Piotr Wozniacki wrote:Of course - as expected - by changing trims in the Preferences by increasing the surround channels' output by say 10-15 higher than that of front L & R trim values
The guidance was not to adjust trims, rather the guidance was to ensure trims are at nominal level (i.e. the default operating value of 0).
But the question remains: why are the surround channels so much lower in the "Finishing" timeline of the original BMD's tutorial projects, while you're saying you cannot repro this situation?
Since I have aligned and calibrated my entire monitoring chain to be within Broadcast spec and only to that standard (as outlined in my previous post), while also regularly confirming compliance.
I strongly suspect an issue with your specific configuration. If this was a widespread issue there would be many more threads on this topic than just this one.
Plus - with a commercially available blockbuster Bluray movies or my Satellite DD 5.1 programs - all is well balanced when listening to them via my 5.1 speaker system, without a need of increasing surround channels' volume?
Not familiar with your system, but are these sources also played out of the Realtek?
Also - I understand that with my simple monitoring system, the electrical or acoustical alignments won't work; if so - why?
In my previous posts, I outlined electrical alignment (1kHz sinusoidal tone at a level of −18 dBFS) and provided guidance to measure the outputs of the Realtek.
I am not familiar with your setup, but acoustic alignment should be possible. There are several YouTube tutorials that outline the basics.
which is the correct setting of the 2 possible on my system ("Realtek 5.1" is my own name of the 5.1 Monitor Set) - Main 1 or 5.1?
Main 1 has been configured for a Stereo Monitoring Set, and 5.1 has been configured for a 5.1 Monitoring Set. The Control Room and Loudness metering indicate the active configuration.