For instance, racks of Shure Axient wireless microphones that had been intended for specific venues on the campus are now available for any location and for either live-sound or broadcast uses. The result, says Bjornson, is that most audio content will be available from and to every location in real time. NEP SS8 and SS4 mobile units handle the event-long outbound streaming for CrossFit International program global feeds, as well as the two-hours broadcast via CBS Sports on Finals Sunday.

On the network are eight Yamaha live-sound consoles, mixing L-Acoustics PA systems at each venue, all connected through Dante. This year, I approached Joe Novello and Principal Charlie Dube about the idea of sharing all of the event’s audio over a large Dante IP network.” It wasn’t very efficient, and it didn’t always produce the highest-quality end product. “Historically,” says Bjornson, “broadcast audio, sound reinforcement, and intercoms on this event have been distinct groups living in their own worlds. Hearcorp principal Dave Bjornson (left) and lead A1 Doug Deems oversee the audio for this year’s CrossFit Games at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI. Hearcorp Principal Dave Bjornson, a 10-year veteran of the Games as an A2 and A1, serves as audio supervisor and teamed with Justin Gordon, lead at sound-reinforcement provider Creative Technologies, and CP Communications Senior RF Tech Manager Frank Rafka to create a single Dante-over-MADI IP network for the entire event’s audio needs, including live sound and comms. As physically spread out as the CrossFit Games have become, though, their digital-audio footprint is apparently smaller this year. 3-7 at Madison, WI’s Alliant Energy Center, where they have been since 2017, crowning “the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth.” The complex venue comprises an exhibition center, vendor pavilions, a sponsors row, a beer garden, and an outdoor competition area, North Park Stadium, built specifically for the Games.

Known informally as the “Woodstock of fitness,” the CrossFit Games might owe more to X Games and its multisite operation across a huge campus than that quaintly one-stage ur-music festival.

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