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Post #589794

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Batesy1970
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
14-Aug-2012, 12:58 PM

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<p><strong>hairy_hen</strong> said:</p>
<p>That's an odd-looking error to be sure, but I suppose it's just as well, since I had to go out of town for a bit. &nbsp;Tomorrow I'll be back at it.</p>
<p>To tell the truth, it may be better to use Belbucus' analogue capture of the stereo track. &nbsp;Sure, the quality of the digital version is a bit better, but it also has many of the source flaws that Belbucus fixed for his version, including noticeable audio dropouts and pitch-shifting. &nbsp;In addition, it is also much too loud compared to the 1993 mix (and by consequence the 5.1), while the analogue capture has already been level-matched quite precisely. &nbsp;When I spliced in part of the digital stereo track for one of my edits, it had to be lowered considerably just to have the dialogue come out at the same level. &nbsp;When switching between multiple audio tracks, this is going to produce a jarring mismatch.</p>
<p>Of course, the mono mix is also much too loud compared to the 1993 version, and would have to be similarly lowered. &nbsp;Dialogue Normalization can be used for this purpose with AC3, but for PCM this has to be done manually.</p>
<p>Once I'm done with my stuff, I'll consult on what to do about all the audio tracks, if that would be helpful. &nbsp;I'm not sure how many people really care about this kind of thing, but differences in playback level are a huge source of confusion regarding how powerful or dynamic different mixes sound in relationship to each other, and a lot of erroneous ideas have been formed as a result.</p>
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<p>I think most of us care quite a bit.</p>