HOLOPHONE H2-PRO, User Manual

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H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide
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This configuration is known as 5.1, with the “.1” referring to the
LFE source (also known as a
subwoofer ). Dolby Surround Digital
is the home video version, available on digital video disks (DVDs).
A competing system called DTS (Digital Theater Systems),
introduced with
Jurassic Park , also uses the 5.1 configuration.
Circle Surround analog decoding system also supports 5.1.
IMAX uses a 6.1 system, adding a top channel to the 5.1 standard.
This is the configuration that is supported by the Holophone.
Recently, Dolby, DTS and SRS Labs (among others) have come
out with extended surround formats that use a 6.1 configuration.
Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES (Extended Surround) and Circle
Surround II (CS II) all add a center rear channel.
Sony has introduced a standard, SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital
Sound), which has a 7.1 configuration. It adds a
left center and a
right center speaker, but omits the top speaker. The Holophone
does not support this standard directly. (However, the two
additional sound sources can be generated in the studio, using the
center channel in combination with the left and right channels.)
The Holophone is compatible with all consumer audio formats,
including:
6.1 IMAX
Dolby Digital EX
DTS ES
Circle Surround II (CS II)
5.1 Dolby Digital
Dolby ProLogic II
DTS
Circle Surround
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding – MPEG 4)
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
If you wish, when using the Holophone, you
can add “height” by mixing the top channel
incrementally with the five (L,R,C,Ls,Rs)
channels after recording.
7.1 SDDS
Generate the two additional sound sources in
the studio, using the center channel in
combination with the left and right channels.