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The idea is that long-time engineer Trip Khalaf ‘cheated’ with a sneaky trick. Even Brian May said: “We sent our brilliant engineer to check the system, so he set all the limiters for us. We were louder than anyone else.”
However, Malcolm Hill’s company Hill Pro Audio was in charge of the sound systems at Wembley Stadium for Live Ai and he told Express Online: “Nobody on or around the stage would have had any control of, or even knowledge of, the sound system operation… The system was controlled by a ‘processor rack’, 100 metres away, in the middle of the pitch, tucked out of the way, to the side of the mix platform.”
It was impossible to raise sound levels above the preset limits but Hill explained: “Trip deserves full credit for his skilful and optimal use of the system, but not for any ‘tricks’ or favouritism.”
In layman’s terms, Queen weren’t actually any louder, but they sounded louder.
