After saying in another thread that they are scarce up here, I was in a pub on Saturday night and saw one of these beasts for the first time.

There was a 5 piece band playing and I thought I'd listen and have a pint. Was there for about 15 mins and it tripped 3 times leaving the band miming and the drummer on his own. The sound wasn't particularly loud IMHO. The band had a friend standing beside it to quickly reset it and they spent more time staring at it than enjoying themselves.

After seeing / hearing how they operate I would definitely avoid playing anywhere with one - it completely ruined their set.

Cheers,

Jack.

Totally agree.

These things are totally un-neccessary if people played at a common sense level! They have usually been installed as a result of complaints from upset neighbours.

I will not work at a venue which enforces the usage of these type limiters.

done a little and mean little bowling and cricket club in rainhill,liverpool, it was karaoke disco it had one fitted and the mike or receiver for it was over the dancefloor. the cricket team for who i was there for and they won the league.there song was simply the best while the lads were singing on the dance fllor with out the mike it tripped 4 times in the space of 2 minutes so had to ask the lads to not shout as loud by this they said your having a laugh, i said the sound limiter was so sensitive it keeps tripping. by the way way the ceiling was about 8ft from the floor and i only had a set of old but faithful rotec 150w but never mind. it even tripped when one lad shouted hey on the mike to shut people up to make a speech.

its hard but what can we do i know try and visit anywhere i can if i havn't played there before in liverpool.

In our society, I suspect they will become a necessary evil. Therefore, we need to embrace them and learn to work with them. True some are set too low whilst others are incredibily sensitive, nevertheless we still have to put up with them.

You can't turn down bookings just because there is a sound limiter in a venue - make the client aware of it beforehand, yes. Lose money, no.

DITO Kinky

Ste

Theres One in a local community center near me, church hall type of place, pain in the backside, automatic trip on the 5th red light! Spent all night looking at the meter on the opposite wall and twiddling my knobs to keep it under 5th red light! , seems the bass was upsetting the lights the most

Your best bet is to take a long extension lead and run your power from a socket on a different circuit.

This theory was proved particularly useful when I played in a hall where the limiter was (STUPIDLY) situated eighteen inches off the floor directly behind where I set up!!!

We live in a silly society where you are entitled to move into a house next to a music venue and then demand they switch it off.

I wouldn't recommend the above, it will invalidate any insurance you have, the venues insurance and you will get in big trouble if anything happens, or it gets reported.