Hey guys, so I'm wondering if there are any contemporary books or other sources of information regarding movie theater speaker setups. I can guess that modern cinema has to solve lots of problems to make audio quality superb - they have to make audio delivery time approximately equal for all of the public, then they have to compensate frequency response because of audio waves overlapping. What speaker topographies do they use? What are best examples of implementation of them?

Also it's interesting what they do in terms of acoustical solutions.

Can you also recommend a good source on practical acoustics for big venues like music stages, specifically classical ones? Like AES proceedings, or some other good journal. How does it work how it works? Last acoustics book I've read had lots of math, and we don't like that.

 

speaker setup strategies for immersive audio will always involve a lot of math.

 

7+1=9

 

Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics: Thirty Years of Acoustical Design for Music Venues and Vineyard-Style Auditoria - pdf 45MB

Can be found on the sister site...

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I hope GeekedGlitch is Sir Christopher Nolan asking about it for his next movie.

BWAAAAHH BLAM BLAM "hdjsidj jfif djpo vnnn" BWAAAHHH CRASH

Me: ... wtf did they say?!

 

Trevor Cox. I am a Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford where I carry out research and teaching focussing on architectural acoustics, signal processing and audio perception. I am also an author and radio broadcaster having presented many documentaries on BBC radio and written books for academics and the general public.

http://trevorcox.me & https://www.youtube.com/trevorcox & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Cox

 

Was that the 98 piece horn section

 

Around here it's THUDD. The Audience is deaf.

 

and money $$$$

 

yes exactly, prologic to ambisonics is from 7.1 to 9.

plus quite some more code for the details.