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Haha definitely! I would love it if Ren Klyce/Michael Semanick went through the motivation for each layer and how it was panned in surround sound. Especially those handheld concert recordings!
I’ve always loved this scene due to the really unique approach they went with the sound design. Making the music a bit louder than the dialogue was a genius move on their part, it really sold the location. Awesome work again guys :) Keep at it
Thanks! Yeah I think it's definitely a risky move to add all that distortion since you sometimes struggle to understand the dialog, but the realism makes it so much more interesting and engaging.
the way they treat sound just make sense! Splitting the freq since they propagate separately and low pass it since high freq tend to attenuate more than lows. The distortion mimicking speaker behavior is the strawberry on the cake!
Awesome video. I just rewatched this on TV a few weeks ago and this scene in particular was extremely difficult to hear the dialogue in the mix. It may have been compression the broadcaster added to their file but it was basically unintelligible.
I'm pretty sure they are, as they were provided by one of the mixers, Michael Semanick. They are most likely changing and evolving in the mix depending on the shot, and also to keep it interesting and natural. The layers that confuse me are the handheld concert recordings. I still have no idea where those fit into the picture 🤷♂️ Thanks for watching!
Mackie is (was?) a very common outboard mixer. My guess is that since they're pretty common in club/concert situations they were looking to get some authentic analog clipping sounds. The real mystery for me is what the concert recording layer is there for 🤔
