Sound format

Various sound formats have been developed over time for use in the cinema and home.

This overview lists the systems from the beginnings of cinema sound to the current digital sound systems.

Analog sound systems

• Light tone
• Magnetic sound

Analog sound systems, matrix sound systems

• Dolby Stereo
• Ultra stereo
• dts stereo

Current digital sound systems

• Dolby Digital
• dts
• SDDS
• Sonics
• Dolby TrueHD
• DTS-HD

Sound systems that are irrelevant today

The following sound systems were only installed in cinemas for a short time.

• Sensurround, which was used in the Apollo Cinerama , for example .
• Quadraphony
• Cinema digital sound
• HDFS
• LC Concept

Web links

• Practical overview of cinema picture and sound formats for cinema operators

literature

• Michael Dickreiter , Volker Dittel, Wolfgang Hoeg, Martin Wöhr (eds.), "Handbuch der Tonstudiotechnik", 8th, revised and expanded edition, 2 volumes, publisher: Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston, 2014, ISBN 978-3- 11-028978-7 or e- ISBN 978-3-11-031650-6
• Thomas Görne: Sound engineering. 1st edition, Carl Hanser Verlag, Leipzig, 2006, ISBN 3-446-40198-9