HELP! This can't be right...

[Tom]

These must be of been turned right up.

The amount of times I have done large school fields and needed the output from the V2's, I have never clipped them at all.

As Tony has said, 12 oclock, this should be maximum for the work you guys do.

[Charlie Brown]

Right,

Literally just woke up - calm - tea and pancakes at the ready.

At the start of the night, when I had a few minutes to spare, I was messing around with different songs, because I had literally never used the Mackie's before in my life.

Baker Street sounded great, until I notched the mixer up, and it sounded a bit squarky. (The dial on the back of the Mackies were at 12 o clock)

Anyhow, playing different tunes, I came to the conclusion I defiantly needed a bass bin ASAP.

I admit, it was very loud and at certain points throughout the night the red light was permanently on (until I noticed and notched the mixer down)

Standing behind them wasn't so bad - and when a member of staff went white and said she had to sit in her car outside, we all put it to her having a bug.

Then Dad called and told me he had been violently ill everywhere, which was very odd, because he was perfectly fine an hour ago.

I have spoken to the people who were a tad concerned and they are feeling better today. My ears have stopped ringing and I'm no longer in pain. When I turned the volume down at the end of the night (whilst packing away) I realise how loud it actually was - like, mind blowing. It's all bad habit - I'm a regular at this school, and my old setup always used to verge on clipping, so I guess I presumed it sounded pretty much the same.

I think my problems were:

I didn't know how to set them up properly (EQ etc) My old speakers didn't really need a tweaking.
They were far too high on the stands, so it was sounding top heavy.
It was in a drama studio with carpeted floor and (sound absorbing things?) on the walls?

In Iraq sound is a weapon - Due to my error, so were the Mackie's last night!

[DJ James Lake]

Its always hard to tell the volume level behind the decks, you need to go out and check during the night.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

If you were clipping them and had the red light on for a lot of time Charlie, you really need to limit yourself. I owned Mackies and they are loud, but there is no need for that to happen. Full stop. Sorry, but I think it's rather amateur of you to run speakers that hard and it's things like this that get us a bad name.

People wouldn't be ill cos of a pair of speakers either.

I wish you'd slow down and think about what you are doing. Listen to speakers in different places and get used to them rather than just blasting them out.

[Charlie Brown]

People wouldn't be ill cos of a pair of speakers either.
I wish you'd slow down and think about what you are doing. Listen to speakers in different places and get used to them rather than just blasting them out.

I wouldn't go that far. They aren't THAT loud. It couldn't of sounded unbearably loud as I still had a full dance floor regardless. A lot of the sound was absorbed by the thick carpet and the things on the walls.

Your right though, they shouldn't be clipping.

I wish you lot had heard them - it was really squarky - even when turned down.

The mind can do funny things and in doing so unbalance the body. I personally felt sick.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I wouldn't go that far. They aren't THAT loud. It couldn't of sounded unbearably loud as I still had a full dance floor regardless. A lot of the sound was absorbed by the thick carpet and the things on the walls.

Your right though, they shouldn't be clipping.

I wish you lot had heard them - it was really squarky - even when turned down.

The mind can do funny things and in doing so unbalance the body. I personally felt sick.

Sorry Charlie, but I really don't the speakers will have had anything to do with it.

One minute you are saying they aren't that loud and the next you are saying that people are being ill and the cabs are something to do with it. Doesn't really make sense. I use Mackies for over a year and never had a problem.

It sounds like to me you really need to reign in the volume. I remember when you helped me you said you ran your speakers a lot louder....

[Charlie Brown]

One minute you are saying they aren't that loud and the next you are saying that people are being ill and the cabs are something to do with it. Doesn't really make sense. I use Mackies for over a year and never had a problem.

Oh, I wish I could explain myself.

I don't think it was the volume that made people ill - it was the squarky sqeeky terrible sound they made. Like high pitched supersonic war sound. Glee, Don't Stop Belevin' sounded like a small baby being placed on a giant cactus.

I believe Tony had just spoke to Dad (thinking it was my mobile) and Dad has explained to him the noise and how it made him ill.

[funkymook]

Was it the same coming out of both speakers? Was there any bass at all? I'd start checking the mixer - what mixer do you use? Possibly phono outputs used, crossover frequency set, kill buttons or eq, filters? All obvious things I know, and you've probably checked them already but always best to start with the obvious and work up.......

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Glee, Don't Stop Belevin' sounded like a small baby being placed on a giant cactus.

To be fair it sounds like that anyway.

[OllieJames]

To be fair it sounds like that anyway.