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by-tor · 9th August 2008

Hello. I am mixing a film for theater release in Jamaica. The producer wants it mixed in Dolby. Not 5.1 but the 2 channel encoded version. So Lt-Rt encode and decode. I have never mixed for this format before and I have a question.

I am mixing through the Dolby Surround Tools plug in (I rented it) and my mix keeps coming out VERY center heavy. Even with center percentage turned all the way down in Pro-Tools. If I take a stereo music track and pan it hard left and right and send it through the encode and decode process the muisc is MOSTLY in the center. Same thing for ambience or foley. Setting up a good LCR mix of foley has been difficult. Very center heavy. The whole mix is very center heavy. Any tips for mixing in this format?

Thanks in advance!

9th August 2008	#1
by-tor Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 606 Thread Starter	Lt-Rt mix center heavy Hello. I am mixing a film for theater release in Jamaica. The producer wants it mixed in Dolby. Not 5.1 but the 2 channel encoded version. So Lt-Rt encode and decode. I have never mixed for this format before and I have a question. I am mixing through the Dolby Surround Tools plug in (I rented it) and my mix keeps coming out VERY center heavy. Even with center percentage turned all the way down in Pro-Tools. If I take a stereo music track and pan it hard left and right and send it through the encode and decode process the muisc is MOSTLY in the center. Same thing for ambience or foley. Setting up a good LCR mix of foley has been difficult. Very center heavy. The whole mix is very center heavy. Any tips for mixing in this format? Thanks in advance!