Re: [Sursound] , ambi playback configution and calibration

2013-09-23 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:50:00 +0200 From: David Worrall worr...@avatar.com.au To: Surround Sound discussion group sursound@music.vt.edu Hi All, I'm away from my back-up of this list (*) so please forgive if this has been answered before, but Is there - on the market, or in other form

Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position. (dw)

2013-09-23 Thread Ken Landers
While -16.9 might keep you safe, a better option might be -20 dBFS. Gives some headroom in case you need it. Also, many consumer playback devices may not handle full scale output. On Sep 23, 2013, at 11:00 AM, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: Send Sursound mailing list submissions to

Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position.

2013-09-23 Thread Andy Furniss
dw wrote: On 22/09/2013 12:51, Andy Furniss wrote: Hi I do not have a 7.1 sound system so can't actually test this, also as may become apparent I don't know much about sound :-) I would be grateful if someone could correct/confirm the following. If I were to mix down a digital 7ch to mono I

Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position. (dw)

2013-09-23 Thread Andy Furniss
Ken Landers wrote: While -16.9 might keep you safe, a better option might be -20 dBFS. Gives some headroom in case you need it. Also, many consumer playback devices may not handle full scale output. Interesting, I am not a producer of anything as such, but do see that a lot of digital music

Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position.

2013-09-23 Thread Aaron Heller
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Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position. (dw)

2013-09-23 Thread Ken Landers
In years past, a number of systems has issues with intra-sample peaks. While a technical 0 dBFS cleared, the interpolated level between the peaks would cause distortion. From a best practices for broadcast point of view, my colleagues and I have just tried to steer clear of any overs,