Idea: In order to build in some continuity, is there a Ruston area audio/visual store/company, or an A/V production company that could run the controls of the video board during games? I'm thinking someone from there could be the techie/geek to work the controls and maybe have someone from Tech working as "director", sort of steering the content. The local Ruston company could do some sort of trade on on advertising with Tech, even run a 15/20 second spot on their company in exchange for providing their expertise with the board controls.
As for music, I think the Dawgs should enter the field of play with the theme from "Remember The Titans" playing. If that does not make you want to level every opponent in front of you, I don't know what will. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkAeSl3CXfs
It's time for a replacement by Learfield. Who negotiates on Tech's behalf with Learfield? Well there ya go...
Part of the game day experience is having a professional presentation of REPLAYS, advertising, music, and entertainment on the video board. Who is responsible for making this happen? Well there ya go...
The Ruston/Local A/V company did not get the Tech video board bid.
Daktronics did.
The Ruston/Local A/V company, very qualified, got the bid for the audio part of the video board. Same for the TAC setup.
The Daktronics quality is hard to argue about. Other than that, yes, the lights are dimming with age. However, when it comes to local support, yes, a local phone call can help quicker than a long distance call.
Caveat--> One of the principles of the Ruston/Local A/V company is a personal friend and very, very helpful.
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The TAC sound system is great. The videoboard sound is not good. Time to place speakers throughout the stadium than trying to push all the sound from one location (which is why it sounds distorted at times).
I attend a Cal game every year and their sound system has speakers circling the stadium nearly creating a surround sound feeling. They have a video board at each end of the stadium, both are barely adequate but small. The California architectural goons won't allow larger screens because it would interfere with the design and architectural features of the stadium.
Yup, i watched a YouTube video on it about Cal's new sound system. A lot of other stadiums are doing the same. They place them around the venue on light poles, stadium overhang, etc. The sound is a lot cleaner.
It would cost money, but our current set up does not sound good.
They should put these up when they are putting the speakers up. This is how you keep the students in the stadium...
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/soluti...dium-wifi.html
Utah in 2016 replaced their 12 year old videoboard and updated their sound. Pretty nice set up.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4S4ibVKOt8