Post by drmattYeah, I realise that there's always a cynical view.. :) but at least
it's -something- that provides a baseline of supposed mastering
standard. How well enforced it is is another matter..
It actually works to a degree , but not many goes the whole mile and get
"everything thx" including speakers to their ultra standard so it kinds
of fall apart. The ultra standard is basically the original thx but not
watered down to just a badge.
In cinemas it's actually works , basically the demands for matched
levels certain acoustics and speaker specs ( polar pattern and
directivity ) real do make the local cinema sound very similar to the
mixing suit so the producers of the film will know what the audience
will hear .
But it does some good at home too .
The part I would like most for hifi would be records mixed for a defined
listening level .
Anyone familiar with the loudness curves aka fletcher Munson curves .
How they are is sensitive to different frequencies at different levels
it makes huge differences in timbre and audibility .
The THX part where they spec speaker directivity patterns can be a
harder pill to swallow for stereo use it works well for multichannel of
all times on almost any movie .
But music has been done on some much different equipment over the years
so it's maybe impractical and would not be great for all music .
But mixing for a certain type of speakers knowing that the consumers
sounded similar would work .
Cinema sounds uses these to great effect , sounds just at the limit of
audibility or close to to loud and in between subtly when you want it or
force when you want that . A sad side note there are wonderful sound
mixes and bad ( loud all the time ) in cinema to .
But movies are allowed to use space and dynamics in the sound ,
sometimes when watching a DVD with old compressed Dolby AC3 I wonder why
does it sound so good ? Then I remeber what music producers do to thier
stuff...
For home use maybe mix to a more sane level than cinema ;)
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