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109th AudioEngineering SocietyConvention

109th AudioEngineering SocietyConvention

The 109th Audio Engineering Society Conven-tion—with the largest exhibition of profes-sional audio technology in the world—is taking

place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Thispreliminary program is designed to help you planyour trip to the 109th AES Convention, September 22-25, 2000.

Advance RegistrationAdvance registration for the complete program andexhibits is highly recommended and offered at areduced registration fee. To register in advance,please complete the enclosed form and fax or mail tothe address indicated or register online atwww.aes.org, where a secure server makes registra-tion and payment by credit card easy. The latest newsand updated schedules can also be found at the AESweb site.

At the ConventionThe on-site Registration Desk will be located in theSouth Lobby of the Los Angeles Convention Center.Registration hours are listed on the conventioncalendar enclosed in this program. Cash or creditcards (Amex/MasterCard/Visa) may be used for on-site registration.

CONVENTION INFORMATIONExhibit HoursFriday, September 22 Noon – 6:00 pmSaturday, September 23 10:00 am – 6:00 pmSunday, September 24 10:00 am – 6:00 pmMonday, September 25 10:00 am – 4:00 pmA list of participating exhibitors to date can be foundon the back cover.

Air Travel to Los Angelesand Hotel AccommodationsIn cooperation with American Airlines, the AES hasarranged exclusive Meeting Saver Fares to the 109th

Convention. To take advantage of these special fares,call 1-800-433-1790 and ask for Star File# 4690UX.A number of hotel rooms in Los Angeles have beenreserved for convention attendees at special meetingrates. For more information on the locationsavailable, see the separate form and enclosed map.Please use this housing form to book your hotel. It ishighly recommended that this be done as early aspossible.A complimentary roundtrip shuttle bus service will beprovided between most of the official AES 109th

Convention hotels and Los Angeles Convention Center.

Meetings Held in Conjunctionwith the 109th Convention

Annual AES Business Meeting:Friday, September 22, at 8:30 am, open to all AESmembers in good standing.

Technical Committee Meetings:Coordinated by the AES Technical Council, thetechnical committees track trends in audio in order torecommend to the Society special papers sessions,standards, projects, publications and awards in theirfields. The TC meetings are open to all conventionregistrants and a meeting schedule will be available atwww.aes.org (Technical Council).

Standards Committee Meetings:Audio Engineering Society Standards Committeemeetings, subcommittee meetings and working groupsare open to the public. The working group meetingsbegin two days before the opening of the Convention.A list of meetings appears in the July/August issue ofthe Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. The timeand places of the meetings are updated regularly on theAESSC web page.

Historical Committee Meeting:The AES Historical Committee meeting will take placeon Sunday, September 24, at 1:00 pm, and is open toall attendees with badges.A list of meetings appears in the 2000 July/Augustissue of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.

Friday,September 22,11:00 amOpeningCeremoniesand AwardsPresentationsEach year the AESacknowledges thework of theindividuals whose outstanding contributions to theSociety in the areas of research, scholarship andpublication enhance our industry. The 109th ConventionOpening Ceremonies will include the AES AwardsPresentation, a keynote address by Grammy® winningmodern music pioneer, Herbie Hancock and aperformance of Glen Miller favorites by the Airmen ofNote, the premier jazz ensemble of the United StatesAir Force. All attendees with badges are invited toattend this exciting event. Please join us in acknowl-edging the work of those whose dedication andtremendous efforts have significantly contributed to theadvancement of the audio industry.

Please note: The deadline for advance registrationis September 15, 2000. In order for confirmationand badges to be sent to you in the mail, thedeadline is September 1.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Special Events except theAES Party are free of chargeand open to all registeredattendees. A variety of eventscovering a broad range ofinterests are planned toencourage all attendees, fromstudents to seasonedprofessionals, to participate.

109th Audio EngineeringSociety ConventionSeptember 22-25, 2000Los Angeles Convention Center

Message from the Co-Chairs

We welcome you to the 109th

Convention of the AudioEngineering Society, where we

will indeed be “Surrounded By Sound” for fourdays in Los Angeles. The art of science insurround and multi-channel audio productionare at the heart of this year’s dynamicprogram, assembled through the efforts of adedicated Convention Committee.

The 109th Convention has been developedwith a commitment to educational trainingand tutorial presentations. Featured will be awide array of technical papers, workshops,educational, special events and a fullschedule of technical tours to several facilitieslocated in the Los Angeles area, where wewill have the opportunity to see the heart ofthe audio industry in action. This year’sconvention promises to include the mostcomprehensive professional audio exhibitionto date.

The opening ceremonies, headlined bykeynote speaker, Herbie Hancock, will offerthe opportunity to recognize and salute therecipients of this year’s AES Awards foroutstanding contributions to the Society andthe audio industry. The Airmen of Note, jazzensemble of the United States Air Force, willalso perform.

The traditional AES Convention Party will beheld at the Autry Museum of WesternHeritage, offering the opportunity to learnabout and experience Hollywood’s westernheritage and the influence of the “cowboywestern” film on the entertainment industry.

Among the cultural and special events will bean organ concert by Graham Blyth, “AnAfternoon With Sidney Harman” and aPlatinum Artist/Producer Series. Additionally,meetings of the active committees of the AESwill continue the heritage of leadership inresearch, applications and standards for theaudio industry.

The modern and spacious Los AngelesConvention Center is a perfect venue for easeof access and professional presentation.Located in one of the major world centers ofaudio production for film, broadcast,manufacturing and communications, the cityof Los Angeles will provide an exemplarybackdrop for this convention of audioengineers.

It is our greatest wish that you will find theofferings of this international convention to beinformative, challenging and entertaining. Byjoining your colleagues at the 109th

Convention of the Audio Engineering Society,you are assured that you will meet andparticipate in a timely exchange with theleading professionals in this dynamic industry.

Sincerely,

Roy Pritts and Ron Streicher,Convention Co-chairs

109th Audio EngineeringSociety ConventionSeptember 22-25, 2000Los Angeles Convention Center

Platinum Record Artistsand Producers SeriesThis series features an exploration of the relationship between the artistand producer with panels including Dave Alvin and Al Schmitt, andAmerican and British platinum producers who will discuss their varioustechniques and will share anecdotes on the making of some of theirchart-topping hits.

Friday, September 22, 12:30 pmBeyond the Board: Mysteries of theArtist-Producer RelationshipModerator: Robert L. Doerschuk, Harmony Central, Palo Alto, CA,USAThere is more to recording than gear or, even, talent. The finalingredient involves building trust and a creative rhythm between theartist and the producer. We’ll explore this topic with Blasters co-founder, solo artist, and producer Dave Alvin, along with one of themany associates who have worked with him on landmark projects.

