ESPN & other broadcaster blocking crowd noise

celticbest

I just thought I ask a question which has been raised in another thread.

Can anybody please tell me if Broadcasters block out crowd noise, say for example during a minutes silence before the start of a match ??

If another country has the feed and you pick it up online would the sound from the crowd you receive be different??

newbie2

Most football matches have different mics for different areas of the pitch/commentators. The commentators sound is known as comms and the crowd sound is known as Nat sound.
Most broadcasters get different sound feeds so are able to bring up/down the level of crowd noise and in some cases kill it altoghether.

If there is a minmutes silence the host broadcaster would normally bring the level of the crowd mics down - while leaving the comms/and pitch mics open (so you can hear the refs whistle).

hope this helps

Xavi6

I know some broadcasters lower the volume of the crowd depending what chants are being sung. You can really pick it up sometimes.

OhNoYouDidn't

newbie2 wrote: »

Most football matches have different mics for different areas of the pitch/commentators. The commentators sound is known as comms and the crowd sound is known as Nat sound.
Most broadcasters get different sound feeds so are able to bring up/down the level of crowd noise and in some cases kill it altoghether.

If there is a minmutes silence the host broadcaster would normally bring the level of the crowd mics down - while leaving the comms/and pitch mics open (so you can hear the refs whistle).

hope this helps

I think what he is getting at is if the host broadcaster does something with a level, can a subsequent broadcaster overseas, in this case an internet stream, reverse that or tinker with it in general?

celticbest

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

I think what he is getting at is if the host broadcaster does something with a level, can a subsequent broadcaster overseas, in this case an internet stream, reverse that or tinker with it in general?

That's spot on, sorry if I was a bit vage in my OP.

Le King

I assume this is about the Celtic v Falkirk match with the one minute silence where Celtic fans have been accused of ruining the minutes silence but it was only brought up on foreign feeds. That's actually true.

Here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2HwPjjj4aY

However when the camera went over to the section of Celtic support, on my feed anyway, it was about 20 people or so singing. 95% of Celtic fans observed the silence.

celticbest

So just to clarify, the crowd noise on a foreign feed can be different to that on the domestic one?

I did not get involved in the debate as I was not sure if the crowd noise would be different.

All I want is an end to the side show that is the minutes silence debate in the Celtic Thread, I couldn't care less if they sang, blew vuvuzela's the whole way through or not, but if it's confimed one way or the other the thread might actually get back to Celtic football matters.

bobbysands81

Le King wrote: »

I assume this is about the Celtic v Falkirk match with the one minute silence where Celtic fans have been accused of ruining the minutes silence but it was only brought up on foreign feeds. That's actually true.

Here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2HwPjjj4aY

However when the camera went over to the section of Celtic support, on my feed anyway, it was about 20 people or so singing. 95% of Celtic fans observed the silence.

That's NOT the game he's referring to - he's referring to the St Mirren v Celtic game last weekend.

homerjay2005

Xavi6 wrote: »

I know some broadcasters lower the volume of the crowd depending what chants are being sung. You can really pick it up sometimes.

ya this....

i know old trafford can be quiet sometimes, but after being at a game and then watching match of the day, you can tell the volume at certain points is alot lower than it should be. certain moments would take the roof off, but comes across different on TV.

would be the same for most grounds IMO, BBC and sky coverage is completly different, Sky sounds alot better.

Le King

bobbysands81 wrote: »

That's NOT the game he's referring to - he's referring to the St Mirren v Celtic game last weekend.

Well wouldn't the Scottish media be all over it if they did?

I doubt the foundation to it. The media in Scotland thrive off stuff like that.

Pinturicchio

It's really obvious at times on ESPN when they turn the crowd noise up or down.