List of film sound systems

The following is a list of film sound systems.

Explanation

  • The year shown may represent a patent or other developmental milestone rather than the first use in public.
  • Technologically identical systems may have been promoted under different trade names by different commercial entities.
  • The approximate number of films credited to each system is taken from the Internet Movie Database.

Sound systems

Year Name Number of films
200212-Track Digital Sound40
20152-Track Digital Sound (REMBS)586
19533 Channel Stereo51
19534-Track Stereo (CinemaScope)586
19556-Track Stereo (Todd-AO and compatibles)89
195570 mm 6-Track527
1934Afifa Ton-Kopie1
1950AGA Sound System7
1909Animatophone3
2010Auro 11.1115[1]
1928Aurofone1
2015AuroMax?
1943B.A.F. Sound System2
1907Biophone2
1938Blue Seal Noiseless Recording1
1929Bristolphone2
2001Broadway Surround1
1909Cameraphone1
1921Case1
1990CDS11
1974Chace Surround8
1905Chronophone106
1910Chronomegaphone1
1990Cinema Digital Sound5
1907Cinematophone53
1904Cineophone2
1904Cinephone Lubin57
1952Cinerama 7-Track13
1911Cinephonograph1
1949Cinesound10
1904Cinophone2
2010 Datasat Digital Sound 501
1923De Forest Phonofilm213
2002Digitrac Digital Audio System12
1975Dolby Stereo12497
2012Dolby Atmos281[2]
1992Dolby Digital19652
1999Dolby Digital EX288
1985Dolby SR (Surround)5865
2009Dolby Surround 7.150
1993DTS3735
1996DTS 70 mm28
2001DTS-82
1999DTS-ES93
1994DTS-Stereo137
2015DTS:X42[3]
1996DX Stereo3
1940Fantasound1
1929Filmtone2
1998Full Range Recording System5
1920Gaumontphone1
1898Hollmann–Eaves1
1973IMAX 6-Track25
2014IMAX 12-Track?
1933International Recording Engineers System2
1992Iwerks Digital Audio5
1894Kinetophone (Dickson)7
1888Kinetophone (Edison)1
1958Kinopanorama 9-Track6
1913Kinoplasticon12
1956Klangfilm Magnetocord3
1954Klangfilm-Stereocord3
1990LC-Concept Digital Sound22
1969Li-Westrex System1
1938Magnaphone Western Electric3
1962Magnetocord1
1988Matrix Surround24
1904Mono137936
1925Movietone20
1938Optiphone5
1964Ortiphone1
1907Oskar Messter1
1949Perspecta Stereo58
1933Phillips Sound3
1900Phono-Bio-Taleaux1
1900Phono-Cinema-Theatre7
1921Phono-Kinema11
1922Phonofilm248
1921Photokinema8
1925Photophone (RCA)3
1914Polyscope2
1936Pulvári System5
1970Quadrophonic3
1975Quintaphonic1
1993Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS)2005

RTG

1977Sensurround13
1992Servotron Stereo5
1888Silent95017
1985Sonics4
1996Sonics-DDP47
1994Sonix13
1928Sonora-Bristolphone1
1997Sound 360°2
1992Sound Trax Surround Stereo4
1995Soundelux1
1965Spectra-Stereo2
1949Stereo45374
1978Super Space Sound1
1929Synchrotone2
1939Synthetic4
1932Systemi A. Shorin2
1940Système Cottet3
1933Tagephone1
1983THX Ltd.1732
2005TMH Labs 10.2 Channel Sound1
1928Tobis (Tonbild Syndicat)80
1922Tri-Ergon Sound System 68 mm2
1984Ultra Stereo1007
1938Variray Blue Seal Recording3
1935Visatone3
1980Vistasonic2
1925Vitagraph3
1926Vitaphone356
1911Vivaphone1
1921Western Electric20
1925Westrex (Fox & Western Electric)5
1938Wicmar and Blue Seal Noiseless Recording1

See also

References

  1. "Movies mixed in Barco's 3D sound". Barco. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "Theatrical Releases in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos". www.dolby.com. Dolby Laboratories. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. "DTS:X Cinematic Releases | DTS". dts.com.

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