Saturday, September 23, 12:30 pmPlatinum Producers PanelModerator: Paul Verna, Independent Producer/Engineer and Pro AudioJournalist, New York, NY, USAPanelists: Al Schmitt (honoree), Ed Cherney, Tommy LiPuma, GeorgeMassenburg, Phil Ramone, Elliott ScheinerFocusing on the career of Al Schmitt, renowned producer/engineerwhose credits include music icons Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, SamCooke, Frank Sinatra and Steely Dan, this panel will discuss thetechnical and musical challenges of producing platinum projects. Aspecial guest appearance by one of Mr. Schmitt’s platinum artists willalso be featured.

Sunday, September 24, 12:30 pmBehind the Glass: Platinum ProducersModerator: Howard Massey, EQ Magazine and Surround ProfessionalMagazine, Port Washington, NY, USAPanelists: Jack Douglas, Geoff Emerick, Eddie Kramer, GeorgeMassenburg, Alan ParsonsHow do you make a hit record? “Behind The Glass: PlatinumProducers” will present an all-star cast of top American and Britishproducers who will compare and contrast their working techniquesand will provide real-world anecdotes about the chart-topping hitsthey crafted on both sides of the Atlantic.

Friday, September 22, 2:30 pmMixing 5.1 Surround LiveChair: Ron Streicher, Pacific Audio-Visual Enterprises, Monrovia, CA,USAMultichannel and surround sound have been a part of the audioindustry’s vocabulary for several decades, primarily as accompaniment

to the visual entertainment media such as film and, more recently, videoproductions. This Special Event Workshop will focus on the production oflive surround sound events. A panel of industry experts will discuss how theyproduce audio programming for live television, theater and concert events,where there is no chance to do a re-take.

Friday, September 22, 2:30 pmAES31-3-1999 Digital Audio File Interchange FormatChair: Mark Yonge, Solid State Logic, Begbroke, Oxford, UKThe ability to move digital audio projects easily and reliably from onecomputer system to another is crucial for the development of professional audioin all fields, but has previously been elusive. In December 1999, AES standardAES31-3-1999 was published to provide an open format for interchangingaudio file and edit data, compatible with multiple computer platforms. At thisspecial event, manufacturers will present AES31 interchange solutions andexperts will be on hand to answer questions on its implementation.

Friday, September 22, 7:30 pmAES Wild West Partyat Autry Museum of Western HeritageGet ready to step back in time to a bygone era at the Autry Museum ofWestern Heritage, where we will enjoy an extraordinary reception ofspectacular food and cocktails in a unique Western atmosphere that celebratesboth the historical and mythical Old West. In a career that spanned 60 years ofthe entertainment industry, “America ’s Favorite Singing Cowboy,” GeneAutry, was unsurpassed as an image-maker of the American West. Earning fivestars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame for radio, records, film, television and livetheatrical performance, Autry was part of a group of singing cowboys whosemusic shaped American entertainment and became a fundamental element ofthe American experience. Join us as we celebrate the Spirit of the West andtake advantage of an exclusive viewing of the museum’s galleries, included inthe ticket price.

Saturday, September 23, 3:00 pmSuccessful Women in Audio Panel DiscussionChair: Cosette Collier, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro,TN, USAIn recognition of the first Women in Audio session held 20 years ago at theAES 66thConvention in Los Angeles, and to celebrate the completion of Womenin Audio: Project 2000, this panel will include some of today’s top women inaudio who will address the current issues that women in the industry face.

Saturday, September 23, 3:00 pm“An Afternoon with . . . Sidney Harman”Moderator: George Peterson, Mix Magazine, Emeryville, CA, USAFounder of Harman-Kardon, Inc. and a pioneer of the high-fidelity industry,Dr. Sidney Harman will participate in an interactive discussion with theaudience, which will focus on his career as an innovator of audio products.

Saturday, September 23, 6:30 pmMultichannel Audio Over the Internet2:The McGill to USC DemonstrationChairs: Chris Cain, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,USA; Jeremy Cooperstock and Wieslaw Woszczyk, McGill University,Montreal, Canada; USC School of Cinema/TVThis demonstration presents the Internet transmission of multichannelmusic in high-resolution 24bit/96kHz PCM and MPEG AAC with videoand spatialization control between McGill University in Montreal, Canadaand the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Discussion willfocus on technical issues, challenges of latency, quality of service and areview of applications. Bus transportation to the nearby USC Campus andSchool of Cinema/Television will be provided.

Saturday, September 23, 8:00 pmOrgan Concert featuring Graham BlythContinuing the tradition of presenting organ recitals during AES conventionssince 1993, Graham Blyth, renowned organist and technical director of

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Keynote Address: The 109th AES Convention welcomes legendary jazzmusician and composer Herbie Hancock. The Grammy® and Oscar®award-winning jazz icon recorded his first solo album, Takin’ Off, andTop 10 hit, “Watermelon Man” in 1963 for Blue Note Records. Overthe next several years, he worked with a number of visionary artistsincluding the legendary Miles Davis. His innovative 1973 Headhunt-ers album pioneered a sound that would be coined ‘fusion’—amelting pot of funk and rock with jazz—and marked the first time herecorded with a synthesizer. This platinum recording became thelargest-selling jazz album in history. In 1983, Hancock releasedFuture Shock, a pioneer electronic piece featuring the Grammy-winning single, “Rockit.” Hancock accepted his seventh Grammy in1998 for “Gershwin’s World.”

Soundcraft, will perform a recital on the 98-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ atthe Pasadena Presbyterian Church. During the recital, Ron Streicher willconduct a student workshop on live, on-location recording techniques.

Sunday, September 24, 9:00 amSPARS Business Panel: The Care and Feeding ofYour Most Important Valuable Resource—YourEmployeeModerator: Michael Tarsia, Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, PA, USAAn elite panel of studio owners and managers will discuss salary basisfor studio and audio/video facilities, how to cover non-compete clausesin contracts, incentives for employees who expend extra effort to makeyour business successful, what to look for when hiring employees andhow to keep them, and if an employee leaves, how to prevent them fromtaking clients.

Sunday, September 24, 3:00 pmGrammy® Recording SoundTable at AESThe National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. is proud topresent its 12th Annual Recording SoundTable at the AES Conventionin Los Angeles. This year’ s event will feature the creative teams behindsome of the year’s most successful recordings including Smooth(Santana) and The Return of the Saturn (No Doubt). These teams willprovide an in-depth look at the process and techniques involved in theserecording projects. The Academy’s presence at AES will also include aone-on-one conversation with Glyn Johns, the engineering andproducing legend behind the seminal recordings of the Rolling Stones,the Who, the Eagles, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin.Over the past decade, the Recording SoundTable has brought togetherpanelists of the highest stature from Bruce Swedien to GeorgeMassenberg, Al Schmitt to Bob Clearmountain and Roger Nichols toTom Lord-Alge. “This year’s program will continue the high standardof professional excellence that this series has established, ” saidMichael Greene, president/CEO of the Recording Academy. “We areproud to have been partners with AES since the inception of thisseries.”

