Dolby E?

Dolby E is something that crossed my desk last year and I was forced to scramble to find out what it was, why it was important and when I needed it. Today, while trolling through Dolby’s site , I found where they describe what Dolby E is.

To start, Dolby E is a way that broadcasters can transmit an encoded multi channel surround sound from 2 tracks. My discovery of this came in Sky’s HD delivery specs which required HDCam SR tapes which has 8 tracks audio, with 4 separate mixes on one tape including M&E versions and Comm versions.

Basically this has a massive impact on the cost and required attention to detail in the sound stage of HD productions.