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	Fantasound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fantasound was an early stereophonic sound process developed by sound engineer William E. Garity and sound mixer John N.A. Hawkins for the Walt Disney studio in 1938-1940 for the motion picture Fantasia, making Fantasia the first commercial film with multichannel sound.
		The idea for Fantasound came from Walt Disney himself, who was displeased with the quality of conventional optical motion picture sound recording and playback systems, and from conductor Leopold Stokowski, who had participated in experimental stereophonic recordings in 1932 and a live, long-distance demonstration of multichannel sound in 1933.
		The transfer had taken place over special high-quality telephone lines, because the optical Fantasound equipment and the magnetic recording equipment were in separate buildings and could not be brought together.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fantasound (1080 words)

	Fantasia (1940) Page 2 - Movie Tome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The original prints for Fantasia featured soundtracks that were recorded in a process known as "Fantasound", a 4-track directional stereophonic system that was invented especially to record the soundtrack for this picture by RCA and the Walt Disney Studios technical team, led by William E. Garity.
		Over 90 speakers were used for the playback of the Fantasound audio during the premiere of the film on 12 November 1940.
		However, Fantasound was rather expensive for the theaters participating in the roadshow version to install, especially with the needed materials being hard to obtain as the United States prepared for possible participation in World War II.
	www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/MoviePage2/movieid-101209 (1578 words)

	FANTASOUND*
		The first step toward Fantasound occurred when we were asked to make a sound move back and forth across the screen.
		The Fantasound optical printer is designed to print four double width sound-tracks side by side across the useful area of a 35-mm film, from negatives having a standard width sound-track in the standard location.
		Fantasound reproduction differs markedly in both results and equipment from standard theater reproduction.
	www.widescreenmuseum.com /sound/Fantasound1.htm (4472 words)

	EXPERIENCES IN ROAD-SHOWING WALT DISNEY'S FANTASIA
		The article, based on a paper presented at the 1942 spring meeting of the SMPE on May 1, 1942, was published in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers in its July, 1942 issue.
		By means of one switch which actuated a relay system, the sound was transferred from the Fantasound set-up to the emergency channel, making use of the standard sound-track on the picture film, the emergency amplifier, and the center-stage loud speaker.
		The weight of a complete Fantasound equipment was approximately 15,000 lbs.; it was packed in forty-five cases and required one-half of a standard freight car space.
	www.widescreenmuseum.com /sound/Fantasound3.htm (3225 words)

	Fantastic Fantasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		To compound the issue, after the completion of the 'Fantasia' road show programme the Fantasound equipment was dismantled and contributed to the war effort.
		Credit must be given to the whole Fantasound team who had worked hard for several years to make the system a success.
		By this time the original nitrate sound negatives had deteriorated and were unusable but a Fantasound quad print had been preserved and was in fairly good condition.
	www.amps.net /newsletters/issue16/16_fant.htm (1473 words)

	Fantasia (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1956, Fantasound was returned to Fantasia when it was released in CinemaScope-compatible SuperScope, remixed into four-channel stereo.
		For its 50th Anniversary in 1990, Disney decided to go back to the original Fantasound tracks, and using whatever film elements were still available, restored the film to more or less its original format to closely resemble the 1946 General Release Version.
		Both the picture and the Fantasound tracks were digitally remastered, and thus a new generation was able to experience the film with Leopold Stokowski's original Philadelphia Orchestra recordings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fantasia_(movie) (4356 words)

	Film Sound History: 40's
		In 1940, Walt Disney's Fantasia was the first film to be released in a multichannel format called Fantasound.
		Only two Fantasound systems were sold to two theaters: New York's Broadway Theater and the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
		Fantasound led to a variety of magnetic techniques and eventually to Dolby Stereo.
	www.mtsu.edu /~smpte/forties.html (1498 words)

	Fantasia DVD review on AudioRevolution.com
		Speakers were installed by the Disney technicians -- their usual distributor, RKO, opted out and the studio handled the distribution of the film itself -- in the handful of theaters around the country where it played.
		But it wasn't just stereo; it was "Fantasound." With stereo, care is taken to make it sound as though there's an orchestra installed just the other side of the movie screen; the sounds of the brasses always come from the same area of the screen, same for all the other sections of the orchestra.
		But with Fantasound, this varied -- and the sounds of the various sections of the orchestra changed from speaker to speaker, however was best to suit the presentation at the moment.
	www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/fantasia.shtml (944 words)

	Fantasound definition - isp.webopedia.com - The Glossary for Internet Service Providers
		Fantasound refers to the proprietary surround sound system used by Disney in the 1940's for the movie "Fantasia".
		Disney's Fantasound technology created a surround sound field with left front, center front, right front, left rear and right rear channels.
		The main soundtrack incorporated only the front three channels; the two rear channels were recorded on a separate reel of film, and steered in separately when needed.
	isp.webopedia.com /TERM/F/Fantasound.html (116 words)

