Complaints about the sound at Glade 2008

[Sperge]

If Glade must stay at Wasing (and like I've said before, I don't fully understand why they're so attached to the site myself) I wonder if it would be worth people who live locally lobbying West Berks Council to ask them to consider easing the sound limits? If the moaners can lobby the council, why shouldn't people who like the festival do so too?

I think the council's hands may be tied because they could probably face a judicial review from some of the more organised complainers if they didn't play everything strictly by the book.

So another solution may be, as suggested earlier in teh thread, to offer tickets, holidays or straight bribes to the real diehard residents who can't put up with a bit of noise one weekend a year.

Other than that, I don't really see what people can do other than petition the organisers to move the festival away from Wasing. If anyone wants to start a "Should the Glade move from Wasing?" poll on here, that's fine by me.

[ogriff]

I found the sound levels far better than in previous years - maybe I have some innate ability to find the "sweet spot", I dunno...

Frequency 7 were the only act I left because of the volume - where I was dancing for Jeff Mills it was plenty, plenty loud (I remember remarking how surprisingly loud it was) - I could feel the bass in my chest which is my way of measuring...!

all in all, best Glade ever. As agreed by everyone I went with that had been before - more room, better sound, the return to happy vibes. thanks to anyone I gabbled rubbish at.

[16-BIT]

im absolutely appauled about how low the sound was on friday nite. ben sims and surgeon who finished in the main tent were shaking their heads in disbelief. at one point they turned off their monitor speakers and the volume dropped by almost half, i could hear people having conversations 10 metres away.saturday was a little better but not alot really.

i even spoke to a woman in thatcham train station on th eway home who lived 1 mile away fro the site and said she didnt hear a thing all weekend and when she got the questionairre she gets every year she was going to say we are a "jolly good bunch"

[Beatmonkey]

I'm sure it was actually beatmonkey's fault with that horn

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK

And the horn wasn't just me, it was buzzingtalk and her mates as well

[Beatmonkey]

I don't get why you're getting such a harsh recpetion onsite crew. My position on sound levels has already been stated but I'd also like to mention that your picture is funny and it's a message the organisers need to be spoon fed. Fair play for getting up and makeing a stand. Personaly I think their doing very well given the situation with licenseing they have but theres always room for more volume.

[joe_techno]

It was just hellfish that pissed me off. was far too quiet. i mean what the fuck is quiet gabba about?? pointless! .. hellfish was getting pissed off aswell but they wouldn't turn it up.

[stir]

just to straighten you out a little.

I didnt shout turn it up.
I didnt really have a problem with sound levels in the tents.

I was disappointed that you couldnt sit outside breaks in the sun and listen to the rolling bass.

I understand that this noise travels and causes (external) problems.

If there is any voting for a different site - with the possibility of less noise restrictions - let me know
If you/we really think that lobbying the council may change the rules for the current (and lets face facts, future) site, im in too.

just to add, one high point of 05 & 06 was the first bass note rolling across the site at noon - Breaksday!

[dinnwarde]

It was just hellfish that pissed me off. was far too quiet. i mean what the fuck is quiet gabba about?? pointless! .. hellfish was getting pissed off aswell but they wouldn't turn it up.

I must have been dancing in a sweet spot for Hellfish, it sounded louder than the previous acts to me

[soundclash]

This sometimes blind faith in the festival is the one of the main reason they are still selling tickets. But people are getting abit pissed now with the same excuses and lies. Onsitecrew has his opinion and to my eyes its a very valid one. The sound was nowhere near as loud as previous years. If need be i can call the guys at Audio Plus to confirm this as they supplied the sound throughout the site, bar a few areas. I even spoke to the guy controling the rigs. Just accept that there are some very pissed off people who want to voice there concerns rather than telling them to fuck off, its not constructive in any way. The organisers need to hear these views or they are going to find that next year they are going bust (if they havent already?). Then crap sound or not no-one will be going to glade.

[fletcher]

this is what forums are all about, a decent debate.

everyone is entitled to an opinion, so big it up

its just a shame that a few sets were spoilt by the apparent sound problems (although i must point out that i didnt notice any all weekend).

Be nice to know what saint acid thought about the bangface night.... when he emerges...

[Obel]

Maybe it was my timing, but I didn't experience any quietness problems?

I mean, sure, it wasn't incredibly loud. But it wasn't exactly well quiet either. Still enjoyable for sure. Just get rid of the dickhead 4/4 beat you can constantly hear from the origin stage wherever you are on site and I'll be happy!

Do it for me...

