With today's DVD productions, the consumer not only expects high quality picture - the sound also has to be fully "home cinema compatible". Simple stereo sound is not enough for the expert listener, and if audio is mono only then this may be a little disappointing - it has to be "crystal clear" surround sound!

Unfortunately, a lot of original productions worth being (re-)released are only available in mono or stereo, but the consumer expects modern surround sound, even with "old" recordings. In most cases, a complete remix of the recordings (if at all possible) is way too expensive, so the only solution left is to use an automated process that allows easy "upmixing", while still delivering high quality output.

The Cube-Tec UpMix was developed in close cooperation with the surround sound engineers of the Hamburg based Mastering & Surround Factory, who are the first to run the Cube-Tec UpMix VPI on their AudioCube 6 system. A growing number of DVD titles has already been produced there, including releases by Sammy Davis Jr., Leonard Cohen, Birth Control, Dubliners, Rattles and James Last to name but a few.