I noticed a pretty abrupt audio issue around the 20:04 mark, where Mon begins talking, I assume this is caused by whatever was done to change the music with Bail’s first appearance. Mon gets a lot quieter mid sentence and it sounds like the audio channels perhaps changed too.
“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
Really? That’s odd! Firstly, thanks for the heads up on catching any audio weirdness, it’s appreciated.
Are you listening to the audio downmixed to stereo maybe? That particular transition got worked on a fair amount, specifically to make sure the center channel didn’t get lost in the sauce vs the L and R music coming in underneath it. I did also test it quite a bit in 5.1 (and also tested it downmixed to 2.0 in my headphones) - but I didn’t actually check it to see what would happen if a streambox or a receiver handled the 5.1 to 2.0 downmix to speakers on its own.
edit: Okay, I just checked the 20:04 point by streaming the edit from my home server to a screen where I can only listen downmixed to stereo (on headphones I dont’ normally use! - I don’t know if/when I’ll be doing another edit but I need to keep this in mind for if/when I do as part of the pre-publish checklist, LOL), and before I even continue - at 20:04 her audio is actually still the theatrical mix in the center channel anyway, so any jumps/dips in the center there is just the movie being the movie - although the L/R is starting to blend the original audio w/ the replacement cue shortly after that point (I’d have to open the ProRes when I get home to see if that cue starts to come up in the C as well as the L/R, I don’t 100% remember off the top of my head rn) right around Mon saying “of this… superweapon.” - at that point I cut the rest of the line and bring up the full replacement cue.
I did notice after that, the two lines she and Jyn trade (“And if I do it?” “We’ll make sure you go free.”) do sound a little lower due to the downmixing (Not as much L/R info to fold back into the Center due to the isolation processing I used) but at 20:04 - that’s just what happens in the movie? I didn’t actually do anything to her or Draven’s dialog there, it just plays as it did in the theatrical.
Yep you’re totally correct. I should have double checked with the original movie on D+ to make sure it wasn’t like that in the original! Sorry for not checking that, everything is totally fine on that scene then! Guess I’m just sensitive to audio level changes but yep, it’s like that in the OG!
“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
It’s all good! And again, thanks for reaching out! Even if we didn’t actually find anything, it still led to me realizing I need to incorporate a new check into the process if/when I do this again, and I’d always rather check something you think you found rather than have an actual error just sitting in there because nobody piped up 😃
And most of all, thanks for giving it a shot and your time in the first place - I’m just glad you’re watching, and hopefully it’s working!