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soundcat · 12th August 2012

thanks kuba!

I play DVDs on my mac through the free VLC software to get 5.1 surround coming from my audio interface, seems to work well. I took a -20db sine wave, played it through VLC and my daw adjusted VLC to match my daw at unity, so my question is....

If I'm mixing for a 5.1 DVD, will these well-mixed DVDs playing through my speakers at 79db off VLC calibrated to the sine wave be reliable as reference to what my mix should sound like in terms of levels?

12th August 2012	#20
soundcat Gear nut Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 90 Thread Starter	thanks kuba! I play DVDs on my mac through the free VLC software to get 5.1 surround coming from my audio interface, seems to work well. I took a -20db sine wave, played it through VLC and my daw adjusted VLC to match my daw at unity, so my question is.... If I'm mixing for a 5.1 DVD, will these well-mixed DVDs playing through my speakers at 79db off VLC calibrated to the sine wave be reliable as reference to what my mix should sound like in terms of levels?