Sound Town

    OK, here's the deal.
    You want sound? Big bass boxes? Dance all night long? We can do this.

    Four Quarters hosts Gaian Mind, one of the largest and many claim the best Psy-trance music event in the East. IT IS LOUD!!! They make it work because they understand sound propagation and its management. And because there are no exceptions to how they manage sound. So... if we are all smart and manage our sound, we can play all night. Here's how.

    * All sound systems larger than a boom box must be registered and will be located in Sound Town. You can register at the gate, but if we fill up, you are out of luck. So pre-register your system and guarantee your space.
   When you register your system, you will be given a neat-o, collectable and laminated placard to display above your boxes. No placard, no sound. See bootleg systems below.
    If you arrive after dark Friday, you will have to wait until Saturday to set up your system. If you arrive Saturday, we just might refuse your system.

    * Unregistered bootleg systems will be shut down and their equipment turned over to The Reaper as raw material for his burnable sculpture. We are serious.

    * Sound Town is supplied with buried power from the Four Quarters power system, so don't bring your generator. A 50' power cable will do nicely. Yes, you can run lights, but unlike Three Mile Island, there are limits to how much power we can burn, so be reasonable. Your power will be measured with an inductive meter, so power hogs will be forced to share with nice people. Sharing is good.

    * Staff monitors the total combined sound level of all systems from the property lines of our neighbor with walkie-talkies and digital db meters. It's all very high tech and super secret.
    Using this info they will monitor the sound level from your rig with a digital db meter and give you an operating level, in db. Once this level is set, KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF THE DIAL, upon pain of having your system zapped, dismantled and fed into a crusher. We are serious about this.

    * Last and most important!
    KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF THE DIAL after levels are set.
    We suggest duct tape on the potentiometers. Or hire an enforcer.
    Seriously, watch out for happy helpers who screw with your gear,
    because it will be your system that gets shut down,
    and we really don't want to do that.

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PS: Many consider the North Crook, where Sound Town lives, to be the finest camping at Four Quarters. Under huge Tulip Poplar trees, with its own swimming hole, and right next to the toilets and hot showers.