Posted by quantity not quality on August 21, 2001 at 20:59:44:
In Reply to: Sound Level Meter posted by Scott on August 20, 2001 at 17:04:15:
Surely a decibel meter can only mesure quantity, not quality.
It cannot be focused on one particular part of the sound (or can it?)
So in the "overblowing" case mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I'm not sure how a decibel meter would help. If the overblown note is still loud (albeit brassy or crass) the overblower may well say "your point being...?"