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Re: [AN1x-list] Aural Exciter

2001-12-07 by RayMaxer

You can see it on the bottom of your AN-1x -
on mine it is prinited that Aural Exciter algorithm is a registered Aphex.....
and so on.
Ray.

"Mike B (digiboy)" wrote:

> >Hello, No it's not unique to Yamaha, Aphex actually made the original I
> >
> >think you will find.  I can't tell you exactly how it works, but from
> >
> >what I understand it 'adds' some frequencies that the brain is
> >
> >particularly drawn to and finds it hard to ignore (apparently babies
> >
> >crying and women screaming also produce this frequency!), not sure what
> >
> >else it does.
>
> 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.
>
> Mike Berman
> digiboy@...
>
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