Vuvuzela horns

[b555]

BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup

The BBC has received 545 complaints about the sound of vuvuzela horns during its World Cup coverage. The corporation is considering showing coverage that cuts out the noise of vuvuzelas on its red button service. On Monday, World Cup organisers ruled out a stadium ban on the plastic horns, which can reach 130 decibels, following complaints from players and fans. Experts say it is impossible to cut out the horns without affecting commentary and crowd noise. The BBC says it has already "taken steps to minimise the noise". "If the vuvuzela continues to impact on audience enjoyment, we will look at what other options we can take to reduce the volume further," a spokeswoman said. The BBC is considering cutting out some of the vuvuzela noise on the red button service but says a final decision has yet to be made. On Monday, Trevor Cox, president of the Institute of Acoustics, told the BBC News website's Magazine that vuvuzelas were tuned to a similar frequency to speech tones. If broadcasters tuned out it would dampen the commentators' voices, he said. "It would sound really horrible to notch these out - if one coincides with the vowel sound e, you won't be able to hear the -es in the commentary. It would sound unnatural," he said.

[b555]

Ban the vuvuzela http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100043517/world-cup-2010-ban-the-vuvuzela/

[yoda]

I hate them. SAF is stooping too low with zero consideration for anyone else but themselves.

[Serani]

You cant ban them, its their culture...

[yoda]

You cant ban them' date=' its their culture...[/quote'] Do they blow this horn around their homes all day?

[mastana]

Boring world cup with boring instruments. Shift it to Carribbean. :aha:

[Serani]

Do they blow this horn around their homes all day?

This is what they do at football, blow their vuvzelas, so because there is a global audience they should suddenly stop their culture to please the TV audience, well to be honest I doubt they give two shits about the TV audience. Its like the cricket world cup in the caribbean, the musical instruments [which actually sound good unlike the vuvuzela] were banned and the world cup was not truely a caribbean world cup.

[yoda]

This is what they do at football, blow their vuvzelas, so because there is a global audience they should suddenly stop their culture to please the TV audience, well to be honest I doubt they give two shits about the TV audience. Its like the cricket world cup in the caribbean, the musical instruments [which actually sound good unlike the vuvuzela] were banned and the world cup was not truely a caribbean world cup.

It is not a question of pleasing, this thing hurts people's ears. Anyways like I said, some basic common sense which is needed is lacking in this case. This is not like other instruments. You have players complaining, fans from all over the world complaining. Everyone can't be a bigot. Like I read somewhere, this is not just SA's cup. It is the world cup, comes once every 4 years and everyone has the right to enjoy it. Right now this instrument is spoiling the cup for many people.

[Serani]

The visiting fans are also joining in the vuvuzela blowing too by the way.

[Zap_Brannigan]

Seriously, i am not watching most of the game because of this.They are very annoying.

[Zap_Brannigan]

In other news,WTF is Mahindra Satyam is gaining in advertising here?

[gaurav92]

They are really annoying :mad:

[achilles]

More like a case of brittle ears, I say. And if ppl are having so many issues, they can mute their TVs or Customize their Sound settings on the TV.

[gaurav92]

Who will listen to the commentary then :mad:

[achilles]

Who will listen to the commentary then :mad:

Er... try fooling yourself. 1. Tell yourself that this is an SL series (actually, don't tell this to yourself coz I'm quite sure you'll kill yourself for watchin another Ind-SL series). 2. Tell yourself that India is playing in West Indies. 3. Tell yourself that the EPL fans seem to be booing at an ultrasonic level or something.

[cowboysfan]

they are the instruments of the devil,shame on you South africa.

[ludhianvi]

they are the instruments of the devil' date='shame on you South africa.[/quote'] LOL Btw, the broadcasters must have different inputs for the background stadium audio and for the commentary. Is it not just easy to decrease the background audio?

[yoda]

LOL Btw, the broadcasters must have different inputs for the background stadium audio and for the commentary. Is it not just easy to decrease the background audio?

I think they are already doing that. You also want to hear the fan noise while watching a game live, just not this annoying POC.

[mastana]

'Anti Vuvuzela Filter' promises quieter World Cup

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – An online company has begun marketing an "Anti Vuvuzela Filter" that promises to silence the sound of the controversial plastic trumpets that have become the trademark of South Africa's World Cup. The company's web site, antivuvuzelafilter.com, sells an MP3 audio file for 2.95 euros (3.60 dollars) that the company says will cancel the vuvuzela noise for TV viewers by producing a sound wave similar to the horn's that cancels the noise. "Just download our specially designed vuvuzela noise cancellation MP3 and play it back on your home stereo system, computer, iPod, iPhone, etc.," the web site says. "Depending on the circumstances, the resulting soundwave may be so faint as to be inaudible to human ears." But Anthony Sullivan, a physicist at South Africa's Rhodes University, called the idea "a marketing hype and a waste of money." "Noise cancelling depends on specific positions. You're not going to get that cancelling," he said. His advice to those who don't like hearing the vuvuzela?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/tc_afp/safricamusicvuvuzelafilteroffbeatfblwc2010

[Desi Cartman]

its annoying and the reason why I dont watch games between weaker teams :mad: :protest: