Terry,
Yes, but the idea is not so much eliminating offending elements, as any short peaks or loud or silent scenes are not the issue. Total overall dynamics is. So it is better to mix by your ears, then use this tool (or some of the pther more expensive ones) to measure it and bring it up to spec.
Apparently, Bouke's too will tell you where the parts of the mix are that cause the needto normalize, so you could go back and tweak those.
Bouke's tool otherwise seems to go by the same approach as Grimm Audio's LevelNorm (AudioSuite plugin, Avid compatible, R128 or A/85). This was specifically designed so that Avid editors would mix any way they want, then normalize the entire result to R128 or A/85. Even if you would mix to older norms (like European mixes used to be crushed flat at -9dBfs), or if you want your mix to have a specific compressed sound and very limited dynamic range, LevelNorm or LoudnessChange will indeed legalize it to either R128 or A/85.
Most mixers tell me they need to rely less on meters and more on actual creative mixing with these new standards. They need to set up their room to a certain dialogue level they like to go by, then mix as they feel is right creatively, rather than the other way around. Folks mixing for TV can finally actually mix again, rather than fighting their way into a brickwall limiter.
J
On Oct 21, 2012, at 20:08, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:
> Bouke,
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> You are just lowering the entire mix to pass specs right? The better approach would be to only lower the offending elements, but that can't be done with a finished file. So your program is more like a legalizer, yes?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "bouke" <bouke@...> wrote:
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>> Guys (and Shirley),
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>> If you need to deliver to the new sound specs, this might be of help:
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>> http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/68/loudnesschange
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>> In short, it can analyze a mixdown (as a wave file), see potential trouble
>> (short / momentary peaks) so you can fix them,
>> and render the file to a new file while upping / lowering the mix to get to
>> your desired LUFS.
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>> And it's blazing fast....
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>>
>> Bouke
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>> +31 24 3553311
>> www.videotoolshed.com
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