Reference Guide

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Preferences dialog

• Surround Level. Surround Downmix Level is the amount of Left Surround to mix into Left, and

Right Surround to Right, when mixing down from any surround-equipped format to 2 channel. The

available options are:

• -3 dB. The amount by which mono surround information, from many movie mixes before

discrete 5.1 was available, mixes down to maintain the same level as the original.

• -6 dB. An amount that makes the mixdown of surround content not so prominent, based on

the fact that most surround content is not as important as a lot of front content. This helps to

avoid competition with dialog, for instance, by heavy surround tracks in a mixdown situation.

• -INF. Necessary for cases where the surround levels are so high that they compete with the

front channels too much in mixdown situations.

• LFE Level. Choose -INF or -12 dB.

For more information, see “Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)” on page 901.