alk3997
500 Club - QQ All-Star
I had a few minutes this morning and so I thought I'd try a quick remix of the remix.
From what I've found out, the center channel and LFE are the only channels at the right levels. That was a surprise.
The corner channels are too high. So, my suggestion, if anyone wants to try this, is to use the following levels:
Center: 0dB
LFE : 0dB
Front Left: -4.5dB
Front Right: -4.5dB
Surround Left: -6dB
Surround Right: -6dB
Some may like the surrounds a little higher, so I tried -4.5dB on the surrounds and it still sounded good. I just liked everything a little more forward.
To be fair, I really can't tell if the corner levels should be -6dB or -4.5dB. That's a personal preference based on how the vocals should be mixed. We'll have to wait until the official corrected version is available to find out.
For those who would like to try this a slightly different way, you could spread the center channel to the front left/front right channels and not have to lower the corner channels as much. But that would take more time...
I'm listening to the 5.1-channel mix of East At Easter and it is very good with these corrections. I suspect most of us would have given this a "10" had it not been for the production errors.
I now understand Steven Wilson's comment about the 5.1-channel problems not being that difficult. It's just simple level adjustments and (maybe) center channel spread.
Hope everyone is able to enjoy the 5.1-channel programming of the disc now until the corrected version comes out.
Andy
From what I've found out, the center channel and LFE are the only channels at the right levels. That was a surprise.
The corner channels are too high. So, my suggestion, if anyone wants to try this, is to use the following levels:
Center: 0dB
LFE : 0dB
Front Left: -4.5dB
Front Right: -4.5dB
Surround Left: -6dB
Surround Right: -6dB
Some may like the surrounds a little higher, so I tried -4.5dB on the surrounds and it still sounded good. I just liked everything a little more forward.
To be fair, I really can't tell if the corner levels should be -6dB or -4.5dB. That's a personal preference based on how the vocals should be mixed. We'll have to wait until the official corrected version is available to find out.
For those who would like to try this a slightly different way, you could spread the center channel to the front left/front right channels and not have to lower the corner channels as much. But that would take more time...
I'm listening to the 5.1-channel mix of East At Easter and it is very good with these corrections. I suspect most of us would have given this a "10" had it not been for the production errors.
I now understand Steven Wilson's comment about the 5.1-channel problems not being that difficult. It's just simple level adjustments and (maybe) center channel spread.
Hope everyone is able to enjoy the 5.1-channel programming of the disc now until the corrected version comes out.
Andy