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arealhumannotabot t1_iu0n79r wrote

Reply to comment by mediarch in Another post claiming someone has had enough of modern sound engineering. This time...me. by Elbradamontes

I’ve wondered if they’re not putting much time in checking stereo mixes. They might mostly mix in surround because of theatres as you mentioned, but also because surround sound at home is more and more common

But someone still has to check the stereo mix

Or I wonder if some lazy teams are saving money by compiling surround mixes into stereo without a proper mix-down, and not even checking it a check at all

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Elbradamontes OP t1_iu41bcy wrote

I’m an actual real live sound engineer. I’ve worked on low and no budget indie films. I’m mostly a band/live event guy but like I said…low budget. The only thing I can think of that would make sound this bad, even if you simply turned off 5.1 and randomly panned everything…is compressor/limiter artifacts. Like when there’s too much sound beeing pumped through individual channels to be combined so that putting them through the same channel causes the compressor to overwork. Or when you use panning as a replacement for actual mixing. AKA: bad mixing. Hence my rant.

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