[dalonso66]

Yes, The M&E mix retains it's relative balance. I spoke to a former mixer at Discovery and this was his reply:

"The way we set this up internally at Discovery, and how they continue to do it is like this:

Music is leveled on the music tracks (-24ish), but not mixed on the music tracks. All music mixing is on the music & dip busses.

Narration Bus feeds Full Mix
Dialog Bus feeds Dip Bus
FX Bus feeds Dip Bus
Music Bus feeds Dip Bus
Dip Bus feeds Full Mix

So, anytime you're mixing against dialog only, you'll be mixing your FX & Music on the FX & Music bus. When VO comes in, the FX and Music busses go to unity and then you pull the Dip bus down under VO. They send a pre-fader from the Dip bus to create the MDE. This allows for everything to happen in a single pass."