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> From: "thorley_tom" <>
>Subject: Re: Surround Sound the easy way
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>When I have mixed in surround I have often used M/S recordings and my
>standard practise would be to mix the original recording into AB stereo bung
>this in the rears then spread the M/S signal across the front bringing up the
>centre image in level relative to the rears. Having done this I set the rears
>3dB quieter overall. This is my default approach and then I tweak from there.
>The final mix does then of course then get dolby encoded.
I think I understand what Tom said, just want to double-check. The
technique you describe is for encoding in dolby prologic, yes? If so,
would you do anything differently for a discrete multichannel release?
Re-reading your description again, not I'm not sure I follow. Let me
re-state it and Tom, please tell me if I'm wrong:
Start with an un-decoded M/S signal.
Decode the signal to stereo, route this to the rear channel.
Decode the signal to stereo again, but with more center mic, route
this to the front stereo channels.
Drop the level of the rear by 3 dB and run through a Dolby Pro Logic Encoder.
Have I got this right?
Just as an aside, I've been having a great time composing
multichannel mixes by taking a number of stereo recordings from a
site and re-building the environment from its components. To do this,
I try and gather a number of different mic perspectives to highlight
various soundscape elements, then assemble a piece from that. Not a
snapshot of an instant in time, more of a collage, but I'm happy with
the results.
rudy
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