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Thanks for the info fellas.
Good eye John, that was raytracing only. No global illum at all. I'm amazed how the raytracing carries the colour of the material, as the walls are actually a yellow colour, but the ray tracing reflects the back of the panels which are covered in the red.
re: the 7.1, 90 percent of the time, or perhaps more, the middle row only will be used. The additional seating is there for those rare occasions that the theatre will be used for demonstrating stuntwork/ filming to movie industry execs. Can anyone point me to an article about the benefits of 7.1 in this type of setup? Is 7.1 better even if it's only 2 people in the theatre? I was under the impression that this was not the case, but am admittedly ignorant in this regard.
I am striving for crisp, clean, echoless acoustics for the 90 percent of the time, mid circle, two people in theatre kinda deal with a compromise all other times, concentrating on acoustical design rather than expensive equipment.
The screen/ recliner setup is definately a headscratcher. I believe that the screen and pj will have to be movable and maskable to solve this satisfactorally. Good call on the mockups, they are worth their time in gold.