![]() Different versions of Surround Sound Technology Walt Disney, the founder of Disney Studio, was inspired by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s operatic piece Flight of the Bumblebee in the movie and featured it in his musical Fantasia, where he wanted it to sound as if it was flying all around the theater.ĭolby Labs, the main contributor to this technology, was founded by Ray Dolby in 1965, and then it’s evolved with every new release.įrom Dolby Stereo to Dolby Atmos, it’s evolved a much today. Surround sound historyĪccording to Wikipedia, surround sound was first introduced in 1940 in the Disney studio’s animated film Fantasia. However, surround sound is mostly used in movies, games, etc., but today producers are also using this technology with songs.īy the way, whatever you do as a producer, you should learn surround sound.īut before learning surround sound technology, you should first learn stereo technology which I have described in my article, “ Mono VS Stereo Audio – Which One Should You Use – Why!“. If the door is located behind you as per the scene, you will listen to the door opening sound from behind you. Now, remember, when you watch a movie in a theater and during a scene when someone opens a door, maybe you listen to the door opening sound from your behind or either side. When you create a virtual stage or movie scene environment using a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system so that the listener would feel like he is actually in between that environment, then it’s called surround sound mixing. The actual definition of surround sound mixing should be, ![]() Is it surround sound mixing?Īctually, routing the same thing in several speakers is not called surround sound mixing. Suppose you have recorded vocals and route that to all the 6 speakers of the standard surround sound system. ![]() Is that simple, as I have elaborated above? Just output the mixdown in more than 2 speakers called surround sound mixing? When you mixdown your project to more than 2 speakers, then it’s called surround sound mixing?
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