[Isaac Willman]

Thank you Peter, I’ve taken in everything you’ve said and you are utterly right in that sound is one of, if not, the most important aspect of the film it can make or break your film.

Sound mixing is something I completely just don’t know about and though I will do a basic level mix with FCP and Soundtrack Pro, I’ll probably hand the proper mixing duties to someone more capable. Either I’ll send it off to a post-house as mentioned or contact a sound mixer. I know a friend of a friend who knows sound engineering and mixing and might get into contact with him to do something. It’s either that or I’ll spend a year learning ProTools and sound mixing and do it myself, I’m in no rush. I just wanted to find out this one missing piece of information before I got started since I knew nothing of mixing but was familiar of its importance.

I’m currently in South Africa, there’s quite a few post production facilities down here and they’re pretty good. I actually used to work at one, but within the graphic design and effects part of it not the audio one.

Regards,

Isaac

[Isaac Willman]

Peter, thank you very much. You are the first person who has been able to give me the info I need without any form of technical jargon that makes you feel as if you wasted your time trying to make this film in the first place. Thank you very much.

It’s really been fully informative. Like I said, however, it’s just a consideration. I think I might just go for a stereo 2track anyway, not only will it save me money but it’ll do just fine considering my favourite films are all in stereo anyway and you say festivals are never really able to take on 5.1. I’m editing with FCP, which I believe does 2 track stereo. I’ve done some foley and ambience sounds already for prep. Nearly 100 sources. What tips would you recommend for audio mixing with FCP?

I’m assuming once I’ve done my edit in FCP I make a final export for blu-ray authoring?

Regards.