November
Meeting Notice
November 2004 Meeting Notice
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Subject: |
Project Studio Acoustics |
| Speaker: | Anthony Grimani |
| Place: | Dolby Labs, San Francisco |
| Time and Date: | November 2nd, 7:30 PM (refreshments at 7:00 PM) |
The acoustical properties of a room highly influence the perceived sonic quality of any monitoring system. This presentation will focus on acoustical issues in small room environments, such as project recording studios and home theaters. The information will cover all the details that affect acoustics and will provide simple recipes for improving quality and consistency. The main topics covered include:
- Sound Isolation through decoupling, mass, and damping
- Background noise control
- Vibration and rattle control
- Room dimensioning for optimized bass resonance
- Acoustical treatments for optimized reflections, echoes, and decay time. These include resistive absorbers, Helmholtz resonator absorbers, tympanic and pistonic resonator absorbers, and various forms of diffusers.
The Speaker
Anthony Grimani has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. His twenty years of experience in the audio industry include positions at Dolby and Lucasfilm THX.
While at Dolby, Anthony was intricately involved in the development of surround sound for consumer applications. During his nine-year tenure at THX, he managed the THX consumer licensing program and the technology development program, setting the direction for consumer and professional Audio/Video businesses.
Anthony is now President and Lead Consultant of Performance Media Industries, Ltd., (PMI) a consulting firm specializing in multichannel audio/video system design for high-end home theater, production, broadcast, recording studio applications. PMI provides complete design, installation and calibration services. PMI services also include business strategy consulting for technology licensing.
Anthony also heads up Media Specialty Resources Inc. (MSR). This company distributes specialty audio/video tools such as acoustic treatment solutions, audio calibration kits, acoustic analyzers, audiometric-grade transducers, multichannel bass management devices etc.
Directions
From Peninsula/S.F. Airport/Silicon Valley (Hwy. 101 North) Take Vermont Street Exit. Make immediate left onto Vermont Street. Go 5 blocks and turn left onto Alameda Street. Three blocks up is Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
From Bay Bridge (Hwy. 80 West) Take 9th Street/Civic Center exit. Go to the south onto Harrison Street. Follow Harrison to 10th Street. Turn left onto 10th Street and proceed under freeway overpass onto Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
From Golden Gate Bridge (Hwy. 101 South) Cross Golden Gate Bridge, take the Lombard Street (Hwy. 101) Exit. Follow Hwy. 101 signs up Lombard to Van Ness Avenue. Turn right. Proceed on Van Ness to Fell Street and turn left. Proceed on Fell until it crosses Market Street and becomes 10th Street. Continue on 10th under freeway overpass and bear right onto Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
Address:
Dolby Laboratories
100 Potrero Avenue
San
Francisco, CA
94103-4813
415-558-0200