Cinema Studio; Semi Cinema Studio; Music - Sony STR-DE845 Training Manual

Cinema Studio

This mode is designed to be used with a Multi-channel surround audio input (e.g. Dolby Digital/AC-3, DTS or
Dolby Prologic) and the normal six-speaker surround system (front left/right, rear left/right, center and subwoofer).
Cinema Studio is similar to Normal Surround except now the acoustical characteristics of a Sony Pictures
Entertainment cinema production studio are present. The 3D image processing of the V. Multi Dimension (a
virtual speaker mode which will be discussed shortly) is added to the normal surround sound audio to produce
the cinema studio atmosphere. There are three Cinema Studio sound fields:
1) Cinema Studio EX. A: Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony pictures Entertainment "Cary
Grant Theater" cinema production studio. This sound field can be used when viewing almost any type of
movie.
2) Cinema Studio EX. B: Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony pictures Entertainment "Kim
Novak Theater" cinema production studio. This sound field is ideal for viewing science fiction or action
movies with lots of sound effects.
3) Cinema Studio EX. C: Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony pictures Entertainment scoring
stage. This sound field is ideal for viewing musicals or classic films where music is featured in the
soundtrack.
Note: The Cary Grant and Kim Novak Studios are actual Sony Pictures Entertainment Movie Production Studios
where a movie is shot and produced. Each has its own unique acoustical characteristics, which in these cases
even have particular characteristics for certain types of movies (e.g. The Kim Novak Studio is particularly good
for Science Fiction movies). The Sony Entertainment Scoring Stage is an actual studio used for recording the
music portion of the movie. Once again, this studio has especially good characteristics for recording movie
sound tracks. This makes this mode particularly good for playing back certain movies where the sound track is
a major part of the movie (e.g. a musical movie).
Note: These sound fields use the 3D sound imaging of V. Multi Dimension. Reference figures 2-3, 2-4 and 2-5
for the three possible virtual speaker system positioning, which depends on the positioning of the two actual rear
speakers.

Semi Cinema Studio

These three sound fields (Semi Cinema Studio EX. A, Semi Cinema Studio EX. B and Semi Cinema Studio
EX. C) are identical to the above Cinema Studio mode except now the Sony Picture Entertainment cinema
production studio sound characteristics are reproduced using only front left, right and center speakers. All other
speakers are virtual (ref. Figure 2-12).
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FIGURE 2-12 - Listener, Actual and Virtual Speaker Setup
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