Tyler Gibb

If there were a Minushi DVD in the works - and again, I can’t promise there is, because to promise it and then have it not happen would be just plain mean - but if there were; then today I might imagine I would be remixing Minushi’s soundtrack for 5.1 Surround Sound.

As with most things that I find befuddling until I actually dive in and try to figure out on my own, 5.1 sound seemed to me like it would require a studio at Skywalker Ranch to achieve. But in the same way one might, say, make a feature length animated movie on their laptop, mixing 5.1 is actually no great mystery. It’s kind of tricky working backwards from an already mixed 2.0 stereo soundtrack but I think the result will be worth the trouble… If, in theory, there were to be a Minushi DVD.

Fortunately all of Minushi’s sound effects were always created with a full spectrum of 16bit 44.1kHz sounds to begin with despite being originally destined for it’s low bandwidth online delivery. But you haven’t really heard Minushi until you’ve heard a Giant’s foot come down in a room equipped with a subwoofer on a DVD with a LFE channel. So if you’re working on your own project and its a web project, don’t limit yourself to compressed files, always think big because hey, you never know what you’ll be applying those files to one day.

Here’s the deal faithful Minushians; I’m the type who’d rather not say anything than to make promises that are not going to be kept. However, I also sympathize with the frustration of not hearing anything on the subject of a Minushi DVD for months on end and so I feel you all deserve somekind of update.

As things stand, I have not found a third-party distributor who I feel will give Minushi a fair shake in the DVD market - I’m not going to get into it more than that, but indie filmmakers who’ve dealt with small to middle weight distributors probably know exactly what kind of snow-jobs one might expect from this type of business. So - and I’m sorry it’s taken me this long to reach this determination - once again the DIY method seems like the best way to get things done.

That said, I hope (no promises, because I still don’t know all the obstacles that may arise) that a Minushi DVD will be available for online sales before the end of the year.

I often forget that most of the free world hasn’t seen Minushi’s third act which is a tragedy that has gone on long enough. More news soon.