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MTA 254 SoundWeek 8

Archival Projects Due in Lab Week of April 11

(Screen in lab. Hand in PT session and post to Vimeo (post on your blog) by end

of that week. )

Get your groups together for ADR project. Rip DVD!

Make sure you keep up with the reading! There may be

up to two more surprise quizzes!

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Mixing

Definition: combining and recording distinct elementsof the sound track at appropriate and often variable

volume levels.

Mixing is where the relationships between all of theelements--effects, music, dialog--are established.

Old days, several people, each controlling an element,as it was recorded to tape.


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Sub-Mixes

Also called creating stems.

Sub-mixes are big pieces of the puzzle:

Music--by instrument or section

Effects--to combine hard effects and foley

Dialog--to combine production and ADR.


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Special Mixes

M & E for some foreign distribution.

5.1 Surround.

Stems for outside audio studio.


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There are no hard and fast rules!!

Mixer can work section by section, or scene by scene.Title sequence, action sequence, etc.

Mixer can work element by element.Dialog, then effects, then music, etc.

How to Mix


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Create sub-mixes (also called stems) for each group ofelements. Get the relative volumes correct for allambience, all musical instruments, all dialog, all effects.

Use sends, or bounce to disk for bigger projects tocombine groups of elements into single tracks.

End up with 3 to 5 tracks to mix.

Draw volume automation (rubber bands) or record

automation in real-time.

Note: Almost anything (pans, or effect settings like EQ orreverb) can be automated.

How to mix in ProTools:


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Rock Star

Why is setting the volume levels called

Automation?


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Silence vs nothing.

When sound was optical, there was a limited rangebetween soft and loud. Now, one can have more fun.

Sound design is from Nick Cages aural POV (notice thefridge sound).

Mike Figgis (some reading notes)


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p7: Difference between Hollywood and London.

p12: Stopping traffic. Recording traffic ambience tocover cuts.

p13: Sound of loud magazine--scoring music in thatkey.

Figgis continued...

Leaving Las Vegas


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Happy Feet

Other Foley Examples


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Blue Planet


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