On 4 August 2014 23:34, Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> wrote:

Hi Ben,

On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:08:24 +0100
Ben Edwards <list4me2@gmail.com> wrote:

> (This is from a previous tangental thread)
>
> "When using DCP-o-Matic, I check if center channel "peak" is around
> -12db. Certainly not scientific enough but most of the time it ends
> with a normal human bearable audio level. It becomes more difficult
> to "predict" with 5.1 audio using phase inversion, as you need all
> the channels to get not only a good balance but something
> human-understandable…" Gérald Maruccia
>
> I have a 5.1 mix peaking at 0db. Any advise on what to do. I dont
> quite understand the 'I check if center channel "peak" is around
> -12db', well I understand what it means but dont know to do it in
> DCPOMatic.

I would set a gain of -12dB in the "Audio" tab so that the audio in the
DCP will peak at -12dB.

You can see the levels of the audio in your source files (roughly) by
clicking "Show Audio" in the "Audio" tab.

Cheers
Carl

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