User Manual
Multichannel Monitoring Tutorial Booklet (M2TB) rev. 3.5.2
Masataka Nakahara : SONA Corporation
©2005 YAMAHA Corporation, ©2005 SONA Corporation
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2. Multi-channel formats
At present, multi-channel playback is supported by numerous types of consumer media, of which DVD is one.
The playback response for each of these types of media is defined by the organizations or manufacturers listed
below.
Media
Playback response
specification
Storage method used (Note)
Media standards
organization
Film SMPTE
Dolby DIGITAL, DTS, SDDS,
and others
<< SMPTE, ISO
DVD-Video
*1
Dolby lab., DTS
Dolby DIGITAL, DTS, and
others
<< DVD Forum WG1
DVD-Audio DVD Forum WG4
*2
LPCM, PPCM
(Packed PCM, MLP)
*3
=DVD Forum WG4
Super Audio
CD
Sony, Philips DST coded DSD
*4
=Sony, Phillips
ARIB
*5
MPEG-2 AAC
*5
<ISO, IEC
**
Dolby lab. Dolby DIGITAL
*6
–-
DTS DTS
*7
–-
Digital
broadcast
Administrative body MPEG-2
*8
<ISO, IEC
**
Other matrix methods
*9
such as Dolby Surround, Dolby ProLogic II(x), and Circle Surround
GAME Dolby lab., DTS Dolby, DTS <<
Hardware
manufacturers
(Notes) “<<” Within the recording format specified by the standards organization, the actual
recording method and playback response are provided by another party.
“<” The recording method specified by the standards organization is used, and the
applying organization considers the playback response.
“=” The standards organization directly specifies the recording method and the playback
response.
*1
DVD-Video also allows LPCM multichannel recording.
*2
The PPCM algorithm is provided by Meridian Audio Ltd.
*3 For PPCM, maximum 96 kHz/24-bit/6ch.
For LPCM, maximum 96 kHz/24-bit/4ch, 96 kHz/20-bit/5ch, 96 kHz/16-bit/6ch.
(For 2ch, maximum is 192 kHz/24-bit)
*4
(For 2ch, Plain DSD (uncompressed DSD) is also possible)
*5
Japan
*6
Europe, USA and Korea
*7
Europe, etc.
*8
Europe, etc.
*9
Can also be applied to analog broadcast.
**
Indicates that this is not a broadcast media standard, but a recording format standard.
[Table 1] Multi-channel formats and standards organizations