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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

Fact: Many musicians seem to think that they are God's gift to audio, when
in fact most of them can't reliably hear gross differences, let alone small
ones. Musicians should never hear what sound techs typically say about
setting monitor levels for most of them, as it would shatter their precious
little egos. Musos typically can't tell if you jack up monitor levels up or
down by 3 dB. In the quality audio cosmic scheme of things a 3 dB defense is
IMMENSE, and typically they can't hear it.

What does "quality audio" have with monitor levels? Presumably you're
talking about a rock band or the church equivalent in a noisy
environment, or they wouldn't need monitors at all. Sure, the singer
with a finger in one ear and the Holy Spirit in the other might have
trouble distingishing the relative level of his mix amidst the cacaphony
(tip o' the pin to George) but let the battery in the guitar player's
distortion box run down and he'll be all over his rig before you can say
"Melchezedec".

Stephen