anrunerd t1_iupjzow wrote on November 2, 2022 at 2:03 AM Reply to TIL that the first movie to have surround sound was from 1940; Walt Disney's Fantasia. Some versions of 'Fantasound' called for 52 speakers. by infected_scab I think the 52 speakers is just not correct. The linked wiki article says 54, but if you dig into the article for Fantasound, it has a detailed breakdown and no version ever had more than 8 speakers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasound Permalink 6
anrunerd t1_iupjzow wrote
Reply to TIL that the first movie to have surround sound was from 1940; Walt Disney's Fantasia. Some versions of 'Fantasound' called for 52 speakers. by infected_scab
I think the 52 speakers is just not correct. The linked wiki article says 54, but if you dig into the article for Fantasound, it has a detailed breakdown and no version ever had more than 8 speakers:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasound