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> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: grogg barrel <radiomachete@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: a remark about 5.1 monitoring
> 
> its a great idea for the multitrack cd in the future
> i wish all the cds in the world were this way
> infinite remixes , no more vocals ever...
> 
> 
> is there any device that can simply split a 5.1cd signal into multiple outs
> (not an all in one 6 channel amp) but something you could run to your own pile
> of 
> individual amps? is this the dolby thing you are talking about for 600, or is
> there
> some cheaper way....  i guess thats the 200 $jvc you spoke of....
> 
> Gary Chang <gchang@calarts.edu> wrote:
> I ran this by Grant the other day - I want to send him some of the
> panning stuff that I have been doing with the JAG, but how do I send
> it to him?  If he had a DTS decoder (mine is a $200 JVC DVD player
> that has 6 channel output), I could send him a DTS encoded CD, and he
> could actually play my 5 channel mixes!
> 
> In the 70's, when I was at Calarts, because of the Buchla, and the
> four speakers monitors in the room, everybody's music there was 4
> channel discrete.  Quad panning.  Doppler.  3d ambience. Of course,
> this format was pretty unpopular, and the average person elsewhere
> could not play this stuff.
> 
> Today, however, is quite a bit different.  For as little as $600.00,
> many manufacturers are selling complete Dolby digital and DTS systems
> for home theaters.  These systems will take encoded discs and play
> them back as discrete 5 channel + subwoofer sound.
> 
> I have been composing and producing 5.1 format music for about 15
> years now, and I can simply say that it is better than stereo - it's
> more detailed when it is quiet, and it's a lot louder when it's loud.
> 
> There are several plugin applications that will DTS encode your 5.1
> mixes, allowing you to burn CDs that can be played on existing DTS
> playback systems.  The expensive way is with Protools, but Sonic
> Foundry  also has a great one for Dolby Digital.
> 
> 
> Something to think about....  30 years later, we can actually make
> multichannel music recordings, and send them to friends, who can play
> them back?!
> 
> Shouldn't we all be doing this?
> 
> Gary Chang
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 03:14:44 -0000
> From: "Gary Chang" <gchang@calarts.edu>
> Subject: Re: a remark about 5.1 monitoring
> 
> I forgot to mention, the JVC XV-SA70 cost about $200....
> 
> Gary

Good Choice Gary, (I have the same DVD player)!

I was authoring DVDs and needed a very capable DVD player
to test the discs I was burning and it is (or was) one
of the best units around two-years ago.

I too would like a stand alone decoder that could handle
LIVE input instead of only previously burned discs.

It seems that the amplifier companies are using this
live transcoding or decoding capability as a marketing
weapon.  To get actually get the six or eight live decoded
Preamp Outputs for 5.1 or 7.1 THX Ultra after decoding -
(but *before* the internal amplifier sections)
it seems they make you buy the most expensive receivers
in their line-ups?

I purchased a JVC RX-DP10V receiver for this which is
the flagship of the JVC line and the results are great,
however $2000.00 is a lot to pay if all you want is
the decoding part.

(The top of the line Denon units are equally good but twice
the price).

With synths coming out that have surround sound outputs
right on the rear panels such as the Hartman Neuron keyboard
synthesizer, I agree that it is high time that we all start
incorporating at least 5.1 into our modulars!

I really look forward to trying out one of Grants panning
joystick modules as they look to be a whole lot of fun!

Best Wishes!

Cynthia