Surround Sound Set Up

Surround sound set up makes images come to life.

The reason that we all love going to the movies is that they've got their surround sound set up down to an art. So not only can we see the bullets being fired from a Tommy-gun wielding gangster, but we can practically feel the recoil as the Dolby Digital sound hits us from the surround sound set up arranged within the theater. Surround sound set up is both a science and an art. The science of course lies in the correct wiring, and audio levels that are generated through specific speakers, sub-woofers etc.

The art comes in the form of the placement of these speakers, and what sounds are designated to what speakers. It's the difference between watching a helicopter fly out of frame, and actually hearing it fly over our heads and away into the distance. This art is brilliantly exhibited in rides such as Flying over California, at Disney Land's California Adventure. In this ride you are strapped into a seat much like a roller coaster, and then moved in front of an Imax sized screen. The images are taken from the point of view of a helicopter or plane flying over different parts of California. However the real excitement of this ride, and what ultimately makes feel as though you are actually flying over California is the surround sound set up. Speakers are placed in such a manor, so you are not only experiencing the sound of objects seen on the screen, but of those that you have just 'passed by' in the simulated flight.

So be sure to check out our pages about Surround Sound Speakers, Surround Sound Installation, Surround Sound Speaker Placement, and Surround Sound Wiring elsewhere on this site.