Microphone/Audio meter to plug into PC to control max volume for large venue.

[HeyKitty]

for outdoor venues, there are noise ordinances to follow in my area.

Curious if there is a microphone program, or audio level reader that can change the audio out level on a windows machine.

 

It'd basically act as a live compressor so that I can set the microphone in a location, and set it to example of 60DbA limit, if the audio out hits or gets near 60DbA, it can start compressing it to keep noise complaints away.

[Heats with Nvidia]

I don`t know of such a program, but usually you just measure how loud the system you have, can be max, to rech this noise level in this area and then you set a limiter to that level.

[Ahoy Hoy]

21 hours ago, HeyKitty said:

for outdoor venues, there are noise ordinances to follow in my area.

Curious if there is a microphone program, or audio level reader that can change the audio out level on a windows machine.

 

It'd basically act as a live compressor so that I can set the microphone in a location, and set it to example of 60DbA limit, if the audio out hits or gets near 60DbA, it can start compressing it to keep noise complaints away.

It be easier to just put a limiting system before the speakers.

[HeyKitty]

On 10/30/2022 at 11:33 AM, Ahoy Hoy said:

It be easier to just put a limiting system before the speakers.

I havent heard of this, can you show me an example or point me in the direction of research?

[Ahoy Hoy]

On 11/1/2022 at 1:16 PM, HeyKitty said:

I havent heard of this, can you show me an example or point me in the direction of research?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/dateq_spl_6.htm

 

XLR in from the system, then out to the speaker amps. Has a microphone which you use to measure how loud the venue is.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/pas_ds22_dual_limiter.htm
Theres cheaper ones which are a hard limit on input gain