Dialogue is not really important, what you really need to hear is the exaggerated wet sucking noises of characters kissing each other.
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skisnow@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
I can tolerate that, the one I can’t stand is Netflix shows where the ~dialogue is a mumbled quiet~ and random bits of foley try to blow my speakers out.
It makes it especially noticeable just how dodgy a lot of foley work is, eg when someone throwing a punch and missing still goes WHOOSH at the same volume they use for gunshots
hedge_lord@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
reev@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
This cause could be downmixing from something like 5.1 or 7.1 to stereo. Because dialogue is mostly on the center channel while music and SFX are much more spread out in the soundstage, you might have a sound appear on speakers center, front left and back left while dialogue only happens on center.
This would mean that depending on the mix, you might have a sound that’s 2-3 times louder than the dialogue when mixed to stereo since all those sounds have to get played on fewer speakers.
This is why a 5.1 compatible soundbar will be more balanced than stereo speakers, even if it doesn’t have full surround sound. They have a physical speaker for each of the channels so at least the mix sounds better.
Not saying this is always the issue but its certainly one of the possible causes.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 hours ago
This myth gets brought up so often despite numerous evidence to the contrary. The sound sucks for people with good equipment as well. The sound sucks in theaters.
They just seem to have a hard-on for mumbling. Because of realism or something.
reev@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I’d love to see the evidence, it depends on your player and how you’re downmixing. There are some that do it better than others but this is definitely a thing.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 hours ago
The evidence is that even on good equipment the dialogue is hard to hear.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Soumd engineers are.big dicks these days. I am thinking of building a limiter and hooking my tv to a sound bar.