Scoreboard Volume (Fail)

[wxman1]

Put me in the crowd that thinks it could have been louder but not even close to as loud as it was for Tulsa.

Just like concerts there is a point where it is to loud.

 

[Cybirdy]

Perhaps the overall speaker design is wrong in putting the speakers up in the board.

If the speakers are in the videoboard, then it is too noisy in that endzone and too quiet in the other endzone. Maybe they need more speakers than just in the videoboard. The sound was fine down by the videoboard.

I was on the SE hill for Tulsa and it was headache-inducing, ear-splitting loud even behind the bleachers.

I don't know why people always say it is the old people complaining about the volume. My Dad is deaf as a door nail and watches TV on vol 25 sitting five feet away. I'm sure he had no complaints when it was loud.

This week we sat on the SW hill and could hear most everything. My hearing was only hampered by the loud, annoying kids I was sitting by (which happened to be my niece and nephew).

 

[Madclone1]

Way too quiet! It's a damn shame a couple of bluehairs bothered to send an e-mail, and now the volume gets cut in half.

. . . right . . all those frickin blue hairs trying to protect their hearing. Let me know how you feel about it when you hit your 50s . . when you are stone deaf. "Youth is wasted on the young,"

 

[Senolcyc]

Reading through the discussion on this topic here and on Cyclone Report, it's glaringly obvious that it all depends on where you sit. The speakers are high and project sound straight out. When it's the right volume for the lower seats, it's too loud for the upper seats. When it's the right volume for the upper seats, it's too quiet for the lowers. Duh.

All 55,000 people don't sit in YOUR SEAT.

Did anyone ever take a science class?

 

[BuzzBuzzBuzz]

But why can't there be "in game" adjustments. It was pretty good for commercials, case red zone, etc, but crank it for touchdowns and sweet caroline. It has to have a volume control that doesn't require pre programing, right?

FWIW, the control panel is located in the lower level of Hilton so maybe real-time adjustments are more difficult due to not being "on site?"

 

[gwoodclone]

I was in the upper deck student section (Section P), and it was way too quiet last night. It was nice not getting my eardrums blasted by the damn Case IH Redzone thing, but I could hardly hear over the crowd around me most of the time. I commented even before the game started that it was clear they had lowered the volume. Tulsa game was a little loud, but not too bad (was in P for that game too).

I asked my parents earlier today what they thought about the sound. They were over in Section C, and my mom said she thought it was still way too loud. But she'd probably complain no matter what....

I think they overreacted to the complaints they were getting last game. You'll never make everyone happy, but set it somewhere in between for Tech and hope that its better.

 

[Wesley]

I've got an old Zenith floor console that's got a turntable AND an 8-track on it, and I'm willing to donate it to ISU for priority seating considerations. It's got cable input jacks for a boombox if you've got cassettes you need to play too.

I have some extra speakers.

 

[Wesley]

Put me in the crowd that thinks it could have been louder but not even close to as loud as it was for Tulsa.

Just like concerts there is a point where it is to loud.

Maybe if the decibels go above 125, the university can get sued for damaging hearing of the deaf lawyers?

 

[MissouriCyclone]

Took a video of Sweet Caroline for my parents to see. Just uploaded it now and can't hear any of the lyrics. Great.

 

[Wesley]

. . . right . . all those frickin blue hairs trying to protect their hearing. Let me know how you feel about it when you hit your 50s . . when you are stone deaf. "Youth is wasted on the young,"

Sage advice. Wearing hearing aids at sixty is no fun.

 

[MNCYWX]

My boy (4-1/2) totally freaked out with the volume from the Tulsa game. I got him hearing protection earmuffs from Sportsmans Warehouse on the way home from that game, and he wore them this week. He lasted all the way through the game, and even ditched the muffs for the 4th quarter.

We're in Section B (upper NW corner) and right there in the path of the speakers, so it was probably worse for us last game than it was for 75% of the fans. I agree that the sound needs to be distributed through multiple points, but I also agree that this week could have been louder. Maybe split the difference between the 2 games for the TxTech game & see what happens?

Either that or crank jams like this one:

Honeywagon- Dammit - YouTube

No. Given the size of the stadium, the sound needs to come from one point. Otherwise it will sound distorted or echoy given how 'slow' sound travels.

 

[kds]

Reading through the discussion on this topic here and on Cyclone Report, it's glaringly obvious that it all depends on where you sit. The speakers are high and project sound straight out. When it's the right volume for the lower seats, it's too loud for the upper seats. When it's the right volume for the upper seats, it's too quiet for the lowers. Duh.

All 55,000 people don't sit in YOUR SEAT.

Did anyone ever take a science class?

That is a very valid point. I was on the field in the SEZ for Tulsa and it didn't bother me, and last night in CC it seemed quiet. I do wonder what it's like on the north end, I don't think I have sat in the north end since the new videoboard was put up, and don't plan on it anytime in the near future.

FWIW, the control panel is located in the lower level of Hilton so maybe real-time adjustments are more difficult due to not being "on site?"

That is surprising. Anyone know why it was designed that way? At they very least, they could lower the volume on the beef council ad and the Case IH Red Zone promo before the game, that way they wouldn't need to make adjustments on the fly.

No. Given the size of the stadium, the sound needs to come from one point. Otherwise it will sound distorted or echoy given how 'slow' sound travels.

I'll agree with you some on that point, but JTS isn't that big. There are larger stadiums that have multiple outputs that work just fine. Obviously, the audio would need to be balanced enough so that the speaker closest to you is what you hear first, and it's really not that noticeable. It would be bad if the north videoboard speakers were at full volume and the south videoboard had speakers that weren't as loud.

 

[xtremecyfan]

Our seats are in the south end zone and it is difficult to hear anything. Everyone else around is experiencing the same issue. We keep having to ask what the official said or what the announcer said. It's frustrating. I'm longing for the south board to be brought back into commission. At least then we always knew what was going on.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

I'm longing for the south board to be brought back into commission.

Cannot have 2 sources of audio as it will cause an echo effect.

 

[Cyclonic1]

Way too quiet! It's a damn shame a couple of bluehairs bothered to send an e-mail, and now the volume gets cut in half.
​Maybe one or both of the "bluehairs" writes a 5 figure check to the Cyclone club every year. The Golden rule you know.

 

[cyclonedave25]

Cannot have 2 sources of audio as it will cause an echo effect.

Cannot have 2 sources of audio as it will cause an echo effect.