"History of Quad" Seminar in NYC this Tuesday Night April 10, 2007
One of my friends who is a Tech at Dolby Lab's NYC sent me this info today by eMail. I am not a member of the AES, but have collected many articles from them. (I am a member of SMPTE though). I was very excited to read about this seminar and thought some of us in the Tri-State area might be able to attend. I'm definetly going!
Anyone is invited. http://www.aes.org/sections/ny/
Steve :brew
Note: even though it says "1330" I know this building, it should be "1350". This seminar is in the old MGM screening room on the lobby level. The cross streets are 6th Ave x W55 St. on the SE corner. The door is on 55th St.
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1330 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY
(enter on 55th Street)
Surround 4.0:
The history of QUAD
from the '70s to the present day
Host: Joel Spector Presenter: Robert Auld
Engineer / Sound Designer, AuldWorks, NYC Jerry Bruck
Recordist & Consultant, Posthorn Recordings, NYC Emboldened by their success in bringing back the early days of stereo in a brace of meetings last year, avid audio researchers Bob Auld and Jerry Bruck now tackle the history of surround sound, from the 60's and 70's to its possible resurgence today.
The acronyms for the emerging "quadraphonic" techniques that attempted to recover four channels from the two-channel stereo LP (there were "E-V Stereo-4," "SQ," "QS," and "CD-4," and the Japanese "UD-4"), applied to the sadly conflicting systems devised by Ben Bauer, David Hafler, Peter Scheiber, Len Feldman, Jon Fixler, and Jim Fosgate, among others. Add to these the "Q-4" open-reel tapes and "Q-8" cartridges, and the confusion and consternation of consumers is not difficult to imagine.
It was George Santayana who said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Bob and Jerry have rounded up examples of early quad recordings to play, but there is more than just a recap of history in their choices. The rise and fall of Quad may be our meeting subject, but in that history lies the potential for a contemporary reassessment.
Bob Auld will discuss and play "early quad," that first flush of recordings that excited us with their potential and then fell victim to a technology/marketing miscarriage. Jerry Bruck, drawing upon his years of experience, will add his insights on quad's highs and lows to Bob's, and then play recordings that he hopes may entice the ash-daubed Phoenix of QUAD to soar anew.
The usual pre-meeting social half-hour will optionally be available for those who would prefer to audition Quad playbacks in the hall.
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One of my friends who is a Tech at Dolby Lab's NYC sent me this info today by eMail. I am not a member of the AES, but have collected many articles from them. (I am a member of SMPTE though). I was very excited to read about this seminar and thought some of us in the Tri-State area might be able to attend. I'm definetly going!
Anyone is invited. http://www.aes.org/sections/ny/
Steve :brew
Note: even though it says "1330" I know this building, it should be "1350". This seminar is in the old MGM screening room on the lobby level. The cross streets are 6th Ave x W55 St. on the SE corner. The door is on 55th St.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1330 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY
(enter on 55th Street)
Surround 4.0:
The history of QUAD
from the '70s to the present day
Host: Joel Spector Presenter: Robert Auld
Engineer / Sound Designer, AuldWorks, NYC Jerry Bruck
Recordist & Consultant, Posthorn Recordings, NYC Emboldened by their success in bringing back the early days of stereo in a brace of meetings last year, avid audio researchers Bob Auld and Jerry Bruck now tackle the history of surround sound, from the 60's and 70's to its possible resurgence today.
The acronyms for the emerging "quadraphonic" techniques that attempted to recover four channels from the two-channel stereo LP (there were "E-V Stereo-4," "SQ," "QS," and "CD-4," and the Japanese "UD-4"), applied to the sadly conflicting systems devised by Ben Bauer, David Hafler, Peter Scheiber, Len Feldman, Jon Fixler, and Jim Fosgate, among others. Add to these the "Q-4" open-reel tapes and "Q-8" cartridges, and the confusion and consternation of consumers is not difficult to imagine.
It was George Santayana who said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Bob and Jerry have rounded up examples of early quad recordings to play, but there is more than just a recap of history in their choices. The rise and fall of Quad may be our meeting subject, but in that history lies the potential for a contemporary reassessment.
Bob Auld will discuss and play "early quad," that first flush of recordings that excited us with their potential and then fell victim to a technology/marketing miscarriage. Jerry Bruck, drawing upon his years of experience, will add his insights on quad's highs and lows to Bob's, and then play recordings that he hopes may entice the ash-daubed Phoenix of QUAD to soar anew.
The usual pre-meeting social half-hour will optionally be available for those who would prefer to audition Quad playbacks in the hall.
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