I'm watching an early Dawson-era episode of "Family Feud" on GSN. As viewers of the show know, there's about a 1-2 second period of silence between the point when Dawson yells out the contestant's response, and a sound effect indicating either the answer being on the board, or the "buzz" indicating that it's not.
In this example, the contestant's answer was on the board...and in that brief period of silence, I was able to faintly hear the sound effect indicating so -- BEFORE it actually appeared. It was perfectly audible when it was supposed to be too.
I've noticed this on numerous other shows for a long time. Why does this happen?
EDIT: It happened again during the "Fast Money" round -- between when Dawson yelled "Our survey SAID!" and the "ding ding ding" indicating that the family went over 200 points and won -- I hear the "ding ding ding" about a second before it actually happened.
In this example, the contestant's answer was on the board...and in that brief period of silence, I was able to faintly hear the sound effect indicating so -- BEFORE it actually appeared. It was perfectly audible when it was supposed to be too.
I've noticed this on numerous other shows for a long time. Why does this happen?
EDIT: It happened again during the "Fast Money" round -- between when Dawson yelled "Our survey SAID!" and the "ding ding ding" indicating that the family went over 200 points and won -- I hear the "ding ding ding" about a second before it actually happened.