cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/nonpolitical_comics/p/1657114/mr-lovenstein-volume

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    • otacon239@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Part of it could either be that they’re not spending the time for a home release audio mix, don’t want to for purity’s sake or I’ve seen issues with trying to condense surround soundscapes down to stereo.

      It all comes down to dynamic range and they should be using all of it for theatrical release and then remastering for home release.

      TV shows do not get a pass. Cinephile audio engineers that think the vast majority of their listeners will have home theater setups are just plain delusional.

      • turdas@suppo.fi
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        14 days ago

        The way they do dynamic range in movie theaters sucks too. I have to wear earplugs because it’s so loud.

        • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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          14 days ago

          Yes!

          I may get a shit sound experience at home, but at least I have an opportunity for an even worse sound experience at my local theater, first.

        • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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          14 days ago

          Turns out when they went digital and got the popcorn kid to press play instead of a skilled projectionist, sound calibration also went away. Now they deliberately turn it up beyond the sound mixer’s specs.

          • turdas@suppo.fi
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            14 days ago

            Around here they do calibrate the theaters but the spec says they can still be insanely loud, as long as they’re not loud all the time. The peaks are well over 100 dB.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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        14 days ago

        Depends, people with proper high dynamic range surround sound systems shouldn’t be penalised when watching content

            • SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca
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              14 days ago

              The high dynamic range 7.1 audio is already on the disc. What we’re wanting is a decent stereo mixdown. Could be 128kb mp3 for all I care. Not like I’ll be able to discern a higher bitrate on my tv speakers. That should require 86MB per 90 minutes.