SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

This unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital decoders that allow you to enjoy multi-channel playback from almost any sound source (stereo or multi-channel). This unit is also equipped with a YAMAHA digital sound field processing (DSP) chip containing several sound field programs which you can use to enhance your playback experience. Most of these sound field programs are precise digital recreations of actual acoustic environments found in famous concert halls, music venues, and movie theaters.

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The YAMAHA CINEMA DSP modes are compatible with all Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Surround sources. Set the input mode to Auto (see page 44) to enable this unit to automatically switch to the appropriate digital decoder according to the signal being input.

For movie/video sources

You can select from the following sound fields when playing movie or video sources. The sound fields marked “MULTI” can be used with multi-channel sources, like DVD, digital TV, etc. Those marked “2-CH” can be used with 2-channel (stereo) sources like TV programs, video tapes, etc.

Program

Features

Sources

 

 

 

STEREO:

Downmixes multi-channel sources to 2 (left and right) channels or plays back 2-channel sources

 

2ch Stereo

as is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUSIC VIDEO:

This program produces an enthusiastic atmosphere and lets you feel as if you are at an actual jazz

 

Pop/Rock

or rock concert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUSIC VIDEO:

The sound field makes the voice of a disc jokey sound clearer.

 

DJ

 

 

 

 

 

MUSIC VIDEO:

This program provides excellent vocal depth and overall clarity by restraining excessive

 

Classical/Opera

reverberation.

 

The surround sound field is relatively moderate but it reproduces beautiful sound using data

 

 

 

 

collected from a concert hall.

 

 

 

 

MUSIC VIDEO:

This program reproduces vocals clearly, letting you feel the spaciousness of a pavilion.

 

Pavillion

Reverberation, which is somewhat delayed, reproduces the live acoustics unique to a pavilion,

 

and helps to make concert scenes more exciting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program creates the extremely wide sound field of a 70-mm

 

Spectacle

movie theater. It precisely reproduces the source sound in detail, making both the video and the

MULTI

 

sound field incredibly real. This is ideal for any kind of video source encoded with Dolby

2-CH

 

Surround, Dolby Digital or DTS (especially large-scale movie productions).

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program clearly reproduces dialog and sound effects in the latest

 

Sci-Fi

sound form for science fiction films, thus creating a broad and expansive cinematic space amid

 

silence. You can enjoy science fiction films in a virtual-space sound field that includes Dolby

 

 

 

 

Surround, Dolby Digital and DTS-encoded software employing the most advanced techniques.

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program is ideal for precisely reproducing the sound design of

 

Adventure

the newest 70-mm and multichannel soundtrack films. The sound field is made to be similar to

 

that of the newest movie theaters, so the reverberations of the sound field itself are restrained as

 

 

 

 

much as possible.

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program is for reproducing sounds from 70-mm and

 

General

multichannel soundtrack films, and is characterized by soft and extensive sound field. The

 

presence sound field. The presence sound field is relatively narrow. It spatially spreads all around

 

 

 

 

and toward the screen, restraining the echo effect of conversations without losing clarity.

 

 

 

 

THX: Cinema

THX processing for any multi-channel source. 2-channel sources are decoded by the PRO

 

 

LOGIC, PRO LOGIC II, PRO LOGIC IIx or DTS Neo: 6 decoder before THX processing. You

 

 

can select the decoder using the sound field parameter described on page 107.

 

 

 

 

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