Background noise on CBS PGA Championship broadcast.

[bekgolf]

Anyone else notice the background noise like applause, the ocean, and spectator comments just about drowns out the commentary?  Not really sure why the sound engineer would unbalance the feeds but the commentary barely rises above the background noise.  On the other hand I can hear just about everything the fans are saying loud and clear. 

[ohioglfr]

Well, it depends on who the commentator is.  In some cases, background noise might be welcome.

[PorkChopExpress]

Anything that drowns out Jim Nance is welcome 

[jdl]

2 hours ago, ohioglfr said:

Well, it depends on who the commentator is.  In some cases, background noise might be welcome.

You want more Feherty lip smacking and Faldo nose whistling?

[Fairways_and_Greens]

4 hours ago, desaille said:

Anything that drowns out Jim Nance is welcome 

Unless that noise is Nick Faldo. 

[acemandrake]

"Unbalanced" is the word I was looking for in describing the sound levels.

 

I thought I was losing my hearing.  Glad to see I wasn't the only one with a sound issue during this broadcast.

 

Side note:  Do they have to blast music when a commentator is talking?  It's comical when the person talking is forced to raise their voice in order to be heard over blaring trumpets!

 

 

 

[bekgolf]

I don't mind Faldo, Feherty, or Terry Gannon.

 

I am of the opinion that the best live coverage is on The Golf Channel.  I'm also of the opinion that the worst coverage is on CBS.

 

I kinda miss Johnny Miller and his predictions about things after they happened.

 

 

Edit:  The thought crossed my mind to just turn the tv volume down and play some Black Sabbath during the broadcast.  I should of acted on it. 

Edited May 24, 2021 by bekgolf

[tatertot]

Anything would be better than crowd noise ... the only thing I miss about Covid is the lack of golf crowds.

[nvr3putt]

15 hours ago, tatertot said:

Anything would be better than crowd noise ... the only thing I miss about Covid is the lack of golf crowds.

Not to mention the panic-inducing mob on the 18th.  Kudos to the players for being able to keep their cool with all that crap going on.

[chigolfer1]

16 hours ago, acemandrake said:

"Unbalanced" is the word I was looking for in describing the sound levels.

 

I thought I was losing my hearing.  Glad to see I wasn't the only one with a sound issue during this broadcast.

 

Side note:  Do they have to blast music when a commentator is talking?  It's comical when the person talking is forced to raise their voice in order to be heard over blaring trumpets!

 

 

 

 

I know what you're saying but it was actually sorta cool given the fans, the ocean, the birds, and being able to hear the players.  If it was just a random who cares tourney, then I'd agree with you.

[JohnnyCashForever]

During the Masters, it sounded like the CBS producers placed cages full of chirping birds by every microphone. 

[me05501]

Maybe your center channel speaker is off or broken, or your receiver is in some weird mode?
 

I’m pretty sensitive and aware of how things are mixed and I didn’t notice what you’re describing. 

Edited May 24, 2021 by me05501

[bscinstnct]

I live in NYC. Now that covid gone...

 

I don’t hear anything from the tv over the fire engines, shootings, blasting music from cars with speakers the size of refrigerators, motorcycles (both Harleys and Ninjas), fireworks and airplanes.

 

New York is back baby! ❤️ 

Edited May 24, 2021 by bscinstnct

[ChaosTheory]

On 5/23/2021 at 1:22 PM, bekgolf said:

Anyone else notice the background noise like applause, the ocean, and spectator comments just about drowns out the commentary?  Not really sure why the sound engineer would unbalance the feeds but the commentary barely rises above the background noise.  On the other hand I can hear just about everything the fans are saying loud and clear. 

 

Yes, it was horrible.  It was a bit worse on one of our TVs than the other.   On the bad one, I could hardly hear Dottie.  Hard to believe they could screw it up that badly.

[Loki]

Just like watching baseball on Fox. Crowd noise drowns out the announcer. 

[m d g]

On 5/23/2021 at 11:22 AM, bekgolf said:

Anyone else notice the background noise like applause, the ocean, and spectator comments just about drowns out the commentary?

Not sure what it was...it just seemed to keep droning on and on...

[Skeeter]

Cicadas

[ChadL]

Do we know it was the actual background noise? Wouldn’t be the first time the broadcaster overlaid false background noises during a PGA event. Brian Regan, comedian, has a hilarious bit based off of that. 

[Ferguson]

I swear I heard Verne Lundquist eating something crunchy, then coughing and then the sound went dead. 

I was concerned for a brief moment, then got over it quickly. 

[ChaosTheory]

It was the same today on the broadcast from Colonial.

[c7015]

I think its just the on course (green and tee mic's) 

 

for about 5 mins they had these wives just hamming it up, I was just waiting to the conversation to turn juicy and have them drop some hot goss

 

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4aa79c64-3025-4354-9c6e-dffb4e5113a1#vrzvFUzr.copy

 

 

[ChaosTheory]

Now they've miked up the cicada noise.  Unbelievable.  Even my wife walked by the TV and commented on how annoying it sounds.  What is the producer thinking????   Do they have anyone who checks the audio on a live monitor?

[Mr. Grumpy]

It's almost unwatchable. Cicadas are annoying, interesting, but annoying. I agree with @Snowman9000, what is the producer thinking..

[me05501]

Cicadas make about 80 decibels of noise and they’re obviously everywhere on the course including on the players. I’m not sure how they’d keep the noise of of the mics. 

[bekgolf]

Did a little researching and found out CBS hired or to put it better promoted someone to be the new golf producer last year.  The old one resigned in 2020.

[ChaosTheory]

13 minutes ago, me05501 said:

Cicadas make about 80 decibels of noise and they’re obviously everywhere on the course including on the players. I’m not sure how they’d keep the noise of of the mics. 

 

Occasionally just before they cut to a commercial, you can hear the announcers just fine, and no cicada noise.  So they are purposefully including it as background. 

[me05501]

16 minutes ago, Snowman9000 said:

 

Occasionally just before they cut to a commercial, you can hear the announcers just fine, and no cicada noise.  So they are purposefully including it as background. 

Not necessarily. The on-course mics will be during play, otherwise we wouldn’t ever hear a shot hit. Those are likely muted when they cue the music heading into a break. 

[c7015]

at least they will be dead tomorrow 

Edited June 5, 2021 by c7015

[jdl]

2 hours ago, Snowman9000 said:

Now they've miked up the cicada noise.  Unbelievable.  Even my wife walked by the TV and commented on how annoying it sounds.  What is the producer thinking????   Do they have anyone who checks the audio on a live monitor?

No kidding. I can't even hear the fake bird noises now.

[Greg_B]

1 hour ago, bekgolf said:

Did a little researching and found out CBS hired or to put it better promoted someone to be the new golf producer last year.  The old one resigned in 2020.

Lance Barrow used to be the producer until he retired at the end of 2020. He had been with them for 35 years or so.  The new producer is a guy named Sellers Shy who came up through the ranks working for them.  The CBS broadcasts were getting tired and Shy has brought in some good changes.  They are probably working out the ambient sound issues.