Monday, September 25, 9:00 amHearing Protection for Music Performanceand Audio Production ProfessionalsCo-chairs: Bob Schulein, Etymotic Research, Elk Grove Village, IL,USA and Ellen Kelly, Center for Speech and Hearing Sciences, Inc.,East Brunswick, NJ, USAIt’s becoming a topic of ever-increasing concern: musicians andsound engineers are at risk of hearing loss due to their exposure tohigh levels of live and amplified music. Loss of hearing acuity canbe detrimental to a career in music or audio production. However,several methods exist that can effectively protect hearing while stillallowing the professional uncompromising performance.The purpose of this Special Event Workshop is to assist music andaudio production professionals in reducing sound exposure by usingcurrent technologies. The presentation will familiarize the participantswith changes in the auditory system resulting from excessive levels aswell as the effect that hearing loss has on the ability to monitor and playmusic. Specific emphasis will be placed on the use of various forms ofhearing protection devices, the use of in-ear monitors and architecturalmodifications to the listening environment.

Continuous Throughout Convention“When Vinyl Ruled” ExhibitA special working exhibit will literally open a door into the early years ofcommercial stereo recording, organized by the AES Historical Committee.The pro audio scene of the early 1960s didn’t have computers or DAWs,and its faders had to fly to keep pace with the agile digits of dedicatedstudio engineers. Vintage gear will feature a portable console designed byUniversal Audio’s Bill Putnam for the United/Western Studios, whoseremote location recording staff worked under Wally Heider, as well as anAmpex 300 three-track reel-to-reel tape recorder, and Altec 604 speakersfor in-your-face monitoring. Oodles of ancillary gear will complete afunctioning control room environment that will excite nostalgia in someand wonder in all, at how things were in the days “When Vinyl Ruled.”

The AES convention provides student members around the world withan opportunity to meet and share experiences related to education inthe field of audio.

Friday, September 22,1:30 pmStudent DelegateAssembly 1Chair: Justin Davis,University of Colorado-Denver Student Section,Denver, CO, USAVice Chair: Marie Ebbing,Ball State University StudentSection, Muncie, IN, USAStudents and educators areinvited to participate in adiscussion of opportunities inthe audio field and issues ofimportance to audioeducation. This openingmeeting of the StudentDelegate Assembly willintroduce the candidates forthe coming year’s election for

the North/South America Regions. Each AES regional vice presidentmay present two candidates for the election to be held at the closingmeeting of the SDA. Entries for the Recording Competitions and thePoster Session events will be collected at this meeting. One entry fromeach AES student section or audio program will be forwarded to therespective judging teams for selection of finalists in each category. Forinstructions and submission forms, see the 109th Website, StudentActivities at www.aes.org.

Friday, September 22, 3:30 pmMeet the Textbook AuthorsDon Puluse, Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA, USAA panel of leading authors of the instructional materials that areshaping education in the audio industry will discuss present and futurepublications. Each author will address the issues in his specialized

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Sunday, September 24, 6:00 pmRichard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture andReception featuring Dr. Alan C. KayThe Richard C. Heyser Distinguished Lecturer for the 109th AESConvention is Dr. Alan C. Kay, Disney Fellow and vice president ofresearch and development for the Walt Disney Company. Dr. Kayholds a doctorate with distinction for the development of the firstgraphical object-oriented personal computer, and has been elected aFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the NationalAcademy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Arts and the ComputerMuseum History Center. Dr. Kay will discuss the computer revolutionand the developments that promise to ensue with its onset.The Heyser Series is an endowed lectureship featuring lectures byeminent individuals with outstanding reputations in audio engineeringand its related fields. The series is featured twice annually, at both theUnited States and European Conventions. Established in May 1999, theRichard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture honors the memory of RichardHeyser, a former AES Governor and Silver Medal recipient. A scientistat the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mr. Heyser was awarded nine patentsin audio and communication techniques and was widely known for hisability to clearly present new and complex technical ideas.

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Enhance your education andexpand your networkingopportunities as a 109thStudent Volunteer. You’llwork alongside audioprofessionals to assist theConvention Committee withevent operations for thepapers, workshops, technicaltours, special events andeducation sessions.

Student volunteers will receivea 109th full program pass andan official 109th shirt! For moredetails and to participate,please visit AES Web site,www.aes.org or contact us at109th_studentvolunteers@aes.org

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area, publisher’s expectations and future projects. The audience will beencouraged to participate in a dialogue on content and needs in books,articles and training aids available in our industry.

Saturday, September 23, 9:30 amStudent Recording CompetitionHost: Roy Pritts, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USAFinalists selected by an elite panel of judges will give brief descriptionsand play recordings in the Classical and Jazz/Pop categories. Onesubmission per student section or school is allowed. Meritorious awardswill be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly meeting onSunday.

Saturday, September 23, 1:00 pmEducation FairInstitutions offering studies in audio—from short courses to graduatedegrees—will be represented in a “tabletop session.” Information oneach school’s respective programs will be made available through thedisplay of literature and academic guidance sessions with representa-tives. There is no charge for schools to participate and admission isfree and open to all convention attendees. To reserve a table andsignage for your institution, please send an e-mail request to:109theducationfair@aes.org

Saturday, September 23, Time TBDOrgan Tutorial/Student Recording SessionA special student tutorial on location recording will precede the GrahamBlyth organ concert at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Ron Streicherof Pacific Audio-Visual Enterprises and 109th Convention Co-chair, willprovide students with insight into the techniques of microphoneplacement, acoustics and recording within the church environment.Transportation will be provided. Information on this unique event will beavailable at the Student Delegate Assembly 1.

Sunday, September 24, 9:00 amEducators’ ForumHosts: Roy Pritts, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USA;and Don Puluse, Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA, USAA meeting of the AES Education Committee, teachers, authors, studentsand members interested in the issues of primary and continuing educationof the audio industry. This is an opportunity to discuss the programs of theEducation Committee and to provide input for future projects of theCommittee.

Sunday, September 24, 10:30 amStudent Delegate Assembly 2Chair: Justin Davis, University of Colorado-Denver Student Section,Denver, CO, USAVice Chair: Marie Ebbing, Ball State University Student Section, Muncie,IN, USAThe closing meeting of the SDA will elect new officers. Votes will be castby the designated representative from each recognized AES StudentSection in the North/South America Regions. Judges’ comments andawards will be presented for the Recording Competitions and PosterSession. Plans for future student activities at local, regional andinternational levels will be summarized.

Sunday, September 24, 1:30 pmJobs ForumHost: David Porter, Music Annex, San Francisco, CA, USAAn elite panel of representatives of the audio industry will address theissues of entry-level employment and expectations of employers. Thispanel of experts in the audio field will discuss the present state of the jobmarket. Broad aspects of the audio industry will be represented andenthusiastic participation by attendees is anticipated. 5

STUDENT PROGRAMS

Friday, September 22, 2:00 pmW1: Small Room Acoustics (Tutorial)Chair: Jan Voetmann, DELTA Acoustics and Vibration, Lyngby, DenmarkPresenters: Søren Bech; David Griesinger; David Moulton; Jiri Tichy;Bob WalkerThis workshop opens with a tutorial in basic room acoustics followed byfour presentations addressing important issues in small room acoustics.Recent approaches to solving acoustical problems will be shown. Thefundamentals of acoustics will be explored and discussed by a group ofinternationally respected acousticians.

