WORKSHOP SESSIONS Monday, May 18th Sessions W9 - W11 09:00 ­ 12:00 h W 9: Digital Multichannel Sound for Cinema ­ dealing with multiple formats Chairman: Francis Rumsey, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Movie surround sound has until recently been handled by means of a 4-channel analog matrix format, but now there are a number of options for carrying 5 or more channels of audio discreetly in data-reduced digital formats. Three incompatible systems currently dominate the field: Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS, each having different features, methods of audio encoding and means of storage. The aim of this workshop is to explain the main principles of the three systems and to consider what are the implications of multiple sound formats for movie sound post-production, dubbing theatres and cinemas, home cinema, TV movie release and DVD.

12:30 ­ 15:00 h W 10: Keeping Studio Business In A Time Of Change Chairman: Keith Spencer-Allen, Allcom, Sevenoaks, UK At no time in the past has the recording studio faced so many different business and technology issues as present themselves today. Within the studio there are the pressures of increasing digitisation and the ever upwards movement of wordlength/sampling rates. And what about multi-channel sound and its uncertain impact on every aspect of the studio? The technical and commercial choices are far from clear. A generation of project studios have successfully annexed a chunk of the studio business leaving the commercial studio with confusing messages, possible steep investments, and uncertainty about financial return. Are there new areas where technical audio expertise can be applied? While it is unlikely that any universal answers will be found, exploring these topics may help us understand how they might fit within the changing studio business. 15:30 ­ 18:00 h W 11: DAB Audio and Data ­ How to move from Audio Broadcasting into Multimedia Broadcasting Chairman: Markus Zumkeller, Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Germany DAB is the new radio broadcast transmission media, which provides a rugged and reliable reception for mobile, portable and fixed receivers. The different standards coming out of the Eureka 147 consortium allow a wide range of services. Traditional audio services, advanced audio services and even multimedia services are already in operation in different European countries. The DAB transmission in Europe already covers 30% of the population. More than 12 receiver manufacturers will launch different types of DAB receiver in 1998. WORKSHOP SESSIONS Saturday, May 16th Workshops W1 - W3 Sunday, May 17th Workshops W4 - W8 Monday, May 18th Workshops W9 - W11 Tuesday, May 19th Workshops W12 - W14 (C) 2000, Audio Engineering Society, Inc.