01 min

Trailer
11 min

Part 1

The role of a re-recording mixer, Ron’s background, meeting Alan, pre-dubbing, automation, ADR
21 min

Part 2

Score mixer deliverables, blending music with other sonic elements, immersion without distraction
16 min

Part 3

Ron’s studio, adapting workflow, translation, formats, dynamics, space, lavalier & boom signals, clip gain
22 min

Part 4

‘Dune’ stem session, mix types, Foley, dialog, sound effects & design, perspective changes, cues
13 min

Part 5

Tracks mixed by Alan, lack of orchestra, EBow guitars, routing for Atmos, committing to ‘boxes’
14 min

Part 6

Instrument panning, multi-band compression, ‘futzing’, ‘worldizing’, parallel treatment, plug-ins, recap

Mixing

Re-Recording Mixing

Dune

Alan Meyerson, Ron Bartlett

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Song : Re-Recording Mixing

Duration:21 min / 1h42 Subtitles: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, French, Chinese

Description

MWTM presents its debut series on the art of post-production engineering! This release features the eminent re-recording mixer Ron Bartlett, accompanied at his private studio by score mixer Alan Meyerson. The installment focuses mainly on Bartlett’s work, with Meyerson assuming the role of interviewer and contributor.

You will learn about Ron’s approach and techniques for blending music with dialogue, effects, and Foley sound. He often receives a score mix project from Alan, which was the case with ‘Dune’, the 2021 Academy Award-winning film highlighted in this series. Bartlett takes you through the stem session, explaining group contents, routing, placement, and processing.

He discusses his primary objective as a dubbing mixer – to blend the material in a way that appears seamless and immersive without causing any sonic distraction to the viewer. Further to exploring ‘Dune’, the pair discuss other projects they have collaborated on, and how their workflows are different yet complementary to one another.

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01 min

Trailer
11 min

Part 1

The role of a re-recording mixer, Ron’s background, meeting Alan, pre-dubbing, automation, ADR
21 min

Part 2

Score mixer deliverables, blending music with other sonic elements, immersion without distraction
16 min

Part 3

Ron’s studio, adapting workflow, translation, formats, dynamics, space, lavalier & boom signals, clip gain
22 min

Part 4

‘Dune’ stem session, mix types, Foley, dialog, sound effects & design, perspective changes, cues
13 min

Part 5

Tracks mixed by Alan, lack of orchestra, EBow guitars, routing for Atmos, committing to ‘boxes’
14 min

Part 6

Instrument panning, multi-band compression, ‘futzing’, ‘worldizing’, parallel treatment, plug-ins, recap

Comments

(29)

David Oro October 26, 2024 at 5:44 AM

Art
Super Angry Snowman September 30, 2024 at 7:05 AM

This should be called, listening to the masters talk, zero mixing information. I am disappointed I payed for this.
Oleg Garaev April 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM

What an amazing breakdown of the entire working process! Thanks!
Alex Trajano February 12, 2024 at 3:47 PM

Brilliant and amazing.
Joanne January 10, 2024 at 3:42 AM

Great introduction into the process of Film Scoring, a subject I am not familiar with and new to! Loved the detail and way it was explained and very helpful with defining terms and explaining new concepts!
Stef Dudzinski September 20, 2023 at 11:44 AM

Awesome! It was really insightful & inspiring to watch this! We absolutely need more stuff about film music in context.
Adam Szklenar August 18, 2023 at 11:05 PM

Fantastic, we definitely need more film and film music stuff here!
Henning Hein June 27, 2023 at 11:09 AM

Is this the only video for film sound?
Alan Bray November 10, 2022 at 9:47 PM

just amazing to watch the masters
Aneek Thapar August 24, 2022 at 4:26 AM

Fantastic ! I really enjoyed watching Alan’s videos whilst I was mixing a friends score for a Netflix doc. So useful and insightful.
Max Schneider August 11, 2022 at 3:00 PM

while this has been an interesting peek into the world of mixing in film I am left with a million questions and would have expected a somewhat deeper insight into techniques and details that make the mastery of Ron more tangible for the ones of us who have already progressed in that field. nevertheless: while potentially misinterpreting certain ideas mentioned, there are a plentiful of inspiring ideas that I am gonna assimilate into my own workflow. thank you. also I would love to be a fly on the wall, or several at once with all the people involved, throughout a project like this, which hopefully serves as an inspiration to the programmers of this platform
David Hrivnak July 19, 2022 at 7:51 AM

I really liked this one, but it was surprisingly light on useful details. I think it's perfectly aimed at the beginner/intermediate crowd, but I suspect there are plenty of other subscribers to MWTM who are already professional sound engineers seeking to hone their craft in a meaningful way, and this definitely falls short in that regard. I really enjoyed it, but I didn't learn much from it.
Ricardo Cutz July 21, 2022 at 5:20 AM

+1 Lovely talk and nice stories... I kind of expected it from the trailer... but I wish it would be deeper. But let's see what this new series bring on! Thanks MWTM for opening up this new thread

Brian Bolger March 4, 2024 at 2:43 PM

Yes very light in details. And this is part of the Mixing series. This is more 'Story time with Masters'. This should probably be over in the Production series. Which I've learned to skip.
GT Little, Jr. July 17, 2022 at 2:10 AM

LOVED THIS!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I find pretty much ANYthing in the Meyerson Collection to be vastly more informative than the majority of the other videos. I always come away feeling like I really learned something whether totally new or, in a lot of cases, just a deeper understanding of the subject matter. I love this site! Thanks again! I
Katia Dotto July 7, 2022 at 3:56 PM

This was great, thanks! Would love for you guys to make a PART 2 of this serie where we could actually get to see more of the details, plugins, hear about why certain specific choices were made, dialog processing and so on ;)
Loris Bernot July 6, 2022 at 1:34 AM

I think what "Pantheo" plug in Alan speak in the second part, is more "penteo" : https://www.perfectsurround.com/

Alan Meyerson

Feb 19, 2025

Studios La Fabrique, France

Get into the studio with one of the world’s leading immersive mix engineers from February 19-25. Alan Meyerson has reshaped the sound of contemporary cinema, having mixed the iconic soundtracks for Dune, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean and more. Early next year , Alan will lead a seven-day program of mixing workshops and feedback sessions designed to elevate your creative practice. All participants will enjoy deluxe accommodation and catering during the event, creating a...

About Alan Meyerson

Alan Meyerson is one of the greatest movie scoring mixers of the modern era. With 200+ credits on IMDb and double that amount on AllMusic.com, Meyerson has an unparalleled wealth of experience in engineering and mixing in general, and score mixing in particular. He has worked with leading film score composers like James Newton Howard, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Danny Elfman, and has a particularly long-standing working relationship with the great Hans Zimmer that continues to this...

About Ron Bartlett

“Having been a musician all my life, sound has always been a huge part of my work and art. Getting the chance to collaborate with great Directors, Editors and Composers has been a fantastic thing to be a part of. I love being creative, watching and listening to a film come together with a great mix.” Ron Bartlett started in the film business in sound editorial working on films like “Die Hard”, “Total Recall”, “Star Trek V” and “Beauty and the Beast”. He then turned his talents to mixing film sound...

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