In This Section
Technical Committees
- Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement
- Advisory Group on Regulations
- Archiving Restoration and Digital Libraries
- Audio for Games
- Audio for Telecommunications
- Audio Forensics
- Audio Recording and Mastering Systems
- Automotive Audio
- Coding of Audio Signals
- Electro Magnetic Compatibility
- Fiber Optics for Audio
- Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention
- High Resolution Audio
- Human Factors in Audio Systems
- Loudspeakers and Headphones
- Microphones and Applications
- Network Audio Systems
- Perception and Subjective Evaluation of Audio Signals
- Semantic Audio Analysis
- Signal Processing
- Sound for Digital Cinema and Television
- Spatial Audio
- Studio Practices and Production
- Transmission and Broadcasting
AES Technical Committee
Spatial Audio
Chair: James Johnston (Send E-mail) Chair: Sascha Spors (Send E-mail) Forum: Committee Discussion Forum
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
- Loudspeaker Production / Reproduction Issues
- Headphone Production / Reproduction Issues
- Loudspeaker / Headphone Reproduction Conversion Issues
- Head Related Transfer Functions
- Headphone Externalization Techniques
Recent/Planned Activities
- Workshop 'Panning for Multichannel Loudspeaker Systems' held at the 131th AES Convention in New York 2011. Chair: Ville Pulkki, Panelists: Jan-Mark Batke, Craig Jin, Sascha Spors. Click here to download slides.
- AES 40th International Conference on Spatial Audio. Tokyo, Japan. October 8-10, 2010.
- AES 28th International Conference on 'Future of Audio Technology - Surround and beyond'. Pitea, Sweden. June 30- July 2, 2006. Conference web site. Click here to download report.
- AES 24th International Conference on 'Multichannel Audio - The New Reality'. Banff, Canada. June 26-28, 2003. Click here to order proceedings. Click here to download report.
- 19th International Conference on 'Surround Sound: Techniques, Technology and Perception', June 21-24, 2001, Germany. Click here to order proceedings.
- Information document on multichannel surround sound systems and operations
Meeting Report:
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2012-5-31 TC-SA at 132nd Convention
Description: Meeting minutes of the TC-SA at the 132nd Convention in Budapest2011-11-7 TC-SA at 131th Convention
Description: Meeting minutes of the TC-SA at the 131th Convention in New York2011-6-1 TC-SA at 130th Convention
Description: Meeting minutes of TC-SA in AES1302010-11-10 TC-SA at 129th Convention
Description: Minutes from meeting2010-6-18 TC-SA at 128th Convention
Description: Minutes of the meeting2009-5-25 TC-SA at 126th Convention
Description: Meeting notes from TC Spatial Audio meeting held in Munich AES126th Convention.2009-1-27 TC-SA 124 Convention Minutes
Description: Minutes of reorganization meeting at AES 124th convention, and renaming.2006-5-23 TC-MBAT meeting at 120th Convention
Description: Notes from the TC-MBAT meeting in Paris, 120th Convention2005-5-31 TC-MBAT meeting at 118th Convention
Description: Report of the meeting held at the 118th convention in Barcelona, 29th May 20052004-11-8 TC-MBAT meeting at 117th Convention
Description: Report of TC-MBAT meeting at 117th Convention, San Francisco, 28-31 Oct 20042004-5-21 TC-MBAT meeting at 116th convention
Description: Report of TC-MBAT meeting at AES 116th convention, Berlin, 8-11 May2003-4-1 TC-MBAT meeting at 114th convention
Description: Notes from the TC-MBAT meeting at the 114th Convention1999-3-24 San Francisco, Sept '98
Description: Meeting Notes for the Technical Committee on Multichannel and Binaural Audio Technologies
Committee Members
Akira Fukada Chris Gaunt Christof Faller David Griesinger Douglas McKinnie Durand Begault Eric Benjamin Floyd Toole Francis Rumsey Gerald Schuller Gunther Theile James Johnston Jan Berg Joel A Lewitz Jyri Huopaniemi Karlheinz Brandenburg Kimio Hamasaki Marina Bosi Mark Ziemba Marshall Buck Mendel Kleiner Mick Sawaguchi Nick Zacharov Peter Schreiner III Renato Pellegrini Robert Ellis-Geiger Robert Schulein Sean Olive Soren Bech Thomas Sporer Tom Holman Wieslaw Woszczyk Michael Kelly Theresa Leonard Geoff Martin Russell Mason Samir Gupta Scott Burgess Martin Opitz Juergen Peissig Andrew Carballeira Alexander Kosiorek Steve Martz Todd Welti Sheila McFarland Tom Blank Klaus Hartung Ashish Aggarwal Purva Gujar Christian Hugonnet Ingyu Chun Sunmin Kim Regis Rossi Alves Faria Ville Pulkki Judith Liebetrau Dr. Jean-Marc Jot Franz Zotter Frank Melchior Enda Bates Damian Murphy Francois Becker Gavin Kearney Emanuel Habets Sascha Spors David Weinberg Linda Gedemer Florian Voelk Brian Katz Craig Tsung-Wei Jin Ralph Kessler Nils Peters Alexander Lindau Janina Fels
To request membership in this Technical Committee please e-mail the Chair by using the link above.
