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

2013-09-24 Thread Andrew Levine
See Bob Katz' K-20: http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html Regards, Andrew Levine -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130924/7cd3e952/attachment.html

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

2013-09-24 Thread Andy Furniss
Aaron Heller wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Andy Furniss adf.li...@gmail.com wrote: I don't quite understand the in phase though, are you saying that they artificially adjust phase for the same sound that comes out of more than one speaker to affect the mixdown? The Recording

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

2013-09-24 Thread Andy Furniss
Andrew Levine wrote: See Bob Katz' K-20: http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html Thanks for the link, looks interesting, though I haven't had time to read properly yet. Accepting the above may give insight into my query, just to be clear I am not a producer in

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

2013-09-23 Thread Ken Landers
) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:53:35 +0100 From: dw d...@dwareing.plus.com To: Surround Sound discussion group sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening

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
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Andy Furniss adf.li...@gmail.com wrote: I don't quite understand the in phase though, are you saying that they artificially adjust phase for the same sound that comes out of more than one speaker to affect the mixdown? The Recording Academy recommendations

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,

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

2013-09-22 Thread Andy Furniss
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 have to reduce by 1/7 amplitude to prevent