TECHNICAL PAPER SESSIONS
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Sessions P-T

Session P
Tuesday, 22 February, 09:00 h � 10:00 h
AUDIO RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT
Session Chair: to be announced

P1 09:00 h
The Application of Psychoacoustic Criteria to the Restoration of Musical Recordings
Patrick J. Wolfe and Simon J. Godsill, Signal Processing Group, Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK

P2 09:30 h
Perceiving Low Pitch through Small Loudspeakers
Erik Larsen and Ronald M. Aarts, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Session Q
Tuesday, 22 February, 10:00 h � 11:00 h
AUDIO ELECTRONICS Session Chair: to be announced

Q1 10:00 h
An Improved Balanced, Floating Output Driver IC
Gary K. Hebert, THAT Corporation, Milford, MA, USA

Q2 10:30 h
Quality Audio Circuits � Limitations of the Usual Design Methods
Gerard Perrot, Hephaistos Laboratories, Tours, France

Session R
Tuesday, 22 February, 09:00 h � 11:30 h
MULTICHANNEL SOUND SYSTEMS
Session Chair: Ben Bernfeld, Germany

R1 09:00 h
An Integrated Multichannel Audio Coding System for Digital Television Distribution and Emission
Steve Vernon, Dolby Laboratories Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA, and Tony Spath, Laboratories Inc., Wootton Bassett, UK

R2 9:30 h
Enhanced Multichannel PCM/Dolby Pro Logic Decoder System using the Motorola DSP56364
Chuan-Chang Hung, Motorola, Austin, TX, USA, Gerry Kwiecinski, Motorola, Glasgow, Scotland and Haku Sato, University of Miami, School of Music, Coral Gables, FL, USA R3 10:00 h
Multichannel Natural Recording based on Psychoacoustic Principles
G�nther Theile, Institut f�r Rundfunktechnik, M�nchen, Germany

R4 10:30 h
Multichannel Microphone Array Design
Michael Williams, "Sounds of Scotland", Paris, France and Guillaume Le D�, Freelance Recording Engineer, Paris, France

R5 11:00 h
Multichannel Coding with RTF Enhancement for DVD-A and Virtual Sound Systems
Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, Centre for Audio Research and Engineering, University of Essex, UK

Session S
Tuesday, 22 February, 14:00 h � 18:00 h
TRANSDUCERS PART II Session Chair: Jacques Jouhaneau, France

S1 14:00 h
Loudspeaker Spider Linearit
Steven Hutt, Harman OEM Group, Indiana, USA

S2 14:30 h
Comparison of Multiactuator Design
Jean-Baptiste Greuet, Nokia Research Center, Tampere, Finland, Andrew Bright, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland, and Juha Backman, Nokia Mobile Phones, Espoo, Finland

S3 15:00 h
Amplitude and Phase Synthesis of Loudspeaker Systems
V�ronique Adam, LEMA (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

S4 15:30 h
Finite Element Analysis in the Design of High-Quality Loudspeakers
P. J. Anthony and J. R. Wright, KEF Audio Ltd, Maidstone, UK

S5 16:00 h
Diffuse Field Radiators in Automotive Sound System Design
M. Roberts, J. Grieco and C. Ellis, New Transducers Ltd (NXT), Huntingdon, UK

S6 16:30 h
Distributed Mode Loudspeaker Radiation Mechanisms
James A.S. Angus, Department of Electronics, University of York, UK

S7 17:00 h
On the Applicability of Distributed Mode Loudspeaker Panels for Wave Field Synthesis Based Sound Reproduction
Marinus M. Boone and Werner P. J. de Bruijn, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

S8 17:30 h
Towards the Transient Modeling of Loudspeaker Diaphragm/Surround Boundaries
David Henwood, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, Jon Moore, Gary Geaves, and Peter Fryer, B&W Loudspeakers Ltd, Steyning, UK

Session T
Tuesday, 22 February, 14:00 h � 17:30 h
SIGNAL PROCESSING Part II
Session Chair: John Mourjopaulos, Greece

T1 14:00 h
Music-based Coefficients for Wavelet Transform: A Contribution to Musical Signals Analysis
Joao Dovicchi, Music Dept., Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, Gilberto A. Carrijo and Luciano Vieira Lima, Elect. Eng. Dept., Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, MG, Brazil

T2 14:30 h
Localization of Reflections in Auditoriums using Time Delay Estimation
Eric Van Lancker, EPFL DE LEMA, Lausanne, Switzerland

T3 15:00 h
A Flexible Architecture for Real-Time Sound Synthesis and Digital Signal Processing
Jean-Michel Raczinski, Gerard Marino, Stephane Sladek, and Vincent Fontalirant, CEMAMu, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

T4 15:30 h
Study of Equalization Algorithms on a Fixed-Point DSP: Impact on Audible Quality, Headroom, and SNR
Jayant Datta, Motorola, North Syracuse, NY, USA, and Leslie Jensen-Link, Momentum Data Systems, Atlanta, GA, USA

T5 16:00 h
Frequency-Warped Signal Processing for Audio Applications
Aki H�rm�, Matti Karjalainen, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing, Espoo, Finland, Jyri Huopaniemi, Nokia Research Center, Speech and Audio Systems Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland, Lauri Savioja and Vesa Välimäki, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing, Espoo, Finland,

T6 16:30 h
Design and Evaluation of Digital Filters Applied to Loudspeaker/Room Equalization
Per Rubak and Lars G. Johansen, Aalborg University, Department of Communication Technology, Denmark

T7 17:00 h
PC-Based Equalizer with Variable Gain and Delay in 31 Frequency Bands
Sigmar Ries and G�nter Frieling, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, Universit�t-GH, Paderborn, Germany