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Jacob Krol

'How do you mix over 1,000 audio tracks from inside a ride vehicle?' — how Disney Imagineering produced and mixed the soundtrack for Soarin’ Across America, and why it stands out

Soarin' Across America.

Walk deep into Walt Disney Imagineering’s sprawling, surprisingly unassuming Glendale campus, and you’ll eventually find Studio C.

It’s where Imagineering mixes the audio for its attractions, but when I recently stepped inside, I quickly realized it was much more than a recording studio. The room is lined with dozens upon dozens of speakers designed to recreate the sound field of Disney attractions, letting Imagineers hear a ride long before guests ever do.

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