• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Audio Levels – dialogue & music

  Posted by Alex Gill on May 27, 2008 at 4:59 pm

  Hello,

  what is the standard for dialogue and music when editing a program for
  NTSC broadcast? Levels, Panning?, – basically, the rule of thumb
  when editing audio of a tv program that has dialogue and a music track.

  Thanks

  Michael Gissing replied 17 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  May 27, 2008 at 10:36 pm

  Don’t peak above -12db…well, might be able to a LITTLE. My mixer never goes above -12db digital. And then there is no magic formula like “narration and dialog at -18 to -12db, and music at -23db when under dialog or narration.” Mix to your ear. Can you hear the music? Is it overpowering the dialog?

  Shane

  

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  Michael Gissing

  May 29, 2008 at 7:58 am

  As a broadcast audio pro, I have posted many time here at the cow about broadcast levels. A search of this forum alone will bring up many rants, but to save you the trouble, here are a few pointers.

  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/982782
  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/990491

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