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Title: Acoustics
Post by: scawsby steve on February 25, 2018, 03:44:37 am
The acoustics in the New York Stadium today were absolutely deafening. What the f*ck is the matter with our stadium? Has it been fitted out with sound-proof cladding?
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: colincramb on February 25, 2018, 10:10:03 am
The roof has a lot to do with it
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on February 25, 2018, 10:32:26 am
You get a false perspective when you're in amongst it behind the goal. There is nothing wrong with the acoustics at the Keepmoat.

Substitute all our lot from yesterday into the South Stand and you wouldn't think the same.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Dare to dream! on February 25, 2018, 10:38:13 am
Propoer derby atmosphere yesterday, it's been a while since we've had that
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Donnywolf on February 25, 2018, 11:19:55 am
The acoustics in the New York Stadium today were absolutely deafening. What the f*ck is the matter with our stadium? Has it been fitted out with sound-proof cladding?

11725 Crowd with 2500 behind one goal singing and 1500 or so = about 33% taking part

Our last game v Fleetwood 7000 + 500 singing + 33 from Fleetwood = about 7% taking part

Thats my take & oh when "they" scored about 9000 let out an endless roar as well that could be heard in Town Centre
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: since-1969 on February 25, 2018, 11:37:06 am
You get a false perspective when you're in amongst it behind the goal. There is nothing wrong with the acoustics at the Keepmoat.

Substitute all our lot from yesterday into the South Stand and you wouldn't think the same.
Id settle for a better P.A System at the Keepmoat our cheap tinny sounding  tannoys  are just rubbish and detract from the prematch atmosphere which is meant enhanse instead of sounding like a very bad day on Railyway station.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on February 25, 2018, 11:39:30 am
Yes, everyone heard the announcement that we wouldn't be served alcohol at half time loud and clear!
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: StocktonRover on February 25, 2018, 11:40:21 am
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: silent majority on February 25, 2018, 11:46:22 am
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc

Its a lot better than it was. The club have spent a long time, and money, trying to get the balance right between the concourses and the stadium bowl. It was another cost cutting exercise by the council when the stadium was originally built.

Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Super Colin Cramb on February 25, 2018, 11:48:44 am
Propoer derby atmosphere yesterday, it's been a while since we've had that

From where I was sat I thought it was piss poor. If you think singing peado all game is a great atmosphere then your right. Very little in actual support for the team.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: RedJ on February 25, 2018, 11:56:04 am
Was that it though? was it really?
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Bristol Red Rover on February 25, 2018, 01:33:32 pm
When you're sat in the end where the singing is the acoustics may sound better, but how much did you hear the Rotherham fans? In the vid I put in the highlights thread you can only just hear the Donny singing even just after the goal.

There may be a small difference though - the steeper raking is well known to improve the acoustics *in* the stand. The slightly more extended roof (and flatter?) may be making a difference in containing the overall sound in the stadium.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: roversdude on February 25, 2018, 01:43:07 pm
From just halfway along west Stand it is more often than not hard to hear south Stand (I’m definitely not saying they don’t make noise) - if there is a decent number in away end it seems to be heard
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Super Colin Cramb on February 25, 2018, 01:45:19 pm
Was that it though? was it really?

Yes really. I was on row C and the language and vile things said in front of kids is wrong. We sang after the goal but very little in support of the team. Not saying we didn’t support the team at all just could of been better.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on February 25, 2018, 02:11:08 pm
The difference between theirs and ours is the number of fans close together.  Their stadium is smaller and with about the same crowd they are closer together.  The challenge for us isn't the ground but getting more people in it....

I like that their ground is closer to the pitch. I don't like the gaps at ours they are too big.  The sound system at the keepmoat is rubbish too.  Bar that our stadium complex is far superb.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: RedJ on February 25, 2018, 03:00:47 pm
Was that it though? was it really?

Yes really. I was on row C and the language and vile things said in front of kids is wrong. We sang after the goal but very little in support of the team. Not saying we didn’t support the team at all just could of been better.

