Michael Miramontes Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hello Everyone, A previous employer of mine called me up and said his show is possibly going for syndication. Therefore, the powers at be are asking him to provide the following: CH.1 – Stereo Full Mix, Original Language, Left CH.2 – Stereo Full Mix, Original Language, Right CH.3 – Stereo Mix Minus Narration or Music and Effects CH.4 - Stereo Mix Minus Narration or Music and Effects CH.5 – Stereo Music, Undipped. Left CH.6 - Stereo Music, Undipped. Right CH.7 – Mono Effects and Background Dialogue, Undipped CH.8 – Mono Interview Dialogue, Undipped CH.9 - Mono Narration, Original Language He asked me if I knew anything about this or someone that can convert 24 episodes (1 hour long) to this format. Since this is Greek to me I figure I'd ask ya'll here about it. Is this something a post-house normally handles? Is it costly? etc.? Any info is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 If the original post-production audio mixer (or video editor) did not render these already and the original session/project and audio files no longer accessible, the constant volume stems would be impossible, without resorting to extreme awfull sounding compression. It used to be, a split-track mix (dialog / music & effects) was all that was needed for a foreign language version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 They have to go back to their re-recording mixer to make these. If that was not you you can't help them--these files are stems to be made from the DAW mix project.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 I was the production mixer, not re-recording. Ok, I'll find out. Thanks for the input! Couple more questions actually. So, if they kept all the original FCP edit files then essentially they're not dead in the water, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 hours ago, Michael Miramontes said: So, if they kept all the original FCP edit files then essentially they're not dead in the water, right? Chances are, all the sound mixing changes were done by a re-recording mixer, so what's in the Edit session may have little to do with the final mix (save for actual edit choices). The exception would be reality shows and docos actually mixed in the edit bay, which is not generally something I like very much. Whose name is in the credits as the re-recording mixer or post sound engineer? They should "theoretically" have all the stems, but if the producer only paid for a final mix, then it'll have to be created... which will take time & money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Althaus Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 The stems might exist already as part of the original deliverables, couldn't hurt to ask the post mixer. We used to deliver those versions on DA-88. I have my template setup so I can print (file or external recorder) all those in one pass so on shows that might "have legs" I usually print them and store with the archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Having the FCP files would mean they'd have to do all the audio post over again if the original DAW project can't be found. Kind of a lot of work.....so they are semi-dead in the water. They really need to find that re-recording mixer......and hope he still has that project.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Althaus Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 12 hours ago, Philip Perkins said: They really need to find that re-recording mixer......and hope he still has that project.... ...and the same version of Protools and all the plug ins he used, etc. That's the main reason I print deliverables immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 This is often an issue with indies who don't want to pay for a full deliverables package at mix time or aren't sure if they have really stopped making changes etc.. It is best to do it all at once for sure but sometimes a short wait to make sure we've avoided "buyer's remorse" is in order. Too long a wait can result in the OP's situation. I've had a few projects come back from the dead after a system upgrade, new computer, OS etc and that can be a real scramble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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