Avid LoRo Downmixer
I had a chat with the a friend that works on a big film facility and he mentioned that the Avid Downmixer is all they use for their stereo deliverables.
I decided to use it on a project I just finished. For verbs I only used Revibe and Space. The Dx in particular sounded quite bad with some phase issues. Before I decided to make a dedicated 2.0 mix, I automated the rear channels on the Revibe all the way down, same on Space and I made sure that any stereo reverbs, going to 5.0 subs were locked in LR with no panning automation. The new downmix version was immediately audibly better. Still the quality of the dialogue was not the same as what was on the C. I had some Dx LCR tracks, with some panning automation, and these sounded no better or worse. Could anyone please comment on the Avid Downmixer? Do please generally use it/ like it? |
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Cheers, Pete |
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The biggest issue I have with the downmixer is it only downmixes 5.1. It's not available as a 5.0 plugin.
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Thanks for chipping in. All mono dialogue, nothing fancy in the inserts (FF Pro-Q2, McDSP SA-2, no dynamics on this one - all one the fader/ clip gain, on the fades, post-fader to the verbs (the latter multi-channel), I didn't have a DNS One at my disposal for this one but I own a couple of DNS2000s and one of them was bussed on a Dx bus and THAT bus fed the normal Dx one. |
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Other than that, I agree that phase issues are likely inherent in your tracks and showing themselves in the downmix. Sent from my LM-X210CMR using Tapatalk |
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I just saw your reply to Pete. Any boom and lav tracks being mixed and causing phasing issues in the mixdown?
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L+R phantom has less high-mids than a straight up C channel.
If you are getting phasing, check your reverbs and/or delays. Many LoRo downmixers as a default dump the LFE. But, if you are truly using it as a Low Frequency Effect channel, why dump it? Why not blend it in? It's not duplicating anything. Try -12, or -9 or -6 and see if it makes a difference to you. |
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FWIW, I often send full bandwidth to the Lfe track for a DCP, but low pass it at 120Hz for mixdown and, yes, use that effect.
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Was assuming your monitoring is good (other posts have queried that), failing that it must be reverbs/delays or some effect that is introducing a phase element. A lot of people I know (appeal to nebulous authority here!) use surround treatment of dialogs very sparingly, if at all. Not mainly for this reason actually but this is an added concern.
Cheers, Pete |
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