Rapt/Wrapped Listening: The Aesthetics of “Surround Sound”

This essay is prompted by “surround sound,” the sonic results of which have been evident in cinemas since the late 1970s and the encoding for which, in the form of Dolby 5.1 on the soundtracks of DVDs, since the turn of the century has been fairly ubiquitous. By way of background, the essay deals i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James Wierzbicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2021-11-01
Series:Sound Stage Screen
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/sss/article/view/14474