Friday, September 22, 2:00 pmW2: Speech Intelligibility of PublicAddress/Audio SystemsChair: Peter Mapp, Peter Mapp Associates, Colchester,Essex, UKThis workshop focuses on the influence of loudspeakerdesign and application combined with acoustic character-istics on the perceived intelligibility of speech. Aspectssuch as loudspeaker directivity, frequency response anddistortion will be discussed, together with the effects ofsignal-to-noise and direct-to-reflecting ratios. Methods ofmeasurement and prediction will also be presented after an illustratedintroductory talk presenting current knowledge. The discussion should behelpful to loudspeaker manufacturers, PA system operators, and soundreinforcement system designers.

Saturday, September 23, 9:00 amW3: Audio Watermarking for Packagedand Network MediaChair: Tony Faulkner, Green Room Productions, London, UKPanelists: Karlheinz Brandenburg, M.O.J Hawksford, Paul Jessop, BobKatz, George Massenburg and Al McPhersonThis highly topical presentation on audio watermarking has importantimplications for future economic models of music distribution.Watermarking technologies must be simultaneously inaudible to thelistener and traceable through various data compression schemes.Presenters will demonstrate examples of current approaches withpractical applications. A lively discussion is anticipated.

WORKSHOPS

Monday, September 25, 2:00 pmStudent Technical TourA technical tour for students is anticipated. Details will be posted on the109th Web site, Student Activities at www.aes.org.

Continuous throughout Convention:Student CenterThe Student Center is an assembly area for the Student DelegateAssembly and students to meet as well as the designated area for many ofthe student events. A communications board will be available to poste-mail and Web site addresses from all participating student members andinstitutions.Poster SessionThe Student Center will serve as the display area for the showcase ofPosters of the scholarly, research and creative works of student AESmembers. One submission per student section or school is permitted. Tosubmit entries, please send an email to: 109theducationevents@aes.org

IndividualWorkshop Tickets:

Attendees who areregistered for exhibitscan attend individualworkshops by paying a$35 fee at theTechnical Tour desk.

Saturday, September 23, 9:00 amW4: Mastering for the InternetChair: Dave Harris, StarMedia Broadband, San Francisco, CA, USAPanelists: Bernard Grill; Rick Schwartz; David WheelerWebcasting, or the streaming of audio and video over the Internet,has emerged as a new industry with new opportunities for audioprofessionals. Just as audio is mastered for traditional deliveryformats such as vinyl, cassette and CD, Internet delivery has its ownset of issues. This workshop will cover different methods foroptimizing audio for a range of streaming codecs. Panelists willrepresent major tool developers and audio professionals who workwith streaming audio everyday.

Saturday, September 23, 3:00 pmW5: High Resolution AudioChair: Malcolm Hawksford, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex,UKPanelists: Kevin Halverson; Jim Johnston; Siegfried Linkwitz; VickiMelchior; Mike Story; Bob Stuart; Takeo YamamotoThis workshop addresses the key issues of high-resolution audioacquisition, storage and playback. Examples of high-resolution audiowill be presented and panelists will discuss the impact of thesetechnologies on working methods and final delivery. The workshopwill also set the stage for small listening room demonstrations ofhigh-resolution audio, which will be available throughout theconvention.

Saturday, September 23, 2:00 pmW6: Digital Libraries, Preservation andMetadataChair: Elizabeth Cohen, Cohen Acoustical, Los Angeles, CA, USAPanelists: Richard Bradshaw; Peggy Bulger; Mike Christel; WernerDeutsch; Henry Gladney; Mickey Hart; Steve LymamPreserving, storing and retrieving audio are increasingly importantparts of asset management. This workshop explores the artistic andtechnical challenges of storing and retrieving audio programs.Various solutions for digital audio library management will beshown. Topics include the future of optical and magneto-opticalmedia, media longevity, data migration, development of digitallibraries and data management. Workshop participants will discussthe magnitude of the digitization challenge, data migration policies,the implementation of digital libraries, and how we find an audioobject that we are interested in without massive games of bit tag.

Sunday, September 24, 9:00 amW7: Microphones—How They Work and How toPut Them to Work for You (Tutorial)Chair: Ron Streicher, Pacific Audio-Video Enterprises, Monrovia,CA, USAPanelists: Wes Dooley; John Eargle; Juergen WahlThe focus of this tutorial workshop will be a comprehensive reviewof the broad range of factors that determine how microphones work.Emphasis will also be given to practical methods for applying thesecomplex tools to your recording or sound reinforcement project.Among the topics for discussion are the basic operating principles ofmicrophones as transducers, how to make best use of polar patterns,the physical characteristics and limitations of microphones, poweringsystems, and other related pragmatic issues including microphonemounting hardware, cables, windscreens, etc. The workshop willinclude numerous practical examples and demonstrations.

Sunday, September 24, 9:00 amW8: System Problem Solving with AlternativeTransducersChair: John Stewart, Harman Motive, Inc., Martinsville, IN, USAPanelists: Thomas Danley; Neil Harris; Klaus Heinz; Tony Hooley;Roger Sanders; Bruce ThigpenThe form factor and performance characteristics of common direct

radiator transducer designs do not always meet the needs of everyapplication. This workshop will present alternative approaches toputting air in motion and show how these approaches can be appliedto problematic system issues. What options are available to thesystem designer? An eclectic collection of manufacturers andexperimenters will demonstrate transducers that reproduce soundwithout axial pistonic motion. A listening experience along with abrief tutorial explaining each technology and its advantages will beprovided. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to see and hearthese transducers first hand.

Sunday, September 24, 2:00 pmW9: Perceptual Audio Coders—What to Listen ForChair: Markus Erne, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich,SwitzerlandLow bit-rate audio coding has become a widely used technologyduring recent years. Due to the use of sophisticated signal processingtechniques exploiting psychoacoustic phenomena, non-transparentcoding results in artifacts that sound very different from traditionaldistortions and are frequently not obvious at all to the untrainedlistener. The workshop will present the work of the AES TechnicalCommittee on Coding of Audio Signals, which aims at explainingdifferent types of coding artifacts and making a collection of suchsound material available to the public. Attendees should leave with abetter understanding of how to identify and evaluate these artifacts.

