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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Graham" data-source="post: 63745" data-attributes="member: 430">Re: Broadcast Mix tips please?Rob,If you&#039;ve got the setup, Tim P&#039;s double mix configuration is probably the best way. If they&#039;ve got a broadcast mixer, he&#039;ll be able to track your fader rides with some coaching.Another way to skin this cat from the old days is to burn a stereo pair of post fader aux busses, and build a mix on those. That&#039;s pretty quick to set up with sends on faders. This mix will track the moves in your main FOH mix, but will be rebalanced input-wise for TV. With a small room, you&#039;ll probably have more ambience than you want, so I wouldn&#039;t try to pick up more.Assuming that your base mix is well constructed, I wouldn&#039;t play with adding any more compression and the like. Broadcast limiters usually do pretty well with the high crest factor audio we produce in live sound.A few quick broadcast mix pointers:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">When setting up your TV feed, try to listen to your mix after the broadcast limiter. You&#039;ll find that these dramatically influence the mix content, and it is wise to balance your mix hearing what they do.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Panning on records, and for broadcast, is way more dramatic than in most live sound. It is ok to pan heavily for space.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Granny on her ancient tube tv has only 2&quot; speakers with nothing below 200Hz or above 10kHz. You&#039;ve got to nail the midrange of the mix for her, and you can&#039;t have really haystacked low end.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you don&#039;t want your kick drum to get lost entirely for tiny TV speakers, add some 800-900Hz to give the beater some &quot;pap.&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Same principle with bass guitar. Make it all about the instrument&#039;s midrange.</li>
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[QUOTE="Phil Graham, post: 63745, member: 430"] Re: Broadcast Mix tips please? Rob, If you've got the setup, Tim P's double mix configuration is probably the best way. If they've got a broadcast mixer, he'll be able to track your fader rides with some coaching. Another way to skin this cat from the old days is to burn a stereo pair of [I]post fader[/I] aux busses, and build a mix on those. That's pretty quick to set up with sends on faders. This mix will track the moves in your main FOH mix, but will be rebalanced input-wise for TV. With a small room, you'll probably have more ambience than you want, so I wouldn't try to pick up more. Assuming that your base mix is well constructed, I wouldn't play with adding any more compression and the like. Broadcast limiters usually do pretty well with the high crest factor audio we produce in live sound. A few quick broadcast mix pointers: [LIST=1] [*]When setting up your TV feed, try to listen to your mix after the broadcast limiter. You'll find that these dramatically influence the mix content, and it is wise to balance your mix hearing what they do. [*]Panning on records, and for broadcast, is way more dramatic than in most live sound. It is ok to pan heavily for space. [*]Granny on her ancient tube tv has only 2" speakers with nothing below 200Hz or above 10kHz. You've got to nail the midrange of the mix for her, and you can't have really haystacked low end. [*]If you don't want your kick drum to get lost entirely for tiny TV speakers, add some 800-900Hz to give the beater some "pap." [*]Same principle with bass guitar. Make it all about the instrument's midrange. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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