and presumably the hearing of everyone in the place.

Do you live in every town and city in Ireland? I have yet to be to a nighclub in Ireland that was anything other than awful.

ImpossibleDuck · 27-12-2011 07:31PM

You're complaining that nightclubs are too loud. Nightclubs?

I'm not sure you've fully grasped the concept of nightclubs :pac:

Biggins · 27-12-2011 07:33PM

ImpossibleDuck wrote: »

You're complaining that nightclubs are too loud. Nightclubs?

I'm not sure you've fully grasped the concept of nightclubs :pac:

Get as much money off you as further possible before you finally fall into bed?

WoollyRedHat · 27-12-2011 07:34PM

Some bands play ridicolously loud to mask the ****ness of their own music... you should try seeing better bands

saa · 27-12-2011 07:43PM

I can wear ear plugs at a gig no bother.

I can't wear ear plugs in the cluuuub and actually hear someone asking me for the shift.

Dunny · 27-12-2011 07:45PM

http://i42.tinypic.com/2ii7ipz.jpg

recylingbin · 27-12-2011 07:48PM

Most of my friends' speakers only go to 10, but my speakers go up to 11, so I find I can handle noise in pubs better than they can.

mattjack · 27-12-2011 07:51PM

"Madness Reunion"

HELL NO WE WON'T GO
The band split in 1986, but the public just wanted more. They reformed for a reunion concert in 1992, called Madstock! The event at London's Finsbury Park wasn't without its mishaps though. Local residents evacuated their buildings and reported an earthquake to the police. Turns out that the so-called tremor was nothing more than the crowd jumping up and down chanting "Madness...........

44leto · 27-12-2011 07:53PM

They are suppose to under law have safe levels of music.

I am a victim of high tone deafness and tinnitus but probably caused from rock concerts which I use to frequent.

Although my hearing functions well enough I would do anything to not have the problem, be careful.

Noise volume in clubs/bars/venues

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