This fake NFL fan noise isn't working

[Auggie]

Annoying as hell. TOO FRIGGIN’ LOUD too.

[Zoonart]

1. Agree... It's like a laugh track on a sitcom.

[hlthe2b]

2. Not watching, but I couldn't imagine that it would...

They'd be better off running audio from a large socially distanced bar with about two dozen energetic (mask-wearing) fans watching on the big screen.

[redstateblues]

3. Still better than silence. Its working good in baseball

It sounds a lot better when your team is winning!

[Auggie]

5. Have they tried it with silence?

[unc70]

4. Yesterday at UNC vs Syracuse was subtle

I am biased, but I thought they did a good job of supplying just enough "crowd" noise to prevent it sounding dead. PA announcer was also restrained.

[Croney]

6. Oh. I'd forgotten it was fake until you mentioned it.

I guess it's ok.

[JDC]

7. Doesn't bother me at all tbh. I've gotten used to it

I guess

[pwb]

8. I usually watch football on mute anyway.

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[calguy]

9. They're doing the best they can

under the circumstances. I applaud their efforts.

[Auggie]

10. Not FOX

NBC is at least engineering some sound mixing. It’s more realistic and less noisy. I can hear Michaels and Collinsworth. FOX was unbearable today.

[caraher]

11. I read that home teams decide on the fake crowd noise

This was in The News Tribune. They said the NFL said you can pipe in fake noise if there are no fans and there's an upper limit to the volume. The Seahawks originally thought they'd go loud to try to re-create the usual home game experience, but the catch is the NFL both set an upper limit and decreed that the level cannot vary during the game (so you cannot crank it up when you're on defense and turn it down on offense).

They ultimately decided they'd go with a low-level sound that the reporter likened to the sound of traffic on I-5

[Auggie]

12. Piped-in sound is different than a soundtrack

Maybe it’s better — I’ll have to hear a Seattle home game. The FOX effort during the 49ers/Cardinals game was a lazy, half-assed attempt.

[oasis]

13. Not so in Rams vs Eagles game. The Rams are

whipping the Eagles’ ass so bad, the home team Philadelphia cardboard cutouts are booing. t

[Auggie]

14. LOL

FOX did better with the 49ers/Jets game today. Sounded like a real crowd. But, just like a laugh track, annoying when you gave it any thought.

[Totally Tunsie]

15. I wouldn't mind it if it were better done.

The noise level is too consistent despite the occasional extra spikes. In reality, there are lulls in the sound at times. There haven't been any in the games I've watched.

It's also turned up so loud that the announcers have to shout annoyingly to be heard. A lesser volume would be more pleasant and make more sense.