“It’s a big puzzle to put together, but also the pieces are always moving.” EmmySadler has the behind-the-scenes story of how Sportsnet is preparing to broadcast the most unique Stanley Cup Playoffs in NHL history.
Skates carving the ice, pucks on sticks, theof a shot off the cross-bar. The NHL is amplifying that experience even more by placing more microphones around the rink to pick up the sounds of the game.In an effort to recreate a typical viewing experience, augmented crowd noise will be funnelled into the world feed. Unlike in MLB, which is feeding their crowd noise directly into stadiums, the NHL’s sound will be added into the broadcast feed which means the players won’t hear it.
“If we’re adding this augmented [crowd noise], the reality is that it gets closer and closer to what a regular broadcast is. Because now you have the rink sounds, you have crowd sounds, you have music. It becomes very, very similar to what a normal game will be,” says Corte. “If this thing works, the Leafs could be on a power play and some crowd noise could be pumped in with a ‘Go Leafs Go!’ chant,” suggests Corte. “But it all has to be done properly, it all has to be subtle. It can’t be too in-your-face because it’s not authentic crowd noise. It’s there to help augment the broadcast but it’s not there toThis, too, is something that will likely change over the course of the return-to-play and throughout the playoffs.
While players won’t hear the augmented crowd noise, there will still be plenty of sound in the arena itself to make them feel at home.
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