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Audio Production in 5.1 Surround

14. June, 2008 Ι Tags: Audio, Music, Technology

I’ve recently acquired a full 5.1 Surround system which I’m playing around with. For those not familiar with the term, here’s a short introduction:

A multichannel sound technology that produces five channels of sound in the left, right, center, left surround and right surround positions. 5.1 systems also have 1 channel for LFE (low frequency effects) which is usually sent to a subwoofer. (from webopedia)

Simply put, you get a much richer 360° experience when producing audio. This is not only a lot of fun, but really takes it to the next level in terms of making music or sounds for any project where there’s a 5.1 system available for playback, and is something I’m hoping we’ll get to put to use soon. For instance, the new TrondheimSoloists album Divertimenti, released on Blu-ray (the world’s first music Blu-ray actually), utilizes this technology and it’s safe to say more will be released in the future.

Check out www.umfeld.tv to witness an intense 5.1 project – and make sure you’re not using tiny laptop speakers when hearing this :)

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