Audio for NFL on NBC (Cowboys v. Giants) 9/9/07

[Remoteness]

Yes indeed, but you're as good as your weakest link.
If your weakest link is your source then you have a problem.
If you can adjust, change or fix the input source you have an excellent opportunity to make it sound fantastic.

[Jim vanBergen]

That's the real world. I'm with you 100% on this!!
Oh, just finished my 7th NBC Christmas tree lighting special. I was mixing monitors for the Rink stage again this year, but instead of a house band, it was a slew of acts changing constantly. If you saw & heard it, you know what I'm talking about. Live TV production, be it sports or a specialty show like the one we finished last night, is like going to war, and all you can do is bust your butt and do your best, giving 110% constantly and trying to look ahead while listening to a director call the show instead of your audio sources. It's a tough business, but it's OUR business!

Originally Posted by Chadlington

I came from mixing music. First of all, the tracks you get when your recording music come from an isolated studio. The tracks you get on TV come from anything but. When I mixed music, I made good tracks sound great. Now that I'm in Broadcast, I have to make aweful tracks sound acceptable.