Requiring outdoor music venues to submit an acoustical analysis as part of the permitting process will solve community noise issues before they occur. It will also allow each venue to operate according to its specific situation. A permitted venue can be held to special sound level limits designed around live music, rather than generic A-weighted levels taken from the ordinance.
Archive of posts filed under the Live Music Task Force and Music Department category.
Review of the Live Music Task Force Overview and Recommendations from an Acoustician’s Point of View
I should have started this blog one year earlier, as the LMTF presented their findings and recommendations back in November. Nevertheless, it can’t do any harm to share my thoughts on the Live Music Task Force Report.
From an acoustics standpoint, the most important section in the report is Sound Enforcement & Control Subcommittee Recommendations. [...]