Q sound

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Q-Sound is a surround sound system from the Canadian company Q-Sound Labs. The process was developed in the 1980s and marketed for the first time.

The system offers the possibility of generating a 3D sound effect with normal stereo recordings : the listener has the impression that noises are coming from the front or the rear of the listener.

Prominent users of this process include Sting and Pink Floyd co- founder Roger Waters , who compared the sound process with the advancement of audio technology from mono to stereo sound.

Since then, Q-Sound has often been used on audio CDs , DVDs and in video games.

Selected albums "mixed in Q-Sound"

Over 60 albums use the Q-Sound. These include:

Individual evidence

  1. PC Player, edition 9/1995, DMV Daten- und Medienverlag, p. 15

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