Okay to review with two mono tracks of -20 tone if I am set to mono in the output tool and I do a mixdown the resulting track is -14 requiring a -6db mixer setting to bring the tone back to -20. Same thing but with the output tool set to stereo or direct and the resulting summed track is at -17 requiring a -3db mixer setting to bring it back to -20. Now I want to sum discrete tracks in unity with no summing pad happening. My gut tells me to set the output tool to mono as that responds like I would expect with the tone summing requiring -6db mixer setting. That math seems to jive with doubling a signal is =6db. The summing in stereo mode doesn't seem to correspond to a unity summing that I'm use to.
In particular I'm going to create a mix minus VO left and right. I have all the discrete stereo stems on mono tracks for Left and Right Dialogue, Effect and Music. I'm pretty sure working with the output setting in mono will yield a unity sum of all the tracks. Can anyone confirm or deny my logic here?
John Moore
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net
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