King's Lynn V Leicester 21/04/16 7.45pm

[kelvinht]

Leicester unlucky not to get a point from that. Bl00dy cold again and drawn out, despite ref putting 2 mins on before all riders from previous race had left the track for some of the races. Didn't end till 9.45pm - had to find a car with a heat on full blast pdq.

 

Very much a gate and go for the most part but a few decent races overtakes along the way. But get out in front and you were pretty much guaranteed a win. Even NKI's gating seems to have partly left him.

 

BTW liking the new mike man....a few more interviews along the way to fill the empty gaps though please!

Edited April 22, 2016 by kelvinht

[Star Fever]

 

BTW liking the new mike man....a few more interviews along the way to fill the empty gaps though please!

would be nice to hear what ppl say tho - the mike needs to be under their noses or the volume needs turning up!!

[Trees]

would be nice to hear what ppl say tho - the mike needs to be under their noses or the volume needs turning up!!

A sound test before the meeting starts?

[stevehone]

my pictures from the meeting here >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157667622371535

[RobMcCaffery]

A sound test before the meeting starts?

A pre-meeting test can only really tell you whether the system's working or not. Once there's a crowd in the acoustics change greatly, even with our low crowds. Someone needs to tell the presenter during the meeting that there's a problem. You just cannot tell from track level.

 

You also have the problem of balancing the sound. At one track where I worked people complained that they couldn't hear the announcements properly on the terraces so I turned up the levels. Next I had one of the bar staff bursting into the box effing and blinding over the sound level being too high in the bar.

 

We rented the track and therefore the p.a. and the stadium landlords wouldn't do anything about the system which was held together with string at the best of times.

 

Sadly, it's not always as easy as it seems, although King's Lynn should be able to deal with it being their own landlords.

 

Sometimes though the presenter just has to remember that he has to normally hold the mic closer to interviewees than he would for him/herself. Ideally someone in the box would be riding the sound levels to compensate. It's just one of those many small details neglected by speedway that added up do mean so much.

[Trees]

Thank you rmc, you're probably right re the mic man needing to hold the mic closer to the rider, presenters are always loud enough but not the riders, the ones we really, really want to hear 😕

[RobMcCaffery]

Thank you rmc, you're probably right re the mic man needing to hold the mic closer to the rider, presenters are always loud enough but not the riders, the ones we really, really want to hear

Sadly many doing the job have no real training on microphone work, especially outside a studio or disco if they work as a D.J.I only learned the hard way. I was lucky to often have someone in the box working the volume control for me when I was out on the track. The interviewer will normally be louder - he's controlling the mic and is confident working with it, unlike his victim who is unlikely to be used to public speaking - or just speaking up!

 

There's no point in having done what I did without being able to explain what it involves. I hope it helps.

 

What always confused me was that if a lot of people in speedway thought the only way to get people to do what they wanted was just to shout and swear rather than just ask. It's one of the reasons I was glad to get out and go back to being a devoted fan, trying to forget much of what I'd seen.

Edited April 27, 2016 by rmc