alex wrote:
What i need is to understand where is the common "average" loudness for
a soundtrack and how to achieve it.
I think that should be a relationship between the program loudness and
the 1kHz tone level, otherwise will be pretty stupid to put the same -20
tone on every digital video tape which is completely unrelated with the
real sound on the track.
The spectral and dynamic content of program material varies enough that
no "set 'n' forget" concept of how to handle the dynamic range will
work.
This is where the experience of one like Roy Rising comes into play. You
get that experience by doing the work and listening to the result, and
then, for a good long while, doing the work again, and listening again
until it starts coming out the way you want it.
Further, in the contemporary digital world of network or other audio and
video distribution, the expectation of "no more processing, nothing will
be done to if after it leaves my hand" is unrealistic. Ain't gonna
happen. Processing is built right into the chain.
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