Dolby Stereo - Our Feature Presentation

[jacobzeier]

I love the late 70s, early 80s! Great days of heavy metal and disco!

[DarkRider69]

OMG I'd completely forgotten about this one. Thanks!

[WAYNE1980AA]

nice to hear it in stereo, i guess youtube added stereo, even some of my videos used to play back in mono, but were stereo

[EmpireLS56KW]

Now that’s how I remember it playing at UCI Tower Park in Dolby Stereo type A. I was playing it back on the JBL sound system in DOLBY STEREO PRO-LOGIC and wow I had flashbacks of the sound panning left and right and onto the matrix rear surround arrays.

[hilarioph]

I just feel the sound on my

ear phone cool

[Seth75xxx]

I am glad I found this. I remember being in the movie theater and then hearing the deep base while this played.

[jonathanmlang]

They still show this in the REX Cinema

[kavanjh82]

Why can't I download this in Stereo using Youtube Downloader?

[Paul68595]

I can actually hear the surround in my 5.1 system with the Dolby ProLogic II turned on while watching this trailer. I've always wondered what the old trailers looked like for Dolby. Thanks.

[lastgarlicfinger]

Now it's in stereo. I bet it wasn't as loud as digital sound is today.

[cc213t]

@lastgarlicfinger - hey you're right - YouTube finally upgraded the audio. Any Dolby Surround processor should be able to decode it now.

[lastgarlicfinger]

@cc213t Just don't choose 240p. Otherwise it will just be in mono.

[1DanielChristensen]

I have a 1998 Zentih Rear projection tv that has some sort of 3 channel audio. only it's NOT the one with two fronts and a surround. It's a center and a left and right.

[TheComicfreak10]

catchy/cheesy

[Jonassssss6]

i love old things

[Prokifiev]

Bloody hell, I'd forgotten all about this

[TheComicfreak10]

yeah, harper1875 is right. also, it seems like it would scare the heck outta ya!

[harper1875]

This tune is great, it has a real "cinema sound" to it. Has anybody got a cleaner version of this on MP3?

[americaneagle791]

Why? Its gay.

[HeresJamesPrice]

I like how this video is in mono

[WAYNE1980AA]

if you put this on dailymotion, you may be able to get it in stereo. i wonder how loud this trailer was at the show?

[thebmxnation]

lol this is epic

[MsRegos]

one of the first

[stig114]

I was in a cinema this week which still uses this!

[MysteryManfrom79]

We still use it too! Still available from Filmack Studios...

[dfkish]

That reminded Me Of The FIRST FHE Logo aka (Cheesey FHE) and (Soda pop)!

[bigme1975]

hi any info on the henry mancini dolby fanfare,the music was brilliant and i havent been able to get it anywhere,cheers

[MysteryManfrom79]

I'm actually surprised companys like UCI actually used this, as as good as it is, it was sold by independent cinema suppliers only and not Dolby, whom they obviously got all their others from. This was the only unofficial Dolby film I know of, but was very popular and stil is, though DOLBY STEREO implies that you are using Dolby 'A' analogue, but can be generic to all analogue Dolby formats, but would be underselling your cinema if you had (eg) Dolby SR. This film costs around £30-40 these days

[Watcher3223]

If I'm not mistaken, you're talking about DOLBY SYSTEM if all you mean is the noise reduction system by itself.

DOLBY STEREO employed type A not only for NR but also for part of its matrix decoding for the center dialog track and the rear surround track. If the film is not being presented with the center and surround despite it being able to with the proper equipment, it's not being presented in Dolby Stereo.

Of course, these predate Dolby SR.

[MysteryManfrom79]

No, sorry I was talking about DOLBY analogue processors (CP55 A-type and up) who used this trailer even if their system was SR as it was generic to analogue Dolby Stereo cinema processors as a cheap option and to save switching to SR trailers etc if it was moving screens to a different Dolby Format. But I am talking about the basic 2-track split to left/right-centre/mono-surroun­dsystem you mean.

[Watcher3223]

Cool.

And, yeah, Dolby Stereo and its later variants were designed to be flexible and compatible.

I mean, you could play these soundtracks on Ultra Stereo equipment and they'd work.

[MysteryManfrom79]

Matt, Dolby Stereo (or Dolby 'A') is discontinued & no longer installed by any companys. A lot of old/independent cinemas still have it, or may install second hand ones to replace old home-made stereo systems.

The one a few have mentioned about flying over a cliff was the 'Dolby SR'(Spectral Recording) one, & was called 'The Henry Mancini Dolby Fanfare'. Unlike the one here, this was an official Dolby film and is long discontinued. The one playing here is made by FILMACK and is still available.

[ChrisNightingale]

Wow I have been looking for that trailer for years - I saw it at my local UCI and it was often either that one or the one which as far as I remember was flying over some green fields over a cliff (or something like that).

What I loved about this trailer was how the sound suddenly changed in the middle from what sounded like Mono into full stereo effects - it was amazing!!!

Thanks!!!

[raccoonfan]

There was another version?

Speaking of UCI, I went to the UCI Gateshead to see Toy Story a long time ago. I do go to it as it's ODEON incarnation, although after a certian film (Can't remember it's name), I didn't go to the UCI till 2007. It was the 'Comet' ident that put me off UCI

[ChrisNightingale]

I'm sure it was a dolby stereo ad where it was a low flying shot over some nice country side (green fields with some hikers etc) which then went over the cliff and displayed the Dolby (or Dolby Stereo) logo - it had a more orchestral score as I remember - not as good as the trailer featured here though.

[MattCordellIsBack]

Is the plain Dolby Stero still used?

[WAYNE1980AA]

yes, if anything goes wrong with the dolby digital sound track, dolby stereo sr is used. dolby stereo is still in theaters, most likely old ones or look in movie listings (detroit free press is a good way)

[MysteryManfrom79]

Another interesting fact I forgot to mention is that this wasn't an official Dolby trailer...

This was made by someone similar to Cinema Concepts (their name escapes me) who had the rights to use the Dolby Stereo logo.

Though Cinema Concepts were the leading name in 35mm trailers, their Dolby Feature Presentation film didn't have the logo as they didn't have the rights.

Dolby's offical 'A' type trailer was a little shorter and had sound whooshing sound effects rather than music.

[SPLDjh]

Cool graphics

[kascnef82]

btw, the audio is very scratchy...when a film reels changes, there would be some static. On a Dolby Digital track, it's not noticeable, but a beeping noise occurs during reel changes or when a film reel has a splice. DTS doesn't use this as their system is based on a CD-ROM, making for higher quailty surround sound at home and at the movies.

[MysteryManfrom79]

I can tell you this design was made in 1978, but was printed off for many years. You can still get it these days from many cinema trailer suppliers, but they go for about £32 these days!

It was still commonly used until the early 90s - we had them until about 2001, but stopped using them as although we haven't upgraded, I never saw the point in advertising the fact that your sound system is out of date!

A UCI cheif once told me they used to keep a lot of them for basic speaker tests!

[cc213t]

Yeah, it was shot off a movie screen with a VHS camcorder back in the 1990s...

[editedbyfailure]

@cc213t your such a rebel

[Intersonus903]

Possibly the 1970's.

Dolby Stereo would debut around the early-mid 1970's and could be used on optical or magnetic tracks. The prime features were matrixed surround effects and type A noise reduction.

Then, Dolby SR would make its way years later, replacing Dolby Stereo and would be the defacto until Dolby Digital premiered, first as a test on "Star Trek VI" and then officially with "Batman Returns."

[Ashley4Movies]

Blimey I haven't seen that trailer since around early 1990 when I was projectionist for UCI.