Sunday, September 24, 3:00 pmW10: Everything You Ever Wanted to HearAbout Loudspeakers (Tutorial)Chair: Justin Baird, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, CA, USAInvited Panelists: Durand Begault; Wolfgang Klippel; BobMcCarthy; David McGrath; David WesselThe loudspeaker has always played a special role in the ever-changing audio industry. For the majority of sound reinforcementapplications, loudspeaker systems continue to be the final filter in theaudio path.All of the improvements in the quality of audio processing are fornaught if the reproduction of the signal is not accurate. How do weinsure that the loudspeaker faithfully provides the desired end result?This is the subject of our discussion. We will survey the currenttechnological trends in loudspeaker processing and design, and findout how these tools help to provide a subjectively transparentreproduction of the desired sound field. We will also discuss practicalmethods for subjective loudspeaker testing.

Monday, September 25, 9:00 amW11: Mastering and Authoring for HighResolution AudioChair: Garry Margolis, Consultant, Los Angeles, CA, USADVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, the new high-resolution consumeraudio formats, have introduced new challenges for the preparation ofcontent for commercial release. Mastering and authoring for thesenew formats will be explored by a panel of engineers who areinvolved in the creation of the discs.

Monday, September 25, 9:00 amW12: How Many Loudspeaker Channels areEnough?Chair: Chris Cain, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,CA, USAPanelists: David Griesinger, Tomlinson HolmanThe increasing data rates and capabilities of delivery systemsenable the audio designer more options when it comes to how theaudio budget is distributed. There are differing opinions on thenecessity and feasibility of the number of channels and relativepositions of loudspeakers which are required to accuratelyreproduce a naturally occurring soundfield. This workshop willbring together the leaders in the field of soundfield reproduction to

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Friday, September 22—9:00 amSESSION A: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, PART 1Chair: John Strawn, S Systems Inc., Larkspur, CA, USAObject-Based Sound Source Modeling for Musical Signals—TeroTolonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, FinlandBlock Floating-Point FIR Filters Using a Fixed-Point Multiplier—Duane K. Wise, Consultant, Boulder, CO, USAAdvanced Watermarking and Its Applications—Christian Neubauerand Jürgen Herre, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen,GermanySpeeding Up HILN—MPEG-4 Parametric Audio Encoding withReduced Complexity—Heiko Purnhagen, Nikolaus Meine, and BerndEdler, University of Hannover, Hannover, GermanyEnergy Compaction Property of the MDCT in Comparison withOther Transforms—Ye Wang and Miikka Vilermo, Nokia ResearchCenter, Tampere, Finland; and Leonid Yaroslavsky, Tel Aviv University,Ramat Aviv, Israel

Friday, September 22—9:30 amSESSION B: MICROPHONESChair: David Josephson, Josephson Engineering, San Jose, CA, USAAdd-On Microflown for a High-End Pressure-Gradient Micro-phone—H.-E. de Bree, University of Twente, Enschede, The NetherlandsThe Influence of Viscothermal Effects on Calibration Measurementsin a Tube—J. W. van Honschoten, H-E. de Bree, F. J. M. van Eerden, andG. J. M. Krijnen, MESA Research Institute, University of Twente,Enschede, The NetherlandsUnique Directional Properties of Dual-Diaphragm Microphones—Guy Torio and Jeff Segota, Shure Incorporated, Evanston, IL, USAA Display Technique for Evaluating the Disturbance of MicrophoneResponse Patterns—Chris Woolf and Oliver Prudden, Rycote Micro-phone Windshields Ltd., Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK (Invited)

Friday, September 22—2:00 pmSESSION C: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, PART 2Chair: John Strawn, S-Systems, Larkspur, CA, USAVirtual Loudspeaker Rendering for Multiple Listeners—Jong-SoongLim and Chris Kyriakakis, University of Southern California, LosAngeles, CA, USAA Method for Orthogonal Amplitude and Delay Processing ofSubjective Listening Test Material—Aki Mäkivirta, Genelec OY,

Iisalmi, Finland; and Jan AbildgaardPedersen, Bang & Olufsen a/s, Struer,DenmarkAnalysis and Simulation of AnalogueDynamic Compressors and Limitersin the Digital Domain—Michael J.Kemp, Sintefex Audio Lda., S. Marcos da Serra, PortugalTowards the Automatic Generation of Sound Synthesis Techniques:Preparatory Steps—Ricardo A. Garcia, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, MA, USAThe Modeling and Synthesis of Musical Signals with PRISM—MarkPhillips, Jeff Barish, and Rob Maher, 3Com Corporation/U.S. RoboticsCorporation, Boulder, CO, USAWhy Professional 1-Bit Sigma-Delta Conversion is a Bad Idea—Stanley P. Lipshitz and John Vanderkooy, University of Waterloo,Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaStereo Acoustic Echo Cancellation for Sound Spatialisation UsingPair-Wise Loudspeakers with Cross-Talk Cancellation—Godwin L.Bainbridge, Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, and Peter J. Hughes, University ofEssex, Colchester, Essex, UK (Poster)A 117-dB D-Range Current-Mode Multi-Bit Audio DAC for PCM andDSD Audio Playback—Shige Nakao, Hitoshi Terasawa, FumitakaAoyagi, Norio Terada, and Toshi Hamasaki, Burr-Brown Japan Ltd.,Kanagawa, Japan (Poster)An Asynchronous Sample-Rate Converter with 120-dB THD+NSupporting Sample Rates up to 192 kHz—Kevin James McLaughlinand Robert Adams, Analog Devices, Wilmington, MA, USA (Poster)

Friday, September 22—2:00 pmD: ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSINGChair: John Vanderkooy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaCurrent-Steering Transimpedance Amplifiers for High-ResolutionDigital-to-Analogue Converters—Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, Universityof Essex, Colchester, Essex, UKIntegral Noise Shaping for Quantization of Pulse-Width Modula-tion—Pallab Midya and Matt Miller, Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL,USA; and Mark Sandler, King’s College London, Strand, London, UKPrediction Correction Algorithm for Natural Pulse-Width Modula-tion—Pallab Midya, Bill Roeckner, Pat Rakers, and Poojan Wagh,Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL, USAA Hybridized, High Performance, Compact PWM Amplifier forAudio—Mark Takita, Nikon Research Corporation of America,Belmont, CA, USA

Please note:The final presentation order ofpapers may vary slightly from thepreliminary schedule.

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explore and demonstrate the possibilities. This is an open forum forcomments on the future of sound reproduction.

Monday, September 25, 2:00 pmW13: Auditory-Visual InteractionCo-chairs: Durand Begault, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,CA, USA; Armin Kohlrausch, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven,The NetherlandsPanelists: Myra van Esch-Bussemakers, Armin Kohlrausc, DominiqueMassaro, Russell Storms, Elizabeth WenzelAn understanding of image, sound and movement perception is vital for thesuccessful design and application of audio/visual systems. Examplesinclude multimedia entertainment, gaming, soundscape analysis, teleconfer-encing, virtual reality and user-system interaction. This workshop bringstogether professionals from the research and professional applicationcommunities who will define relevant areas and methodologies and discussthe significant issues of audio/visual interaction. The emphasis will be ondifferences and commonalities arising between questions of differentapplication contexts. The audience will be encouraged to interact with thepanel in a question and answer session.

