Augmented sound effects during racing broadcast

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Not sure if correct category….

Once heard, I’m now unable to unhear repeated crowd noise augmentation during race broadcasts. First noticed during a broadcast last year when a particular ‘crowd cheer’ audio clip was repeating every couple minutes or so during a multi stage (fairly sure it wasn’t a 1 day) race broadcast on TNT or EuroSport. May have been sometime between the Tour and Vuelta. I think it’s safe to assume the ‘chop chop’ from helicopters are often augmented, but does anybody have inside info on the hows and whys? Web searches fail…figured I’d ask here.

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The fake helicopter noise has become a meme with its own Twitter account, and I like to think the production team are in on the joke when they’re dubbing in the cries of a hawk we can somehow hear over the heli, and the chimes of a bell tower as the clock hits 17 minutes past 3.

There are real ambient mikes out there on motos, I used to choose the ambient feed when Eurosport offered this as an option to listen to Carlton Kirby.

It’s all a bit cringe naff and amateurish hence fits perfectly with cycling.

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