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Creating a mixing environment

 
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Hfuy




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PostLink    Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:31 pm    Post subject: Creating a mixing environment Reply with quote

Hello.

I'm a video editor and I need to set up an environment for mixing 5.1 surround tracks. The reason I'm asking here as opposed to simply going to one of the industry places is for several reasons. This is my own personal suite, at my home, and therefore it needs to be affordable. Also, if I ever cut anything that needs a super-high-end finish, I don't audio mix it here anyway. Most of the jobs that will be done on this are likely to be played back on people's computers anyway - I'm just starting to be asked for surround sound.

So, what I'm trying to achieve is not a high end dubbing stage, but something on the level of good home theatre, so I can achieve something that sounds approximately reasonable in a home environment without it having to cost five figures to get into. Hope that makes sense.

What I have right now is stereo monitoring on two JBL Control 5s. My immediate thought was to get three more, and make those the five, and get... something LFE-ish... for the point-one.

I currently use a Mass Technology 75 amplifier. I barely cause the metering to flicker on that amplifier, even at "deafening" level in this 10' by 15' room, so I suspect something smaller might do. I could potentially drum up a couple of Leak Delta 30s if they're not too ancient to even consider. They sound OK to me.

Of course my workstation will need to grow some more audio outputs. Some sort of ADAT lightpipe card and an ADAT DAC would seem in order. I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 that would do it, if a bit overkill just for line outputs. Something like that.

Then it would need lining up somehow. I was lucky enough to visit Dolby's London screening room a week or so back, which is a particularly lovely Atmos-equipped room, and the concept seemed to be that no matter where a sound went in the surround array, it was timbre-matched and didn't audibly change. If I use the same amplification and speakers for the whole thing, lineup would seem limited to ensuring the room wasn't messing it up outrageously, and trimming in the LFE.

I'm just thinking of parts-on-hand here. No idea if what I'm proposing is reasonable. Any thoughts?

Thanks for any pointers.

Best,

HF
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