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Optimized Modulation Scheme Eliminates Output Filter—MichaelScore and Donald Dapkus, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USAA Novel Audio Power Amplifer Topology with High Efficiency andState-of-the-Art Performance—Thomas Frederiksen, HenrikBengtsson, and Karsten Nielsen, Bang & Olufsen PowerHouse a/s,Struer, Denmark (Poster)Computationally Efficient Conversion from Pulse-Code Modulationto Naturally Sampled Pulse-Width Modulation—César Pascual,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA; and Bill Roeckner,Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL, USA (Poster)

Saturday, September 23—9:00 amE: LOUDSPEAKERS, PART 1Co-chairs: Steven Hutt and John Stewart, Harman-Motive Inc.,Martinsville, IN, USAQuantification of Subwoofer Requirements, Part II: The Influence ofLower System Cut-Off Frequency and Slope and Pass-BandAmplitude and Group Delay Ripple—Søren Bech, Bang & Olufsena/s, Struer, DenmarkDesign of High-Quality Studio Loudspeakers Using Digital Correc-tion Techniques—Ulrich Horbach, Studer Professional Audio AG,Regensdorf, SwitzerlandThe Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms—TheStereo Past and the Multichannel Future—Floyd E. Toole, HarmanInternational Industries, Inc., Northridge, CA, USA (Invited Tutorial)

Saturday, September 23—9:00 amF: PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOACOUSTICS, PART 1Chair: Louis Fielder, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USAPerceptual Study of Decay Parameters in Plucked String Synthesis—Tero Tolonen and Hanna Järveläinen, Helsinki University of Technology,Espoo, FinlandElevated Speakers Image Correction Using 3-D Audio Processing—See-Ee Tan, Yang Jun, Yew-Hin Liew, and Woon-Seng Gan, NanyangTechnological University, Singapore, SingaporePower Improvement in Crosstalk Cancellation Using PsychoacousticFrequency Masking—Yew-Hin Liew, Jun Yang, See-Ee Tan, and Woon-Seng Gan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporePerceptual Soundfield Reconstruction—James D. Johnston, AT&TLabs - Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA; and Yin Hay (Vicky) Lam,University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKA Speech-Based Auditory Distance Display—Douglas S. Brungart, AirForce Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, WPAFB,OH, USAMagnitude Estimation of Sound Source Speed—Mark A. Ericson, AirForce Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, WPAFB, OH, USASpatial Acoustic Mode Shapes of the Human Pinna—Yuvi Kahana andPhilip A. Nelson, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UKRobustness of Acoustic Crosstalk Cancellation as a Function ofFrequency and Loudspeaker Separation—Felipe Orduña, UniversidadNacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico; and Jóse JavierLópez and Alberto González, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, GraoGandia, Valencia, Spain

Saturday, September 23—2:00 pmG: LOUDSPEAKERS, PART 2Co-chairs: Steven Hutt and John Stewart, Harman-Motive, Martinsville,IN, USALoudspeaker Acoustical Field Calculations with Application toDirectional Response Measurement—David W. Gunness and Ryan J.Mihelich, Eastern Acoustic Works, Inc., Whitinsville, MA, USAImproved Loudspeaker Array Modeling—Part 2—David W. Gunnessand William R. Hoy, Eastern Acoustic Works, Inc., Whitinsville, MA, USAOptimization of Bandpass and Transmission-Line Loudspeakers—Juha Backman, Nokia Mobile Phones, Nokia Group, Finland

Vibration Behaviour of Single-Suspension Electrodynamic Loud-speakers—Andrew Bright, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland; andTechnical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DenmarkHorn’s Directivity Related to the Pressure Distribution at TheirMouth—Mario Di Cola and Davide Doldi, Politecnico di Milano,Milan, ItalyMeasurement and Simulation Results Comparing the Acoustics ofVarious Direct Radiators in the Presence of a Dominant SpecularReflection—Neil Harris, University of Essex, and New Transducers Ltd.;Vladimir Gontcharov, New Transducers Ltd., Hungtingdon,Cambridgeshire, UK; and Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, University of Essex,Colchester, Essex, UKThe Application of Broadband Constant Beamwidth Transducer(CBT) Theory to Loudspeaker Arrays—D. B. (Don) Keele, Jr., DBKAssociates, Niles, MI, USADistributed Mode Loudspeaker Resonance Structures—James A. S.Angus, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, UK (Poster)High-Accuracy Wide-Bandwidth Automated Loudspeaker ModelingUsing Finite-Element Analysis—Carlos I. Beltran and Jesse H. Spence,Advanced Acoustics Transducers, Haverhill, MA, USA; and BostonAcoustics, Peabody, MA, USA (Poster)A New Approach to Speaker/Room Equalization—Kuang-tao Chiao,Neil Harris, and Chris Kyriakakis, University of Southern California, LosAngeles, CA, USA (Poster)Non-Axisymmetric Elliptical Acoustic Waveguides with Very DifferentHo x Vo Coverage—Mario Di Cola, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy(Poster)Development of a Piezo-Electric Super Tweeter Suitable for DVD-Audio—Mitsukazu Kuze and Kazue Satoh, Matsushita Electric IndustrialCo., Ltd., Kadoma-City, Osaka, Japan (Poster)Differential-Algebraic Equations Governing Nonlinear TransducerNetworks—Daniel M. Warren, Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL,USA (Poster)Acoustic Intermodulation Distortion in Loudspeakers—JohnVanderkooy and Stanley P. Lipshitz, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,Ontario, Canada (Poster)

