TECHNICAL PAPERS SESSIONS Sunday, September 27th Sessions E - H Session E: Sunday, September 27 - 9:00AM Analog Signal Processing for Audio Chairman: Marshall Buck, Psychotechnology, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA E-1 Optimization Using Modified All-Pass Filters for Magnitude Compensation ­ Paul Kohut and Justin Baird, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA E-2 A Transformerless Ground Loop Isolating Preamplifier--Introducing Current Balanced Circuit ­ David Fiori, Jr., Integrated Electronic Technologies, Bensalem, PA, USA E-3 A Bessel Filter Crossover and Its Relation to Other Types ­ Ray Miller, Rane Corporation, Mukilteo, WA, USA

E-4 Linearity and Efficiency Performance of Switching Audio Power Amplifier Output Stages--A Fundamental Analysis ­ Karsten Nielsen, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark, and Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark E-5 MECC--A Novel Control Method for High-End Switching Audio Power Amplification ­ Karsten Nielsen, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark, and Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark E-6 The Effect of Transformers on Transmission of Digital Audio Signals ­ -Jon D. Paul, Scientific Conversion, Inc., Novato, CA, USA E-7 A High-Efficiency Class-D + Class-AB Audio Power Bridge Amplifier ­ R. A. R. van der Zee, MESA Research Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; and A. J. M. van Tuijl, MESA Research Institute, and Philips Semiconductors, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Session F: Sunday, September 27 - 9:00AM Analysis and Synthesis of Sound Chairman: Mark Dolson, Joint E-mu/Creative Technology Center, Scotts Valley, CA, USA F-1 Constraint-Based Pitch-Cycle Identification Using a Hybrid Temporal/Spectral Method ­ Phil Gray and Mike Hollier, BT Labs, Martlesham Health, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK; and Rob Massara, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK F-2 Band-Limited Simulation of Analog Synthesizer Modules by Additive Synthesis ­ Amar Chaudhary, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA (Invited) F-3 Real-Time Inverse Transform Additive Synthesis for Additive and Pitch Synchronous Noise and Sound Spatialization ­ Adrian Freed, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA (Invited) F-4 Statistical Analysis of Sound Signals Using a Local Harmonic Model ­ Rafael Irizarry, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA F-5 A Sines+Transients+Noise Audio Representation for Data Compression and Time/Pitch-Scale Modifications ­ Scott N. Levine, Consultant, Palo Alto, CA, USA; and Julius O. Smith III, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (Invited) F-6 Using Resonant Filters for the Synthesis of Time-Varying Sinusoids ­ Jean Laroche, Joint E-mu/Creative Technology Center, Scotts Valley, CA, USA (Invited) Session G: Sunday, September 27 - 2:00PM Loudspeakers Chairman: John Meyer, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA G-1 Distributed-Mode Loudspeaker Radiation Simulation ­ Joerg Panzer and Neil Harris, New Transducers Ltd., Huntingdon, Cambs., UK G-2 Loudspeaker Crossover Look Back Impedance ­ Jon M. Risch, Peavey Electronics Corp., Meridian, MS, USA G-3 Propagation Distortion in Sound Systems--Can We Avoid Them? ­ Gene Czerwinski, Alexander Voishvillo, Sergei Alexandrov, and Alexander Terekhov, Cerwin-Vega Inc., Simi Valley, CA, USA G-4 Nonlinear Dynamical Behavior of a Moving Voice Coil ­ John W. Norris, Harman International, Northridge, CA, USA G-5 Investigation of Sound-Quality Differences between Monopolar and Dipolar Woofers in Small Rooms ­ Siegfried Linkwitz, Audio Artistry Inc., Corte Madera, CA, USA G-6 Maximizing Performance from Loudspeaker Ports ­ Douglas J. Button and Alex Salvatti, JBL Professional, Northridge, CA, USA G-7 Calculated Response of a Compression Driver Using a Coupled-Field Finite-Element Analysis ­ Carlos I. Beltran, Chicago Lawn High Technology, Chicago, IL, USA G-8 Loudspeaker Design Software Including Automated Optimization Algorithm ­ Gottfried K. Behler and Roger Lunatschek, Institute for Technical Acoustics, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany G-9 MATLAB Program for Loudspeaker Equalization and Crossover Design ­ M. O. J. Hawksford, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK Session H: Sunday, September 27 - 2:00PM Psychoacoustics, Perception, and Listening Tests Chairman: Sean Olive, Harman International, Northridge, CA, USA H-1 A New Laboratory for Evaluating Multichannel Audio Components and Systems ­ Sean Olive, Brian Castro, and Floyd Toole, Harman International, Northridge, CA, USA H-2 Codec Transparency, Listener Severity, Program Intolerance: Suggestive Relationships between Rasch Measures and Some Background Variables ­ David Moulton and Mark Moulton, Moulton Laboratories, Groton, MA and San Jose, CA, USA H-3 Evaluation of a Physiological Ear Model Considering Masking Effects Relevant to Audio Coding ­ Frank Baumgarte, Institut f�r Theoretische Nachrichtentechnik und Informationsverar-beitung, Universit�t Hannover, Hannover, Germany H-4 Some Aspects of Audio-Visual Perception of Different Program Materials (Film, Video, and Multimedia) ­ Nina Dvorko and Konstantin Ershov, Institute for Cinema and Television, St. Petersburg, Russia H-5 An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Modal Synchronization Sensitivity for Perceptual Model Development ­ M. P. Hollier and A. N. Rimell, BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK H-6 The Influence of Cross-Modal Interaction on Audio-Visual Speech Quality Perception ­ A. N. Rimell, M. P. Hollier, and R. M. Voelcker, BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK H-7 Daily Noise-Level Exposures of Professional Music Recording Engineers ­ Wesley A. Bulla, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA; and James W. Hall III, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA H-8 An Analysis of Frequency-Dependent Hybrid Microphone Arrays for Stereophonic Sound Recording ­ Colin Preston, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia H-9 Stereophonic Localization in Rooms, Comparing Conventional and Distributed-Mode Loudspeakers ­ Neil Harris and Sheila Flanagan, New Transducers Ltd., Huntingdon, Cambs., UK; and M. O. J. Hawksford, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK TECHNICAL PAPERS SESSIONS Saturday, September 26th Sessions A-D Sunday, September 27th Sessions E-H Monday, September 28th Sessions I-L Tuesday, September 29th Sessions M-P (C) 2000, Audio Engineering Society, Inc.