Optimizing the cinema sound experience for a domestic setting

Shalabi A. Optimizing the cinema sound experience for a domestic setting. In: AES Convention 150. Audio Engineering Society; 2021. Paper 638. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21099

@inproceedings{Shalabi2021_21099,
  author = {Shalabi, Ahmed},
  title = {{Optimizing the cinema sound experience for a domestic setting}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 150},
  note = {Paper 638},
  year = {2021},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21099}
}

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AB  - Film sound mixing is an iterative process where dubbing mixers combine several stems to form the final soundstage of a motion picture. For cinema: end to end control makes it possible to reproduce near consistent mixes at the playback stage, whereas in a domestic setting: playback hardware and listening levels vary greatly in addition to background sounds or noise in the listening space. While mixers have a general consensus on how their mixes translate in a domestic setting; there are a number of considerations to take into account when making mixing decisions at the post-production stage with little documented on best approaches for the task. This paper describes key considerations and requirements to take into account when mixing film sound to ensure translation in a domestic setting and a listening experiment for the purpose of testing different mixing approaches. Two different film mixing approaches were done.
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