[AES Pacific NW Section - Seatle USA]
Around the Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

AES PNW Section
September Meeting Notice

A Special Evening
With
Tomlinson Holman
The Godfather of Surround Sound

The History and Future of Surround Sound

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 7:30 PM
Microsoft Studios - Building 127
4420 148th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052

Admission: Free (AES Members), $5 (non-members)

DIRECTIONS...

Tomlinson Holman will describe surround sound from its original acoustic invention, through the beginnings in the recorded era, up to the present and beyond. Holman is the author of Surround Sound Up and Running from Focal Press and other books.

Tom Holman is a Professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and at the Viterbi School of Engineering, Chief Scientist at Audyssey Laboratories, and founder of TMH Corporation. He was Chief Engineer of Advent Corporation and founded Apt Corporation, manufacturer of the Apt/Holman Preamplifier. Tom was subsequently Corporate Technical Director for Lucasfilm Ltd. where he pioneered the THX Sound System, Home THX, and introduced innovations into postproduction that became widely used. He named the most widely used multichannel sound system “5.1”, and in recent years has been working on a 10.2-channel system.

A Closer Look

THX loudspeaker system patent
Search results at Google Patents
About Audyssey Laboratories
THM Corporation
Wikipedia entry for THX
Wikipedia on Tomlinson Holman
Tomlinson Holman's latest experiment
Search for TMH's AES papers (many)

n.b.   Breaking from our usual practice, we are charging admission for non-members. Members may attend free of charge, non-members are assessed a $5 fee to attend. If you are not a member, please bring cash or check.

Bob Moses
AES PNW 2010-2011 Section Chair

n.b. The material presented at our meetings is the opinion of the presenter and not necessarily that of the Society. You are encouraged to conduct your own research and to form your own opinions before adopting the presented material as Truth.

Our meetings are open to anyone interested in Audio. AES membership is NOT required for you to attend our meetings.
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