my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Digital Cinema Forum   » Dolby's new sound system (Page 14)

This topic comprises 38 pages: 1  2  3  ...  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  ...  36  37  38

Author Topic: Dolby's new sound system Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 08-01-2012 09:00 PM                     Oooops... http://www.screendaily.com/news/dolby-laboratories-acquires-immersive-audio-competitor-imm-sound/5044766.article ---- Dolby Laboratories acquires immersive audio competitor IMM Sound 24 July, 2012 | By Neal Romanek IMM Sound’s immersive audio technology includes both theatre systems and audio post technology with their Immersive Audio Workstation mixing console. Dolby Laboratories has acquired IMM Sound, the Barcelona-based provider of immersive audio systems for cinemas. IMM’s immersive sound technology will be discontinued and used to enhance Dolby’s own Atmos [pictured] immersive sound system. Immersive, or “3D”, audio is a term given to a variety of technologies aiming to faithfully recreate the experience of hearing sound in real life, including height information, that goes beyond traditional surround sound. IMM Sound’s immersive audio technology includes both theatre systems and audio post technology with their IAW (Immersive Audio Workstation) mixing console. Dolby’s Atmos immersive audio system also provides and end-to-end solution with cinema set ups and mixing technology. The Dolby Atmos theatre system has support for up to 64 speaker channels, including speakers in the cinema ceiling. In June, Dolby equipped the first European Atmos screen with Barcelona’s Cinesa Diagonal Mar Screen 9. Other immersive audio systems include Belgian company Auro Technologies Auro 3D. --- - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Antti Nayha Master Film Handler Posts: 268 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: Oct 2008 posted 09-02-2012 05:57 AM                     I'll be in London next weekend, and was hoping to catch an Atmos demo... but alas, it seems that the Empire Leicester Square is not running Brave anymore. I don't suppose that any of these titles are using Atmos?  |  IP: Logged Derek Young Film Handler Posts: 8 From: Stockwell London England Registered: Aug 2012 posted 09-04-2012 07:06 AM                  The Empire did not have the run of Brave its screening at the Vue. I think they done screenings of Brave at the Empire for test showings,then it looked like Emipre Cinemas pulled the film and it went to the Vue.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 09-24-2012 12:40 PM                        Weekend press release: LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) and Twentieth Century Fox® announced today that two of the studio's fall 2012 releases, Taken 2 (U.S. release: October 5, 2012) and Chasing Mavericks (U.S. release: October 26, 2012), will be mixed and released in Dolby® Atmos™, the new audio platform that has revolutionized the experience of sound in entertainment. Anticipating additional Dolby Atmos titles, Twentieth Century Fox is outfitting its Zanuck Theater postproduction facility with Dolby Atmos capabilities. Dolby Atmos, the latest sound technology from Dolby Laboratories, delivers a more natural and realis ... Dolby Atmos, the latest sound technology from Dolby Laboratories, delivers a more natural and realistic sound-field that moves sound around and above audiences, transporting them into the onscreen adventure. "Dolby Atmos transports audiences into the onscreen adventure with the most lifelike sensory experience ever offered in cinema," said Doug Darrow, Senior Vice President, Cinema, Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby Atmos will immerse moviegoers in the sounds of Istanbul's bustling streets in the action-packed Taken 2 and atop the big waves of Chasing Mavericks." Two acclaimed sound re-recording mixers will be at the helm of the Dolby Atmos mixes. Craig Henighan will mix Chasing Mavericks in Dolby Atmos; Chuck Michael will conduct the Dolby Atmos mix for Taken 2. According to Darrow, Dolby has a long history of transforming and reinventing cinema sound and is attuned to the desires of both movie audiences and the creative community behind each film. "Twentieth Century Fox and Dolby have had a long and trusted history together," said Ted Gagliano, President of Post Production, Twentieth Century Fox. "It is therefore not surprising to me that the breadth of Dolby's experience has given them a keen insight not just into the moviegoing experience, but into the wants and needs of postproduction. This has obviously greatly influenced the vision of Dolby Atmos. Fox looks forward to enriching the cinematic experience with this latest innovation from Dolby." The list of North American theatres selected to show the fall 2012 releases of Taken 2 and Chasing Mavericks in Dolby Atmos will be made available closer to the release dates. http://investor.dolby.