Fantasound was a stereophonic sound Sound recording and reproduction reproduction system developed by the engineers ... Fantasia , the first commercial film to be released in stereo. Fantasound led to the development ... url http articles.chicagotribune.com 1990 09 23 entertainment 9003190601 1 leopold stokowski fantasound ... for control of the volume of the first three. ref name popscience Fantasound development 1939 ... a multi channel reproduction system that was dubbed Fantasound, a process that was to be a desirable ... was the predecessor of the automated mix down systems found in modern recording studios. Fantasound set ups Ten different Fantasound setups were built and tested during its development. As many ... to test the Fantasound systems. ref cite web url http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,146906,00.html ... required for Fantasound at each venue was costly. ref name nytimes1990 cite web url http www.nytimes.com ... and not movie theater s due to the need to close the theater during installation of Fantasound .... Fantasound never expanded beyond the initial roadshow engagements in New York, Los Angeles where ... work The New York Times accessdate February 12, 2011 date April 28, 1941 ref and replaced the Fantasound ... accessdate March 4, 2011 date September 28, 1990 ref All but one of the Fantasound systems were dismantled ... of Fantasia . ref Holden, p. 584. ref Legacy Fantasound marked the first use of the click track ... telephone lines from the optical Fantasound equipment to the new magnetic recording equipment. These were ... when Fantasound was recreated in Dolby Stereo for the film s 1990 theatrical release. Disney audio ... the way their equipment played in the theaters...back then. The result, named Fantasound 90 ... web url http articles.philly.com 1990 10 05 news 25891247 1 fantasound fantasia disney animators title ... and assistance in the development of Fantasound ref Garity and Hawkins 1941 , p. 146 ref C. O. Slyfield ... Further reading http www.widescreenmuseum.com sound Fantasound1.htm Fantasound 1941 http www.widescreenmuseum.com ... more details
performance, was 46 seconds in length Fantasound was an experimental surround system system created for Walt Disney Pictures Disney s film Fantasia film Fantasia . No Fantasound version of the film survives ... more details
Infobox person name William Garity image Bill garity disney.jpg alt caption birth name birth date Birth date 1899 04 02 mf y birth place Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States U.S. death date Death date and age 1971 09 16 1899 04 02 death place Los Angeles , California , U.S. William E. Bill Garity April 2, 1899 September 16, 1971 was an American inventor and technician best known for the his employment at Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Studios , where in 1937 he and Ub Iwerks developed the multiplane camera ref name DParkin2007 cite book last Parkinson first David title The Rough Guide to Film Musicals year 2007 publisher Penguin pages 161 ref ref name LoBrutto2005 cite book last LoBrutto first Vincent title Becoming film literate the art and craft of motion pictures year 2005 publisher ABC CLIO pages 138 ref and where he developed Fantasound , an early stereophonic surround sound system for 1940 s Fantasia film Fantasia . ref name GarJon exp Cite journal last1 Garity first1 William E. last2 Jones first2 Watson title Experiences in Road Showing Walt Disney s Fantasia journal Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers volume 39 location United States date July 1942 year 1942 url http www.archive.org stream journalofsociety39socirich page 6 mode 2up ref He was inducted in the Disney Legends program in 1999. References references External links http disney.go.com disneyinsider history legends bill garity Bill Garity at Disney Legends Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Garity, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1899 PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1971 PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles , California DEFAULTSORT Garity, William Category 1899 births Category 1971 deaths Category People from Brooklyn es William Garity fr Bill Garity ja E ... more details
