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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 03 Jan 2018, 04:44 |
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mimylovesjapan wrote: Do you know if there is a sound device with the ability of doing automatically a sound balance to have a constant level of decibel ? On my Pioneer A/V Amp it is called the "midnight mode". Boosting quiet moments and capping too loud ones. Maybe other brands have something similar? Julien
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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 04 Jan 2018, 08:01 |
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mimylovesjapan wrote: For now I am more thinking about saving the soul of my neighborhood ^^ Maybe a good pair of good headphones at night? (you know the brand that makes gears able to receive AC3RF over Wifi! ) Julien
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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 04 Jan 2018, 15:54 |
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I know that feature you are looking for on my pioneer AVR is called "Dynamic range control" searching that got me this wiki page. They mention stand alone compressor and limiter units, that sounds like what you may be looking for.
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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 12 Sep 2018, 16:25 |
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If your system supports it and you have the space available perhaps you could add a center channel speaker. That way you can direct all dialogue to the center and lower the volume of the L/R speakers to avoid the loud parts blowing your roof off. One of the exciting things about LD is that the sound mixes were, for the most part, the theatrical mix which is intended to be impactful. They're mixed to 85db in a room of at least 1,500 cubic feet and the mix position is about 13ft from the front speakers. Here is a blurb from THX site: Quote: THX has created “room size categories” to help you find the right products to accurately reproduce movies, music and video games in your home. THX Select Certified loudspeakers are designed for medium sized rooms 2,000 cubic feet in size, with a 10-12 foot viewing distance from the screen. THX Ultra Certified loudspeakers bring the cinematic experience to large home theaters, 3,000 cubic feet with a 12 foot or greater viewing distance from the screen. THX Certified Dominus products are for expansive home theaters spaces, 6,500 cubic feet in size, with a 20-foot viewing distance from screen. My Onkyo TX-SR705 AVR is THX certified and there is a Re-EQ setting that adjusts the high end EQ to a more home theatre tailored response. This function only works with Dolby sources I believe. Here is a blurb from the THX site: Quote: RE-EQ Many movie soundtracks are mixed in studios for playback in large cinema auditoriums with an array of speakers. When played on home systems, they may appear abrasive and edgy. Re-EQ establishes a more accurate tonal balance when enjoying movies in your home. https://www.thx.com/certification/thx-c ... receivers/Dolby Digital (AC3) also has a Dialogue Normalizer coded into the stream (dialnorm). You can set your system based on where you like the dialogue to be. Again, only on AC3 sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialnormhttp://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/Asse ... tadata.pdfHope this helps and you find the solution you are looking for!
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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 12 Sep 2018, 22:16 |
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sonicboom wrote: One of the exciting things about LD is that the sound mixes were, for the most part, the theatrical mix which is intended to be impactful. They're mixed to 85db in a room of at least 1,500 cubic feet and the mix position is about 13ft from the front speakers. You know this is probably the first time I get a good description of what the hell a "near field mix" means. At least, that's what I assume it means.
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Post subject: Re: Sound balance for movies Posted: 20 Sep 2018, 21:25 |
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substance wrote: There is no stand alone box for this. You are going to have to buy a receiver with audyssey dynamic volume. You can still set it up for 2.0ch. I use a Rane DC24 for compressing synthesizer sounds and that’s basically what he needs. It’s a stand-alone box (18” rack, 1U) that brings up the volume on quiet stuff and lowers it on loud stuff making things more similar in dynamic range. It’s an analog 2 channel dynamic compressor, they made it for ages so they are cheap, at least in the US. I’ve never used it for this purpose but it would work really well, I’d imagine. We have several of them at my radio station because noob DJs can’t control levels for $%*#.
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