Only have mono boom, VERY echo-y chamber...tips?

donsolo · 13th January 2010

I'm doing a stereo mix on this. I removed a lot of the echo using downward expansion but it's still mono...
Any advise for making this stereo-able? I want to place the dialog in the soundstage.

philper · 13th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by donsolo

I'm doing a stereo mix on this. I removed a lot of the echo using downward expansion but it's still mono...
Any advise for making this stereo-able? I want to place the dialog in the soundstage.

Are doing a relatively normal film/video mix or something "special venue" oriented? I ask because dialog in most film/video mixes is usually mono, and placed center, mostly?

Philip Perkins

donsolo · 28th January 2010

Is it? I've been automating pans slightly left and right....

Still no tips on the reverb?!

pkautzsch · 28th January 2010

If it's for theater, just leave it in the center, that's where dialogue belongs. Except you have a good reason for not leaving it there. Put a similar reverb on the FX and backgrounds so it all gels together.
Or ADR, if you want dry.

On a TV set, it's gonna end up quasi-mono anyway.

donsolo · 29th January 2010

Well that just made my mixing 100 times easier...

I thought I was doing a disservice leaving the dialog in mono...

thanks.

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28th January 2010	#3
donsolo The Audio Whisperer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 2,395 Thread Starter 3 Reviews written	Is it? I've been automating pans slightly left and right.... Still no tips on the reverb?!

29th January 2010	#5
donsolo The Audio Whisperer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 2,395 Thread Starter 3 Reviews written	Well that just made my mixing 100 times easier... I thought I was doing a disservice leaving the dialog in mono... thanks.