Saturday, September 23—2:00 pmH: PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOACOUSTICS, PART 2Chair: Louis Fielder, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USAMultidimensional Perceptual Unfolding of Spatially Processed SpeechI: Deriving Stimulus Space Using INDSCAL—William L. Martens,University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Japan; and Nick Zacharov,University of Aizu, and Nokia Research Center, Tampere, FinlandVerbal and Non-Verbal Elicitation Techniques in the SubjectiveAssessment of Spatial Sound Reproduction—Russell Mason, NatanyaFord, Francis Rumsey, and Bart de Bruyn, University of Surrey, Guildford,Surrey, UKCorrelation between Emotive, Descriptive and Naturalness Attributesin Subjective Data Relating to Spatial Sound Reproduction—Jan Berg,Lulea University of Technology, Pitea, Sweden; and Francis Rumsey,University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UKAural Exciter and Loudness Maximizer: What’s Psychoacoustic about“Psychoacoustic Processors?”—Josef Chalupper, Technical University ofMunich, Munich, GermanyThe Influence of Loudspeaker Type on Timbre Perception—SheilaFlanagan and Brian C. J. Moore, University of Cambridge, Cambridge,Cambridgeshire, UKImmersive Sound Rendering Using Laser-Based Tracking—PanayiotisG. Georgiou, Athanasios Mouchtaris, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, and ChrisKyriakakis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USAPsychoacoustic Models and Non-Linear Human Hearing—David J. M.Robinson and Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, University of Essex, Colchester,Essex, UKPerception-Based Room Rendering for Auditory Scenes—Renato S.Pellegrini, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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Sunday, September 24—9:00 amI: ROOM ACOUSTICSChair: David Schwind, Charles M. Salter & Associates, San Francisco,CA, USASynthesis of Room Impulse Response Based on the Discrete WaveletTransform—Henryk Lopacz and Piotr Kleczkowski, TechnicalUniversity of Mining and Metallurgy AGH, Cracow, PolandCompound of Objective and Subjective Investigation Aimed atAcoustical Amelioration of a Playhouse—Hrvoje Domitrovic and SinisaFajt, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and Ivan Stamac, Stims doo,Zagreb, CroatiaThe Effect of Room Acoustics on Subwoofer Performance and LevelSetting—Eric Benjamin and Benjamin Gannon, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.,San Francisco, CA, USAPredictability of a Room Impulse Response—Zihou Meng, KimihiroSakagami, and Masayuki Morimoto, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;and Guoan Bi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeMeasures to Avoid the Transmissions of Structure-Borne Sound:Sound Sources Next to Studios—Wolfgang Teuber and Ernst-JoachimVoelker, IAB Institut fur Akustik und Bauphysik, Oberursel, GermanyDouble Wall and Double Floor Constructions for Obtaining thePermitted Noise Levels in Studios—Tom Langlotz and Ernst-JoachimVoelker, IAB Institut fur Akustik und Bauphysik, Oberursel, GermanyNoise Levels of Microphones for High-Quality Recordings—Are OurStudios Good Enough?—Ernst-Joachim Voelker and Wolfgang Teuber,IAB Institut fur Akustik und Bauphysik, Oberursel, GermanyArchitectural Acoustic Design of a Sound Effect Studio for Multi-Channel Recording—Masamichi Otani, Toshio Wakatsuki, MikihikoOkamoto, Mitsuo Kubo, and Masaki Sawaguchi, NHK (Japan Broadcast-ing Corporation), Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, September 24—9:00 amJ: MULTICHANNEL SOUNDChair: Tom Holman, TMH Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USAAn Inter-Channel Redundancy Removal Approach for High-QualityMultichannel Audio Compression—Dai Yang, Hongmei Ai, ChrisKyriakakis, and C.-C. Jay Kuo, University of Southern California, LosAngeles, CA, USAConversion of Two-Channel Stereo for Presentation by Three FrontalLoudspeakers—Jerry Bauck, Cooper Bauck Corporation, Tempe, AZ, USAEqualization for Central Phantom Images and Dependence onLoudspeaker Spacing: Reformatting from Three Loudspeakers toTwo Loudspeakers—Jerry Bauck, Cooper Bauck Corporation, Tempe,AZ, USA (Poster)Multichannel Level Alignment, Part IV: The Correlation betweenPhysical Measures and Subjective Level Calibration—Nick Zacharov,Nokia Research Center, Tampere, Finland; and Søren Bech, Bang &Olufsen a/s, Struer, DenmarkSurround Sound Mixing Using Rotation, Stereo Width, and DistancePan Pots—Itai M. Neoran, ks WAVES Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IsraelEnhanced Localization in 5.1 Production—Thomas Lund, TCElectronic A/S, Risskov, DenmarkInvestigating the Potential of Omnidirectional Mic Arrays in theReproduction of Surround Sound—Charlie Fox, University of Regina,Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaInteractive Multichannel Sound Reproduction Linked with VRMLGraphics—Setsu Komiyama, Hiroyuki Okubo, Kazuho Ono, andKoichiro Hiyama, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories,Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan; and Hiroshi Asayama, Timeware Corporation,Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, September 24—2:00 pmK: NETWORKING AND PC AUDIOChair: Richard Foss, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaA 1394-Based Architecture for Professional Audio Production—RobLaubscher and Bob Moses, Digital Harmony Technologies, Inc., Seattle,

WA, USA; and Richard Foss, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SouthAfricaControlling Audio Systems with ActiveX Controls over CobraNet andOther Ethernet-Based Networks— Stephen R. Macatee and DevinCook, Rane Corporation, Mukilteo, WA, USATransporting Audio Signals on Category 5 UTP—Stephen H. Lampen,Belden Electronics Division, San Francisco, CA, USAA PC-Based Graphic User Interface and Control Engine for an AudioProcessing System—Brent Karley and Teddy Chen, Motorola, Austin,TX, USA; and Jayant Datta, Motorola, Fairport, NY, USATransport of Context-Based Information in Digital Audio Data—Natalie Packham and Frank Kurth, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Sunday, September 24—2:00 pmL : RECORDING AND REPRODUCTIONChair: Bob Moses, Digital Harmony Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA0 dB FS + Levels in Digital Mastering—Søren H. Nielsen and ThomasLund, TC Electronic A/S, Risskov, DenmarkA Novel Noise Suppression Algorithm Using a Very Small Micro-phone Array—Marc Ihle, Siemens AG, Ulm, Germany; and KristianKroschel and Rainer Riedlinger, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe,GermanyThe Design of VALDEMAR—An Artificial Head for BinauralRecording Purposes—Flemming C hristensen, Clemen Boje Jensen, andHenrik Møller, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkPrediction-Based Audio Watermark Detection Algorithm—Jong-WonSeok and Jin-Woo Hong, Electronics and Telecommunications ResearchInstitute, Taejon, KoreaOn-the-Fly Multi-Track Mixing —Francois Pachet and Olivier Delerue,Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris, France

Monday, September 25—9:00 amM: LOW BIT-RATE CODING, PART 1Chair: Jayant Datta, Motorola, North Syracuse, NY, USAAnalysis of Decompressed Audio—The “Inverse Decoder”— JürgenHerre and Michael Schug, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits,Erlangen, GermanyA Dynamic Embedding Codec for Multiple Generations Compres-sion—Frank Kurth and Viktor Hassenrik, University of Bonn, Bonn,GermanyCyclostationarity-Based Audio Watermarking with Private andPublic Hidden Data—Leandro de C. T. Gomes, Mamadou Mboup, andMadeleine Bonnet, Université René Descartes (Paris V), Paris, France;and Nicolas Moreau, ENST/TSI, Paris, FranceBackward Compatible Enhancement of DTS Multi-Channel AudioCoding That Delivers 96-kHz/24-Bit Audio Quality—Zoran Fejzo,Stephen Smyth, Keith McDowell, Yu-Li You, and Paul Smith, DigitalTheater Systems, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA, USAPESQ—The New ITU Standard for End-to-End Speech QualityAssessment—Antony W. Rix and Michael P. Hollier, BT AdvancedCommunications Research, Ipswich, UK; and John G. Beerends andAndries P. Hekstra, Royal PTT Nederland NV, Leidschendam, TheNetherlandsEvaluating the Perceived Audio Quality (PEAQ) of Internet AudioCodecs—Michael Keyhl, OPTICOM GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

