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Old 6th March 2008   #29
Pedro_vde
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Te same goes for me... the most important is the room calibration. Once calibrated I mix by ear and I don't bother looking at meters.

Mixing for film : Room at 85dB (Dolby decoder on 7 - Yes I do !)
Mixing for TV : Depending on the program Room at 72 - 75 dB
Mixing for DVD : Depending on the program (Feature/Broadcast-work) Room at 72 - 75 dB

There is a lot in handling the different dynamic ranges of the medium you are mixing for. I handle that in master-compression. For feature mixing there will be hardly any master compression. When mixing for broadcast I mix most of the time fiction and then there will be some degree of master compression ranging from moderate to extreme depending on the channel I'm mixing for.

Kind regards from Belgium

Pedro
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