Therefore 100 brass players can overpower 180 brass and woodwind players? That makes no sense at all. Two sound waves at the same pitch happening at the same time build on each other. Brass + Woodwinds=more soundwaves=more amplitude=louder sound. The best way for Akron to sound bigger is to work to play more in tune. Sound waves in tune with each other don't interfere with each other and rather build on each other, adding rather than subtracting to the dynamic and resonance of the sound. Addition by subtraction is 4-2=6. Addition by addition is 4+2=6. The latter works.
