Dolby Laboratories DP570 5.3 Using the DP570 with Other Dolby Equipment

Using the DP570 with Other Dolby Equipment
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OnceaDialogueLevelvaluehasbeenselected,eithershort‐termorinfinitemeasurements
canbeuseddependingonyourpreference.Again,seeSection 4.7.2tounderstandthe
differencesbetweenthem.
5.2.3 Monitoring Downmixes
OnceaDialogueLevelvaluehasbeensetandameasurementmodeselected,check
downmixesandmakeanyadjustmentsnecessarysothatthemixtranslatesbestacrossthe
appropriatelisteningenvironments.
Afulldynamicrange5.1mixmaysoundmorepleasingthanthesamemixthatisstereoor
ProLogicdownmixed.Insomecases,acompromiseondownmixesmustbemadeto
ensurethatthe5.1mixremainsthebest.
Usethedownmixparameterstohelpcreatethebestdownmixpossiblefromyouroriginal
multichannelmix.
Figure5‐3
Figure 5-3 Downmix Monitoring Controls
Checkbothcompressionmodesonthefull5.1mixaswellasondownmixes.Thisisan
importantstepbecauseyoucannotbecertainwhichmodeconsumersmaybeusing.See
SectionD.3for detailedinformationontheDRCmodes.
5.3 Using the DP570 with Other Dolby Equipment
TheCat.No.549GPI/OControllerprovidesaquickmethodtochangedownmixand
compressionmodeswhilemonitoring.TheDP570canbeusedeitherwiththeDP569Dolby
DigitalorDP571DolbyEEncodersbyattachingthemetadataconnectors,andalsowiththe
DolbyMediaEncodersoftwareapplication.
Note: Remembertoprioritizeyourmixes.