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Post by tnkrbl02 on Nov 11, 2004 23:17:13 GMT -5
OK, Im a radio person with no real knowledge of the technical side of things. SO.....maybe someone can help me out here. What is the reason that some local TV stations, mainly FOX, have such a big difference in levels between spots and programming. I often watch my TIVO'd shows at night at find myself riding the volume due to this. Just wondering.
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Post by x on Nov 12, 2004 0:24:19 GMT -5
The first question to ask is, 'is the level on one or the other really higher, or is it just the way it's processed?' In a lot of cases, the peaks are really at the same level but they sound louder because there are more of them.
As for why, it could be intentional or incompetence. I've seen all varieties of this. Most likely the commercials are made to seem louder so they "get your attention." Usually this attention isn't what they want, but they think they want it......
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Post by Agent86 on Nov 13, 2004 12:36:16 GMT -5
Fox has always had problems with their audio, but they won't admit it. Becaue to admit fault would mean to spring money to fix it. Lazy engineers.
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Post by rcvideo on Nov 15, 2004 4:09:17 GMT -5
Most of the time now with automation running the stations, nobody is really checking on the quality of the audio and video that is being transmitted. It's dependent on limiters and compressors to do the job and keep them legal wheather it sounds good or not. There are quality standards, but a lot of time especially in news, the story is more important and during editing the audio is secondary. Also they are usually just listening through 3 inch speakers  |
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