Advert date June 2011 File Surround sound 5.1 speaker setup surround channels red.jpg thumb Surround channels in a 5.1 speaker setup in red File 4 0 Channels mono rear split .svg thumb Surround channels in a Dolby Pro Logic 4.0 system using two speakers in antiphase or a dipole speaker File 6 1 channels surround sound.svg thumb Single rear surround channel in a 6.1 system Surround channels are audio channel s in surround sound multichannel audio . They primarily serve to deliver ambience sound recording ambience and diffuse sounds in a film or music soundtrack. History Dolby Stereo 1975 was the first standard cinema sound system using a single matrixed mono rear channel note Disney s Fantasound from the 1930s used a surround channel . Dolby Surround 1982 was the first home audio system to use a rear channel. It and its successor, Dolby Pro Logic 1987 , used a single rear surround channel, but often using two speakers connected in anti phase or a dipole radiator , as shown in the speaker configuration diagram to the right in gray. Implementation Unlike most typical speaker placements, surround speakers are often intended to radiate such that the sound reflects off walls so that the sound arrives at the listening position indirectly as a reflection rather than a direct wave. Often dipole speakers dipole sometimes even quadrupole speakers are used to do this, especially in small or home theater applications where an array of surround speakers as in a movie theater is not practical or possible. ref http blog.stereotype.co.nz 2009 02 why dipole rear speakers are better ref A common misconception is that surround channels are rear channels. However, when only two speakers are used, they are meant to be placed on the side walls at 90 110 degrees relative to the screen. Surround speakers are placed above the listeners ears and are not angled towards the listener. In movie theater cinema setups, many more than two surround speakers are often used, being placed along the side ... more details
with Fantasound , a pioneering sound reproduction system that made Fantasia the first commercial film ... theatres and installing the Fantasound equipment for the roadshow presentations. Also, audiences ... 1990 09 23 entertainment 9003190601 1 leopold stokowski fantasound fantasia ... Barrier 2008, p. 146 ref Fantasound The Disney brothers contacted David Sarnoff of RCA regarding ... The collaboration led to the development of Fantasound , a pioneering stereophonic sound stereophonic ... thumb left Disney s chief sound engineer William Garity . Fantasound employed two projectors running ... Gelder, pp. 87 90 ref Release history Theatrical runs 1940 1941 roadshows with Fantasound Image Promises ... Fanning ref The Disneys had secured a year s lease with the venue that was fully equipped with Fantasound ... costs of a single Fantasound setup, ref name shepherd ref name gold87 Goldmark and Taylor ... years, but wartime demands for equipment limited the number of Fantasound prints to sixteen. ref ... in good condition. Using the remaining Fantasound system at the studio, a three track stereo copy was transferred ... more details
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Tommy and Walt Disney s Fantasia film Fantasia for which a special sound system Fantasound had been .... Also, like Fantasound, Quintaphonic Sound was never used again. Tommy was later released with mono ... more details
Year nav topic5 1940 film television radio The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia . Events February 7 Walt Disney s animated film Pinocchio 1940 film Pinocchio is released. February 10 Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon Puss Gets the Boot . May 17 My Favorite Wife is released. May A reproduction of America s First Movie Studio , Thomas Edison s Edison s Black Maria Black Maria , is constructed. July 27 Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare . October 15 The Great Dictator , a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin , is released. November 13 World premiere of Walt Disney s Fantasia film Fantasia , the first film to be released in a multichannel sound format see Fantasound . The film also marked the first use of the click track while recording the soundtrack, overdubbing of orchestral parts, simultaneous multitrack recording and lead to the development of a multichannel surround system. In the United Kingdom, the Crown Film Unit supersedes the GPO Film Unit in the production of documentary film s. Top grossing films U.S. class wikitable Rank Title Studio Actors Gross 1. Pinocchio Disney RKO Cliff Edwards 84,300,000 ref Cite web url http www.the numbers.com movies 1940 0PINO.php title Pinocchio Data publisher The Numbers.Com accessdate September 24, 2011 ref 2. Fantasia film Fantasia Disney RKO Deems Taylor 83,320,000 ref Cite web url http www.the numbers.com movies 1940 0FNT1.php title Fantasia Data publisher The Numbers.Com accessdate September 24, 2011 ref 3. Rebecca 1940 film Rebecca Selznick United Artists Laurence Olivier , Joan Fontaine 4. Boom Town film Boom Town MGM Clark Gable , Spencer Tracy 5. Santa Fe Trail film Santa Fe Trail Warner Bros. Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Ronald Reagan 6. The Philadelphia Story film The Philadelphia Story MGM Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , James Stewar ... more details
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