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Blackburst wrote:
I think the key to ducking is subtlety. You are right that many sports audio
guys overdo it (although there may be some exaggeration in the additional
compression of the broadcast chain). I try to do it so that it is not apparent.

But, er, uh, I DO occasionally do that thing with pushing a shotgun mic
everytime a pitcher throws a pitch...sorry! The producer LOVES it!

A lot of the weird pumping isn't due to the ducking at all, but is due to
the pumping effects from bad AVC later on in the chain. This is especially
bad on some local affiliates, and it's often worse on cable than over the
air because the cable headend has another layer of slow compression.

In actuality, the ducking tends to reduce the pumping from later overcompression
a little bit.
--scott
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