■ Sound programs suitable for music/stereo playback

Church in

This program features the sound field created by the refectory (dining hall) of a beautiful medieval Gothic monastery located in Royaumont on the

(MUSIC)

The following sound programs are optimized for listening to music sources.You can also select stereo playback.❑CLASSICAL

This sound field simulates a concert hall with approximately 2500 seats in Munich, using stylish wood for the interior finishing as normal standards for

Hall in Munich A European concert halls. Fine, beautiful reverberations spread richly, creating a calming atmosphere. The listener’s virtual seat is at the center left of the arena.

Royaumont

outskirts of Paris.

This program creates a relatively wide space with a high ceiling, like an

Chamberaudience hall in a palace. It offers pleasant reverberations that are suitable for courtly music and chamber music.

❑LIVE/CLUB

This is the sound field at a jazz club that was in New York. It is in a

Village Gate basement and has a relatively spacious floor area. The listener’s virtual seat is at the center left of the hall.

The Jazz club is on 7th Avenue, New York. This small club with the low

Hall in Munich B

This hall is frequently used for recording orchestral music, and is a shoe-box type concert hall with around 1300 seats. The hall is constructed from marble, resulting in relatively flat resonance. Further, the high ceiling

Village Vanguard ceiling makes the powerful reflections converge toward the stage located in the center.

causes sound to reverberate for longer than usual.

Warehouse Loft

The warehouse resembles some lofts in Soho. Sound reflects off the concrete walls clearly with a lot of energy.

This is a large shoe-box type concert hall with around 2400 seats located in

This program simulates an intimate concert venue with a low ceiling and

Hall in Frankfurt Frankfurt. This hall has a very solid, powerful sound. The listener’s virtual

seat is in the center-right section on the first floor.

This is a large asymmetrical concert hall with around 2000 seats located in

Cellar Club

homey atmosphere. A realistic, live sound field delivers powerful sounds that make you feel as if you are sitting in the front row in front of a small stage.

Hall in Stuttgart downtown Stuttgart. Sound reflected off the concrete wall located to the left of listeners has a powerful presence.

This program creates the sound field of a 460-seat rock music concert The Roxy Theatre venue in Los Angeles. The listener’s virtual seat is at the center left of the

Hall in Vienna

This program simulates a 1,700-seat, middle-sized concert hall with a shoebox shape that is traditional in Vienna. Pillars and ornate carvings create extremely complex reverberations from all around the audience, producing a very full, rich sound.

hall.

This program creates the sound field at stage front in The Bottom Line, a

The Bottom Line famous New York jazz club once. The floor can seat 300 people to the left and right in a sound field offering real and vibrant sound.

Hall in Amsterdam

The large, shoe box shaped hall seats about 2,200 around the circle stage. Reflections are rich and pleasing while the sound travels freely.

Arena

This program gives you long delays between direct sounds and effect sounds, with the extraordinarily spacious feel of a large arena.

Hall in USA A

This is a large 2600 seat concert hall in the United States which features a fairly traditional European design. The interior is relatively simple, in the American style. The middle and high frequencies are richly and beautifully reinforced.

This spacious arch-shaped hall has a dome ceiling and can seat 2600. The ample resonance apparent in the sound is a feature brought about by

❑STEREO

Use this program to mix down multichannel sources to 2 channels. When

2ch Stereo multichannel signals are input, they are down mixed to 2 channels and output from the front speakers (this program does not utilize CINEMA DSP).

Hall in USA B longer than average period of reverberation. In addition to this, the reflector suspended above the stage allows listeners to experience rich sound from the direction of the stage.

The acoustic environment of an ordinary church with moderate

Church in Tokyo reverberations. The reverberation lasts 2.5 seconds. This is ideal for

reproducing church organ and choral music.

11ch Stereo

Use this program to output sound from all speakers. When you play back multichannel sources, the unit mixes down the source to 2 channels, and then outputs the sound from all speakers. This program creates a larger sound field and is ideal for background music at parties.

Located in the south of Germany, this grand, stone-built church has a pointed tower at 120 meters in height. Its long and narrow shape and the

Church in Freiburg high ceiling enable the elongated reverberation time and limited initial reflection time. Thus, the rich reverberation rather than the sound itself reproduces the atmosphere of the church.

•CINEMA DSP HD³ (p.56) and Virtual CINEMA DSP (p.56) do not work when “2ch Stereo” or “11ch Stereo” is selected.

PLAYBACK ➤ Selecting the sound mode

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