ABC Enhances All-Star Broadcast

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by Northside Rovers, Jul 30, 2002.

  1. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ABC's production of the 2002 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game will feature cutting-edge audio.

    http://www.mlsnet.com/special/as02/as0730audio.html

    "A new level of television audio will be delivered to the fans at home by ABC's first-ever stereo broadcast of the MLS All-Star Game with a mixture of bench, sideline and goalmouth microphones, wireless microphones and underground Turf Mics. With coverage from literally every location on and around the playing surface, the audio experience will be the equivalent of being on the field at the game."

    Sounds good to me. But then, I try not to complain too much.
     
  2. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    All this despite ABC's conspiracy to keep soccer down

    ;)
     
  3. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [turf mic]
    BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOom BOom Boom Boom boom boom boo bo b
    [/turf mic]
     
  4. chayes

    chayes New Member

    Feb 29, 2000
    Raleigh, NC
    Does me a lot of damn good in the stands.
     
  5. quicksand

    quicksand Member

    May 7, 2000
    Brooklyn
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think this is good news, but there will be the inevitable complaining by the soccer purists, who don't even think there should be an All Star game, that it will take away from the game viewing.
     
  6. GoDC

    GoDC Member

    Nov 23, 1999
    Hamilton, VA
    Listen to hear me curse often during the game.
     
  7. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Drop an F-bomb at the 30th minute for me, okay?
     
  8. geordienation

    geordienation Moderator

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    I'll take a whoopee cushion going off into one of those mics when Veronica starts an interview.
     
  9. FlashMan

    FlashMan Member

    Jan 6, 2000
    'diego
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Forget the audio, give me a couple of cameras showing the offisde trap and then we can talk.



    btw, with as much as MLS players swear, I'm not sure the increased audio is such a good idea. :)
     
  10. GoDC

    GoDC Member

    Nov 23, 1999
    Hamilton, VA
    Now you are talking. My sons would be into this one.
     
  11. eric515

    eric515 Member

    May 8, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately, with all the mics...they still can't drown out Jack and Ty!

    Seriously, it sounds like they are going through a lot of trouble to put together quite a show. And it sounds like a lot of it was efforted from the Mouse side of things. I don't know if MLS could front as much money as it is going to take for this production set-up, so I have to assume Disney is footing a large part of the bill. Good for them.

    Unfortunately, I am going to be at work, but I am definitely going to set up a tape!!
     
  12. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078
    so, they going to do this for the finals?

    i can see not mic-ing the players for the finals, but most of this stuff for the finals?
     
  13. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If it works, you'll see it on Monday Night Football.
     
  14. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    And NHL broadcasts
     
  15. eric515

    eric515 Member

    May 8, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was thinking that too...but why not just test it out in their preseason games??

    I would think turf mics might be a bit much for NFL games, with the cracking, and the grunting, and the hitting...huh-huh, flay-ven. :)
     
  16. GersMan

    GersMan Member

    May 11, 2000
    Indianapolis
    Gosh, maybe I should just eat my ticket so I can experience this cacophony of sound.

    The only thing that would improve this is they employed the old Late Night with David Letterman "Monkey Cam" and let the monkey roam the field during the match. Now THAT would be a telecast.
     
  17. ojsgillt

    ojsgillt Member

    Feb 27, 2001
    Lee's Summit MO
    I am pretty sure they had this stuff last year, the only difference is that it is going to be in stereo.
     
  18. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078

    tony meola is going to wear one
     
  19. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think its called a Cauldron of Sound.
     
  20. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Yep, so hitch-kick that ticket 70 yards into the garbage and tune in to ABC! :D
     
  21. ONE

    ONE Member

    Aug 11, 2000
    NOLA
    my favorite part of the article is how goddamn proud they are of having the WORST broadcast team in the history of organized sports.

    Jack Edwards
    Ty Keough
    Rob Stone
    Veronica Paysse

    OH BOY! good to know ill have enhanced audio to hear their rediculous blathering all game. it wasnt painful enough already.
     
  22. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    You're absolutely right. They should replace them with Rongen and the other guy who does DC broadcasts.
     
  23. Sachin

    Sachin New Member

    Jan 14, 2000
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    La Norte will be sure to be extra-loud on the "Fuck Bin Laden" chant.

    Sachin
     
  24. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    We can only hope.
     
  25. PSU92

    PSU92 Member

    Feb 27, 1999
    Annandale VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The XFL already did that.
     

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