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    5.1 Audio – Trailer Edit Workflow

    Posted by Ben Holmes on June 25, 2015 at 1:51 am

    Hi,

    I am about to begin editing a trailer for feature film. The film has 5.1 audio and we will be sending the final trailer to be mixed in 5.1 by a professional studio.

    I wondering what the best workflow is for editing with 5.1, in terms of being able to spit out a neat and tidy OMF for the mixers. For example, do I lay it out as L, C, R, LS, RS, M&E perfectly? Or do I have more freedom than that to create more tracks?

    To me, a more instinctive way to go would be to have 2 x mono dialogue tracks (in case of overlapping dialogue), 4 x mono SFX tracks and 2 x Stereo Music Tracks – And let the mixers work their magic as they see fit.

    Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Ben

    Ben Holmes replied 10 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • David Gaudio

    June 26, 2015 at 6:06 am

    Hi Ben,

    I’m also a trailer editor and have done exactly what you’re about to go through. Once I edited a trailer using the 5.1 stems of dialogue, effects, and music – which was so unwieldy every time I had to make an edit that I wanted to scream.

    Your preferred method of using stereo stems and letting the mixers do their work creating a 5.1 output is definitely the way to go.

    Cheers,

    David

  • Ben Holmes

    June 29, 2015 at 2:32 am

    Hi David,

    Thanks for the great response. It was exactly what I wanted to know. Cheers!

    Ben

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