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March 28, 2006
MP3 Inventors Look To Fund Cinema Sound Startup
Karlheinz Brandenburg, who holds the main patents for the MP3 format popularized by Apple's iPod, is leading a startup called Iosono, which sells audio processing, mixing software, and speaker systems that afford cinema-goers (for example) a more realistic sound experiences.
Brandenburg is looking to raise €10M this year to fund the business, according to an article in the FT today.
Speaker arrays from Iosono are targeted at cinemas, concert halls, and theatres.
This is how the firm describes its product:
Speaker arrays ring the listening space and operate in a coordinated, phased fashion to re-create each individual sound wave. For example, a helicopter can slowly approach the audience, fly through the middle of the theatre, and disappear off into the distance. The audience hears the sound waves the helicopter would generate if it were actually flying this path.
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