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Audio Levels question
hi all,
i’ve got a 30 minute piece cut where the audio sounds fine, level look good…everything seems fine, yet when this piece is output to a DVD and played in a convention center, teh audio on the monitors or tv screens must be completely maxed out to hear the program….
i thought maybe Compressor was messing with my levels, but it’s not…
any ideas?
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4 Replies
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Give details of what level the FCP meters read (and if its just PEAKS or AVERAGE)?
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What settings are you using in Compressor? Are you using AC3 audio (Dolby 2.0)? The settings in AC3 will affect the level of the audio comming off the DVD -12, 27, -31. -31 giving the louder output in AC3
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i’ve used AC3 and the raw aif files….peaks are between -12 and -20
most of the stuff was recoreded at a studio by professionals (which i’m not) and i haven’t messed with those levels at all….
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[dante pignetti] “‘ve used AC3 and the raw aif files….peaks are between -12 and -20
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After your are happy with your audio levels in FCP (listen to your time-line playing into a tv), you need to set your AC3 encoder to -31 dBFS, this preserves the audio levels set in FCP.
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Alexander
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