Actually. Sperge, just the man! You're well in with the organisers, I've lost their number. Just tell them Pete said to make the Origin stage barely audible next time. They'll understand who you mean.

[Sperge]

Be nice to know what saint acid thought about the bangface night.... when he emerges...

as i said before, we talked to him after his set and he was gutted...he said he couldnt even hear himself on the system...

~Gand

Now where would Glade get the extra punters if Bangface pulled out of next years festival???

I'm saying nowt.

[discopete]

One more vote to confirm the crippleing noise restrictions.
Not an outright complaint abut the absolute volume but the amature way it was applied on some of the arenas. The glade stage, Breaksday and Overkill were utterly ruined by a complete lack of musical dynamics. the quiet bits were 93dB, the buildups ramped up from 93 to 93 then the drops went nowhere - utterly unmotivating and unexciting.

Sancho Panza on the other hand seemed not to suffer from this problem, The Rabit Hole was loud enough all weekend and the Origin stage was mostly excellent (there were a few times I'd have liked to have been utterly spanked by it though)

I'd quite like a 50% refund on the ticket price to match the number of acts i'd have liked to enjoy to the number it was possible to do so to.

Having successfully had a conversation with someone at normal speaking volume about what Sunday lunch was going to be in the middle of overkill I retired to camp for my slippers, pipe and a mug of coco.

[DJ Pink sock]

It really sucked that the Overkill tent put on some amazing artists like Bong-Ra and Hellfish, but their sets were too damn quiet!I dont want to hear gabber being played at 160+bpm AND be able to hear people in front of me talking over it!Gah it was so frustrating!!!Also why have the music finish at EIGHT on the last night, at least have it on til midnight!
Apart from that Glade 08 was amazing, cept for the fact that Drop The Lime didnt show up.grrrrrrrrr!

[lurk]

i thought sound levels were pretty decent wherever i went... admittedly i didn't go into overkill or vapour once, but everywhere else it was always loud enough to dance, you just had to get down the front!

i think the thing that everyone loses sight of is that in this country glade is the best you are going to get, it's not the organisers fault, it's the that of the authorities. the organisers to their best under the circumstances that are dictated to them by others.

everyone talks about going abroad to festivals,but i've never seen a line-up at any european festival that remotely compares to the variety and quality that we are given year after year by glade, and then you have the people and the atmosphere on top of that.

i've got mates from holland, denmark and sweden who come over especially for glade every year, because they haven't found a festival yet that gives them the quality, vibe and general levels of lunacy that we get in this country... which some of us seem to take for granted. they always leave happy and satisfied and come back for more, which just goes to prove that grass isn't always greener on the other side of the channel.

[9preciousGems]

i thought sound levels were pretty decent wherever i went... admittedly i didn't go into overkill or vapour once, but everywhere else it was always loud enough to dance, you just had to get down the front!

i think the thing that everyone loses sight of is that in this country glade is the best you are going to get, it's not the organisers fault, it's the that of the authorities. the organisers to their best under the circumstances that are dictated to them by others.

everyone talks about going abroad to festivals,but i've never seen a line-up at any european festival that remotely compares to the variety and quality that we are given year after year by glade, and then you have the people and the atmosphere on top of that.

i've got mates from holland, denmark and sweden who come over especially for glade every year, because they haven't found a festival yet that gives them the quality, vibe and general levels of lunacy that we get in this country... which some of us seem to take for granted. they always leave happy and satisfied and come back for more, which just goes to prove that grass isn't always greener on the other side of the channel.

[imitationleather]

I thought it was far louder than last year at all times! Maybe that's because I was usually right at the front of the tents?

[digital.atmosphere]

instead of complaining spare a thought for those of us who couldn't make it to glade this year and tell me how autechre, frequency 7, remarc, vex'd, doubtful guest and the bug (did he play with any mcs??) were......

[ogriff]

I thought it was far louder than last year at all times! Maybe that's because I was usually right at the front of the tents?

I found the opposite to be true, in Vapor and breaksday in particular - further back was best, especially just to the side of the sound desk. Stood there for Jeff Mills and could nicely feel the bass in my chest the whole set and had to shout at my mates to be heard...

[Five Alive]

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everyone talks about going abroad to festivals,but i've never seen a line-up at any european festival that remotely compares to the variety and quality that we are given year after year by glade .

I don't know about that ?? The dour festival looks pretty good and is fairly cheap too.
I haven’t been to this myself yet but I do intend to in the future .

A friend from Bristol tells me that the volumes in Europe are much louder too.

Anybody up for it ????