Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 268)

268 Chapter 8 Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
Creating a Separate Music and Effects Mix
Using submixes in your workflow becomes very powerful when you consider the many
different ways you might be delivering the final program. One common practice is
creating a separate music and effects (M & E) submix for foreign distribution. This gives
distributors the option to create versions of the program with the dialogue dubbed in
foreign languages but to still include the program’s original music and effects in the
dubbed versions.
As in the stereo mixdown example, the Dialogue submix is routed to the Stereo 1,2
output. But the Music and Effects submixes are routed to the Stereo 3,4 output
channels, isolating the dialogue signal from the music and effects signals. Technically,
only one output channel is required for the dialogue, because the Dialogue submix is
made up of mono signals. But in practice, it is usually routed as two identical mono
signals to channels 1 and 2. Most likely, producers making the foreign language version
will use the original dialogue as a guide track and then replace it with their edited
foreign language track in the final mix.
This M & E case is just one simple example of how you can structure a project for an
efficient workflow. Each mix project comes with its own particular quirks. The good
news is that Soundtrack Pro has a lot of flexibility. For example, the sends and busses
features in Soundtrack Pro offer additional options for structuring a project. For more
information, see “
Working with Sends and Busses in the Mixer ” on page 286.
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