Monday, September 25—9:00 amN: INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTChair: Thomas Kite, Audio Precision, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USADiagnosis and Remedy of Nonlinearities in ElectrodynamicalTransducers—Wolfgang Klippel, Klippel GmbH, Dresden, GermanyCoherence-Based, Wide-Band, Signal-to-Distortion Ratio versus TotalHarmonic Distortion of Slightly Non-Linear Audio Systems—D. Preis and R. Gregg, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USAThe Accuracy of Loudspeaker Array Sound Field Predictions UsingLow-Resolution 1/3-Octave, 5o Polar Data—Henrik Staffeldt, TechnicalUniversity of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

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Measuring the Head-Related Transfer Functions of an ArtificialHead with a High-Directional Resolution—Bjarke P. Bovbjerg,Flemming Christensen, Pauli Minnaar, and Xiaoping Chen, AalborgUniversity, Aalborg, DenmarkMultitone Testing of Sound Systems’ Components—Some Results andConclusions—Gene Czerwinski, Alexander Voishvillo, Sergei Alexandrov,and Alexander Terekhov, Cerwin Vega, Inc., Simi Valley, CA, USATesting Loudspeakers with Wavelets—Marshall Buck,Psychotechnology, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA; and Audio Precision,Inc., Beaverton, OR, USAThe Development of a Car Sound-Field Measurement System UsingCompact PC—Kazue Satoh, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.,Kadoma-City, Osaka, Japan; and Toshikazu Chiba, Matsushita Communi-cation Industrial Co., Ltd., Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan (Poster)Modeling and Measurement of Cross-Talk Cancellation Zones forSmall Displacements of the Listener in Transaural Sound Reproduc-tion with Different Loudspeaker Arrangements— Jóse Javier Lópezand Alberto González, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Grao Gandia,Valencia, Spain; and Felipe Orduña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma deMexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico (Poster)Measuring Acoustic Noise Emitted by Power Transformers—Mennovan der Veen, Consultant, Zwolle, The Netherlands; and Francisco deLeon, Brian Gladstone, and Valeriu Tatu, Plitron Manufacturing Inc.,Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Poster)Windnoise Measurement Using Real Wind—Chris Woolf and OliverPrudden, Rycote Microphone Windshields Ltd., Stroud, Glouchestershire,UK (Poster)

Monday, September 25—2:00 pmO: LOW BIT-RATE CODING, PART 2Chair: Jayant Datta, Motorola, North Syracuse, NY, USAImplementation of MPEG-4 Audio Components on Various Plat-forms—Bernhard Grill, Stefan Geyersberger, Johannes Hilpert, and BodoTeichmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen,Germany

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Friday, September 22, 10:00 amT1: Harman InternationalOn this tour of the Harman Internationalfacility, we will gain insight into thepioneering design and manufacture ofHarman loudspeakers and how they areevaluated.

Friday, September 22, 1:00 pmT2: House Ear InstituteThis special tour will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the Institute’s laboratoriesand an overview of the scientificexploration of the auditory system from

the ear canal through the inner ear to the brain. Three brief presentationson the regeneration of sensory hair cells, the perception of sound and theimpact of background noise on speech intelligibility and amplificationwill also be included.

Friday, September 22, 2:00 pmT3: NBC Tonight Show StudioWe are all aware of the promise that high definition television (HDTV)and surround sound hold for the future of audio. We are especiallypleased to bring you this special tour guided by the engineers who areusing the latest in HDTV and surround sound technologies for theproduction of the NBC “Tonight Show.”

Saturday, September 23, 9:00 amT4: The VillageThis tour will feature a visit to The Village, a legendary, state-of-the-artrecording and scoring facility in West Los Angeles. An integral part of therecord, film and television scene for more than 30 years, the facility is afour-room complex housed within a 30,000 sq. ft., 1920’s era MasonicTemple and features a wide variety of vintage and modern gear.

Saturday, September 23, 4:00 pmT5: Staples CenterWelcome to the newest arena in Los Angeles. Opened in the fall of 1999,the Staples Center is home to many of the area’s spectacular live events,including the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The arenafeatures a specially designed $1.5-million facility sound system and 675separate speakers outside of the seating area.

Sunday, September 24, 9:00 amT6: The VillageFor those of you who couldn’t make the first trip to The Village, asecond tour has been scheduled. Please refer to the above description ofthis tour for details.

Monday, September 25, 10:00 amT7: Whitmor WireneticsLocated in nearby Valencia, Whitmor Wirenetics is a manufacturer and adistributor of custom and off-the-shelf wire products. This tour is designedto provide insight into how wire and cable are manufactured and topresent the various types of cables and their uses.

Technical Tours provide anoportunity for convention attendeesto visit some of the resources andfacilities in the Los Angeles area.

Registration for these tours is at theConvention only and priority isgiven to full program participants.Check with the Tour Desk in theregistration area. Space is limitedand fills quickly. There is a nominalcharge for Technical Tours.

TECHNICAL TOURS

Error Resilient Source Coding with Variable Length Codes and ItsApplication to MPEG Advanced Audio Coding—Ralph Sperschneider,Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, GermanyDynamic Allocation of Bits Based on Perceptual Entropy in Percep-tual Audio Coding Systems—Kelvin H. C. Eng and Say Wei Foo,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; and Dong-YanHuang, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, SingaporeOptimal Prediction in Scalable Coding of Stereophonic Audio—AshishAggarwal, Shankar L. Regunathan, and Kenneth Rose, University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara, CA, USAPerceptual Audio Coding Using a Time-Varying Linear Pre- and Post-Filter —Bernd Edler, Christof Faller, and Gerald Schuller, Bell Labs,Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, USAAnalyzing the Performance of Lossless Coding Techniques Used inAudio Coders—Matthew A. Watson and Michael Truman, DolbyLaboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA

Monday, September 25—2:00 pmP: AUTOMOTIVE AUDIOChair: Richard Stroud, Delphi Delco Electronics, Kokomo, IN, USAAutomotive Audio Design (A Tutorial)—Roger Shively, Harman-Motive,Inc., Martinsville, IN, USA (Tutorial)APLODSP, Design of Customizable Audio Processors for Loud-speaker System Compensation by DSP—Alberto Bellini, Angelo Farina,and Carlo Morandi, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; and EmanueleUgolotti, Gianfranco Cibelli, and Gino Gobbi, ASK Industries S.p.A.,Reggio Emilia, ItalyExperimental Validation of Equalizing Filters for Car CockpitsDesigned with Warping Techniques—Alberto Bellini and Angelo Farina,University of Parma, Parma, Italy; and Gianfranco Cibelli, EmanueleUgolotti, and Filippo Bruschi, ASK Industries S.p.A., Reggio Emilia, ItalyDesign of Acoustic Lever Loudspeaker Systems, Part One—Alan S.Phillips, Visteon Automotive Systems, Allen Park, MI, USA

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