Meeting Notice

The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be held on
Monday 12^th December 2022 at 8:30pm – via Zoom. Note later time

Leading US broadcast technologist, and AES TD1008 Document Working Group Chair John Kean will present on the topic of:

AES Development and Promotion of Audio Loudness Techniques

for new audio delivery platforms

The AES Technical Council on Broadcast and Online Delivery (BOD) launched an intensified effort in 2019 to apply audio loudness techniques to audio services used by consumers. The BOD recognized that audio products, be they speech or music streams, podcasts, and even the voice responses from smart devices needed better coordination in terms of perceptual loudness to raise listener satisfaction. This launched a two-year effort to write a new Technical Document on loudness measurement, TD1008. The TD was completed late last year and is now being introduced through an official AES website that will be open to everyone. John will look at the recommendations as well as some innovative techniques for managing the loudness of various music and speech content. He will also show a pre-release glimpse at the new website.

About John Kean:

John applies 40 years of experience in television and radio technology. As Senior Technologist at National Public Radio until 2015, he directed network projects and technical studies at NPR Labs. He started in radio as an FM chief engineer in San Diego, leaving to join NPR in 1980. In 1986 he began consulting engineering at Jules Cohen and Associates, followed by Moffet Larson and Johnson in 1988. He currently is a member of Cavell Mertz and Associates and holds a U.S. patent.
John is a recipient of Engineering Achievement Awards from both the NAB and the Association of Public Radio Engineers. He authored chapters of the NAB Engineering Handbook, editions 7, 8, 9 and 11, and remains active in the Audio Engineering Society and National Radio Systems Committee where he has chaired numerous committees.
John retired as Senior Technologist at National Public Radio where he conducted a number of perceptual audio studies. Since 2019 he has increased his work with the AES, bringing together a group of distinguished audio engineers to write TD1008. He is currently editing the content for the AES Loudness Website, which is about to go “live”.

Visitors and guests are welcome.

This will be a free Zoom Meeting session, but bookings are required so that the Zoom session details can be distributed to attendees.
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