[Aaron Duprey]

Yeah, you know, in Avid, I usually find the lav track, center the pan, and delete the boom. But sometimes, if it sounds OK, I’ll just leave everything alone. That’s what I did this time, and it bit me (due to both my relative inexperience in FCP and to my monitoring issues).

But all’s well that ends well, I suppose. The mix came back sounding WORLDS better, and my client just happily walked out the door with her master.

Actually, while the mix was being done, I was able to fix a couple of very minor video issues, as well as run a couple of tests with Compressor, so it all worked out.

[Aaron Duprey]

Yeah, I’ve got two tracks. In the future, I’ll definitely use just one — let me give you this update:

The DVDs that I checked last night — the ones that sound bad in three different places — all sound fine when I put them in the MacPro on which I’ve been editing and authoring. So it would appear that I’ve been monitoring this thing incorrectly the entire time.

Anyway, my client has decided to send it to an audio facility for audio post. I’m exporting an OMF as we speak. Thanks for the speedy replies, everyone.

[Aaron Duprey]

Thanks for the reply —

I made the adjustments in Compressor, and the guy still sounds funky on the DVD. I went back and checked my original exported source QT, and it sounded fine. Brought the newly-compressed audio into DVDSP, and it sounded fine. Burned it. Checked it on a TV/DVD combo, and it’s not right.

So I took the disc and checked it on the MacPro that I’ve been using to edit/author. It sounds fine. ?!!!

So — it would seem that the speakers I’m using are somehow masking this problem? I can’t hear any problems until I check the disc on other players. Outside of sending this thing out for a mix, I’m sort of at a loss as to what to do…