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The final sound mix for a Dolby Digital or Dolby Surround movie is done in a mixing theater--an almost full-size movie theater with a big screen, lines of surround speakers down each side wall (plus a couple at the rear) and a big mixing console smack in the middle of the theater. I've been present for a final mix in the Alfred Hitchcock theater in L.A. at Universal.
But is this the case when they are mixing a soundtrack for DVD release, or are you talking about the sound mix for the theatrical release? It's my understanding that although they used to just put the theatrical release soundtrack on DVD's (hence the need for some type of Cinema EQ/Re-EQ since the mixes designed for large theaters were somewhat "bright"). But I had heard that nowadays the DVD releases are getting their own remixed soundtracks, which are mixed with the home theater in mind.
