Standing tall watching over the two Westar projectors is where the digital age of sound integrates seamlessly with the golden age of cinema projection. The tower rack consists of a Dolby CP55 Stereo processor,DTS smpte sync analyzer, two standard CD drives, two DTS drives/encoder, a 100watt Omnex mosfet two channel amplifier, three x two channel digital power amplifiers and right at the very bottom of the rack a in house audio loop system for the reception of the film dialogue on a compatible hearing aid for patrons with hearing difficulties. The main projector is fitted with a dts digital code reader to pick up the smpte time pulses contained on the moving film, the six channels of sound for the feature film are contained on two Dts compact discs. these discs are inserted into the white and blue section of the tower system (see photo:right) running in perfect sync with the 35mm film.

                                          

  

The inside of the woolton cinemas digital sound system gives a rare glimpse into the technological advances made since the cinema first opened its doors as a silent picture house way back in the 1920`s. Times look to have gone full circle as “Sound on disc” was one of the earliest forms of motion picture sound to be invented, which also consisting of a separate disc running in sync with the motion picture. Fundamentally similar to the sound system used today.

 
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