Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[capes]

Am i mistaken or have i recently heard i sung 1tro? I think they sung the word Radio 1 over the top of a 1tro and then had the usual FX Vocal ID? Anyone confirm/deny it if they heard it to?

[cxx666]

I'm positive I heard something just like that this morning

[Ant L]

You can hear it at 2:30:10 here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nrqzd/Fearne_Cotton_NDubz_in_the_Live_Lounge/

[capes]

thanks, have listened back at it now, i quite like it, cant help but notice it being an anomolyt though considering all the other imaging is now BBC Radio 1 and not just Radio 1.

[JonathanEx]

Very nice. Well, people on here were saying that 1tros needed a bit of a shakeup, and it's better this than them adding 3 notes for BBC...

You can also slightly hear it at 1:05 in this: http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/625/bbc-radio-1/1tros-october-2009.html

Not as strong, but clearly it's Radio 1 being sung.

[capes]

Very nice. Well, people on here were saying that 1tros needed a bit of a shakeup, and it's better this than them adding 3 notes for BBC...

You can also slightly hear it at 1:05 in this: http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/625/bbc-radio-1/1tros-october-2009.html

Well spotted! You must have good ears, i listened to this earlier and didnt pick it up.

[JonathanEx]

I listened to the montage yesterday, didn't really catch it, but the talk on here made me listen back to it and turns out, yup, this there.

[capes]

now i know its there it does stand out quite a lot!! Good though

[JonathanEx]

And now that I'm paying close attention to them... those aren't the voices currently used on R1 used on the montages, are they?

[capes]

The the Music 4 Montage VOs are the old R1 VOs (i.e. Jody latham & the old lady (forgot her name!))

i just think Music 4 aren't bothered about changing them as it isn't really beneficial for them, the old ones do the job.

[JonathanEx]

Thought so, might as well check. I really like how the montages sound when they stick 'em online, and the voiceovers they use work well with them. It's also nice that they're quick rather than telling me I can download Radio 1 podcasts for free at bbc.co.uk etc etc...

[capes]

i think it is really just letting potential customers know they work for R1 so dont really need the whole "Download BBC Radio 1 podcasts......" etc

[JonathanEx]

Oh sure, I understand the reason they're on there, I'm just saying I like them snappy.

I need to make my points clearer. And by that, I mean I need to catch up on sleep.

[capes]

ditto! I like the music 4 montages they always sound really good, but then that is their job i supose!

[Guest inxces4308]

They've not massively made it a sung, they had just followed the vocoded voice within the song.

Can't seem them doing it very often. I'm quite glad Radio 1 has toned down the amount of 1tros they use, they where getting played too often at one point.

[Rik]

The the Music 4 Montage VOs are the old R1 VOs (i.e. Jody latham & the old lady (forgot her name!))

i just think Music 4 aren't bothered about changing them as it isn't really beneficial for them, the old ones do the job.

Becky Whitcroft I think. It's something like that anyway!

[capes]

thats the one! Yeah they were getting slightly monotonous every half hour. Lie the new versions of them though, i personally think they will change all the time to the sung ones but maybe not use them as much as they have in the past

[Guest inxces4308]

Becky Whitcroft I think. It's something like that anyway!

It is.

[capes]

think she also does the wink bingo adverts (can be heard just before family fortunes)

[alexj]

thats the one! Yeah they were getting slightly monotonous every half hour. Lie the new versions of them though, i personally think they will change all the time to the sung ones but maybe not use them as much as they have in the past

I doubt they'll use them full time. In the two examples they've used it for, it's because it fits in well with the song.

[Jono]

I think it's a bit weird they've gone from promoting 'BBC Radio 1' to creating new 1tros with just 'Radio 1' in it. But I rather like them so I'm not complaining.

[jimbos]

I think it's a bit weird they've gone from promoting 'BBC Radio 1' to creating new 1tros with just 'Radio 1' in it. But I rather like them so I'm not complaining.

A very small amount of 1tros have alternative versions created so its up to the station sound team to decide which ones to use. For example 'Good Girls Go Bad' and 'Watcha Say' has a sung version and a version minus vox. I think the ones used so far fit well with the song, and lets face it the sonic logo of ray-de-oh-one is far more catchy and memorable than if BBC was tagged on the front. The jingle tune has been around for almost 13 years now as it first aired in some imaging in 1997, so its pretty well established. If it aint broke, don't fix it!

[capes]

I think it's a bit weird they've gone from promoting 'BBC Radio 1' to creating new 1tros with just 'Radio 1' in it. But I rather like them so I'm not complaining.

Yes i thought this to but i do think they are an improvement and the next step on.

[alexj]

I think it's a bit weird they've gone from promoting 'BBC Radio 1' to creating new 1tros with just 'Radio 1' in it. But I rather like them so I'm not complaining.

they haven't made new ones. They've just put sung the current ones.

[Jono]

they haven't made new ones. They've just put sung the current ones.

Yes but it's still a different direction whereas I assumed they wouldn't after adding 'BBC' into the name.

It's actually nothing new. They used some auto tune 1tros in June 2008:

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/541/bbc-radio-1/1tros.html