THEATRICAL MIX QC

Many times, audio engineers in local territories create final mixes based on their own preferences and customs (voice amplitude relative to M&E, EQ, audio treatment, etc.), thereby countermanding the intent of the original language production mix. These mixing proclivities often come from having heard too many substandard remixes over the years.

In these cases, a supervisor is called upon to maintain a dialogue mix treatment identical to the original version in order to deliver a seamless international release.

Although final multilanguagemixes have traditionally been done in territory, they are increasingly performed in centralized locations to maintain standardization, enhance security and meet the time constraints of distribution mandates.

In order to facilitate this welcome operational shift, MEDIACONCEPTS has created, developed and deployed GLOBAL MEDIA TRANSFER (GMT), a proprietary hardware/software solution enabling producers to transmit and monitor digital audio-video assets, securely encrypted, in real time, thereby assuring a standard of excellence. The quality control of multi-language projects may now be centralized for ADR and final mix review.