I've noticed that when I watch a band on television, there are nearly always instruments I can see but not hear. For example, they may show a keyboardist's busy fingers and all I'll hear are drums and guitars. Or I'll clearly hear what one guitar is doing but not a note of what I can see the other guitarist's fingers playing (in which case, if there are keyboards, that'll be the day I hear those instead).
So I've been wondering: is it me, or is it them? Is it the way the bands are being mixed (this is mostly Late Night, The Tonight Show, and The Late Show, BTW, but I think I've noticed the same phenomenon elsewhere), or something about compression for broadcast? Or am I listening at a lower volume than the engineers expect me to, is the little speaker on my television not up to the task, or am I having an odd problem with my ears? Sometimes it seems as though I'm only hearing half the band.
The first clue to gather is: are other people noticing this as well, or is it just me?
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Will check it out, though.
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We upgraded several months ago to a mostly digital system at our TV station and there are stil bugs in the system: digital audio breakup mostly. But we've had several cases where audio was coming out of the wrong speakers.
In addition, there's still a battle over sound formats. Some programs are recorded in 5:1 (left, right, near right, far right, dialog : big whumping bass) while most TV stations are barely stereo. So instruments could be dropped out doing the transfer.
And when it gets to the TV station most engineers - if the station *has* any - are so overworked that if they just have sound and pictures hitting the air that's good enough.
-m
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THEY are doing this to screw with your mind. THEY like doing that..
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Lousy sound systems, like your TV's tiny speaker, make it a lot harder to hear every instrument, of course.