Amen, I dislike surround mixes with a weak center. A "virtual center" is just not the same-illusion instead of real.
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A Visit to Genelec USA (Natick MA)
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I have never seen a surround sound studio to not have a centre speaker. If a virtual works why not its not used at the studio?
Thanks for sharing!
Here is a photo report from a 2017 visit to a similar facility (Genelec demo location) in London, UK.
www.genelec.com
Here is a photo report from a 2017 visit to a similar facility (Genelec demo location) in London, UK.
London Experience Centre - Genelec.com
Our London Experience Centre is located in Fitzrovia, right in the heart of the city’s busy post-production community. We simply can’t think of a better place to showcase how well Genelec loudspeakers can perform in stereo, surround and immersive audio configurations!
www.genelec.com
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The London facility is more of a showroom than the US one, which is more of a single studio.
Some mixers avoid the center. Elliott Scheiner once told a story at a conference I attended how his first surround mix he put the unnamed artist's voice hard in the center. The artist HATED that her voice was naked so he never did that again. Meanwhile Alan Parsons said he believed in virtual center as in stereo...fortunately his surround mixes some years later have not hewed to that. Tom Holman gave a convincing demo: center, then left/right with levels adjusted to match. Does not sound the same AT ALL due to vastly different reflections.
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