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Vets bark up right tree with music therapy
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Inside Dolby’s Soho Square Atmos cinema
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Network Wednesdays: Goodbye and Farewell
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Ola Melzig’s Eurovision 2013 technical diary
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The speed of sound and your shed
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Posts Tagged ‘11.1’
Dolby, Barco immersed in cinema audio
It has been just over a year since the launch of its object-based Atmos system, and Dolby is delighted with the take-up; 23 professional mix stages around the world, including Pinewood Studios, Skywalker Sound, Post Republic in Germany, Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. and Park Road Post in New Zealand, 100 cinema installations, and around 40 [...]
Limited Aura-3D 11.1 release for ‘Red Tails’
To recreate the dizzying experience of aeriel combat, the new World War II action drama ‘Red Tails’, about a crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, is being released in selected cinemas in Barco’s Aura-3D 11.1 surround sound format.
Initially, the film’s producer, Rick McCallum, was encouraged to do an 11.1 mix so [...]
Diego Stocco takes 11.1 to the cleaners
Composer and sound designer Diego Stocco loves to experiment, using a mixture of custom-built instruments, organic sources such as sand, and everyday objects and materials. His screen credits include film trailers for ‘Terminator : Salvation’, ’2012′ and ‘Eagle Eye’, and TV shows ‘Dexter’ and ‘Cold Case’.
For one of his latest projects, Diego turned a dry [...]
Aura-3D system European debut
Barco and Nevafilm have installed Europe’s first Aura-3D system, at Jam Hall cinema in St Petersburg. The system, which can have between 10 and 14 channels – 9.1, 11.1 and 13.1 configurations – features an additional layer of speakers, elevated 30-degrees above the main channels to add height information. A codec has also been developed [...]
In the thick of it
Cinema is constantly striving to put the viewer in the thick of the action. First there was 5.1, then came 3D images and now it’s audio’s turn again to heighten the experience with a move to 11.1.
Lucasfilm Ltd’s latest flick ‘Red Tails’ will be shown using 11.1 surround sound courtesy of Barco and Auro-3D. Auro-3D incorporates the [...]