	Semester Term Paper: Film Sound
		With the release of Fantasia, came the release of Fantasound.
		The Fantasound system also employed house left, right, and center channels.
		The Fantasound system debuted at a later date than that of the film itself, and even then it was only sold to two major theaters.
	www.unc.edu /~jimlee/tp141nawabi.html (3278 words)

	Walt's Masterworks: Fantasia
		One concept that actually made it past the drawing boards was so-called Fantasound, an elaborate and expensive sound system.
		Unfortunately, although Fantasound was used for the film's opening, the government stopped Walt from producing the necessary equipment -- claiming that national defense priorities had a higher call on the necessary technology.
		Not only was "Fantasia" put into general release with a standard sound track, Walt was forced by his distributors at RKO to cut it from 125 to 81 minutes (losing much footage of Deems Taylor's narration).
	disney.go.com /disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/fantasia/index.html (394 words)

	Motion Picture Sound - part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These were mixed by Stokowski into 4 master optical tracks that were played in synchronization on special equipment made by RCA for a multiple-loudspeaker theater installation called "Fantasound"; behind the screen were three horns and placed around the other walls of the theater were 65 smaller speakers.
		Fantasound ended in 1941 and would not be heard again until a remastered version in Dolby Stereo was recorded in 1982 with Irwin Kostal conducting the Stokowski arrangements.
		In 1990 Disney re-released the film in magnetic 6-channel "Fantasound '90" at the Cinerama Dome Theater in Los Angeles with a similar arrangement of surround sound equipment as was used in the 1940 Carthay Circle Theater showing, but all other theaters in America would show it in standard Dolby 70mm magnetic 4-track matrix stereo sound.
	aj69.tripod.com /film/motionsound2.html (2932 words)

	IEEEVM: Fantasound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Of the many proposals for Fantasia, including extra-wide screens, 3-D, and pumping smells into the movie theater, one that made it past the drawing board was Fantasound (1939).
		Stemming from Disney’s and Stokowski’s exploration into three-dimensional sound technology, Fantasound was an elaborate and expensive sound system that recorded Fantasia on nine optical recorders using eight music tracks plus a click track for animation timing.
		Fantasound was used for the film’s premiere at the Broadway Theater in New York on 13 November 1940, but the government halted the production of the necessary equipment as national defense priorities took precedence when it came to technological development.
	www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/event.php?taid=&id=3456917&lid=1 (517 words)

	Fantasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is interesting to read in the SMPTE Journal for August 1941 how quickly Fantasound was developed.
		The 'brain' of the Fantasound equipment was 'TOGAD', a Tone Operated Gain Adjusting Device, which consisted of a variable gain amplifier and a tone generator for each channel.
		The development of Fantasound did not end with the first mix.
	www.amps.net /newsletters/issue15/15_fanta.htm (2204 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Fantasia/2000 (xhtml)
		He had been assured by no less than the great Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein that "Snow White" was the greatest film ever made, and he saw no boundaries for the infant art of feature animation.
		In 1940 Disney produced "Fantasia," a marriage of animation and classical music, and insisted it be shown only in his new process Fantasound, which used an assembly of 64 speakers that gave audiences their first experience of what is now familiar as "surround sound." The experiment was a disaster.
		His original plan for "Fantasia" was to constantly renew the film, adding fresh segments, warehousing old ones, showing it in Fantasound as a sort of classical repertory for moviegoers.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19991231/REVIEWS/912310301/1023 (966 words)

	Trivia for Fantasia (1940) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Stokowski-conducted orchestra audio was recored on to eight separate soundtracks (one for each section of the orchestra), which were then mixed down to the four-track system that was optically matted to the Technicolor film prints.
		(correction) Disney technicians recreated Fantasound for the 50th Anniversary release in 1990 using modern digital technology and the original sound cues from the Disney archives, and this mix was encoded into the subsequent VHS and Laserdisc releases.
		The sound is cleaner, but it is not Fantasound as it's been described in 1940 and as it appeared in 1990.
	us.imdb.com /Trivia?0032455 (2234 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Cinema sound systems: a history
		In 1938, Walt Disney introduced a new sound-system called 'Fantasound', this system was initiated along with the movie 'Fantasia'.
		Fantasound used a second movie ribbon (the follower) with three photographic sound tracks and a control track on it
		But Fantasound was only one of many other attempts to make the sound match the broader picture, that has developed over the years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A399792 (1436 words)

