Why is THX Sound scary?
THX-phobia is the fear of the THX logo and/or the Deep Note and/or digital audio. This fear usually sprouts in childhood, as the logo was infamous for scaring young children due to its loud and jarring audio and being featured in many Disney and Pixar movies and other movies too.
What movies have the THX logo?
Some of these clips include Star Wars: Episode I, Alien and Jurassic Park. The logo then starts to shine as the blue outline from the Broadway trailer appears around the screen and the words “CERTIFIED CINEMA” appear under the THX logo.
What does THX stand for in movies?
THE THX CERTIFIED CINEMA PROMISE THX stands for quality.
Is THX audio worth it?
If you don’t already have a gaming headset that supports spatial audio (like the Razer Kraken Ultimate), the Razer THX Spatial Audio app is absolutely worth considering.
Is THX certified worth it?
Many films and video games carry the THX brand and logo to prove their worth as high-quality audio or video sources. However, THX Certification is most important for the speaker system that produces the sound because THX source audio matters only when it is played on a system capable of reproducing it.
Who created the THX sound?
Dr. James ‘Andy’ Moorer
The THX Deep Note was composed by Lucasfilm sound engineer Dr. James ‘Andy’ Moorer and was screened at the start of the 1983 premiere of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. In 2015, Dr Moorer refreshed the THX Deep Note and made it even more spell-binding for modern cinema formats.
Are Yamaha receivers THX certified?
This THX® Select2-certified receiver delivers 120 watts x 7 channels of Yamaha’s clean, high-current amplification. It also offers exclusive THX processing enhancements designed to transform all of your movies, music, and TV shows into convincingly theater-like sound.
Why is the THX intro loud?
Academy Award–winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom has explained that the Deep Note “just feels loud” because of the spectrum of frequencies it uses. Curiously, the THX Deep Note that everyone recognizes today was almost replaced with another sound.
Is THX copyrighted?
The sound itself is copyrighted, but here is a problem: The code Dr. Moorer wrote has generative characteristics (i.e. it relies on random number generators), so each time you generate a score and feed the resulting statements to the ASP, the generated sound is somewhat different.