Topic: sound equipment installed

Just had the sound monitoring equipment installed in our terraced house. I did search old threads but could not see one that answered my question. Will it differenciate between the ordinary (but sometimes loud noise) in our home and the noise from our neighbors.
Possibly not too hopeful about the outcome of this but at least we have registered our complaint.

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Hi Sparky

The monitor I had in didn't actually record any sound at all until I'd pushed the record button... is yours a similar machine?

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The equipment i had fitted reputedly only recorded when i pushed a button? So as long as you stay quiet when the button is pushed you won't have a prob? (assuming you have the same type of equipment fitted?)

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Welcome to our refuge Sparky.....

How are you doing with recording....or is it QUIET  ???

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Hi and thanks for the replies. Perhaps i misunderstood, yep it has the record facility on it so I guess thats it then. Also yes its quiet but usually noise does not start until 8 or 9 pm. Lets see how it goes.
Wish I had found this forum earlier. this has been going on for about a year. We usually have some complaints with the neighbors (mostly bearable) but this is the worst one yet.

Just thought though, the chap did mention about it if they made noise when we were out?

Last edited by sparky68 (12 January 2012 19:30)

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Sparky, best bet would be to give the man a ring (or the EH dept.) and get them to clarify exactly how the machine works, as I think different makes and models might work slightly differently.

Good luck with getting some good recordings!

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Sparky,

you found us now wink

Bo's right.

as for noise when your out....how would you know .....so query that too.....

and let us know about how the recordings go..... hmm

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Many thanks for the relies. I will get that clarified. And keep you updated

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Just when we were begining to think it was going to be quiet! We've had 3 hours of talking loudly and arguing with occasional banging. Excellent!

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very excellent.....try recording as LATE as possible....also don't be completely silent yourself.....or they'l be no sound "measure-stick"..... wink

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Yep we recorded most of the 3 hours yesterday. Unfortunately he/they can be sporadic but mostly begin about 8 or 9pm. Also sometimes into the early hours at weekends. Its funny how you tend to try and be quiet in the backgroud. But yesterday we did have the telly on.

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All quiet over the weekend-told you it can be sporadic. But we are watching and waiting...

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This is the info I got back from the EH guy in response to my query;  it stays on for 24 hours and logs all the sounds occurring during that period. The information however will only be available to me as a graph showing highs and lows and duration. When you press the 'on' button I can then hear the noise you are hearing, this will last for 5 mins and turn itself off unless you press stop button. When I look at the graph these 'audible' periods will be indicated so that I know where to look and can compare similar patterns on the printout where noise may have present but it was not recorded.

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I have never heard of this machine sparky. when I have had it (3 times!) I pressed a button to record noise for 3 mins then it went off.

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That sounds like a machine that was in my head.....


did your neighbours get told sound equipment was going in ????