Questions tagged [surround-sound]
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Mixing Stereo Music to Surround
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I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it ...
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Building a surround sound room
If you could build your ideal surround sound mixing room what pieces of gear would you include? How about sound effects libraries? Surround plug ins? Speakers? Monitor controller? Anything and ...
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7.1 going to be the new standard?
With Toy Story 3 coming out in 7.1, are we going to see a flood of movies coming out with this new format? Sort of like what Avatar did to movies coming out in 3D?
Most of the big blockbusters are ...
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Sounds in Surround
I'm straying a bit from strict sound design, but I really admire everyone's expansive knowledge of all things audio and would love to hear people's experiences with how their sounds end up in the mix. ...
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How did you get your initial experience in 5.1 audio creation and mixing?
Hey guys,
Obviously 5.1 mixing is an essential skill in film post, and as I understand it is also working it's way into being a standard in game audio too (my particular area of interest).
I'm just ...
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Mixing Battle Scenes In Surround
I've been mixing for TV for years but I'm about to start my first 5.1 surround project-yikes! It's a TV drama-doc with some 19th century battle scenes. From what I've read here and elsewhere the ...
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How do other DAWs deal with interleaved 5.1 files from Pro Tools?
I have a library of 5.1 effects and was wondering how other DAWs (Nuendo/Logic/Fairlight/Etc) deal with importing interleaved Pro Tools polyphonic wav files. I know I can save the effects as multiple ...
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How are you using your channels in 5.1 mixes for TV
I'm curious how other people are using their channels in creating mixes for television. We've just incorporated 5.1 encoding capabilities in both Dolby Digital and Dolby-E into our workflow in the ...
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Book recommendations on surround sound
I'm interested in learning more about surround sound. Can anyone recommend a comprehensive book that will be appropriate for someone who has basic knowledge but wants to get into surround studio, ...
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