Fake Crowd Noise on 'Empty Stadium' telecasts -- yeah why not?

[Bomberboyokay]

I think it's a horrible idea, like when the WWE tries to drown out the Roman Reigns boos and pipes in fake cheers

It's not authentic

 

[Pessimistic]

Now it would be hypocritical if the afl/7/fox had fake booing after the...well i dont want to fire that debate up again. You know what I mean

 

[The Nostradamus]

Hard no

keep it natural

 

[Elite Master]

Whenever the empty stands were shown with the canned crowd noise playing in the NRL telecasts it was jarring to say the least, particularly when the intensity of the cheering and applauding was heightened. It's going to be a far far greater challenge for the camera operators to select the right angles and the sound controller to pick the right volumes to make for a half way believable broadcast.

 

[Testekill]

Honestly I kinda preferred the almost surreal silence in round 1.

 

[JT_the_Man]

It was good for the rugby.

They better have a “BALL” button on that soundboard though...

 

[peternorth]

Question though. When a player/team gets the ball from teh centre, bursting out, the crowd roars, ball enters the 50, knocked on, crowd gets louder, player kicks a goal, roar loudest.

is there a continuous sound bite for this? or will they just turn the volume dial up

 

[NoobPie]

I suspect one of the reasons the NRL broadcasters did it so well is that they have been cutting in body impact sounds for years. They are already skilled.

I have strong feeling that channel 7 in particular are going to stuff this up royally

 

[Dazb86]

It wasn't too bad. I'm for it.

 

[Costanza_]

NRL did an amazing job with that.

Whoever was in charge of putting the fake crowd noise on...hats off.

As someone else said, I suspect they have had a fair bit of practice...

Whether they have faked the noise or are just better at distributing microphones throughout the stadium, Channel 9 have always done a far better job of conveying atmosphere for the NRL than C7 manage with the AFL. C7 manage to make 80k people at the MCG sound like a monk retreat, C9 manage to make small NRL crowds sound raucous.

Ray Warren helps of course.

 

[Cleavy]

Fox Footy to use virtual crowd noise when AFL season returns, after learning from NRL coverage

How Fox Footy will create virtual crowd noise in AFL’s return round

www.foxsports.com.au

FYI

 

[Gigantic]

It was good, added a bit of atmosphere without being too loud and fake - hopefully AFL do the same without going overboard as any louder and it'd be a bit annoying.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Why don't they just have a giant zoom meeting that fans can join and pipe that sound into the stadium?

 

[Angus Young]

As someone else said, I suspect they have had a fair bit of practice...

Whether they have faked the noise or are just better at distributing microphones throughout the stadium, Channel 9 have always done a far better job of conveying atmosphere for the NRL than C7 manage with the AFL. C7 manage to make 80k people at the MCG sound like a monk retreat, C9 manage to make small NRL crowds sound raucous.

Bang...spot on.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

I thought it sounded pretty bloody good on the NRL games over the weekend. Much better than Round 1 of the AFL sounded.

 

[Jack Cahill]

It took away the echo of an empty stadium. I was very impressed with the fake crowd noise.

 

[HTT]

Not a fan, can’t see them getting the mood right, like the silence when a home team is on the back foot then slowly becoming more and more hostile as they begin to come back.
Theres no crowds, let’s not pretend there is.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

lol. We are reaching levels of simulacra which shouldn't even be possible.

 

[Run n Spread]

I suspect one of the reasons the NRL broadcasters did it so well is that they have been cutting in body impact sounds for years. They are already skilled.

I have strong feeling that channel 7 in particular are going to stuff this up royally

Could backfire and make the atmosphere flatter
There are no crowds which is a shame don't worsen it by having it contrived. Would just echo around the g

 

[windyhill]

Ch.9 have done it for years, while ch.7 have done the exact opposite by almost muting crowds out of their broadcast.

 

[DEVO]

Fake crowd noise is good - the highlight of the game.
The rugby league is bad - pick up ball, crash into a wall, do a little fairy kick back, pick up ball, crash into a wall....
At least rugby union has a little more variation even if it's impossible to understand the rules

One of the reasons Rugby Union is failing in Australia is it's lack of variation. Along with being tediously over officiated, slow in comparison to Rugby League and confusing to the uninitiated.

 

[Final Siren]

You people who want fake noise are the reason we get AFLX, blaring music at qtr time breaks, and whatever bullshit they're now running out at half-time in the name of "match day experience."

 

[Elite Master]

Ch.9 have done it for years, while ch.7 have done the exact opposite by almost muting crowds out of their broadcast.

Ch7 think the public don't care about atmosphere, in fact they delude themselves into thinking we are all there for the commentary even over the game itself.

 

[Billy ray]

when crowds are back at the nrl, will they stop the fake crowd noise and go back to how it used to be? i doubt it, they will stick with it

 

[Apsaalooke]

One of the reasons Rugby Union is failing in Australia is it's lack of variation. Along with being tediously over officiated, slow in comparison to Rugby League and confusing to the uninitiated.

Wouldn't be too upset if they both disappeared to be honest