[BC] Re: It's Eureka over IBOC down under

[cldube]

After my daughter goes to bed, I use an Alesis Nano-verb on my playback 
system
to control the dynamics a bit. :)

Chuck Dube


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: It's Eureka over IBOC down under


> ------ At 02:44 AM 10/23/2005, Robert Orban wrote: -------
>
>>Movie soundtracks have no intrinsic loudness per-se. Although there are 
>>Dolby and THX standards regarding setting the theater's master faders, 
>>these are not always followed; a given movie theater can set its master 
>>fader as loud or quiet as desired. What is more important is the fact that 
>>these soundtracks are still very dynamic with plenty of quiet parts. 
>>Cinema sound mixers understand the dramatic value of dynamics.
>
> Unfortunately, the neighbors often don't. The most dramatic part is when a 
> neighbor knocks on the door. My NYC apartment was a converted cold storage 
> warehouse. All cement and cinderblock. I could crank up my system and 
> bother no one in the building. However, I always had the windows open. I 
> once had a the doorman rush upstairs because a neighbor across the street 
> heard screams and gunshots. The police had been called, too. Fortunately 
> the doorman knew what kind of system I had and figured it was a movie. The 
> police call was cancelled when he checked. Dialogue was quite low. The 
> screams and gunshots practically tore the facade off the building.
>
>