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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Brown" data-source="post: 64027" data-attributes="member: 1310"><p>Re: Lousy broadcast audio</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes people monitor the broadcast. Yes people do stereo compliant mixes. </p><p></p><p>Trust me, these mixes sound great leaving the truck. There are literally hundreds of components between the truck and your television. A lot of blame goes on the cable/satellite/terrestrial broadcasters but a lot of blame also goes on consumer equipment and consumers. </p><p></p><p>You would not believe the hoops mixers go through to make sure they are meeting broadcast/loudness spec just to have their mix fucked up by a box that no one is allowed to touch at a particular head end. Don't get me started on all the consumer TV and receiver settings which sound like complete ass but are the default.</p><p></p><p>Please give your hardworking broadcast mixer/A1 a break. Please take my word for it that these are not where the deaf people go to mix after they have done too much of rock and roll. They are forced into a no-win situation between idiot broadcasters trying to maintain legal levels through legacy equipment which doesn't work correctly for modern digital broadcast (which they are too cheap to replace) and consumers/installers who incorrectly set up their home equipment. </p><p></p><p>You don't want to even think about the percentage of Dolby Pro Logic mixes getting mangled by other DSP settings or vice versa!</p><p></p><p>One engineer told me that if 20% of the people watching at home actually hear his mix the way it is intended then that's a win in 2012. </p><p></p><p>Thankfully a lot of this will shake out over the next few years.... but its going to continue being a rough ride until standards/laws are agreed upon and ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE WAY THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE FOLLOWED.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In other words if you think the mix is wrong (and chances are it is), in this circumstance, the LAST person I would blame is the mixer.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rant!</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Brown, post: 64027, member: 1310"] Re: Lousy broadcast audio Yes people monitor the broadcast. Yes people do stereo compliant mixes. Trust me, these mixes sound great leaving the truck. There are literally hundreds of components between the truck and your television. A lot of blame goes on the cable/satellite/terrestrial broadcasters but a lot of blame also goes on consumer equipment and consumers. You would not believe the hoops mixers go through to make sure they are meeting broadcast/loudness spec just to have their mix fucked up by a box that no one is allowed to touch at a particular head end. Don't get me started on all the consumer TV and receiver settings which sound like complete ass but are the default. Please give your hardworking broadcast mixer/A1 a break. Please take my word for it that these are not where the deaf people go to mix after they have done too much of rock and roll. They are forced into a no-win situation between idiot broadcasters trying to maintain legal levels through legacy equipment which doesn't work correctly for modern digital broadcast (which they are too cheap to replace) and consumers/installers who incorrectly set up their home equipment. You don't want to even think about the percentage of Dolby Pro Logic mixes getting mangled by other DSP settings or vice versa! One engineer told me that if 20% of the people watching at home actually hear his mix the way it is intended then that's a win in 2012. Thankfully a lot of this will shake out over the next few years.... but its going to continue being a rough ride until standards/laws are agreed upon and ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE WAY THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE FOLLOWED. In other words if you think the mix is wrong (and chances are it is), in this circumstance, the LAST person I would blame is the mixer. Sorry for the rant! Cheers [/QUOTE]
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