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Multichannel Monitoring Tutorial Booklet (M2TB) rev. 3.5.2
Masataka Nakahara : SONA Corporation
©2005 YAMAHA Corporation, ©2005 SONA Corporation
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Media Digital broadcast
Method 5.1 discrete
Main countries Japan Europe, etc.
Name --
Manufacturer, Organization Signal format: ISO, IEC
Signal format: ISO, IEC
Playback response, etc.: ARIB
Playback response, etc.: Each
administrative body
Surround processing method --
Compression method MPEG-2 AACMPEG-2
Recording response (media) L, C, R, LS, RS, LFE*: full range L, C, R, LS, RS: full range
LFE: < 125Hz
Level: L=C=R=LS=RS Level: L=C=R=LS=RS
LFE: Prescribed by ARIB LFE: Prescribed by administrative body
L, C, R, LS, RS: full range L, C, R, LS, RS: full range
Playback response
(speaker, amp)
LFE: Prescribed by ARIB LFE: 20 - 125 Hz
Main countries Europe, USA, Korea, etc. Europe, etc.
Name Dolby DIGITAL DTS
Manufacturer, Organization Dolby lab. DTS
Surround processing method --
Compression method Dolby AC-3 DTS Coherent Acoustic
Recording response
(media)
L, C, R, LS, RS: full range
LFE:
< 120Hz
Level: L=C=R=LS=RS
LFE=+10dB in-band gain
Playback response
(speaker, amp)
L, C, R, LS, RS: full range
LFE: 20Hz - 120Hz
Other methods
Discrete methods: 3-1, 5.0, etc.
Matrix methods: Dolby Surround, ProLogic II(x), Circle Surround, etc.
*In MPEG-2 AAC, the LFE channel supports full-band encoding, but a bandwidth limitation may be
applied in transmission.
[Table 2-5] Multi-channel formats (typical examples), Digital broadcast