Winter X Games Go All 3D, All 5.1
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[Sports Video]
For the Winter X Games from Aspen Jan. 26-29, ESPN has taken the all-discrete-5.1 audio used for the Summer X Games last year and applied it to an all-3D-video picture for the first time. The network covered several events at last year’s Winter X in 3D, but this year’s coverage is all 3D all the time.
As a result, additional shotgun microphones have been laid out at certain venues on the mountain to reinforce the 3D picture. For instance, on the 7,000-ft.-long X Course, extra long and short shotgun microphones will be used to create the Z axis for depth.
This year, ESPN is creating more sound than ever at an X Games event but doing so with less cabling, says Kevin Cleary, senior audio technical producer, ESPN Event Operations. “We’re actually going from four production trucks on the event last year to two trucks this time.”
NEP Supershooters’ SS32 and SS21, fitted with Calrec Sigma audio consoles, are working the show’s audio, with …
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