AES Technical Council and Committees
Multichannel and Binaural Audio Technologies

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Chair:Jeff Levison(Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:Gunther Theile(Send E-mail)

This committee addresses fundamental production and reproduction issues of multichannel audio systems employing loudspeakers, as well as binaural techniques for creating multidirectional illusions through headphones and loudspeakers.


Areas of Concentration
  1. Loudspeaker Production / Reproduction Issues
  2. Headphone Production / Reproduction Issues
  3. Loudspeaker / Headphone Reproduction Conversion Issues
  4. Head Related Transfer Functions
  5. Headphone Externalization Techniques
Recent/Planned Activities


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.

05/23/2006     TC-MBAT meeting at 120th Convention
Description: Notes from the TC-MBAT meeting in Paris, 120th Convention

05/31/2005     TC-MBAT meeting at 118th Convention
Description: Report of the meeting held at the 118th convention in Barcelona, 29th May 2005

11/08/2004     TC-MBAT meeting at 117th Convention
Description: Report of TC-MBAT meeting at 117th Convention, San Francisco, 28-31 Oct 2004

05/21/2004     TC-MBAT meeting at 116th convention
Description: Report of TC-MBAT meeting at AES 116th convention, Berlin, 8-11 May

04/01/2003     TC-MBAT meeting at 114th convention
Description: Notes from the TC-MBAT meeting at the 114th Convention

03/24/1999     San Francisco, Sept '98
Description: Meeting Notes for the Technical Committee on Multichannel and Binaural Audio Technologies


Committee Members

Akira Fukada David Griesinger Douglas McKinnie
Durand Begault Eric Benjamin Floyd Toole
Francis Rumsey Gerald Schuller Gunther Theile
James Johnston Jan Berg Jerry Bauck
Joel A Lewitz Jyri Huopaniemi Marina Bosi
Mark Moulton Marshall Buck Mendel Kleiner
Mick Sawaguchi Nick Zacharov Peter Schreiner III
Renato Pellegrini Robert Schulein Sean Olive
Soren Bech Ted Tanner Tom Holman
Wieslaw Woszczyk Chris Gaunt Takeo Yamamoto
Theresa Leonard Geoff Martin Russell Mason
Samir Gupta Thomas Sporer Karlheinz Brandenburg
Scott Burgess Andrew Carballeira Sheila McFarland
Tom Blank Klaus Hartung Martin Opitz
Ashish Aggarwal Purva Gujar Christian Hugonnet
Robert Ellis-Geiger Ingyu Chun Sunmin Kim
Mark Ziemba Regis Rossi Alves Faria Jeff Levison
Steve Martz

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

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