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Originally Posted by D Pinder  Hi Charles.
Thanks for putting all this effort into writing. I will dispute you, however, about the seeming rejection of "stem" as a component of music underscore or song delivery in post sound. "Pre-mix" is not common parlance with the composers and scoring crews I work with, although I agree completely that the "stems" I deliver to the stage from the mix room are the rough equivalent of dialogue or FX pre-dubs, the difference being they are inter-dependent and meant to represent an overall balance that can be altered with little fuss. Though "pre-mix" may be used by some, we don't call them that, so I'm here to legitimise the usage of "stem" in real-world movie music.
Music departments continue to befuddle the other 75% of film sound with the usage of "cue sheet", which unlike the dubbing log used to alert the mixer to events happening in the timeline from the various units, it's the performing rights society's document that tells them how those with composing credits get paid. On behalf of my fellow colleagues, I want to apologise for this without reserve.
regards,
Dan |
Dan-
If you ask your final music mixer about the six or 8 track recording he puts the music in he will call it a "stem". as in Dialogue Stem, FX Stem, Music Stem. there are only 3 stems which go into a printmaster.
I think to use the term outside of this convention (and it is THE convention) only furthers confusion.
the stem is everything that goes to the speaker, in its mixed state. it should require no further level adjustment. The stem is what feeds composite printmaster.
I think this is the case of two peoples at the mercy of a common language.
Charles Maynes