Pro Tools supports a variety of surround sound formats, but of course the most common is still 5.1 surround. This breaks down into the standard channels of Left, Center, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, and LFE. There are several different standards for how we can order those 6 channels. Let’s take a quick look at …
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In the last part we discussed the significance of the main dialog compressor on the dialog chain. Now let’s cover the last items in the chain: another layer of EQ and/or a De-Esser, and a limiter.
So you’ve got your dialog cut across 5 tracks or so, each with an EQ and then compressor, and each bussed to your dialog master aux which is the home of your dialog chain of plugins. On your chain you’ve first placed another EQ followed by a noise reduction tool of your choice. What’s next?
The dialog chain refers to the series of plugins and processing through which all of your dialog travels on its way out to your master mix. This is the place where each mixer creates their own special flavor, and is the source of greatest differentiation between different dialog mixers. A certain amount of it is …
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