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 AES 105th Convention -- San Francisco, USA September 26-29, 1998

WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Tuesday, September 29th
Sessions W11 - W14

Tuesday, September 29, 9:00AM
W 11: Control Surfaces and the User Interface: Where Have All the Good Knobs Gone?
Chairman: Eddie Ciletti, EQ Magazine and Manhattan Sound Technicians, New York, NY, USA
Panelists: Dave Hill, Crane Song Ltd.; Morten Lave, TC Electronic A/S; Carl Malone, CM Automation; Brian Slack, Digital Sound & Picture

"Where have all the good knobs gone?" Nothing is more disruptive to the creative process than a "tool" lacking an intuitive user-interface. While sound "quality" may be our primary target, many great products fall by the wayside because they are difficult to use. In addition, digital signals are flying all around our control rooms, placing greater emphasis on products that not only recognize problems but also have the ability to offer a solution. Finally, while no one denies the power of a digital workstation, the pointing device is killing us.

Tuesday, September 29, 9:00AM
W 12: Choosing the Right Digital recording Medium
Chairman: Craig Anderton, Miller-Freeman PSN, Palm City, FL, USA
Panelists: Peter Chaikin, Yamaha; Robin Kelly, Cakewalk; Denis Labrecque and Sal Perla, EMU-ENSONIQ; Tom Stephenson, Roland Corp.; Dan Tinen, Alesis

Digital tape, computer-based and stand-alone hard disk recorders, sound cards, MIDI, Minidisc multitrack, MIDI + Digital Audio sequences . . . which is most appropriate for a given application? This workshop will examine the pros, cons, advantages, and limitations for all these formats, as well as techniques for exploiting them to the fullest.

Tuesday, September 29, 2:00PM
W 13: Virtual Surround
Chairman: John Norris, Harman International, Northridge, CA
Panelists: Jerry Bauck, Cooper Bauck Corporation; Mark Davis, Dolby Laboratories; Gary Elko, Lucent Technology; Leonard Layton, Lake DSP; Toni Schneider, Aureal Semiconductor

There presently exists a number of different methods for creating a virtual multi-speaker home theater system using as few as two speakers. In this workshop we shall discuss some of the ways of implementing these systems and point out some of their limitations.

Tuesday, September 29, 2:00PM
W 14: High Resolution Multichannel
Chairman: Malcolm Hawksford, University of Essex, Centre for Audio Research and Engineering, Colchester, Essex, UK
Panelists: Henry Azima, NXT; David Delgrosso, Digital Theatre Systems; Paul Jessop, IFPI; Hiro Negishi, Canon Inc.; Bob Stuart, Meridian Audio; Takeo Yamamoto, Pioneer Electronics Corp.

In 1995 the Acoustic Renaissance for Audio (ARA) proposed a paradigm for high-resolution multichannel audio. As we approach the new millennium, DVD* allows this vision to become reality. The workshop will debate high-resolution digital audio, DVD coding options, multichannel sound and complementary enabling technologies. (*DVD is used here as a generic name to describe the physical layer(s) of a high-density optical disc.)

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