Dolby Laboratories DP564 User Manual

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10 4 Common Pitfalls Although you may like a surround effect that spins your head, and it may be just what your production needs, repeating the move

2 Figure 1 Audio Flow for Surround Mixing Speaker placement for Dolby Pro Logic II mixing is the same as it is for Dolby Surround, as shown in Figur

3 Figure 3 Vertical Placement of Speakers System calibration should be performed after setting up all of the bass management and delay settings in t

4 Figure 4 Phantom Center Images with Listener Off-Center (left) and in Sweet Spot (right) If this signal is processed through a Dolby Pro Logic o

5 A common reason for upmixing is to deliver a “5.1” mix to the end user, which usually activates a light on the consumer’s decoder, letting the cons

6 3.2 Announcers and Dialogue Traditionally, dialogue is placed only in the Center speaker to tie the on-screen sounds to the picture. When a Center

7 3.5 Stacking Encoded Tracks In the film industry, it is common to premix elements for the final mix. This can be done in the opening sequence for

8 Often, when producing motion picture sound effects, the sound effects designer removes all ambient sounds briefly so that another sound may be hear

9 3.11 Mono to Stereo Synthesizers Mono to stereo synthesizers can create all sorts of havoc in a Dolby Surround mix. First, the Dolby Surround prog