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  How do you master TV shows?

  Posted by Nina Staum on February 21, 2006 at 2:33 am

  I remember a thread awhile back about mastering, and I’m looking for input on my company’s mastering standards. Of course I think they’re excessive because I’m an editor trying to get out of dubs 🙂 Seriously though, we finally got a decent rack room, are training PAs to do good dubs, and our new sound guy doesn’t like sending international stuff out in mono, so now might be a good time to question the status quo.
  Here is a sample of our mastering standards:

  Standard def shows:
  Stereo/Texted/Closed Captioned (one for client, one to keep in-house)
  Mix-Minus/Texted
  Mix-Minus/Textless
  Split/Textless (Ch. 1 VOs/Intervews, Ch. 2 M&E)

  Hi def shows – One HD plus one downconvert of each:
  2xStereo/Texted – One for client, one in-house
  Mix-minus/Texted
  4 channel split/Textless (Ch. 1 VO, Ch. 2 Interview, Ch. 3 FX/Nats, Ch. 4 Music)

  Any thoughts?

  Nina Staum replied 20 years, 2 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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