AFAIK Yamaha actually quote Aphex in their blurb somewhere, so, I would
have thought that they are authorized users of the name.
In article <l03130303b835bc7f9ff3@[66.108.109.223]>, Mike B (digiboy)
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digiboy@...> writes
>>Hello, No it's not unique to Yamaha, Aphex actually made the original I
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>>think you will find. I can't tell you exactly how it works, but from
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>>what I understand it 'adds' some frequencies that the brain is
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>>particularly drawn to and finds it hard to ignore (apparently babies
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>>crying and women screaming also produce this frequency!), not sure what
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>>else it does.
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>So is Aural Exciter a copyrighted name? Aphex is still very much in the
>business .
>Doesn't Aphex have any kind of control over the use of the term "Aural
>Exciter" in the same fashion that Dolby owns the rights to that term for
>it's noise reduction circuits. Does this mean the Yammy is actually using
>the authorized Aphex effect system? I've seen other companies refer to
>effects they call "audio Enhancers" and other such terms that imply the
>same result but are surely not the same as the Aphex system.
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>Mike Berman
>digiboy@...
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See ya,
Reggie