DTS:X To Make Cinema Debut In American Ultra, Sicario And Mockingjay: Part 2

August 25, 2015

Lionsgate Films has committed to exhibit several upcoming films in the innovative DTS:X immersive audio format. Among the titles planned for release in 2015 are American Ultra, Sicario (September 18) and Mockingjay: Part 2 (November 13.) The films have been/will be mixed using the DTS MDA Creator Tool, DTS’ license fee-free, open platform for creation of object-based immersive audio, and will be exhibited in select DTS:X-equipped theaters in the U.S. The Muvico 14 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. is the first to feature DTS:X sound. 

MDA is the foundation of DTS:X and gives studios unprecedented control over the specific placement, movement and volume of sound objects. The platform also enables sound engineers to “mix once” for both immersive and conventional cinemas in a combined object- and channel-based audio format, allowing content to be easily distributed beyond the theater for streaming, broadcast, optical media and more.

The DTS:X licensing program in cinema will offer theater owners the opportunity to provide their audience the most compelling, immersive sound experience possible. This can be achieved for almost any room configuration by installing DTS:X-approved equipment and working with the recommended speaker installation guidelines.

To ensure quality and provide flexibility within the DTS:X program, DTS has partnered with industry-leading server, sound rendering and processing companies, GDC Technology, QSC and USL. Each company has developed and made available DTS:X-ready components that process and render MDA files to deliver the DTS:X experience to theatergoers.

GDC Technology develops, manufactures and sells digital cinema servers and provides a comprehensive suite of digital cinema products, services and solutions for exhibitors and distributors. QSC designs and manufactures professional audio systems and solutions for professional installed, portable, production and cinema sound customers worldwide. USL is engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of motion picture audio equipment and sound processors.