Monthly Archives: November 2017

Meeting Report: Nov 2017 Peter Larsen LOUDSOFT

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November 2017 Meeting Report

FINE Speaker Test & Design

On Monday November 13th Peter Larsen, President and founder of loudspeaker design and testing software company LOUDSOFT presented to the AES Melbourne Section on the topic “Loudspeaker Design & Test Methods”

Peter started by summarizing his career to date starting with his working for several Scandinavian loudspeaker companies, and JBL in the US, culminating in the founding of LOUDSOFT in 2001. Continue reading “Meeting Report: Nov 2017 Peter Larsen LOUDSOFT” »

December Meeting Notice: Immersive Audio from Dolby

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December Meeting Notice

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be on Monday 11th December at 7:30pm at

The SAE Institute Lecture Theatre, 235 Normanby Rd South Melbourne.


Nick Engel of Dolby Labs will present on the topic

Immersive Audio

From the Cinema to the Home

Nick will discuss the evolution of channel based audio to immersive audio formats and how this shifts the paradigm of audio authoring, delivery and playback. He will describe immersive representations such as object based immersive (OBI), channel based immersive (CBI) and sound field formats and cover key concepts and relevant ITU-R and SMPTE standards.
He will also provide a technical overview of Dolby Atmos (a widely deployed commercially available immersive system) as it is used in the cinema, in the home, and on portable devices. Continue reading “December Meeting Notice: Immersive Audio from Dolby” »