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Figure 6-2 Typical Downmix Parameters
Further,youcanassesswhethertheannouncerʹsvoicewillsurviveduringaProLogic
®
or
ProLogicIIdecodefromastereodownmixbyselectingProLogicwhiledownmixingto
stereo.Whileassessingthemixduringdownmixing,themixercanmakeadjustmentsin
ordertoensurethatthe5.1mixprovidedwillsoundgoodinallmannerofhome
environments,frommonotostereo
to5.1.
6.2.1 Measuring and Setting Dialogue Level
DecideonaDialogueLevelvalueforthebroadcastandrefertothedialoguelevel
indicatorsduringperiodsofrepresentativespeechduringtheshow.Themeasuredvalue
fromprogrammaterialappearsinyellownumbers(
–26inFigure 6‐3).TheDialogueLevel
valuesetinthesoftwareappearsingreennumbers(–27inFigure 6‐3).
Figure 6-3 Dialogue Level Controls
Tochangethevalueinthesoftware,presstheAcceptbutton.Thesystemwilltransferthe
numberappearinginthemeasuredvaluewindowtothedialnormvaluewindow,andset
theparameterautomatically.
Inmostcases,short‐termmeasurementsarebestforlivemixingastheyprovidea
measurementforeach
ten‐secondperiodofprogramaudio.Formoreinformationonthe
measurementmodes,seeMeasuringtheAverageLoudnessofIdentifiedClipsonpage 31.
For5.1programming,measuretheCenterchannel,asmostoftheimportantspeechcontent
occurshere.ForstereoprogramsmeasureboththeLeftandRightchannels.