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Subject:compression for tv tips Posted by: prohom Date:10/31/2002 3:17:50 AM hi, the show i work on is using a groovy original dub type track for the opener and theme. obviously it is bass-heavy. we picked it in a last minute rush and it sounded fantastic on an old sony tv we auditioned it through. it turned the bass lines into actual notes with an attack and envelope. (i'm not very technical, i do composing and sound design) we went to broadcast and it sucks on home televisions. after trying sound forge and software compression we've tried various compressions with an avalon and tried running it thru a Finaliser. uncompressed, or the mix on its own make the bass lines silence the music behind them on an average tv. Is compression the trick? any suggestions to recreate the old sony tv effect?
Subject:RE: compression for tv tips Reply by: Rednroll Date:10/31/2002 10:15:15 AM It sounds like the bass frequencies are being over compressed when going to air. Compression would do the trick, because you're lowering the level of everything, including the bass frequencies, therefore it isn't getting as compressed when going to air. The better method would be just to use some EQ and roll-off some of the low frequencies, therefore you wouldn't alter the highend, and lower the level of the bass so the multi-band compressor at the TV station isn't squashing the hell out of the bass frequencies. That's the key, that the TV station runs things through a multi-band compressor and your low frequencies are being over compressed because they're too high.

Subject:compression for tv tips

Posted by: prohom

Date:10/31/2002 3:17:50 AM

hi,
the show i work on is using a groovy original dub type track for
the opener and theme. obviously it is bass-heavy.
we picked it in a last minute rush and it sounded fantastic
on an old sony tv we auditioned it through. it turned the bass lines
into actual notes with an attack and envelope. (i'm not very technical,
i do composing and sound design)

we went to broadcast and it sucks on home televisions.
after trying sound forge and software compression we've tried various
compressions with an avalon and tried running it thru a Finaliser.

uncompressed, or the mix on its own make the bass lines silence the music behind
them on an average tv.

Is compression the trick?
any suggestions to recreate the old sony tv effect?

Subject:RE: compression for tv tips

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:10/31/2002 10:15:15 AM

It sounds like the bass frequencies are being over compressed when going to air. Compression would do the trick, because you're lowering the level of everything, including the bass frequencies, therefore it isn't getting as compressed when going to air. The better method would be just to use some EQ and roll-off some of the low frequencies, therefore you wouldn't alter the highend, and lower the level of the bass so the multi-band compressor at the TV station isn't squashing the hell out of the bass frequencies. That's the key, that the TV station runs things through a multi-band compressor and your low frequencies are being over compressed because they're too high.