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Originally Posted by BrettMorello  I should actually do it to see the results.
The reason I was asking: I mostly mix for TV, but I had to mix some small DVD features (some simple documentary style peices) now and then, in a room that was actually not calibrated correctely spl wise. In those cases, I could use some guidelines to see if my DVD mix isn't abnormally loud or quiet compared to other DVD realeses. |
If I'd have to work in different rooms, I'd make a clip with some dialogue lines from reference movies or TV shows (or docs, in your case) and play them briefly to set the monitoring level before I start to work. If you get the dialogue levels right, everything else will be fine. Don't worry about RMS, it depends on the source and the goal/mood too much - e.g. an ambiance can be easily mixed 10dB lower then that same ambiance in another scene.