	Disney Archives \| "Fantasia" Movie History
		The film was presented in Fantasound, an early stereo system devised at the Disney Studio, which required theaters to be specially equipped.
		Renewed interest in the film in the 1970s led to a new soundtrack in 1982, with an orchestra conducted by Irwin Kostal and recorded in digital stereo.
		But its full-length restoration in 1990 brought back the original soundtrack, while trying to duplicate some of the effects of the Fantasound presentation.
	disney.go.com /vault/archives/movies/fantasia/fantasia.html (264 words)

	The History of Surround Sound > Surround Sound in the Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Disney employed the proprietary Fantasound technology to create a surround sound field with left front, center front, right front, left rear, and right rear channels.
		Unfortunately, the additional equipment necessary to reproduce Fantasound was too costly to roll out on a widespread basis.
		Only two Fantasound systems were sold to theaters: New York's Broadway Theater and the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
	www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=337317 (1132 words)

	Animation Show Forums > Toon soundtracks in stereo.... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Fantasound equipment weighed several tons and was designed for roadshow engagements.
		Like Fantasound, it also used three speakers behind the screen.
		But where Fantasound was designed for roadshow use, Vitasound was designed to compatible with neighborhood theatres and it worked this way.
	www.animationshow.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t804.html (600 words)

	A New Life For Fantasia
		Yet -- as monumental an achievement as it is -- the film that we know as Fantasia represents only a part of Walt Disney's creative vision.
		Along with the brilliance of the animation and the technical innovation of Fantasound, Fantasia was meant to offer a new concept in exhibition.
		The concept would be something like that of a touring orchestra, continually altering its repertoire.
	awn.com /mag/issue4.07/4.07pages/kaufmanfantasia.php3 (729 words)

	Box Office Prophets: A-Lists
		Actually a device of substance, Fantasound was the first multi-track soundtrack with the sound being recorded on a separate 35 mm piece of film as three optical soundtracks and a fourth track that was used to control the overall sound.
		This was fed to a huge set of special amplifiers and crossovers that fed several speakers situated around the audience and the more traditional behind-the-screen positions.
		The incredible expense and difficulty in setting up the equipment for a single movie meant that Fantasound was only seen at a few select auditoriums around the country, which definitely earns it a place on this list.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /dean/keiragimmick.asp (1416 words)

	The Session: Shop - Product info
		At a time when stereo recording was still just an experiment at Bell Labs, Disney recorded Stokowski and the Philly Orch using four or more different tracks (all on separate film reels) for a multi-dimensional audio experience.
		The resulting "Fantasound" was only ever presented at just a few select theatres at the original FANTASIA "road-show" engagements.
		When FANTASIA was put into general release, the film was cut and the "Fantasound" soundtracks were mixed down to the standard mono track of films of the time.
	www.thesession.org /shop/display.php/B000001M4K (765 words)

	Communications 141 Spring Term Paper
		Walt Disney Pictures introduced Fantasound in 1940 when they released “Fantasia,” which used a multi-channel format to reproduced classical music set to cartoons.
		Fantasound also affected the speaker system in the theaters playing “Fantatsia.” Instead of one central speaker, Fantasound contained a 3-speaker system -- screen left, screen right, and screen center, as well as an entire second projector.
		While this type of speaker arrangement had been available since the beginnings of stereo sound, it was not until Fantasound that an entire second projector was used to play four mono-optical sound tracks, while a back-up mono mix was used in case the stereo sound failed in some way.
	www.unc.edu /~anewton/Comm141.html (3724 words)

	DVD.net : Fantasia 2000 - DVD Review
		A man named Roy Disney remembers his Uncle Walt’s segment-changing idea for Fantasia and resolves that the time is right for a brand new edition of the concept, just in time for the 21st century.
		But “Fantasound” just isn’t going to cut it in the era of THX and been-there done-that movie gimmickry.
		Indeed, these days “Fantasound” is what you hear when someone opens a bottle of fizzy orange soft drink.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1376 (1952 words)

	1940 in film
		February 23 - The animated movie Pinocchio is released.
		Disney's Fantasia was the first film to be released in a multichannel format called Fantasound[?].
		The film also marked the first use of the click track while recording the soundtrack, overdubbing of orchestral parts, simultaneous multitrack recording and lead to the development of a multichannel surround system.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1940_in_film.html (120 words)

	K-UTE Student Radio 1620 AM - Exclusive Friends of K-UTE trivia contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Aside from the abstract/experimental nature of the film, it's "Fantasound" and the equipment needed to play it back hindered it's ability to make back the 3 million spent on production.
		Fantasound was rather expensive for the theaters participating in the roadshow version to install, especially with the needed materials being hard to obtain as the United States prepared for possible participation in World War II
		It wasn't until the 1967 release that it became a success.
	www.kute.org /article.php?story=2005031115313368&mode=print (321 words)

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