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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | I ran into an odd situation the other day. The Simpsons commentaries seem to be in 2-channel mono. I've never really understood why anything is in 2-channel mono, but they are. However, the Fox logo at the end of the credits seems to be dolby surround. Should I enter them as mono anyway? This could potentially affect mono films that have had new logos tacked on them as well. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | What does the Dolb logo have to do with the Commentary. Did they change the credits just for the Commentary, I don't think so. You record the Commentaries exactly for what they are. The reason for 2=channel Mono BTW is simply a fuller sound.
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm asking what we do if the whole track is mono except for the music or sound effect for company logo or something, which would have been mixed separately from the rest of the track. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I still don't get it, Ace. We have the ability totrack multiple sound tracks with their matching characteristics. You have a Commentary Track that is two-channel Mono. Ken has previously indicated that for our purposes Mono is Mono, 1 channel or 2 channel it's still Mono. So you create a Commentary track that is DD Mono...simple.
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
I'm asking what we do if the whole track is mono except for the music or sound effect for company logo or something, which would have been mixed separately from the rest of the track. I'd enter it as the format used throughout the track, not the one used during the company logo in the last tacked-on-fifteen-seconds. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | That's the question, oy vay, you're right, Tim. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | A commentary usuaully always runs OVER the original soundtrack of a movie or a tv show.
So if the original is Dolby Surround, I always enter Dolby Surround for the commentary, as Mono would simply be wrong, as the surround speakers are getting data from the films soundtrack.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd also check to see if the company logo ( at the end of the commentary) changes to a new 'Title chapter' or disc layering section.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DarklyNoon: Quote:
So if the original is Dolby Surround, I always enter Dolby Surround for the commentary, as Mono would simply be wrong, as the surround speakers are getting data from the films soundtrack. I have plenty of 1-channel-mono commentaries on films that have DD5.1 and DTS5.1 soundtracks. That really doesn't miraculously change the 1-channel-mono track into surround.  |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Quoting DarklyNoon:
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So if the original is Dolby Surround, I always enter Dolby Surround for the commentary, as Mono would simply be wrong, as the surround speakers are getting data from the films soundtrack.
I have plenty of 1-channel-mono commentaries on films that have DD5.1 and DTS5.1 soundtracks. That really doesn't miraculously change the 1-channel-mono track into surround. This. I have a commentary that was recorded in a closet while the director watched the movie on his laptop. that certainly isn't 5.1  . | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Commentaries on any sort of surround mix are usually mixed Dolby surround. There are plenty of exceptions, though. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like commentaries in dolby surround as the back speakers play the movie soundtrack and only the front has the commentator speaking ., so in places where there is not any talking/commenting we can at least hear the movie instead of dead air ..
and of course there is straight 2 channel stereo broadcasts where two people each share one of the front speakers apiece.
I usually find too that a mono 1.0 soundtracks DVD that contain an audio comentary is most always a 2.0 channel setup for the commentator.
I really dislike commentarys that don't play hand in hand to the action on the screen and are just a production history of the film in general.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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