Thx Deep facts
While investigating facts about Thx Deep, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The computer program that created the THX "Deep Note" (before a movie screening) was coded to be random. The audio you hear was recorded one time and can never be recreated exactly by that computer again.
The THX Sound (Deep Note) is perceived louder than it actually is because it has such a large spectrum of frequencies
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Thx Deep I managed to collect.
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The Deep Note, also known as the "THX Note", was designed and synthesized in 1983 by James A. Moorer after 2 years of development using a 19" rack full of digital hardware. It is perceived as much louder than it is due to the large number of overlapping voices - the original version has 30.
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THX and the associated "deep note" sound was created by Tomlinson Holman at Lucasfilms to ensure that theaters would be capable of faithfully reproducing the soundtrack to Return of the Jedi.
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Shortly before Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm lost the original recording of the THX Deep Note. Because it was created by 20,000 lines of computer code, which then randomly spit out a new sound every time the program was run, it was only luck that they found it before the premier.
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"Deep Note" (from the THX audio logo) was created from 20k lines of C code and the original creation was almost lost
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The Beaver and Krause track, “SPACED” contains a precursor to the THX “Deep Note,” the familiar atonal synth crescendo used as audio logo for the THX sound format found at the beginning of the original STAR WARS films, and may have been the inspiration for it.
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The intro to Asia's "Countdown to Zero" used the THX "deep note" intro
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The iconic THX sound is called Deep Note.
