Avatar's sound track
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:12:34 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote
(in article ):
At least with respect to ambience, the
brain responds most strongly to lateral sound -- so the "rear" speakers
should actually be at the sides, and only slightly behind the listener. This
effected a big improvement.
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Yes, the Holman and Toole books I referred to you emphasize that surround
channels (at least for film) are usually done on the sides, not the rear.
The overwhelming majority of home systems have a Dialog speaker. Why should
the mixologists worry about whether the mix works correctly when there is no
Dialog speaker?
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The re-recording mixers are supposed to check *stereo* compatibility, either
doing a separate stereo mix or a stereo downmix that's programmed into the
DVD or the Blu-ray. The stereo mix is important, because a lot of cable
viewers are going to watch and hear the shows on TV sets without external
speakers -- and that means no center channel and no surround tracks. Those
all have to get folded down, and when that happens, unpredictable things can
occur.
--MFW
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