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I'm an amateur film maker with a background in music mixing and mastering, which is all about slamming peaks. Now, getting into "Movie mixing" and observing things in commercial movies like most dialog is between -25 and -18, and the action explosions my hit peak and dynamic music between the two. Are there any basic rules of thumb any can give me like: start with all channel faders at -30 and work up from there?? Feeling lost and alone - no one around me knows movie mixing at all. Also starting to test the waters of 5.1 surround, but that is a whole other philosophy. I'm using Sony Vegas Pro 13 FYI Here's an example of my last "complex" audio production... It works, but I was still in LOUD MODE. Anywhere from 5 to 20 audio tracks in this one: http://youtu.be/d9ZNlI92uYw?t=7m9s (apologies for the amateur EVERYTHING in that video.. these are sandbox testing videos for me to learn everything) I would love any hints, tips, tricks, to aligning my audio with commercially finished blockbuster movies. Am I aiming too low? :D Sure, Skywalker Sound has 100 channels with full automation, and many professional full time staff members, but I want to give it a shot.