How to Use a Decibel Meter: Recording Studio

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On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Gregg Tauriello. I'm from Sweet 16 Studio, and I'm here to talk to you about soundproofing for a recording studio. I would like to talk to you about a very handy tool, and that's the decibel meter. It measures loudness. It's very handy because it tells you where you're at in volume as far as monitoring and listening back to your music. I just wanted to add a little segment here to tell you how important it is to protect your hearing. A decibel meter is very helpful for that because 85 decibels, or 90, is the optimum level at which you should listen to music and monitor your music. Above that your ears can get tired, and above about 95 you can actually start getting hearing damage at that point. But another good handy use is that if you find out from your county codes what decibels are allowed in your neighborhood, at your lot line, they all have a code about it, some of them it's 70, some of them it's 80, right in there, it will differ. Then when you get your studio built, you could set up your rock band or whatever your loudest thing is that you're going to be doing, and go outside and actually measure it at your lot line, and make sure you're in the parameters of the legal limit. I'm a law abiding guy, so I try to follow the rules whenever possible. This meter can really protect you if somebody's complaining and you say "Well, okay, I'll turn it down to the legal limit", and you've got the meter to prove it.

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