The following is a list of film sound systems.
Explanation
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- The year shown may represent a patent or other developmental milestone rather than the first use in public.
- Technologically identical systems may have been promoted under different trade names by different commercial entities.
- The approximate number of films credited to each system is taken from the Internet Movie Database.
Sound systems
See also
- Film score
- Soundtrack
- Sound film
- Sound-on-film
- Movie projector; sound
- List of film formats
Resources
- Sound mix list on the Internet Movie Database
- Index of early sound films of the silent era, from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett
- The origins of the Firm "Tobis-Klang" The first release that used this system was the partially silent German film Melodie der Welt.