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Analog Db meter -vs- Premier pro Db meter
I am having an issue with my Db levels. I set them correctly according to Premier Pro’s meter and dub them to Beta SP. The tones are set to zero with the Beta input controls to match the project levels but but when I send them to the broadcast station they report that the rest of my audio is several Db lower than I built it. I have noticed that the meter on my Beta deck seems to have quite a bit of lag in it making the audio look lower than it actually is. Does anyone have experience with this discrepancy and have some advise on setting levels to accomidate for this difference? Thanks,
R Summerfield
Shiloh Outdoor Productions -
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Hi there,
I can quote Dave Friend from a post dated July 6th:
“Try this:
First, your program material should NOT exceed -9dB on the PPro meters. This is kind of hard (OK, damn near impossible) to do accurately with PPro because of the crude way Adobe chooses to display audio levels. But if you set levels so that someone speaking with a “normal” voice peaks around -12, and that the loudest peaks don’t go more than halfway to -6 on the PPro meters you will be pretty close.
Second, set the tone to -20dB on the PPro meters. Adjust the 1800 (Beta) record level to 0VU from this tone.”PP tone is set for the DVD standard, not for Analog output -if you adjust your tone level in Premiere as above you should be OK – worked for me two weeks ago with a Beta SP I had to submit for broadcast.
The whole of the thread sheds a lot of light on the subject, might be worth taking a look.
Tim
The destination is not important..its the journey that matters.
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Thanks! Thats exactly what I needed. I somehow missed the thread about it earlier.
R Summerfield
Shiloh Outdoor Productions -
I have been bitten by this a few times so on the rare occassion that I do not use a Pro Audio Studio, I now have the following simple set up.
I have a Bars and Tone Clip (tone is 1000hz at -20Db) I drop this on the front of the submaster ahead of the leader and ID board. My post house sets this to 0Db on their mastering machines (DigiBeta, D5, D1 etc)
I keep my PPro audio levels to -12Db and use a hard/soft limiter to compress the audio.
Craig Howard
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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