Quote Originally Posted by sash
I'm really excited about this and i hope it takes off.

Electronic music in general is going to sound amazing in 5.1 due to the creative freedom producers have. I read Richie Hawtin is workin on a 5.1 mix. That's gonna b interesting. Is 5.1 the future for techno?
Checkout Native Instrument's Absynth 3 if you haven't yet. You can make synth voices in 5 point sound and greater. Plus, there's an X-Y pad on the thing which allows you to do pan sweeps across that spectrum. It's pretty cool.