The desk was an Allen & Heath GL2800-32 Mixing Console, not too fancy, and does a great job for that particular size of venue which has performances every night of the week. The fellas that man the station, however, really are hit and miss. This particular evening I got the fella who was not interested in the least if I had a good signal or not, and he basically set the levels on the board and walked away. Such is the game...
-12 dB, I wish. The levels did barely rise past -30 on my level meter on the R-44 after I added all the gain possible. I imagine even if I was to get a hotter signal it would still sound like an .mp3 copied onto a type 1 cassette.
As I said before, chalk it up to experience, and the next time I will bust his balls and tell him to deliver the heat.