Re: Adding Music to a Bar Scene

Youll find that dubbing mixers are very aware of how different environments sound. They pay attention to the detail of how a juke box sounds, so they can re create it.
obviously different places sound different, but as a starter Id

1) Mono the audio. You dont want a cd style stereo image
2) Whack up the bass (to give it tha big acoustic thumpy thumpy sound
3) decrease the top end. Youd not get much clarity in a bar
4) Add some large hall reverb, with its decay set quite short. Also drop off the HF on the reverb
5 You might need to push up the mids a little to get some edginess back in there
6 Add in BG Bar effects, and add muffle (HF off) and add verb to taste.

That should get you pretty close, and then tinker from there.
Enjoy

Peter

Peter