Re: To bass manage or not to bass manage
brad,
you are correct in calling it bass re-direct. it is something that happens on the monitor side.
most cinemas do not have bass management. the SR•D from the 35MM print has AC-3 packets stored on them that send 6 discreet channels. (it is the same for DVD cinema play back and it AC-3 stream) if you are mixing for the theater, then you should have (virtually) full range monitors. my monitors go down to 35Hz, or is it 30. you shouldn't be mixing for the cinema if you have 4" monitors that only go down to 55-50Hz. if you employ bass re-direct and send things into the Lfe, then you won't be monitoring how it will playback in a theater. also, i often "redirect" low frequency material from a track to the SUB by setting up a buss with a hi-pass filter.
if you have small speakers and a sub, then you wouldn't be approved by DOLBY anyway, and you'd be checking your mix and printmastering on a DUB stage that was properly set up for that environment.
the blue sky system, is just that a system. and, yes, it emplys bass re-direct to egt to a "full range" it is because the satellites are not full range. most TV and home DVD playback systems employ bass re-direct. theatrical does not.
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