Hi!
At early 2003 I finished the tracking, editing and stereo mixing of a short lenght movie. However, it was finally mixed to dolby dts 5.1 at a biiiiiiiiig facility here in Brazil.
When I listened to it at the movies ( ok the sound system was not that grea), it sounded too compressed, I could even listen to noises that were not so apparent at mix time.
Although the client enjoyed, to me it sounded like these "modern squeezed to death CDS".
But hey, what do they want to compete with?
So.. is there a certain threshold, comp ratio, RMS standard for movies?
Yes, it is quite a silly question but that made me nuts.. :p:
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Isn't 79 dB the reference for movies to be played at home only?
Isn't 79 dB the reference for movies to be played at home only? I thought that movies intended for theaters is referenced at 85 dB. I have never done any of this type of work (not that I wouldn't someday like to), but I would like to know anyway.
-Erik
Oops! I edited the 79 and 85 (wrong #'s before)
[ November 11, 2003, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: ErikSands ]
The standard reference level that movies should be mixed at is 8
The standard reference level that movies should be mixed at is 85db. That is the reference level of what your system is calibrated at and where you set the volume. that doesn't mean that you can't squash it. Movies are suffering the same thing that audio is, level wars. I've gone to some movies where it was painful to sit through.