Re: [Consortium] A New Blender Open Movie project : Durian

Hi Marc-Olivier, If the Blender team's soundtrack mixer made mix stems available, there could still be a linuxaudio.org remix contest. The final Durian DVD could be mastered with alternative soundtracks, potentially. It would be great to have our member Harrison Consoles involved; they have a strong interest in film audio mixing and have also contributed to the Ardour project. This contest could pave the way for a full Free Software soundtrack production in future. I agree that projects of this nature are a good way to find out what the applications really need. I don't think the 5.1 LFE channel can be ignored, it's really essential in digital cinema for the Kaboom! of action movies. The current limitation with GNU/Linux is not necessarily the AC-3 encoding, it's having an automated 5.1 panning system in your software mixer. Harrison has a motorised and touch sensitive surround panning joystick on its Trion control surface. It would be nice to have an affordable USB version of that :-) http://www.harrisonconsoles.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&tas… Cheers! Daniel