Teac HS-P82 Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 15)

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One concept is to fully pan (assign) your input channels to 100% all the way left, or all the way
right, so that there is no overlap of audio onto both tracks. During the editing process, a hard
left or hard right set of dailies can be panned to screen center as the editor desires. But starting
out with two discreet tracks will give the editor more options and better control over possible
phasing or noise issues than just a single mixed track, but will require much more effort by the
editor during the initial picture cut. Remember that the eight individual ISO tracks often will not
be utilized until after the picture edit is locked, and the workflow goes to audio post production.
The other concept, which is far more popular amongst Hollywood mixers, is to create a dual-
mono set of master tracks. All of the inputs are mixed (panned) to both the L and R Master
tracks, but the output to the Right track is attenuated by 10 to 15 dB. That means, instead of
centering the pan control, set it to favor the Left track by a fixed amount, so that the resulting
mix has the Right track lower than the Left. In the event of unexpected clipping by an actor or
sound effect on the primary (Left) mix track, the editor only has to cut to the non-clipped lower
volume version that is the Right mix track. That is much easier than trying to completely rebuild
the production soundtrack from the ISO tracks.
On the lower right of the Channel Setup window is a button with the track name or label, just under the
level meter. Pressing that button allows you to instantly rename the track display to something more
meaningful, such as changing “Track 2” to “Boom”, or “Track 5” to “Brad”.
Editors like consistency. Try to follow the same track assignments as much as possible; avoid changing
them from scene to scene. For example, if you assign your main boom mics to ISO’s 1 and 2; and your
main characters to ISO tracks 3 (Jim), 4 (Mary), and 5 (Bob) – then leave a track mute or blank if that
actor is not present in the shot, rather than confusing the original track assignments. Sometimes you will