AES Technical Committee

Sound for Digital Cinema and Television (Formative)

Chair:    Brian McCarty    (Send E-mail)
Chair:    Julius Newell    (Send E-mail)
Forum:    Committee Discussion Forum

During the 131st Convention meeting of the Audio Engineering Society Technical Council, a new formative Technical Committee was launched - Audio for Digital Cinema and Television. The committee is being led by Hollywood sound technician Brian McCarty, with engineering guidance being provided by Dr. Floyd Toole.

The Technical Committee will study current audio reproduction standards for Digital Cinema and Television, which may benefit from revision in the light of current knowledge, reproduction systems and listening space acoustics. There is also a need to establish better compatibility with television distribution methods including Blu-ray and 3D Television, and to attempt to unify the approaches to reproducing music and cinema/TV sound. In the past audio reproduction for cinema and TV was treated somewhat differently to other types of reproduction. However it is possible that these differences no longer apply so clearly and there is a motivation to integrate multiple types of audio reproduction under common standards.



Technical Report:

2012-4-27     Cinema & Home Theater Audio Compatibility
Description: "Implications of Standards Changes in Cinema Sound on DVD and Home Theater" Wilfried Van Baelen

2012-4-21     A New Draught Proposal for the Calibration of Sound in Cinema Rooms
Description: A New Draft Proposal for the Calibration of Sound in Cinema Rooms from Philip Newell

2012-4-15     Is the X Curve Damaging Our Enjoyment of Cinema?
Description: A technical examination of the theory behind the X-curve. Paper originally given to SMPTE 2011 Sydney Conference by Glenn Leembruggen

2012-4-11     Dr. Toole Presentation on Cinema Audio
Description: A PowerPoint presentation prepared by Dr. Floyd Toole concerning issues of audio reproduction and the current standards

2012-4-11     Newell et. al. Cinema Standardization V.2
Description: Reference documents from Philip Newell et. al. on Cinema Standardization


Other:

2012-4-11     Budapest April 28 Agenda
Description: Agenda for Budapest TC Meeting of this Group


Committee Members

 Floyd Toole  Francis Rumsey  Peter Mapp 
 Garry Margolis  Larry Elliott  Glenn A. Leembruggen 
 Bernardus Kok  Curt Hoyt  Brian McCarty 
 Brian Long  David Murphy  Paul Keller 
 Steve Martz  Carlos Ronconi  Brian Vessa 
 Alessandro Travaglini  Andreas Floros  Wilfried Van Baelen 
 Phil Manchester  Vene Garcia  Mark Genfan 
 Julius Newell  Ron Lagerlof  Steve Shurtz 
 Jennifer Rarick  Philip Newell  Dmitri Chernov 
 Sean Richardson  Brian Claypool  Steve Haas 
 John Burnett  Rod Elliott  Kent Siew 
 Miles Rogers 

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

 
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