Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
'Sony Dynamic Digital Sound' (SDDS) (Japanese: ソニーダイナミックデジタルサウンド) is a cinema sound system developed by Sony. Compressed digital sound information is recorded on both outer edges of the 35 mm film release print. The system supports up to eight independent channels of sound: five front channels, two surround channels and a single sub-bass channel. The eight channel arrangement is similar to large format film magnetic sound formats like Cinerama and Cinemiracle. The five front channels are useful for very large cinema auditoriums where the angular distance between center and left/right channels may be considerable. SDDS decoders provides the ability to downmix to fewer channels if required.
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