Various - Surround Spectacular - The Music / The Tests

Various - Surround Spectacular - The Music / The Tests
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Disc 1 - The Music in Dolby Surround
1-1	Also Sprach Zarathustra (Excerpt) Composed By – Richard StraussConductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – Seattle Symphony Orchestra	1:58
1-2	Roman Festivals: Ottobrata (Excerpt) Composed By – RespighiConductor – James De PreistOrchestra – Oregon Symphony Orchestra	3:58
1-3	Bantu Composed By – York*Ensemble – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet	2:09
1-4	Alma Redemptoris Choir – Voices Of AscensionComposed By – Palestrina*Conductor – Dennis Keene	3:55
1-5	Water Music: Alla Hornpips Composed By – Handel*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra	3:43
1-6	Toccata In D Minor, BWV 565 Composed By – Bach*Organ – Robert Noehren	2:51
1-7	Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III Composed By – Wagner*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – Seattle Symphony Orchestra	3:25
1-8	Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail (Excerpt) Composed By – Grofe*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – Seattle Symphony Orchestra	3:04
1-9	Fanfare For The Common Man Composed By – Copland*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – Seattle Symphony Orchestra	3:35
1-10	Requiem: Sanctus Choir – Voices Of AscensionComposed By – Durufle*Conductor – Dennis Keene	3:25
1-11	Gymnopédie No. 1 Composed By – Satie*Harp – Wendy Kerner-Lucas	2:30
1-12	Arabesque No. 1 Composed By – Debussy*Piano – Carol Rosenberger	3:40
1-13	Serenade For Winds: Minuet (Excerpt) Composed By – Dvorak*Ensemble – The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center	4:08
1-14	The Four Seasons: Autumn: Movement III Composed By – Vivaldi*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – The Los Angeles Chamber OrchestraViolin – Elmar Oliveira	3:11
1-15	Porgy And Bess Medley (Summertime) (Excerpt) Composed By – Gershwin*Conductor – Frederick FennellOrchestra – Indiana Wind EnsembleSaxophone – Eugene Rousseau	3:29
1-16	The Three Cornered Hat (Excerpt) Composed By – Falla*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra	3:28
1-17	Stabat Mater: Movement V (Excerpt) Choir – Westminster Symphonic ChoirComposed By – Dvorak*Conductor – Zdeněk MácalOrchestra – New Jersey Symphony Orchestra	2:30
1-18	Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring Composed By – Bach*Organ – Todd Wilson	3:21
1-19	O Hear Us, Lord Choir – St. John's Cathedral ChoirComposed By – Anthony PiccoloConductor – Donald Pearson	2:00
1-20	Dies Natalis (Excerpt) Composed By – Hanson*Conductor – Gerard SchwarzOrchestra – Seattle Symphony Orchestra	3:40
1-21	1812 Overture (Excerpt) Composed By – TchaikovskyConductor – James De PreistOrchestra – Oregon Symphony Orchestra	2:32
Disc 2 - The Tests
Sound Effects
2-1	Jet Flyover (USMC MkLk, Bangalors & FA-18s)	0:16
2-2	Fire Department Code 3	0:52
2-3	Canadian Pacific Railroad	1:32
2-4	Hawaiian Surf	1:38
2-5	Light Rain With Thunder	0:52
2-6	WW II Aircraft (Reno Air Races)	1:36
2-7	Steam Locomotive 4501 Passes In A Thunderstorm	1:36
Stereo Setup And Imaging
2-8	Stereo Channel Identification	1:00
2-9	Stereo Phase	1:00
2-10	Stereo Balance	1:00
2-11	Left-Right Frequency Balance	1:00
2-12	Stereo Center Imaging	1:11
2-13	Stereo Half-Left & Half-Right Imaging	2:17
2-14	Continuous Wideband Stereo Pan	1:01
2-15	Stepped Wideband Stereo Pan	1:01
2-16	Continuous Narrowband Stereo Pan	1:01
2-17	Stepped Narrowband Stereo Pan	1:01
2-18	Speaker Comparison Level-Matching	1:00
Subwoofer Evaluation And Setup
2-19	Low-Frequency Sweep With Voiceover	1:16
2-20	Low-Frequency Sine Wave Sweep With Harmonic	1:15
2-21	Subwoofer Level (With Meter)	1:01
2-22	Subwoofer Phase: 200 Hz	1:01
2-23	Subwoofer Phase: 160 Hz	1:00
2-24	Subwoofer Phase: 125 Hz	1:00
2-25	Subwoofer Phase: 100 Hz	1:00
2-26	Subwoofer Phase: 80 Hz	0:58
2-27	Subwoofer Phase: 62 Hz	1:00
2-28	Subwoofer Blend (Slow)	1:00
2-29	Subwoofer Blend (Fast)	1:13
Surround Sound Setup And Imaging
2-30	Surround-Sound Channel Identification	0:57
2-31	Surround-Sound Speaker Balance	1:00
2-32	Surround-Sound Speaker Balance With Subwoofer	1:00
2-33	Surround-Sound Center Speaker Phase	1:03
2-34	Surround Half-Left & Half-Right Imaging	2:18
2-35	Ambience/Reverberation Clicks	1:00
2-36	Continuous Wideband Surround-Sound Frontal Pan	1:00
2-37	Stepped Wideband Surround-Sound Frontal Pan	1:02
2-38	Continuous Narrowband Surround-Sound Frontal Pan	1:00
2-39	Stepped Narrowband Surround-Sound Frontal Pan	1:01
Reference Tones
2-40	Band-Limited Pink Noise	1:00
2-41	Stereo Pink Noise	1:00
2-42	Left-Channel Pink Noise	1:00
2-43	Center-Channel Pink Noise	1:01
2-44	Right-Channel Pink Noise	1:01
2-45	Surround-Channel Pink Noise	1:01
2-46	Left-Channel Match Tone	1:00
2-47	Center-Channel Level-Match Tone	1:01
2-48	Right-Channel Level-Match Tone	1:00
2-49	Surround-Channel Level-Match Tone	1:01

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Delos International, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Delos International, Inc.

Credits

Coordinator [Project] – Rudi Simpson
Design – Tri-Arts, Inc.
Design [Graphics] – Bruce Dizon
Edited By – Stephen Basil*
Engineer – Al Swanson, John Eargle, Stephen Basil
Executive-Producer – Amelia S. Haygood
Layout – Mark Evans
Liner Notes – David Ranada, John Eargle

Notes

Playing Time:
Disc 1 - The Music: 66:31
Disc 2 - The Tests: 58:47

Warning: Protect your speakers! Some of the tracks on this program contain sounds which could cause damage to your speakers if played at too high a volume level.

Stereo Review, a publication of Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, reserves all rights to the test tones and other materials provided by David Ranada for this disc (Disc 2, tracks 8-49). Copyright © 1995 Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.

Disc 2, tracks 1-7 are Copyright © 1995 by Brad Miller, Mobile Fidelity Productions of Nevada

Special thanks to:
Louise Boundas, Editor In Chief, Stereo Review
Anthony Grimani, Lucasfilm, THX
Robert S. Warren, Roger Dressler and Steven A. Thompson, Dolby Laboratories