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Old 17th September 2009   #2
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Originally Posted by Brian Cares View Post
Hello again Postpro Forum


I am about to finish the mix for a DVD production.
Its some kind of "Rockumentary" of a famous electronic
music production. We had a very good screening yesterday
and the mix passed so far.

The production manager told me, they will be presenting the
film in a movie theater and are talking to some festivals.
So the mix is done for DVD. I am wondering how this will
translate into bigger rooms.

No Dolby or Sourround involved.
I mixed the dialogue level to -27 RMS. As there are live recordings
of big festivals included, i mixed these to smth around -20 RMS with peaks around -10.

I am considering to lower the dialogue level a little for the "big version"
and probably add some lowend for the impact of the electronic music.

Is there anything else i should think about?

It's irrelevant what level you mixed the dialog at in reference to your meter.
What's more important is what level was your monitoring calibrated at.

I suggest for the theatre mix, to calibrate your monitors at 85db, and see how ti plays.

What were your speakers calibrated at for the DVD mix?
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