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Technical Tour
Dolby Laboratories
Date and Time: Thursday October 2, 2-5pm Recognized for over 40 years of audio innovation and leadership, Dolby will showcase its latest audio and video technologies for high-definition packaged disc media and digital cinema. Technical Tours are made available on a first come, first served basis. Tickets can be purchased during normal registration hours at the convention center. Click here for more information
Tutorial
FPGA for Broadcast Audio
Date and Time: Sunday October 5, 2:30pm - 4:30pm Presenter: Girish Malipeddi, Altera Corporation - San Jose, CA, USA Abstract: This tutorial presents broadcast-quality solutions based on FPGA technology for audio processing with significant cost savings over existing discrete solutions. The solutions include digital audio interfaces such as AES3/SPDIF and I2S, audio processing functions such as sample rate converters and SDI audio embed/de-embed functions. Along with these solutions, an audio video framework that consists of a suite of A/V functions, reference designs, an open interface to easily stitch the AV blocks, system design methodology, and development kits is introduced. Using the framework system designers can quickly prototype and rapidly develop complex audio video systems. Click here for more information
Speaker Bios
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Conference Program
Thursday October 2, 2008 Listening Tests on Existing and New HDTV Surround Coding Systems
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Audio & Non Audio Services and Applications for Digital Radio Moderator: Skip Pizzi - Radio World Speakers:
A discussion of different codecs used throughout the world, USA HD Radio, Eureka, Surround Sound, Electronic Program Guide, Other Data Services, and public adoption. Various implementations of digital radio including both terrestrial and satellite services throughout the globe. Considerations for Facility Design Roundtable Moderator: Paul McLane - Radio World Speakers:
A roundtable chat with design experts Sam Berkow, John Storyk and Bice Wilson. We've modified the format of this popular session further to allow attendees to hear from several of today's top facility designers in a more relaxed and less hurried format. What makes for an exceptional facility? What are the top pitfalls of facility design? Bring your cup of coffee and share in the conversation as Radio World U.S. Editor in Chief Paul McLane talks with Sam Berkow of SIA Acoustics, John Storyk of Walters-Storyk Design Group and Bice C. Wilson of Meridian Design Associates, Architects, to learn what leaders in radio/television broadcast and production studios are doing today in architectural, acoustic and facility design. How are the demands of today's multi-platform broadcasters changing design of facilities? How do streaming, video for radio and new media affect the process? What does it really mean to say a facility is "green"? How should broadcasters handle cross-training? What are the most common pitfalls broadcasters should avoid in designing and budgeting for a facility? What key decisions must you make today to ensure that your fabulous new facility will still be doing the job in 10 or 20 years? Mobile/Handheld Broadcasting: Developing a New Medium Moderator: Jim Kutzner Public Broadcasting Service Session Participants:
The broadcasting industry, the broadcast and consumer equipment vendors, and the Advanced Television Systems Committee have been vigorously moving forward toward the development of a Mobile/Handheld DTV broadcast standard and its practical implementation. In order to bring this new service to the public players from various industry segments have come together in an unprecedented fashion. In this session key leaders in this activity will present what the emerging system includes, how far the industry has progressed, and what's left to be done. Friday October 3, 2008 Loudness Workshop Moderator - John Chester - consultant Speakers:
New challenges and opportunities await broadcast engineers concerned about optimum sound quality in this contemporary age of multichannel sound and digital broadcasting. The earliest studies in the measurement of loudness levels were directed to telephony issues, with the publication in 1933 of the equal-loudness contours of Fletcher and Munson, and the Bell Labs tests of more than a half-million listeners at the 1938 New York Worlds Fair demonstrating that age and gender are also important factors in hearing response. A quarter of a century later, broadcasters began to take notice of the often-conflicting requirements of controlling both modulation and loudness levels. These are still concerns today as new technologies are being adopted. This session will explore the current state of the art in the measurement and control of loudness levels and look ahead to the next generation of techniques that may be available to audio broadcasters. The History of Audio Processing Moderator: Emil Torick Participants:
The participants of this session pioneered audio processing and developed the tools we still use today. A discussion of the developments, technology, and the "Loudness Wars" will take place. This session is a must if you want to understand how and why audio processing is used. Saturday October 4, 2008 DTV Audio Myths Moderator: Jim Kutzner PBS Speakers:
There is no limit to the confusion created by the audio options in DTV. What do the systems really do? What happens when the Systems fail? How much control can be exercised at each step in the content food chain? There are thousands of opinions and hundreds of options but what really works and how do you keep things under control? Bring your questions and join the discussion as four experts from different stages in the chain try to sort it out. The Lip Sync Issue Moderator: Jonathan S. Abrams, Nutmeg Audio Post Panelists:
This is a complex problem, with several causes and fewer solutions. From production to broadcast, there are many points in the signal path and post process where lip sync can either be properly corrected, or made even worse. This session's panel will discuss several key issues. Where do the latency issues exist in post? Where do they exist in broadcast? Is there an acceptable window of latency? How can this latency be measured? What correction techniques exist? Does one type of video display exhibit less latency than another? What is being done in display design to address the latency? What proposed methods are on the horizon for addressing this issue in the future? Join us as our panel covers the field from measurement, to post, to broadcast, and to the home. Listener Fatigue & Longevity Moderator: David Wilson CEA Participants :
This panel will discuss listener fatigue and its impact on listener retention. While listener fatigue is an issue of interest to broadcasters, it is also an issue of interest to telecommunications service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, music producers and others. Fatigued listeners to a broadcast program may tune out, while fatigued listeners to a cell phone conversation may switch to another carrier, and fatigued listeners to a portable media player may purchase another company's product. The experts on this panel will discuss their research and experiences with listener fatigue and its impact on listener retention. Audio Transportation This will be a discussion of techniques and technologies used for transporting audio (i.e.. STL, RPU, codecs, etc.). Transporting audio can be complex. This will be a discussion of various roads you can take. Moderator: David Prentice VCA
Sunday October 5, 2008 Internet Streaming - Audio Quality, Measurement, & Monitoring Moderator: Skip Pizzi - Radio World Speakers:
Internet Streaming has become a provider of audio and video content to the public. Now that the public has recognized the medium, the provider needs to deliver the content with a quality comparable to other mediums. Audio monitoring is becoming important, and a need to quantify the performance is important so that the streamer can deliver product of a standard quality. The Art of Sound Effects
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 Toni Fiedler  Rusty Hodge  Jonathan S. Abrams  Thomas Lund  Herb Squire  Chris Crump  Gerhard Stoll  David Moulton  Shawn Hopwood  Billy Hallisky  Benjamin Larson  Greg Ogonowski  David H. Layer  Emil Torick  Frank Foti  David Shinn  James D. Johnston  John Storyk  Kevin Campell  Marvin Cesar  Andrew Mason  Mike Uhl  Richard Fairbanks  Robert Orban  Geir Skaaden  Skip Pizzi  Dave Casey  Eric Small  Glen Clark  Brett Jenkins  James Kutzner  Mark Aitken  Sue Zizza  Paul McLane  Simon Tuff  Sterling Davis |
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