Members abzurd Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'm not much of a baseball fan, but have the college world series on in the background as I work on my setlist for Saturday's wedding. They just said there are 105 microphones being used for the production and showed a graphic with this information:32 in outfield wall4 in each dugout3 in each bullpen1 on each of the 6 umpires1 on each base3 in the ground around home plateAnyway, I just thought that was interesting and figured I'd pass it along here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miko Man Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 OK, I admit that I read the thread title and wondered why the hell would the announcers be using Neuman KMS 105 microphones at a baseball game? Duh! I guess it's time to ask for the audio geek club membership card.... (facepalm) Mark C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 Rediculous IMO.I would be very wary micing a dugout, umpire or officials, etc. The potential for embarrassing material could be career ending for somebody or even an audio guy. IMO, this is sticking an audio nose where it does not belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NUSound Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 Audio at the 2012 Olympics: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/how-the-gorgeous-sometimes-fictional-sound-of-the-olympics-gets-made/259742/ 4000 mics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 I don't watch a lot of sports, but when I do I have become more aware of extreme shots showing players rearranging their junk, picking their noses, hawking nasty lugies, and making off color comments. I don't find any of the above particularly enhancing to the game experience myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted June 26, 2013 Members Share Posted June 26, 2013 I might have mentioned that a friend of my teched the 2012 paralympics. He was up on the roof hanging audience mics, putting mics into the ground to pick up the thud of the shotput and all kinds of areas that I just hadn't thought of. It sounded like a great gig, and I was suitably jealous. But then again, my days of being up on the ceiling/roof of a huge stadium are probably over anyway - best to leave it to someone younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DanBAP Posted June 27, 2013 Members Share Posted June 27, 2013 Personally, I'm glad to see this level of audio detail being brought to sports broadcast in order to enhance the experience. Not only is it nice to see audio getting some budget, but this is also where the art of sound design begins. -Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted June 27, 2013 Members Share Posted June 27, 2013 I think about what I normally hear during a baseball game1--homeplate ump2--crowd3--announcer The rest of it is pretty much self explanatory. Can't see a reason to mic so many things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DanBAP Posted June 27, 2013 Members Share Posted June 27, 2013 Tomm Williams wrote: I think about what I normally hear during a baseball game 1--homeplate ump 2--crowd 3--announcer The rest of it is pretty much self explanatory. Can't see a reason to mic so many things It's about creating a hyper-reality that's more cinema-like and less "realistic." Read the Atlantic article posted earlier about the Olympics. The stuff they did was really interesting. -Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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