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=705984  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-28-2012 08:21 PM                        Taken 2 will be showing in Dolby Atmos at the Empire 25 in NYC. I saw/heard a Dolby Atmos demo at the Dolby Screening Room a few weeks ago. The "jungle" trailer was phenomenal, but a remixed scene from MI4 lacked decent bottom and had the usual digital harshness. Having said that, the sound localization was amazing. These films are mixed standard 7.1 and then Atmos is applied as "sweetening" on top of it. What we haven't seen yet is a film mixed totally with Atmos in mind and then played back in both Atmos and standard 7.1/5.1 theatres. I think that's probably at least a year away.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-06-2012 02:37 PM                     ^ I'm a little annoyed that Fox didn't let the soundmixers (of Taken 2) also mix this in standard 7.1  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-06-2012 06:59 PM                     The last thing this industry needs is yet another sound format. It is hard enough getting theatres to invest in a QUALITY 5.1 system, so who is the genius at Dolby who imagines that theatres are going to invest in yet more channels and speakers? What this industry NEEDS DESPERATELY is a testing and certification program similar to THX but without the politics and BS. One that is actually enforced and followed up on. Any theater that does not meet the standard should be required to post signs advising filmgoers that their sound sucks. I'd say that over 80% of theatres have sound that is at least lacking or more accurately (as Joe Redifer would say) sounds like ass. Money for Atmos would be far better spent in bringing the existing 5.1/7.1 systems up to proper performance levels.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-06-2012 09:15 PM                        I like your sign idea, but sound is so subjective. For example, lots of people think our sound here is good, but there are some who think it's too loud. And others who wish it was louder.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-06-2012 11:17 PM                     Volume does not = good sound. You can't take a crappy sound system and turn it up to make it sound better. (You would actually be making it sound worse.) The biggest problem aside from acoustics/room design and poor choice of amp/speaker is people either plug it in, set some basic levels and walk...or they go the other way and OVER-tune the room. Either = bad sound. That being said though, a properly calibrated system won't sound as good if played at a volume off the mark.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-07-2012 08:57 AM                     quote: Tony Bandiera Jr Any theater that does not meet the standard should be required to post signs advising filmgoers that their sound sucks. Better idea: Movie theaters should have to post colored stickers on their front doors like some cities make restaurants do.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-07-2012 10:50 AM                     quote: Brad Miller Volume does not = good sound. You can't take a crappy sound system and turn it up to make it sound better. (You would actually be making it sound worse.) Damn! I just got through making up new silk screens for our volume controls (aka "faders" for your snooty people) that replaced the 0 - 10 markings (or -∞ - +10dB for the "engineering" types) with "Worse" - "Better" labels! Gone will be the phrases of "turn the volume up to more better."  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-07-2012 10:00 PM                        quote: Brad Miller Volume does not = good sound. Absolutely. But I don't care if you have the best sound system on this or any other planet, there are going to be SOME people who think it should be louder (teen boys), or softer (senior citizens).  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 10-07-2012 10:32 PM                     And isn't it funny that the teens sit in the of the auditorium, so they are the farthest from the speakers. And the seniors sit so far up that they nearly have their ears pressed to the speakers. Same goes with stadium seating. The seniors down front where the cool air settles complain it is too cold. The teens in the back up where the hot air has risen to, complain it is too hot.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-08-2012 05:47 AM                     Yep. We definitly need regulations there. Seniors up, teens down. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-08-2012 06:48 AM                        As for sound levels, I've felt for a while that one of the measures of a "good" sound system (room, speakers, setup) is that it can be played at a fader setting of "7" without generating complaints. Lesser quality systems always seem to have some degree of harshness or distortion that necessitates playing films at a lower setting. Someone needs to make a remote fader box that goes to "11" (call it the "cat. 779 - Spinal Tap version"). Filmmakers always seem to be deaf, so it would be nice to give them something like that to twiddle with during their screenings.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 38 pages: 1  2  3  ...  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  ...  36  37  38

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.