Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Sonic Tier Audio

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Posted by Sam King (Member # 4029) on 07-18-2013, 05:55 PM:

Does anyone here have any experience and/or info/opinions on Sonic Tier Audio? It appears to be an international (S. Korea) competitor to Dolby ATMOS and Barco Auro. It apparently can feature a staggering 15 stage channels L, Lc, C, Rc, R at 3 different heights. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 07-18-2013, 06:04 PM:

First of all, the main difference between Atmos and Auro 3D is that Atmos uses an object based audio format and Auro 3D just a pimped discrete-channel audio system.

I've Googled a bit about this Sonic Tier Audio, but the information readily available is quite minimal.

Even then, it will be pretty useless in production without content and I don't see Dolby or Barco opening up their proprietary sound formats anytime soon.