Room Calibration and Levels for LE
The "room calibration" sticky thread is tremendously helpful, however I still have a question which seems more appropriate to ask in a new thread:
When mixing ITB in LE (no analog meters, no analog console or summing bus), how should I approach film/video mixing levels? What I have been doing is using the PAZ Meters from Waves on the master fader. I try to keep a nominal level of -20 with peaks up to -10. Am I on the right track? I am a little unsure of myself because when I look at my final mix, the waveforms look so puny. I do come from a music background so my first instinct is mix loud(!), so I am re-educating myself. I have gotten one complaint about levels being too low, but I am mostly dealing with student picture editors and filmmakers who are less experienced with audio. When we mixed one show on a real dub stage, we used Dorrough meters set to -20dbFS=0VU and the summing to each stem was analog. Those meters are super-cool! In the meantime, how can I best achieve proper levels with my modest setup. BTW, I have already calibrated my monitors to 85spl with my Radio Shack gizmo. -pascal |
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When you talk -20 do you mean PEAK level or AVERAGE? -20 dbFS peak is quite low indeed...
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Thank you, as I said "...-20 nominal(average)...peaks up to -10".
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Sorry You know I've been looking for a good metering solution ITB too, we used to use Spectrafoo but it isn't compatible with HD on mac os X. It had Bob Katz' K-metering integrated, got some great sounding mixes with it... PAZ is about the only metering plug I know of..
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how did your stems translate to the dub stage? how were the levels? these student directors may be listening with their monitors truned down on crappy speakers in a noisy room.... sure, if they listen to your mix with a 65 SPL monitor level, your mix will sound low. was the complaint for how it played in the theater? |
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Thanks Charles, I agree 100% with the standard -20dbFS=0VU=85 SPL. My real question is am I achieving this correctly with my described method? Oh BTW , I know this thread is more about "levels" than "room calibration," but I was inspired by the "RC" sticky thread to write this.
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Thanks everyone. I feel better now |
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I know. My post was a little OT because I was answering imperium's question, then just though I'd make my opinion known.. However, after I hit the "reply" link, I left the room for...well...anyway, I came back and posted my answer, but you had already answered the question.
As far as metering ITB, it really defeats the purpose.
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