AES Technical Committee

Perception and Subjective Evaluation of Audio Signals

Chair:    William L Martens    (Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:    Eiichi Miyasaka    (Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:    Thomas Sporer    (Send E-mail)

The committee works to ensure that the members of the AES are kept up to date on the latest advances and practices in psychoacoustics, the evaluation of sound field recording and reproduction systems, and psychometrics.


Areas of Concentration

  1. Psychoacoustics
  2. Evaluation of Sound Field Recording and Reproduction Systems
  3. Psychometrics

Recent/Planned Activities

  • For the 124th Convention in Amstersdam, a tutorial was proposed at the NY AES TC meeting, entitled:
  • Perceptual Audio Evaluation
  • Contact Person name: Nick Zacharov


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.

2004-11-3     Minutes, 117th Convention
Description: Notes from the 117th Convention, San Francisco, Oct. 2004

2003-12-24     Minutes, 115th convention
Description: Minutes from TC_PAES meeting at the 2003 AES convention, New York

2003-5-6     Minutes, 114th Convention
Description: Meeting Notes from the 114th convention

2002-12-18     Minutes, 113th Convention
Description: Notes from the TC meeting on Perception and Subjective Evaluation, AES 113th Convention

2002-1-20     Minutes fra NYC - 01
Description: Minutes from the meeting in NYC 2001

2001-2-18     Audiometric tests at Conventions
Description: This is an addition from Bob Schulein to the minutes from our LA meeting

2001-2-4     Minutes from LA convention 2000
Description: Chairmans report from the 7th meeting of the TC on Perception and subjective evaluation of audio signals held at the 109th Convention in LA 2000

2000-3-26     Minutes from Paris 2000
Description: Minutes from the fifth meeting of the Committee on Perception and subjective evaluation of audio signals

1999-10-20     Minutes from NY Convention meeting 1999
Description: Chairman's report from the meeting at the NY Convention 1999

1999-6-6     Chairman's report from Munich '99
Description: Meeting minutes from the fourth meeting of TC on Perception and Subjective Evaluation of Audio Signals

1999-1-15     Minutes from SF '98
Description: Minutes from the meeting of TC on Perception and Evaluation of Audio Signals, San Francisco '98 Convention

1999-1-15     Minutes from Amst '98
Description: Minutes from the meeting of TC on Perception and Evaluation of Audio Signals, Amsterdam '98 Convention

1999-1-15     Minutes from NY '97
Description: Minutes from the meeting of TC on Perception and Evaluation of Audio Signals


Technical Report:

1999-9-7     List of auditory demonstration CD's
Description: This document contains a list of CD's with sound examples for auditory demonstrations.


Other:

2003-12-24     Tutorial Seminar: Listening Tests in Practice
Description: Slide presentations from the tutorial session chaired by Nick Zacharov at the AES 115th Convention. 13 Oct. 2003


Committee Members

 David Guade  Ville Sivonen  Kent Walker 
 Atushi Marui  Aleksander Valjamae  Gaeten Lorho 
 Stephanie Bertet  Robert Schulein  Mendel Kleiner 
 W.A. Deutsch  Ivan Stamac  Marshall Buck 
 Poul Ladegaard  Peter Schreiner III  Francis Rumsey 
 Soren Bech  Sean Olive  Durand Begault 
 Eiichi Miyasaka  Todd Welti  Jan Berg 
 Thomas Sporer  Nick Zacharov  Heiko Purnhagen 
 Scott Norcross  Natanya Ford  Marc Ihle 
 Russell Mason  Francois Ragenard  William L Martens 
 Bernd Edler  Gilbert Soulodre  Esben Skovenborg 
 Jon Boley  Sylvian Choisel 

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

AES - Audio Engineering Society