Re: Dealing with the TV Audio Signal Path

"Goldsmiths" wrote ...
Wow, TV sound sure is getting ripped. I assure you that, at
least in mobile units, we care a hell of a lot about the sound.

Good to hear that at least some people in television care about
audio, but I fear that you represent rather a minority of the
industry.

But, unfortunately, most of the bad stuff happens after it leaves us.

Exactly the problem.

I agree with Randy; send the best signal you can.

That is one philosophy, but you are placing youself completely
at the mercy of whatever/whomever is downstream (vs. perfoming
some measures of pre-emptive processing under YOUR control.)

The old days of monitoring on-site with a 3inch Auratone are, thankfully, just about gone.

I'm certain that big multi-million mobile units have halfway-
decent audio monitoring, at least for the audio control person.

There are enough viewers out there who actually have the gear to tell the difference to make it worth your while.

I agree. But I believe that there are way too many people
running the distribution systems who still have the "3-inch
speaker philosophy" (and matching monitoring equipment :-)

If it will ultimately be HD/surround, or even just digital, it will be worth it.

Indeed. But that is a big "IF", and seems unlikely when
audio for TV was only mentioned as an afterthought.

.

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