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Is there a way to even out the sound in movies to where the dialog is audible, and the special effects, or music is toned down considerably? we can't watch movies anymore because of this on either DVD or Tv/OnDemand.
I'm sure all the sound is mixed all together. The only control you have is volume, and left channel over right. If you had access to the master audio tapes, you could re-mix them.
I totally agree with you. More and more, I can't make out what they are saying, to the point that I've started turning on the English subtitles for TV shows and English movies, even though I'm totally fluent (I'm a native English speaker).
I think there are types of TVs or products you can buy to control the volume. I found this on a quick search, Terk VR-1 TV Volume Regulator - Smarthome but I have no idea how well it works. I'm sure there are more variations and options out there. Good luck!
You can use an audio processor & hand tune the output.
Our speaking voice has three frequency ranges that we need to hear in order to understand:
1. Fundamentals. The fundamental frequencies of speech occur roughly between 85Hz and 250Hz.
2. Vowels. Vowels sounds contain the maximum energy and power of the voice, occurring between 350Hz and 2KHz.
3. Consonants. Consonants occur between 1.5KHz and 4KHz. They contain little energy but are essential to intelligibility.
In short, this means that the “power” of the voice does not equate to the intelligibility of the voice. Think of it like this…just because a person has a booming voice doesn’t mean they are easy to understand.
You can play with the output to reduce the energy below about 100Hz and above about 2000Hz and see how well you understand the dialogue. Each movie / TV show will be different so you'll probably need to fine tune it accordingly.
An effective way to reduce a lot of this is to selectively reduce the volume of all but the center channel sound. Most dialog comes through that channel. Surround sound can be reduced to a minimal amount, right and left channels to about 1/2 of center channel volume, and most dialog will come through just fine.
The other way to address some of the issue is to use a compression scheme. I'm not aware of which (if any) systems have this, but the concept is to limit peak volume and bring up the volume of the very quiet scenes.
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