

THEN you get the voice over ducked on top of that, so the sound of someone coughing off microphone is as loud as the car going by on screen at 200 mph. Compounding this is that when they cut to a different camera position, that audio feed changes to there and once again you get "full" (relative) volume. The result being that the cars drown out the ambient sound - which is what gives you the mental/sonic cues that what you're hearing is "loud". They are also using electronic audio devices known as "compressors/limiters" which effectively raises the volume level when something *isn't* full volume - which is contrary to how humans hear. Tv broadcasts do not get the audio right - they're geared to an American football-broadcast philosophy I'd guess, in that they're trying to get the microphonesĪs up close to the "action" as possible.

The V10's were louder, and had more interesting harmonics as it went through the gears. Outside a perimiter of say 200-400 metres hearing protection isn't even needed, so if you were uncomfortable at a 6km distance I have to question why you're a fan of motorsport in the first place, if at all. All team and track staff wear protection, and it is the responsibility of the spectators to do the same. And that would solve all the controversy about exhaust blown diffusers.Literally deafening? Ear protection prevents any kind of hearing damage. And the exhaust should exit outside the body work, just like virtually all racing rules rightly require. Some decent noise is ok, in fact desireable but over 120db really is dumb. I am amazed how we do not have more dogooders raving about the noise, they do about Supercars and for gods sake and they are a woosy 90db. if the rest of the motorsport community has to be quiet,so should they. in the AGP days I could hear them unconfortably 6km away at my place, and that was turbo cars. Plus the paying public The whole enviroment around the track. occ health and safety,those things are literally deafening all the team workers inc drivers. Hate to say this but they should have mufflers.The 100-105 db area is where they should be.
