Stuff I don't know

[Flint]

Originally Posted by sweetwater

Do drummers like Blue Man Group and Stomp performances, or is there an unbearable professional compromise going on of which the rest of us are unaware?

I'm a drummer. I've only seen DVDs of these guys at Fry's, and I thought they were neat.

Cool gadgets; and group drumming doesn't need ultra-coordinated supermen, because you've got all these different brains controlling all these different arms and legs and instruments. All it takes is practice to get down the together-ness. Hours and hours of practice.

Although, drummers may prefer more technically-oriented group performances, like the Hip Pickles:



I read a recent article about the Blue Man Group in Modern Drummer. They talked about recruiting new Blue Men, and the options were either to #1 recruit someone with theater experience who could be taught to drum, or #2 to recruit someone with drumming experience who could be taught to act. Both types of recruits have been successful, in that type of "performance art" act.

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Now, I have a question:

Why is the amount that an audio amplifier boosts a signal refered to as "Volume" ???

The "Volume" of what? This doesn't make sense with what the term "Volume" means in other contexts.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Flint

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Now, I have a question:

Why is the amount that an audio amplifier boosts a signal refered to as "Volume" ???

The "Volume" of what? This doesn't make sense with what the term "Volume" means in other contexts.

Is it because of the volume of air displaced by the speaker cone? You couldn't know that at the amp, because it depends on the frequencies in the signal; bass frequencies having a higher "volume" than tiny tweeter frequencies. Also depends on the ability of the driver to reproduce those frequencies. And the efficiency of the driver. etc.

Could it refer to the "volume" of tubes or something in some archaic technology?