2018 HYPE

[ftwdrummer]

4 minutes ago, LabMaster said:

Not knowing what materials were used when constructing and finishing the arena, if what is exposed is primarily hard surfaces, such as metals mostly, improving acoustics would be difficult.  Add spatial volume and everything would get muddled if sound was being was being projected from up high down into the seating areas.  Sound from the bottom up would be problematic.  Too bad, you would think an acoustics engineer would have input into stadium design since stadiums have to hold more that sporting events.

IIRC, acoustic engineers were brought in...to ensure that as much noise from the crowd made it to the field as possible, so as to distract opposing teams.

[LabMaster]

1 hour ago, ftwdrummer said:

IIRC, acoustic engineers were brought in...to ensure that as much noise from the crowd made it to the field as possible, so as to distract opposing teams.

Well the Falcon's did get into trouble a few years ago piping in crowd noise.  Now to the detriment of other events, they won't have to pipe in crowd noise anymore.  LOL.

[Jeff Ream]

7 hours ago, PopcornEater1963 said:

I'm a lifer DCI fan and a lifer Georgia Tech football fan. I attended the Georgia Tech- Tennessee game in Mercedes Benz last fall, and the sound was honestly horrible. The bands sounded like they were in tin cans. Keep in mind this was JUST after the stadium opened and they may be working things out. A few weeks later Garth Brooks did a concert there and there were concert-goers demanding refunds over how bad the sound/acoustics were. We can only hope that someone is working on this. For instance...on show day...opening up the roof if there's no weather issues, and hanging a huge dampening curtain like they do in Lucas Oil. With all of that said...my wife and I have tickets for the Atlanta show. But I'm VERY concerned about the sound after having been in that arena. 

if the roof is open, curtains wont go up.

[cowtown]

5 hours ago, Tim K said:

Mandarins show last year was their most ambitious in their history, no question, though it was not my favorite, though I will admit I was rooting for them. I think people were behind them because they were underdogs and finals was a bit of a possibility. What we’ve seen over the past five years ago from Mandarins is steady progress. I believe they also have a good rate of retaining eternal. The corps has many good qualities that make it a positive experience off the field.

Fair enough

I’ve enjoyed Mandarins going back to when they dominated division 2 so it’s never been a tough sell for me. Perhaps the hype last year worked against me and not them. And everybody loves an underdog as long as it can deliver

[goodmello]

On 5/22/2018 at 7:43 AM, cowtown said:

I don’t get all the Mandarins hype. I didn’t see them last year until finals week and I was ready to embrace them and their show but it was a huge let down. It was very far away from finals quality in performance and content. I doubt they get a free pass again or that they can jump up their show enough to crack finals 

 

not saying anyone is wrong but I didn't see it

I totally get what you're saying.  It was a great show, but not quite a finals contender...  sadly I never got to see them live.

 

We'll see if the crowd gets them there this year.