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Originally Posted by charles maynes  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. |
Indeed. This is undisputed.
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I think to use the term outside of this convention (and it is THE convention) only furthers confusion.
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Confusion for whom? A professional understands the context. Most re-recording mixers have asked me something like, "is that [instrument] on the Hi Perc stem or the Lo Perc stem?" There's a convention in film music and editorial that conflicts with your beliefs. I'm unsure as to why it's such a concern.
It's funny, because as I'm typing this, I'm downloading some...erm... pre-mixed stem thingies from my composer, for use in a temp dub. They all say "orch stem" "guitar stem" etc.
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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.
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Well, sure that's what the stem is in a re-recording milieu. In a score milieu, we have stems too and we like to deliver them to the stage. Lots of them, in my case! It's the context that keeps it from being confusing.
all the best,
Dan