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AES Technical Committee

Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement

Chair:    Mendel Kleiner    (Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:    Kurt M. Graffy    (Send E-mail)

The committee's work is concerned with the following areas of interest as applied to audio engineering: general acoustics, architectural acoustics including building acoustics and room acoustics (including measurement, design, and simulation), electroacoustic systems (including virtual reality, virtual acoustics, and signal processing), psychoacoustics and physiological acoustics, noise control, sound and vibration isolation.


Areas of Concentration

  1. Auralization
  2. Electroacoustic Systems
  3. Electronic Architecture
  4. General Acoustics
  5. Noise Control
  6. Physiological Acoustics
  7. Psychoacoustics
  8. Room Acoustics
  9. Sound and Vibration Isolation

Recent/Planned Activities

The committee's activities includes proposing and arranging sessions and workshops at AES conventions. The Mendel Kleiner was also on the organizing committee for the 15th International AES Conference - Copenhagen, Denmark:
"Audio, Acoustics & Small Spaces" which took place in Denmark in 1998.

Want to contribute?

If you are interested in participating in the committee's work please send an e-mail to one of the two chairs (Mendel Kleiner or Kurt Graffy) and (preferably) show up at the committee meetings. The committee communicates via e-mail but meetings are held at both US and European AES conventions.


Meeting Report:

These documents do not necessarily express the official position of the AES on the issues discussed at these meetings, and only represent the views of committee members participating in the discussion. Any unauthorized use of these publications is prohibited. Authorization must be obtained from the Executive Director of the AES: E-mail, Tel: +1 212 661 8528, Address: 60 East 42nd Street, Room 2520, New York, New York 10165-2520, USA.

2007-12-5     AES 122 TCASR Vienna 2007 Minute
Description: Meeting Notes from the TCASR Meeting in Vienna May 2007

2007-12-5     AES 123 TCASR 2007 New York Minutes
Description: TCASR Meeting Notes from New York October 2007

2007-5-3     AES 121 TCASR 2006 San Francisco minutes
Description: Chairperson's minutes

2006-9-30     AES_120_TCASR_2006_Paris minutes
Description: minutes AES_120_TCASR_2006_Paris

2006-9-30     AES_117_TCASR_2004_San_Francisco minutes
Description: minutes AES_117_TCASR_2004_San_Francisco

2006-9-30     AES_114_TCASR_2003_Amsterdam minutes
Description: minutes AES_114_TCASR_2003_Amsterdam

2006-9-30     AES_112_TCASR_2002_Munich minutes
Description: minutes AES_112_TCASR_2002_Munich

2006-9-30     AES_111_TCASR_2001_New_York minutes
Description: minutes AES_111_TCASR_2001_New_York

2006-9-30     AES_110_TCASR_2001_Amsterdam minutes
Description: minutes AES_110_TCASR_2001_Amsterdam

2006-9-30     AES_109_TCASR_2000_Los_Angeles minutes
Description: minutes AES_109_TCASR_2000_Los_Angeles

1999-10-8     AES 92 TCASR San Fransisco 1992 minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-4     AES 92 TCASR 1992 Vienna minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 107 TCASR 1999 New York minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 103 TCASR 1997 New York minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 99 TCASR 1995 New York minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 98 TCASR 1995 Paris minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 97 TCASR 1994 San Francisco minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 96 TCASR 1994 Amsterdam minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 95 TCASR 1993 New York minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 94 TCASR 1993 Berlin minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 93 TCASR 1992 San Francisco minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes

1999-10-3     AES 92 TCASR 1992 Vienna minutes
Description: Chairman's minutes


Committee Members

 Paul D. Bauman  Dirk Noy  Kenneth Roy 
 Dick Campbell  Mendel Kleiner  Frederick Ampel 
 J M Woodgate  Joel A Lewitz  Jiri Tichy 
 Neil A. Shaw  Peter Mapp  Jim Brown 
 Jan Voetmann  Hrvoje Domitrovic  Bruce Olson 
 Eddy Bogh Brixen  Soren Bech  Bernardus Kok 
 David Andrews  Douglas McKinnie  Wolfgang Ahnert 
 Diemer de Vries  Kurt M. Graffy  Durand Begault 
 Peter Svensson  Christopher Barber  Ronald Sauro 
 Bradford Noel Gover  Jakob Tryggvason  Tapio Lokki 
 Brent Harshbarger  Mary E. Cook 

To request membership in this Technical Committee please e-mail the Chair by using the link above.