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WOW! It's been a while since I've answered these. Sorry for the delay. I thought I was caught up. Ok, here we go...

How many channels? I can reassemble my preAmp, Amp, stereo speakers and subwoofer pretty quickly. It was a really nice >$1,500 system in the late 80s. Setting up full 7 channel surround would be a lot more work that I would rather avoid if the extras are passive.

We only do 2, left and right. I'm in a weird philosophical position that believes that anything over 2 channels is mostly a waste of time. I deal a lot with students who break their backs trying to do surround sound mixes, when they really should be spending more time on the audio content instead. If we were premiering in theaters I might say that 5.1 is worth it. I think that's what you were asking? Or if it's how many individual tracks we have in our sessions, it's about 60 more or less.

Just to check, can you confirm Season 4 will be 12 chapters, as usual?

Right now, it's on target for 12.

Have you ever tried or played around the 3D binaural sound such as the Virtual Barbershop or Stephen King's The Mist audio drama? btw WA us superb! Best thing I have found in a long, long time since I discovered this stuff on the radio when I was a kid. Thanks a lot for the great entertainment you and your crew have created.

I've seen that stuff, and it would be nice, but I don't think it'd work for what we do. There's a few problems with it. One, it's mostly headset designed, so anyone who listens on speakers is out. I think that includes cars too. Second, you have to record most every sound effect that way. At least that's my understanding. It's a really cool idea, but the production time and costs outweigh the benefits for us.

I know you've said most of the music is not releasable... (Is that even a word? Anyways...) Does that include the intros from S3 and 4? If not, would it be a possibility that they could be found in some future ringtone packs?
Another question... Can you confirm that the day it's raining and storming at the tower (around C6 or so) is the same date that CJ's tower is attacked? It's raining there as well, and I don't think we've heard it do that elsewhere. ... Extremely dry summer, methinks.

Yes, we can release the intros as ringtones, but we'd have to do a special contract to make that happen. So, give it some time and shouldn't be a problem.
The rain in season 1 where it was attacked... It's not exactly the same day, but they are close in that time period.

Do you have plans for anymore audio dramas after it's alive is over?

You mean "We're Alive" ? Just giving you a hard time - Um, maybe. With the amount of time and $ that goes into this production, it would be quite an undertaking to do another without it being my primary occupation. There's a massive amount of time and effort that goes into the show and I would hate to start a new series without the energy to run another marathon like the one I've been running for the last 5 years. The stories for the next 2 series, or series of books, have rough outlines and some events detailed out, but what medium to tell the stories has yet to be determined. In the immediate time after WA, we will release the Burt book, but other than that, I'm not sure yet.