dac@hpfcla.UUCP (08/28/85)
Does anyone know how SURROUND SOUND is encoded on stereo soundtracks? What do SURROUND SOUND decoders do with standard stereo tracks? What is the capital of Assyria? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Cooper ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcla!dac
brown@nicmad.UUCP (09/02/85)
In article <65600003@hpfcrx.UUCP> dac@hpfcla.UUCP writes: >Does anyone know how SURROUND SOUND is encoded on stereo soundtracks? >What do SURROUND SOUND decoders do with standard stereo tracks? It is akin to the old SQ/QS matrix 4 channel sound of old. >What is the capital of Assyria? The correct question should be 'What WHERE the capitals of Assyria?' Following is the quote from my Encyclopedia Americana: "The original capital of the country, to which it owes its name, was Ashur (Asshur), modern Qalat Sharqat, on the western bank of the Tigris above the mouth of the Little Zab. About 60 miles (97 km) to the north lay Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), which was founded long before Ashur and became the capital of the later empire. Between them lay Calah (modern Nimrud), which was the capital of the empire during part of the 9th and 8th centuries B.C., and northeast of Nineveh was Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), the capital during the reign of Sargon II (721-705 B.C.). The most important secondary cities were Arbela (modern Erbil or Arbil), southwest of Nineveh, and Haran, the principal center of late Assyrian power in western Mespopotamia and the last capital of Assyria (after the fall of Nineveh in 612 B.C.)." I don't know if your question was a lark or not, but there it is! :-) -- Mr. Video {seismo!uwvax!|!decvax|!ihnp4}!nicmad!brown
brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Brad Spear) (09/03/85)
In article <65600003@hpfcrx.UUCP> dac@hpfcla.UUCP writes: > >Does anyone know how SURROUND SOUND is encoded on stereo soundtracks? >What do SURROUND SOUND decoders do with standard stereo tracks? Basically, "surround sound" simply puts additional sound channels behind the user, as theatres do. This is the same thing that quadrophonic tried to do in the early seventies. "Surround sound" appears to overcome the biggest commercial problem of quad, that is, two major competing (and incompatable) decoding systems for all stereo sources (turntable, cassette, open reel, etc.) plus a discrete system for turntables (which required replacing all most everything in that audio path). In addition, there were multitudes of "enhancers" and "simulators". "Surround sound" has been in use in a SINGLE format by theatres for a long time, and is already encoded in many (all?) movie soundtracks from the last few years. All that is required is a decoder on the user's end. The only problem left is where to put the extra speakers. Some put them ahead of the user, but closer to the user than the main speakers, some put them behind the user, in addition to the differences in amplification and speakers. >What is the capital of Assyria? I ... I don't know that ... AAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE Brad Spear sdcrdcf!brad
allison@convexs.UUCP (09/06/85)
This should probably go in net.audio.tangent, but here goes... >> What is the capital of Assyria? > > The correct question should be 'What WHERE the capitals of Assyria?' > Following is the quote from my Encyclopedia Americana: > > "The original capital of the country, to which it owes its name, was Ashur > (Asshur), modern Qalat Sharqat, on the western bank of the Tigris above > the mouth of the Little Zab. About 60 miles (97 km) to the north lay..... So THAT'S what it's like to be uninitiated into the world of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail!" Brian Allison {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!convexs!allison Convex Computer Corp. Richardson, TX