The following discussion comment has already been made by Keith Abbott on an earlier thread (just so we can confine discussion here):
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I listened to the Crossroads last night. And I expected to hear more Star Trek than I actually did. So that's a good thing! Yeah, I'm glad it was more Warsy than Trekkie.
Anyhow, stylistically this audio drama has to be my favorite so far. Mainly because I'm more of a purist when it comes to using only Star Wars music and this audio drama followed that belief entirely.
The story was fine, but there were a few problems that I noticed. Judah had a little popping of his lines going on and a bit of white noise behind them. That depended on whether I listened to them on my audio system speakers or my headphones.
But the worst thing were the levels. Some of the sound effects were nearly impossible to hear over the dialogue. The saber fight being one of the areas I couldn't really hear. If you don't have dialogue, it's a good rule of thumb that you can turn everything else up volume wise. Try and level out all the volumes so that the dialogue isn't being drowned out, but you can understand what's going on. Another way of doing this is by normalizing the audio (or compression as some folks call it). Set the dialogue at -10db, music at -15db and sound effects you shouldn't have to tinker with much, but do level them up so you can hear them when the dialogue is not playing. Just don't put everything red on the meter.
It's best to check your levels on several different audio systems so you know whether or not you can hear everything the way you want it.
I loved the quality of the recording with the exception of the popping on the one character. Even Vader wasn't so bad effect wise.
Acting well, I can well understand how the DIY approach can bring it down a level. No different here. You might want to check around to see if you can find an actor who's willing to direct part 2. Couldn't hurt.
Anyhow, congratulations on a decent showing. I was overall pleasantly surprised.
Keith
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