Originally posted by: 8t88
You can not upgrade a DD track to DTS and improve the soundquality... As the source is not the quality that you need for making a good DTS track. The only thing you can do is remix the DD track so that the effects are 'better'.
Yes your right indeed, DTS would be a nice gadget but it would not make Ady's release any 'better'....
I almost do not know anybody who hasn't got a DTS-capable system, i personally think that a (professional) DTS track is a must. It's one off the things which let me decide if a buy a retail DVD or not, but in this case of Ady's release it has no extra value and can be left of so that the videobitrate can be as high as possible.
Well i've been pondering if i should include a DTS track or not but the bitrate would suffer because i would also have to include and AC3 track for all those that don't have DTS systems. But saying my release wouldn't have extra value to have this track must mean that you haven't been following the thread too closely. As i stated from the start the sound mix will be a completely new mix using the 5.1 DVd track as a base only. Surround channels have been redone, left & right have been changed also with the musical score taken mostly from the CD's which are higher quality than the original score on the 5.1 track, remixed FX and extras added. It would not be just a remix or a slight tweak to make it sound slightly better.
Saying that though i know people that their dvd player can't decode DTS unless through a surround system and if played through the TV there is no sound and also most cheap cinema systems don't do DTS either so its looking at the moment that it will contain just the 5.1 AC3 track. The only thing that would sway me to add DTS would be if i had a 6.1 DTS encoder. The DTS encoder i have been given (which i am very grateful for)can only handle 5.1 so no DTS track.
Originally posted by: dumb_kid
Speaking of sound .... are you going to have the original Krayt dragon sound that Ben used to scare off the sand people or the crazy angry chicken sound that now graces the SE mix?
You can not upgrade a DD track to DTS and improve the soundquality... As the source is not the quality that you need for making a good DTS track. The only thing you can do is remix the DD track so that the effects are 'better'.
Yes your right indeed, DTS would be a nice gadget but it would not make Ady's release any 'better'....
I almost do not know anybody who hasn't got a DTS-capable system, i personally think that a (professional) DTS track is a must. It's one off the things which let me decide if a buy a retail DVD or not, but in this case of Ady's release it has no extra value and can be left of so that the videobitrate can be as high as possible.
Well i've been pondering if i should include a DTS track or not but the bitrate would suffer because i would also have to include and AC3 track for all those that don't have DTS systems. But saying my release wouldn't have extra value to have this track must mean that you haven't been following the thread too closely. As i stated from the start the sound mix will be a completely new mix using the 5.1 DVd track as a base only. Surround channels have been redone, left & right have been changed also with the musical score taken mostly from the CD's which are higher quality than the original score on the 5.1 track, remixed FX and extras added. It would not be just a remix or a slight tweak to make it sound slightly better.
Saying that though i know people that their dvd player can't decode DTS unless through a surround system and if played through the TV there is no sound and also most cheap cinema systems don't do DTS either so its looking at the moment that it will contain just the 5.1 AC3 track. The only thing that would sway me to add DTS would be if i had a 6.1 DTS encoder. The DTS encoder i have been given (which i am very grateful for)can only handle 5.1 so no DTS track.
Originally posted by: dumb_kid
Speaking of sound .... are you going to have the original Krayt dragon sound that Ben used to scare off the sand people or the crazy angry chicken sound that now graces the SE mix?
Yes the original sound is back but slightly tweaked. I hate that pathetic synthesised whistle that is on the DVDs. It was present in the original mix but only as part of the mix. I guess Ben Burrt struck again with this and mucked up the sound mix. How the hell can the sandpeople be scared of that? I know that Ben says they are easily scared but that's just ridiculous.