It was the broadcast mixing. IIRC his mic was played over the house sound as expected and it sounded fine for the audience. For the broadcast the engineer only used his mic and didnt mix in any of the audience background noise. Thats why it was a normal event for people in the room, but sounded like a lunatic turned up to 11 with no audience to briadcast viewers.
A while back I actually heard the different inputs, and the mix between what was broadcast and what normally would be.
You can hear the crowd as well (maybe through his mic?).
The thing watching this live on TV wasn’t the scream, but the gyrating hand movements and the gradual decent from a politician into a WWE wrestler voice as he’s naming a long list of states.
The scream was actually more of a yippee kinda sound.
But the disassociating thing for me was seeing him land a disappointing finish (3rd in Iowa) and then act like he’s a rock star about to headline a huge nationwide tour.
Sitting at home, it’s like yeah, why don’t you try to win one first before you go bragging about how you’re going to win the next 10.
So, for me it was the content + tone, not just the tone.
A while back I actually heard the different inputs, and the mix between what was broadcast and what normally would be.