So, with that in mind, it wasn't all chanting paedo at them was it.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Donnywolf on February 25, 2018, 03:45:41 pm
To be fair not all the time .... cos we had that original work "sing when your noncing" as well
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: PDX_Rover on February 25, 2018, 03:57:21 pm
Our fans were great yesterday. Much louder that theirs for most of the game.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: silent majority on February 25, 2018, 04:41:15 pm
Its the irony I like; singing 'Rotherham's a shithole I want to go home' followed by 'don't take me home, I want to stay and drink all your beer'.

Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: the vicar on February 25, 2018, 06:27:19 pm
When the Rotherscum fans was singing and it was most of the stadium when they scored we could hardly hear them I passed comment where I was and they all agreed so nothing to do with not having my hearing aids in lol
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: drfchound on February 25, 2018, 06:52:32 pm
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: silent majority on February 26, 2018, 10:29:50 am
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.

Is it too loud in the bowl or in the concourses?
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: RedJ on February 26, 2018, 10:33:26 am
Bowl for sure. Could not make out anything Harry Gregg said. Could barely hear anyone apart from the bloke who does the PA.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Filo on February 26, 2018, 10:36:51 am
I gave up trying to listen to what the match announcer is trying to say a long time ago, can't hear or understand a word he says, and like above, the Harry Gregg interview may well have been done in chinese, could n't hear or understand that either

God help us if there is ever a need for an emergency evacuation
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on February 26, 2018, 10:48:22 am
Don't worry, you will know when you need to evacuate, I can hear the test alarms/announcements from my office 1/2 mile away.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Bristol Red Rover on February 26, 2018, 11:12:00 am
....God help us if there is ever a need for an emergency evacuation
I think the rule is when we're 3-0 down and there's 5 minutes to go.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 26, 2018, 11:16:32 am
The sound system is terrible at the KMS. When I saw Harry Gregg on the screen I thought they'd got the sound mixed up with a Shane Macgowan interview after a Saint Patrick's night Pogues concert.

How much does a decent sound system cost?
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: drfchound on February 26, 2018, 12:16:10 pm
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.

Is it too loud in the bowl or in the concourses?





I don’t know because I don’t stand in there during a game or pre match.
I go to my seat and try to talk to other people who don’t stand in the concourses.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: silent majority on February 26, 2018, 01:35:56 pm
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.

Is it too loud in the bowl or in the concourses?





I don’t know because I don’t stand in there during a game or pre match.
I go to my seat and try to talk to other people who don’t stand in the concourses.

So the answer is the bowl then!
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: drfchound on February 26, 2018, 01:38:52 pm
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.

Is it too loud in the bowl or in the concourses?





I don’t know because I don’t stand in there during a game or pre match.
I go to my seat and try to talk to other people who don’t stand in the concourses.

So the answer is the bowl then!






What is the bowl please?
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: RedJ on February 26, 2018, 01:40:34 pm
The bowl of the stadium i.e. not the concourse. ;)
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: drfchound on February 26, 2018, 01:55:26 pm
Isn’t the bowl of the stadium the stands and playing area RedJ ?
Otherwise I have never heard that expression used for another part of the ground.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: RedJ on February 26, 2018, 04:49:30 pm
Pretty much yeah, anywhere that's not beneath/behind the seating.
Title: Re: Acoustics
Post by: drfchound on February 26, 2018, 05:14:45 pm
Our tannoy system is ok if not a bit too loud when it’s just audio (music or announcements).

It sounds pathetic when it plays sound from the big screen like the adverts or legends interviews etc





Agreed Stockton, the other week when they were interviewing the legends being inducted into the hall of fame it was virtually impossible to understand what was being said into the microphone.
As for the Harry Gregg video, I didn’t pick up a single word of what he said.

Also, IMO,the pre match music is played far too loud.
It is hard to have a chat with people when it is playing.

Is it too loud in the bowl or in the concourses?






Sorry SM, I now understand what you were asking me.
The music is too loud in the “bowl”.
Sometimes you have to shout to someone only a couple of feet away to make them hear what you are saying.