Avid - Feature film audio layout

[alexo]

Hey guys.

I`ve been starting to move up to being assistant editor on narrative features using 8 channels of production sound running at a time. (Past experience is primarily in documentaries).

For those with prior experience, when working with a larger amount of tracks in a narrative Avid timeline, how do you tend to organize your audio tracks?

I had been thinking of this sort of layout:

A1 – A16 = Dialogue/VO/Production sound)

A17 – A18 = Room Tone

A19 – A20 = temp SFX, gun shots, door slams, etc

A21 - A22 = Music

I have tried to keep the track amount down as much as possible, as Avid can only monitor 16 tracks at a time, although the sequence can hold up to 24.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Alcove Audio]

Everyone has their own personal organization, but I use and most often see:

Group/submix A = DX (Dialog)

Group/submix B = FL (Foley)

Group/submix C = SFX (Sound Effects)

Group/submix D = BG (Ambient Backgrounds) (Technically Sound FX but I give it its own sub-mix)

Group/submix E = SM (Score and Source Music)

The Foley tracks are in the same order as the character/dialog tracks (i.e. DX1 = Johns Dialog, FL1, FL2, FL3 = Johns Foley). And yes, I make RT (Room Tone) the last DX tracks.